Monday Musings: Wading Back In (and Why I Left)
Yes, I’m back, dipping my toes cautiously into the social media waters, gauging my mental state. I have a lot going on professionally right now, and I need to write about it, to boost the signal (as...
View ArticleMy Schedule for DragonCon 2022!
The last time I was at DragonCon was Labor Day Weekend, 2018. For years, Dragon was the centerpiece of my annual professional schedule, the convention to which I most looked forward each year. In 2019,...
View ArticleMonday Musings (On Tuesday): Back From DragonCon
I have spent this past weekend at DragonCon, catching up with friends, meeting new people, and returning an air of normalcy to my professional calendar. To be honest, I went into the weekend a bit...
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Monday Musings: Memories of Halloweens Past
We live in a small subdivision outside of our little college town. Our neighborhood consists of maybe eighteen houses, only a handful of them with young children. I bring this up today because it’s...
View ArticleProfessional Wednesday: What Matters Professionally? Part III — Appearances
Continuing my series of posts about “what matters” in the realm of professional publishing, I thought I would focus today on what matters during our public appearances. Attending conventions and...
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Professional Wednesday: My Best Mistakes, Part I
A new month, a new blog series. Not that I’m committing to doing a series every month. Really, I’m not . . . . [Sigh] What have I done . . . ? Over the course of my career, which has spanned more than...
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Professional Wednesday: 2023 Is 1/4 Gone — What Have You Done?
Spring is here. April is knocking on the door. 2023 is just about one quarter gone (a thought that sends me into a frenzied panic) and with the first three months of the year nearly over, I felt this...
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Professional Wednesday: Heading To DragonCon!
This coming weekend, I will be in Atlanta for DragonCon, the annual highlight of my professional calendar. For those of you unfamiliar with the phenomenon known as DragonCon, it is a huge convention...
View ArticleProfessional Wednesday: DragonCon and Professional Community
I am back from DragonCon, and I have a shortened week in which to get done a great deal, so today’s post will be fairly brief. Mostly, I want to say thank you — to the convention organizers, who did a...
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Monday Musings: The Emotional Challenge of Writing
Whenever I work with writers who are at the outsets of their careers — whether I’m editing their work for freelance or for an anthology, or teaching them in a workshop, or just talking shop on a...
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