Blown Deadlines
As you’ve no doubt guessed, the craziness of the past few weeks has wreaked havoc on my schedule. So while Dan and Chris’ story still is coming, it’s not coming April 29. Breaking news, a generally high level of work …
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Coming Soon: We Are Exeter
That mystery March release I mentioned the other day? As newsletter readers know, it’s We Are Exeter, a collection of profiles of the characters in Exeter, written by Exeter Ledger editor CJ Jenkins. Some of these character profiles you might …
Keeping the Author Honest
I did some blog housekeeping today, and one of the things I’ve added is a progress meter for my various Exeter projects over in the right sidebar. You’ll notice the March one is deliberately vague — newsletter subscribers will find …
New Faces Coming to Exeter
I wrote about 3,000 words today on an Exeter project that should be available at the end of the month (ebook only). I knew this was going to involve a couple of characters who had only been referenced in unpublished …
Goodreads Giveaway: All That Is Necessary
Goodreads Book Giveaway All That Is Necessary by Jennie Coughlin Giveaway ends March 19, 2013. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win
Digging Into Exeter’s Past
Thanks to a kick in the pants from James Scott Bell in today’s Kill Zone, I went back through some of my Exeter short stories in progress and realized I was a lot further along than I thought with a …
Author Interview: I’m At Unexpected Paths
Author Maggie Duncan is hosting me over at her blog for an interview about All That Is Necessary and the Exeter series in general. As befitting a former editor, she asks tough questions. Duncan is the author of Spy Flash, …
Book Signing: Sacred Circle, Staunton VA
If you’re in the Shenandoah Valley area, I’m doing the first book signing for All That Is Necessary from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 16, at Sacred Circle in downtown Staunton. Staunton folks are familiar with Carey’s wonderful …
#LegitLit and Writing on the Ether
My post on serious fiction from the other day is mentioned pretty extensively in this week’s Writing on the Ether over at Jane Friedman’s blog. Porter Anderson responds to my commentary on his thoughts last week. Agreeing in some places …
Serious Fiction and #LegitLit: Creating a Hybrid Home
Print vs. Ebook Traditional vs. Indie Genre vs. Literary Serious vs. Fluff? Critics, readers and writers all like debating about fiction and where it’s going. One interesting sidelight to the Traditional/Indie debate has been the discussion about what works in …