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On Ruining Lives

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Sara Taylor Woods

At our regular Thursday night NaNoWriMo write-in, one of our participants started asking questions about horses. This led to her confessing that she felt bad for her main character, and was trying to throw her a bone. When you start … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged black moment, changes, character conflict, chuck wendig, conflict, doctor who, doomsday, dresden files, harry dresden, heaven's spite, jill kismet, jim butcher, lilith saintcrow, miriam black, mockingbird, nora sutherlin, original sinners, raymond chandler, rose tyler, russell t davies, tenth doctor, the siren, tiffany reisz, wesley railey, writers ruin fictional lives | 2 Comments

Unchained & unplugged

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Sara Taylor Woods

So six weeks ago, my manager came up to me and said, “You like Neil Gaiman, right?” And I said, “Well.. yeah. Of course.” She said, “He’s coming to town. September 14.” And when I picked myself back up off … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged a.j. hartley, amazon, ari marmell, barnes & noble, book people, book recommendations, books-a-million, brandon sanderson, brent weeks, charles todd, chuck wendig, dan simmons, david liss, delilah s. dawson, ebooks, edward rutherfurd, ereaders, independent bookstores, james r. tuck, jim butcher, jim fergus, john hartness, kalayna price, kat richardson, kindle, laurell k. hamilton, laurie r. king, lilith saintcrow, local bookstores, local business, misty massey, neil gaiman, nook, rachel aaron, richard kadrey, rob thurman, seanan mcguire, stef penney, unchained tour, victoria thompson | Leave a comment

How I Learned to Write a Damn Book

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Sara Taylor Woods

A lot of you probably wonder why I fangirl so ridiculously hard on Jim Butcher all the time. A lot of you probably think that I have some kind of crazycatlady crush on the man–or maybe on Harry Dresden. You … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Writing | Tagged amwriting, chuck wendig, creative nonfiction, devon monk, dresden files, fantasy, glen duncan, harry connolly, harry dresden, how i learned to write a book, hunter s. thompson, james r. tuck, jim butcher, joe hill, kalayna price, kat richardson, kate griffin, kevin hearne, laurell k. hamilton, learn to write a book, lili st. crow, lilith saintcrow, morgan llewelyn, nancy a. collins, nanowrimo, national novel writing month, neil gaiman, patricia briggs, richard kadrey, rob thurman, science fiction, seanan mcguire, short story, urban fantasy, writing, writing a novel | 4 Comments

On Writing Women (and Men): a rant

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Sara Taylor Woods

Surely 2012 is the beginning of the end of the world. Today, courtesy of Harry Connolly, I stumbled upon this masterpiece. Just in case you don’t want to read it – and I wouldn’t blame you – here’s the general … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun Stuff, Writing | Tagged alex craft, alice hoffman, anne mccaffrey, dante valentine, dru anderson, harry connolly, how to write women, jill kismet, kalayna price, l5r, laurie r. king, legend of the five rings, lessa, lilith saintcrow, mary russell, mercy thompson, patricia briggs, pern, ray lilly, rob thurman, role playing games, rpg characters, strong female protagonist, the dovekeepers, trixa iktomi, writing, writing a female character, writing for character, yael | 1 Comment

Finally, a post about writing

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Sara Taylor Woods

I get it. I talk about books a lot. A lot. Look, I work at two bookstores and my weeks start on Tuesdays. Plus it’s sort of my job to read books. At least that’s what I have to tell … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged amwriting, campnanowrimo, dante valentine, dead man rising, faith hunter, gail carriger, jane yellowrock, kill the dead, lilith saintcrow, nanowrimo, olivia monck, parasol protectorate, richard kadrey, sandman slim, short stories, strong female protagonist, writing | Leave a comment

Search: “books like the dresden files”

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Sara Taylor Woods

Okay, so I get this a lot. It’s all over Goodreads, it’s a search query that brings folks to my blog at least every other day, never mind all the real people I run into that ask me that question. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Fun Stuff | Tagged a madness of angels, aftermath, alex craft, aloha from hell, american gods, anansi boys, anita blake, atticus o'sullivan, basilisk, blackout, bloodsucking fiends, books like the dresden files, c.e. murphy, cal leandros, cassandra clare, charlaine harris, child of fire, chimera, christopher moore, circle of friends, coyote blue, dresden files, ellen datlow, faith hunter, felix gomez, fragile things, game of cages, george r.r. martin, ghost story, glen duncan, good omens, graveminder, greywalker, grimrose path, harry connolly, harry dresden, holly black, infernal devices, iron druid chronicles, j.f. lewis, jacqueline carey, jane yellowrock, jim butcher, john taylor, kalayna price, kat richardson, kate griffin, kelley armstrong, kevin hearne, kill the dead, laurell k. hamilton, lilith saintcrow, mario acevedo, matthew swift, mean streets, melissa marr, mercy thompson, merry gentry, misha korsak, mortal instruments, my big fat supernatural honeymoon, my big fat supernatural wedding, naked city, nancy a. collins, neil gaiman, nightlife, nightside, niko leandros, october daye, p.n. elrod, patricia briggs, paula guran, rachel caine, ray lilly, remy chandler, richard kadrey, richelle mead, rob thurman, rogue mage, sandman slim, seanan mcguire, sherrilyn kenyon, side jobs, simon r. green, songs of love and death, sonja blue, stefan korsak, strange brew, tanith lee, terry pratchett, the last werewolf, the midnight mayor, the neon court, the year's best dark fantasy and horror 2011, thomas sniegoski, trick of the light, trickster, trixa iktomi, twenty palaces, vampire academy, void city, walker papers, wicked lovely | 13 Comments

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On Ruining Lives

Unchained & unplugged

How I Learned to Write a Damn Book

On Writing Women (and Men): a rant

Finally, a post about writing

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