Tag: Facebook

Answering some questions about writing

I was recently asked, by someone on Facebook, several questions about writing, and I though the answers might be of general interest. And so here they are! How do you decide what ideas/characters/plots/etc. are good? Or which to keep? Hmmm. Of course, I think they’re all good. When I was starting out and writing everything …

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We have a winner!

The winner of my first weekly book giveaway was Jeff, who commented on this website. Statistics, for those interested: this first week, I had 45 entries. Ten entered through this website, seven through my E.C. Blake website, seven through my Edward Willett Facebook page, 13 through my E.C. Blake Facebook page, five by retweeting a …

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Announcing the Hayden Trenholm interview

I’m currently interviewing Aurora Award nominee Hayden Trenholm on the discussion board of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Facebook group, and will be all week. You can follow along over there (if you’re on Facebook), or check back here: I’ll be posting the interview here as it develops.

My Facebook interview, Part 4 (the conclusion)

Part 1 is here; Part 2 is here; Part 3 is here. The interviewer is Dr. Robert Runte. The Facebook version is here. RR: So the next obvious question is how do you ensure “characters who are as much like real people as you can?” Are they based on people you know? (and do they …

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My Facebook interview, Part 3

Part 1 is here; Part 2 is here. The interviewer is Dr. Robert Runte. The Facebook version is here.RR: I’m always interested in a writer’s process. Some writers write by just sitting down at the keyboard and letting things develop as they may; at the other end of the continuum are those that don’t set …

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My Facebook interview, Part 2

Part 1 is here. The interviewer is Dr. Robert Runte. The Facebook version is here. RR: Oh, let us say rather that you are the embodiment of the modern day renaissance man! One of the things I liked about Marseguro was the complexity of the main, and even a few of the secondary, characters. (This …

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My Facebook interview, Part 1

This week I’m being interviewed on Facebook on the discussion board of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy group. If you’re on Facebook, you can see the interview here. For those who aren’t, though, I’m going to post it here as it goes along. My interviewer is Dr. Robert Runte. RR: Okay, let’s get this …

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You can have my Scrabulous when you pry it from my cold dead fingers

Hasbro has sent letters to Facebook asking it to remove Scrabulous, the popular online version of Scrabble. SOS! Save our Scrabulous!

I are a group

No, not a groupie–a group. Specifically, a Facebook group. In my ongoing quest to try to get anyone, anyone at all, to buy any (or all) of my books, I’ve decided to try setting up a Facebook group to which I’ll post writing news. Yeah, I know, that’s what I do here, but I have …

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A Facebook group dedicated to Canadian SF & Fantasy…

…has been set up by SF Canada member Donna Farley. You can find it here. Its purpose: To promote SF and fantasy by Canadian authors. To put readers and people in the Canadian SF writing and publishing community in touch. And maybe to find out if Sasquatch is online yet….Authors, editors, publishers, artists, academics, teachers, …

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A Facebook group dedicated to Canadian SF Fantasy…

…has been set up by a href=”http://www.sfcanada.ca/”SF Canada/a member a href=”http://raftersscriptorium.blogspot.com/”Donna Farley/a. You can a href=”http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2504522110″find it here/a.br /br /Its purpose:br /br /emTo promote SF and fantasy by Canadian authors. To put readers and people in the Canadian SF writing and publishing community in touch. And maybe to find out if Sasquatch is online yet….Authors, …

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