These are the hounds that hang out with us. This is Luna. She's our Primary Dog. Responsibilities include eating, sleeping, and barking at the UPS guy. She was a rescue dog who'd been at the Humane Society ten months. We adopted her when she was just over a year old.…
It’s hard to get honest feedback. But it’s important. I fall in love with my characters. I know what drives them, what they fear, what they want, and even their favorite ice cream. How much do readers need to know? What’s critical to the story? What’s boring? If only we…
https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1238067830165135361 Just found out that this has been made into a TV series. My first draft of Solar Prime had 160,000 words. That's over 500 pages. Bit long for a first novel. The version I turned over to the publisher has 102,000. Hope I made it look like I knew…
How scientifically accurate does science fiction need to be? When I was looking for an agent, I noticed that many of the agencies would accept science fiction, but only a small subset were interested in "hard science fiction" - stuff that is as technically accurate as the author can make…