I collect links like a fiend, and with Nanowrimo almost upon us I thought I’d share what I have found most interesting, most amusing or most useful.

My project wiki got hacked: not in an actual page, but in the sidebar, which doesn’t have a way to revert to previous versions.
So I’ve removed it. I wasn’t using it much, anyway.
I’m very disappointed in people today.

The cool thing about writing in modern times is the vast array of writing tools to help you organize and write your story.
The bad thing about writing in modern times is how easy it is to get distracted by your writing tools to the point that you’re too busy world-building to actually write.
And of course, [...]

I’m trying to form some Really Deep Thoughts on plotting, but the trouble is, my thoughts on the subject amount to this:
One: What does your character want?
Two: What prevents your character from getting what he wants?
This is in my notes from the last few days while I’ve been pondering and plotting: What a character wants [...]

It’s my ask the author day on the torquere_social mailing list. If you’re a member of the list, feel free to stop by and get the answers to all those burning questions you’ve had about my books.

Recently I explained the links in the My Places blogroll, and I thought I’d do the same for the Support blogroll. There are hundreds of worthy causes out there. These are just a few that are close to my heart.

FreeRice.org is very simple: test yourself on vocabulary words, and for each definition you get correct, [...]