Writer Unboxed

Just returned from conferencing, and I have lots of good stuff to share. First, some good news: PJ Tracy (mother-daughter duo wrote authored the brilliant mystery Monkeewrench) will be interviewing with Writer Unboxed! More good news: Anthea Bell, the translator for Cornelia Funke will also be interviewing, and she believes Ms. Funke herself will be […]

Therese and I are beyond pleased to be able to bring you this interview of Victoria Holmes, author of four titles and editor of several successful YA fiction lines. Not only is she one of the hardest-working people in publishing today, she is a total delight. Our association with Victoria began when we interviewed […]

Surfing the best of the writers’ blogs so you don’t have to.
I don’t care what you guys think of Al Gore, but Global Warming is FER REALS. I just spent an afternoon baking in a hot oven of an office with no a/c, so Linktopia is a tad incoherent this week. Or maybe that’s ’cause […]

Recently I read about a fellow writer’s troubles on a list I’m on. She was lamenting that her plot had been replicated by another writer, though these two had never met or communicated in any way. She outlined the plot, and I couldn’t help thinking the plot wasn’t unique; there was but a single twist […]

Sorry for the late post. Bugger’s at it again! But I won’t waste time telling you how many hairs I pulled out this time. On to the good stuff…
So you guys know I went on vacation, right? (Oh, stop groaning) New places and experiences are food for writers’ imaginations, and I expected my holiday at […]

Originally, I was going to post a very cool pic of a two-tone lobster for this post…and then Floyd Landis won the Tour de France yesterday. If you’ve been following the tour, then you know all about the drama–the dope charges that kicked so many out of the race at the start, Floyd’s own battles […]

She’s the coolest cat, she shizzles my fizzizle, and she makes a mean minestrone soup. She’s Therese Walsh, and she’s super fly. She’s held the fort down on WU while I’ve cavorted on the beaches and drank way too much.
Super Fly Girl deserves a break and she’s going to take hers next week. I hope […]

Quiz time. Who would say this?
What is needed in your queries is only your experience in writing long fiction and not that in writing scripts, poetry or any journalistic endeavors. If this is your first novel, ever, state that and only that in your query. If you have written other novels but they are not […]

There’s Kath–riding her pony back from her beachly travels. She’ll be back tomorrow, and I can honestly say I have a brand new appreciation for having a partner on this site. Buddies/ partners/ helpers are great, and so this week’s Click Here is all about helper sites on the ‘net. Enjoy!
First of all, a MEME […]

We’ve first got to say that it’s been a long time since we’ve read a book as trippy, disturbing and exhilarating as Hal Duncan’s debut novel, VELLUM. It’s a thriller, gay erotica, SF/F, a historical, horror and character studies all amalgamated within a postmodern stylistic structure. Recently, Kathleen and Therese chatted with Hal about his […]

First, a big thanks to Inkygirl Debbie Ridpath Ohi for permission to snag her super-cool comic. (Debbie creates original comics weekly for her other blog Will Write for Chocolate. This week she posted a comic that’s sure to be appreciated by all writers but especially book-signing authors.) Second, Kath is still beaching it up, but […]

Satine works at the Moulin Rouge. Known as the Sparkling Diamond, she is the most beautiful, the most talented and the most sought after courtesan there.
The Terminator was sent back in time on a mission. He is the most tenacious, the most single-minded and the most destructive killing machine on Earth.
Vito Corleone is the most […]