Author Archives: jamesdmacdonald

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
I’m not going to talk here about “plot-driven” versus “character-driven” stories, because that’s a distinction made by critics, which is to say, from the outside looking in, whereas most writers find plot and character to be so thoroughly intermingled that talking about one as though it excluded the…

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
…that one of the things I’ve always admired about Ursula K. LeGuin is her steadfast refusal to perform the dance of genre disavowal every time the mainstream tries to claim her for one of their own.

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Last night I dreamed I was at a science fiction convention, and was trying (as one does) to juggle prepping for my final panel of the con, packing up and checking out before the hotel deadline, and finding my co-author to make certain that he had all of…

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Especially if you’re active, or intend or hope to be active, in the greater science fiction/fantasy writing community:  sf writer Laura J. Mixon (aka Morgan J. Locke) provides an exhaustive investigation and analysis of the work – if that’s the appropriate word – of a “new, young” writer…

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
NaNoWriMo season, that is. And if it’s NaNoWriMo today, then it’ll be the winter solstice and all its associated holidays tomorrow, at least in the northern hemisphere. As I’ve done before, I’m offering a seasonal gift for the writer in your life:  Purchase a gift certificate for a…