Due to problems with Live Journal, this never posted properly. Two winners this week: Best General comment: Climbing a stairway to heaven… from there you need to call a cab. Best Doctor Who-related comment: It takes many people, each of them a step, to create a work of art that can ascend to greatness, and…
Mab here, Prospero Inc. company gumshoe. As part of my campaign to protect you woefully-uninformed humans from your own folly—in hopes of saving even one of you from an elf-induced death, or worse—here is some of my gathered wisdom concerning the supernatural world. Read. Pay attention. And maybe you’ll live. For those of you who…
Mab here, Prospero Inc. company gumshoe. As part of my campaign to protect you woefully-uninformed humans from your own folly—in hopes of saving even one of you from an elf-induced death, or worse—here is some of my gathered wisdom concerning the supernatural world. Read. Pay attention. And maybe you’ll live. For those of you who…
Essay in Bull Spec Magazine… On The Hardest Part! (of writing) When I was twelve, I started my first novel. My father distributed movies to television stations, and I occasionally worked for him, stuffing Gumby dolls into envelopes and other odd tasks that the children of film distributors are called upon to do. Because of…
Hey Folks, Today is the day! I need your help! As some of you know, we are making a huge push today to try and get The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin up in the Amazon ranks. Here are a few simple things you can do that would be a huge help! 1) If you…
Here is a post in which I am being interviewed. The intrepid blog owner is offering a $5 Amazon gift certificate to one lucky person who leaves a comment: http://ccmarkswrites.blogspot.com/
Reposting this now that LiveJournal is up: This post appears at Magical Words, a website on the art of writing maintained by a number of fantasy writers, including: David B. Coe (D.B. Jackson), Misty Massey, and Faith Hunter If you are a fan of the magic of wonder–that qualities that makes some of us…
How to Avoid Being Flattened By the Steamroller of Progress A guest post by me over at ScifiChick.com on the tough job of the science fiction writer. Recently, a friend sent me an ad for virtual keyboards. If you haven’t seen one, it’s a rather nifty device. You put it on your desk, and it…
The Magic of Shakespeare–an article on me about the status of fantasy then and now, with some interesting factoids about Shakespeare's time and plays. From the Ghetto to Literary Old Town: The Magic of Shakespeare Before we examine this question, let us examine a few others first: Fantasies are fun! Why doesn’t everybody read them?…
All About The Magic, Or the Gosling of the Golden Creek Vs. The Unicorn Pooper-Scoopers This post appears at Magical Words, a website on the art of writing maintained by a number of fantasy writers, including: David B. Coe (D.B. Jackson), Misty Massey, and Faith Hunter If you are a fan of the magic of…