Over the past twelve years middle grade and young adult writer Nora Raleigh Baskin has published nearly a dozen books. Today she joins the long haul series to talk about something most writers never stop hoping for, no matter how long their careers: just One More Book. Advice to myself I wanted to be published […]
Best-selling science fiction author Sean Williams published his first novel in the mid-90s and has been writing steadily ever since. Today he joins the long haul series to talk about the unpredictability of every new book–and about the role of luck in long-term writing careers. This year is one of great significance to me. Half
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Science fiction and fantasy writer Deborah J. Ross has been publishing novels and short stories for more than three decades. When she sent me this post, I knew immediately that it was the right post to resume the long haul series with. So please welcome Deborah as she talks about a subject writers sometimes hesitate
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I’ve been quiet online the past few weeks, turning one project in to my agent and starting some others, taking time out for a concert and a con and a week-long writing retreat. But I’m thrilled to say that a new round of weekly Writing for the Long Haul posts begins this Monday. One of
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So, over at the livejournal mirror of my reflections on the writing for the long haul series, I found myself commenting: I sort of wish there was some way to tell each new writer, “You’re going to have setbacks, and you’re going to be okay. This isn’t your one big chance. It’s the start of
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When I started the Writing for the Long Haul series, I wanted to explore what long-term writing careers look like, and to start a discussion of how and why writers keep going after the first few years. I’ve been delighted to see writers at all stages of their careers enjoying these posts on a not-often-discussed
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Science fiction and fantasy author Sharon Shinn started writing poetry when she was eight, began writing novels in her twenties, and sold her first book, The Shape-Changer’s Wife, in her thirties. In the nearly two decades since then, she’s published more than two dozen books while holding down a full-time journalism career. Today she joins
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Like many long-haul writers, Sarah Zettel has written in multiple genres: science fiction, fantasy, romance, mystery, young adult, and short fiction. The first book of her American Fairy trilogy, Dust Girl, was one of the most original faerie novels I’ve read, and its sequel, Golden Girl, was just released. She joins the Long Haul series
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Uma Krishnaswami’s picture books, early readers, short stories, and novels include fiction, non-fiction, and folktale retellings. A teacher as well as a writer, she’s been a part of many other writers’ journeys as well as her own. Today she talks about the “fire that sparks it all,” making writing anything but a job like any
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Jennifer J. Stewart published her first middle grade novel, If That Breathes Fire We’re Toast, around the same time I published mine, and we’ve been part of one another’s writing support systems ever since meeting at a book fair not long after. So it seems especially appropriate that today Jennifer contributes a post about the
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