Advice
What is the Gordian?
Writers like to talk about how nutty their search histories are. How we’re probably all on FBI watch lists and our spouses would run in fear if it weren’t for…
Read MoreWant to Pretend to Learn How to Write a book? Because I Can Pretend to Teach You!
I finished drafting the Wrong Way series earlier this year. I am pretty sure it contains the vilest villain I have ever put down onto not-paper. It makes sense though. She is…
Read MoreLiving Forever
I have a somewhat arbitrary goal of writing a minimum of twenty books before I stop, and given the low bar for the job, that likely means when I die.…
Read MoreMy Publisher Can Beat Up YOUR Publisher!
As often as I’m able, I like to sit on panels at conventions and talk to a whole roomful of people about writing and humor and publication and all that…
Read MoreDear Fantasy Advice
Dear Fantasy Advice, I am a pixie living in Tolgara. I’m married to a strong sprite from what I thought was a good family. I’ve loved him since the instant…
Read MoreFour Super-Easy Lessons for Writing Humor
(This article originally appeared in the JordanCon Blog for April, 2023) Writing humor into your book can make an already difficult task even harder. Like running one of those races…
Read MoreNo, You Are NOT the Asshole
Lena and I climbed out of the car in the restaurant parking lot. “Take a look at this.” I indicated the car parked across two spaces right next to us.…
Read MoreHow to Make a Successful Human, the Jackassiest Way Possible
THIS IS WHAT it has all been building toward, the culmination of seven years and five novels telling the story of foulmouthed Keane and level-headed Sarah, our very own Misplaced…
Read MoreWhat to do with a Handful of Stress
“How bad does it hurt? One to ten.” I hate turning abstract concepts into other, unrelated abstract concepts. “I don’t know. What number is between screaming and fainting?” “Eight.” “Huh.”…
Read MoreFoul-Mouthed Redemption
This will be difficult for some people to understand, but in my family, I was frequently the target of derision because I was considered soft and naïve. I was never…
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