What’s happening in the publishing industry?

Well, quite a lot, actually. Check out this in-depth article by agent Nathan Branford. Here.

Grocery Store Wars

May the Farm be with you. ;)

O Príncipe da Prisão Dourada

The Portuguese version of The Princes of the Golden Cage—O Príncipe da Prisão Dourada—has just gone on sale! I’m very excited about that! It's the fourth book in a fantasy collection for YA called T.E.E.N., an acronym for Tonifica E Estimula os Neurónios (in English: Tones up and Stimulates Neurons). Hey, I’m all for that! :)
The cover, which I adore by the way, is in keeping with other books in the collection. The publisher is Saida de Emergencia, and if you browse through their website you’ll find authors like George R.R. Martin, Charlaine Harris, Guy Gavriel Kay, Harry Turtledove, Robin Hobb, Dan Simmons and Clive Cussler, just to name a few…and moi! Woohoo!

SF Creatives

Lynda Williams and I will be hosting another SF Creatives meeting, Thursday, October 8, at Books and Company. I invite readers and writers to drop in and share their favourite books with us. Each person gets a turn and takes part in discussion about other people's choices. Informal, friendly and fun, with a focus on science fiction and fantasy, we start at 7 pm.

The Genre Fiction Generator

Perfect for those who are creatively challenged! More.

Bickering characters

I’m fed up with my two lead characters. They are constantly at each other’s throat for no good reason. Seriously, I can’t write a scene without having them fight. I swear, if they don’t simmer down soon, I’ll kill them both. :-(

Making progress

Sometime things don’t go as you planned. For example, I had planned on revising one of the novels I’ve written last year. But as I was about to begin working on that novel, I got an idea for a new story—the kind of idea that keeps you awake at night. The kind you just can’t stop thinking about. You know the kind. So I decided to start writing an outline for it (on account of it now being an idée fixe) while revising another book…well, next thing I knew I was entirely focused on that outline instead of finishing the work I had planned to do. Long story short, the outline is now completed and so is the first chapter, which I penned down this morning. Sometime things don’t go as planned, but everything turns out okay in the end. ;)