MEET ME IN FRISCO, TX MAY 28!!

MEET ME IN FRISCO, TEXAS May 28, 7 p.m.
Stonebriar Mall Barnes & Noble Booksellers
I'll be appearing at the Stonebriar Mall Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 2601 Preston Rd, Frisco, TX 75034, 972-668-2820
This is in conjunction with visits to Killian and Forestwood Middle Schools in Lewisville, Tx.
I'd love to meet you if you're in the area! I'll be signing books and handing out bookmarks and we'll take a sneak peek at The Dragon Heir.

The Wizard Heir Named to Voya's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror List 2007!!

Check out the full list at http://pdfs.voya.com/VO/YA2/VOYA200804BestSciFi.pdf

Young Writer Q & A

Q: On your website, it says don’t be a writer unless you have to. I love to write and hope to some day become an author. I was just curious as to why you give that advice. Thank you for your time. Emily.

A: That advice seems odd, I know. It’s targeted especially at those who would like to make a living as a writer, and it’s meant to discourage dabblers. Publishing is such a chancy, random business, and so hard on the ego. Even the best, most successful writers are rejected a million times. It’s definitely not for the faint-hearted. As Red Smith said, “Writing is easy. All you have to do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.” And after you do that, some assistant at a publishing house will respond with a form letter. In the event you are published, one negative review will shade out a dozen positive ones.

So by all means write if you’re compelled to do it. If the process itself is so rewarding that you’d do it even if you’re never published. If writing feeds your soul. If writing is like breathing in and breathing out—essential to life. If putting words together makes you high.

But, if you can do something else, go for it. You’ll have an easier path, and a greater chance for success as others define it.

I feel blessed that I’ve achieved some success with my writing. It has allowed me to write full time. It inhibits that chain of questions that begins with, “You’re a writer, huh?” and ends with, “So what all have you published?”

But I’d write for myself regardless.