Category: Business of Writing

Norwescon Schedule

Coming to Norwescon?  I’m doing a reading at 10:30am on Friday.  Come hear a story and grab some free chocolate!

Here’s my full schedule:

Patterns of Success, Patterns of Failure Thu 6:00 PM-7:00 PM – Evergreen 1&2 Nicole Dieker (M), Gregory A. Wilson, Caroline M. Yoachim, Annie Bellet, Dean Wells Reading: Caroline M. Yoachim Fri 10:30 AM-11:00 AM – Cascade 1 Caroline M. Yoachim (M) A Culture By Any Other Name Sat 12:00 PM-1:00 PM – Cascade 10 Jason Bourget (M), Caroline M. Yoachim, Kim Ritchie, Lawrence M. Schoen, Luna Lindsey Autograph Session 1 Sat 2:00 PM-3:00 PM – …

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Some Thoughts on Building an Author Website

Last week Sofia Samatar tweeted that authors should have good clean websites, and K. Tempest Bradford has been signal boosting and expanding on that idea.  I’ve had a website since 2007, but seeing all these tweets about the importance of a *good* website made me realize that I was long overdue for a website overhaul.

Before I started building my site, I looked at lots of examples.  A few author websites that I found particularly helpful in getting ideas for content and layout were Mary Robinette Kowal, Cat Rambo, and Ken Liu.  When I was looking at …

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