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PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

Posted 12 January 2012 † nickyp § ‡ Comments (0) °

Retreat = moving forward

So, the Washington Romance Writers annual retreat was this past weekend. This is my home chapter, and my favorite writer’s confab, mostly because it feels more intimate (and so, so supportive) than the bigger events. It feels so different I didn’t even tweet during the day and a half — a true retreat from the [...]

Posted 04 May 2011 † nickyp § Thinking § Writing ‡ Comments (0) °

Paperback writer?

So, I’m working up a proposal for my next historical, after rough-drafting a contemporary in February and March. A bunch of the same issues keep cropping up, or is it the tree pollen distorting my field of view? Story-wise, I seem to be building another set-of-three structure, with three pairs of protagonists-antagonists and interlocking stories. [...]

Posted 21 April 2011 † nickyp § Thinking § Writing ‡ Comments (0) °

Conventioneering

This week, I’m headed to Los Angeles for the RT Booklovers convention. It’s put on by RT Book Reviews magazine, formerly Romantic Times magazine but it’s branched out to cover most genre fiction (mystery, fantasy, horror, etc.). I’ve not been before, but I hear it has fun parties and good workshops. Unlike the other writing [...]

Posted 04 April 2011 † nickyp § Books § Writing ‡ Comments (0) °

Release the queries!

So, I’ve started shopping my latest story. Here is the work-in-progress description. Next week, I’m thinking of adding another excerpt on the blog from later in story. Like the news lately, it’s about unarmed people gathering together and facing threat from armed forces. [UPDATE: Uh-oh, the scene also has a couple spoilers in it, so [...]

Posted 21 March 2011 † nickyp § Books § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Old new media

OK, so it’s an ad, but it’s only 1 min long. I like the “amazing pen-tip interface.”

Posted 03 December 2009 † nickyp § Playing ‡ Comments (0) °

Literacy signing a hit

Here’s some of us waiting to get in. Here’s about half of the floor. Sales totaled more than $60,000, all for charity.

Posted 15 July 2009 † nickyp § Books § Reading ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters

OMG – How can my little stories compete?

Posted 15 July 2009 † nickyp § ‡ Comments (0) °

At RWA: ‘Readers for life’

On Wednesday, the Romance Writers of America national conference opens its doors to the public from 5:30 to 7:30 pm for its annual “Readers for Life” mega-autographing session. Buy books! Get them signed by one of 500 romance-loving authors! The money goes to ProLiteracy Worldwide. It is free (except for the books you buy, of [...]

Posted 14 July 2009 † nickyp § Books § Learning § Reading § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Be an Early Reviewer: Treating the Brain

Here’s another chance to read and review a Dana Press book before it’s released to the general public. July’s title is TREATING THE BRAIN: WHAT THE BEST DOCTORS KNOW, by top neuroscientist Walter Bradley. Even in this information age, people dealing with often-serious neurological problems face the daunting task of finding accurate, credible and understandable [...]

Posted 09 July 2009 † nickyp § Brain science § Reading ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,