The love/hate reaction to art and how this applies to radio stations and selling books. Also a bit about Astar and the boys of Heirs of Magic. Good news on Dark Wizard, plus choosing crit partners.

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Celebrating Release Day for THE GOLDEN GRYPHON AND THE BEAR PRINCE! Plus thoughts on the Amazon algorithm, trad publishing income, and some movie recs.

You can buy THE GOLDEN GRYPHON AND THE BEAR PRINCE here!

The movies I mention are Locked Down and Don't Let Go.

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Putting ethical behavior and decency before the love of money, authors behaving badly - and about the idea that some scenes don't drive the story and should be cut, along with a lovely review of THE GOLDEN GRYPHON AND THE BEAR PRINCE.

The lovely review I mention is here.

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Made-up words in fantasy, recommendations on reading KUSHIEL'S DART, how to make beginnings smoother, Laurel Birch, and happy wriggles over the inauguration.

The Stories Live! recording is here.

Preorder DARK WIZARD here!

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A shout-out to Kate Pearce's THE RANCHER MEETS HIS MATCH. Also thoughts on young heroes, names, and memories of being on a float in New Orleans at RT convention.

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Some of my gripes about how other people treat deadlines, thoughts on commas, fan fiction, contractions, and creating realistic characters who will still never be like a real person.

You can preorder the print version of The Golden Gryphon and the Bear Prince now! Links here.

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Reflections on how Susan Elizabeth Phillips and Jayne Ann Krentz modeled author friendships for me, the old people's website, and the perils of hand-drawn maps.

You can see the Susan and Jayne shows here and here (among other places, I'm sure).

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Some thoughts on my epic reread of Jacqueline Carey's KUSHIEL'S DART, how literary styles change over time and wrestling worldbuilding and character backstory. Also maps!

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On finding balance and controlling what you can, buying digital versions of print books I already own and thoughts on my personal theme music.

Sasha, who made the earrings I show, let me know that the main stone is not glass, but something  called mystic quartz. It is supremely high-grade quartz crystal that has been irradiated to create that iridescence. The small stones are either amethyst or possibly Iolite. There’s even a chance they’re Tanzanite.

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My viralish tweet - why I said snake instead of scorpion - making time to play, updates on revisions, and how it's a small world.

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