As a fantasy writer, I was asked recently by a popular sf/f/h blog to name all the sf/f/h fiction that was currently in my TBR pile. (This translates as: What Science Fiction, Fantasy, and/or Horror novels are currently in your To Be Read pile?) Readers are sometimes curious about what writers read–and perhaps even more [...]

Whether or not a writer enjoys collaborating on projects with other writers tends to be a very individual thing.
I co-wrote three science fiction/fantasy short stories with my friend, romance writer Kathy Chwedyk. In each case, I accepted an invitation into a themed short story anthology, then realized I couldn’t think of a story. (I’ve been [...]

Like many writers, I started my career without a literary agent, because I couldn’t find a legitimate agent willing to represent me when I was an aspiring writer. Then, after I sold eight books on my own, I went agent-hunting again. And now that I had demonstrated on my own that I could sell books [...]

A good game for readers! Here are 10 (well, okay, a few more than 10) books that have long stayed with me (in a good way).

1. THE LOST PAINTING: THE QUEST FOR A CARAVAGGIO MASTERPIECE by Jonathan Harr. (Nonfiction.) I read this book last winter. After a week, I was still thinking about it, so [...]