Originally Published on Facebook 20 December 2016. A quarter of a century ago, one of the first editors to buy my fiction noted that my recent submissions had been feeling awfully “safe” — more professional, but timid, in a way my earliest stories had not been. The question: “When you wrote those first stories, were […]
Like many writers, I feel a special surge of affection for readers who want to get my latest book but query, “What way is best for you? Do you make more money if I get it the e-book, or if I pick it up at the store?” That is precious. Really. The gesture is appreciated. […]
These comments, first posted in 2015 in response to the activities of a certain writer who was bad-mouthing his publisher in the most toxic terms, deserve repetition and revision in light of some information recently acquired: to wit, the story of Roald Dahl. (Quote begins) From time to time the following comedic trope appears in […]