Two Posts on the Business of Writing

I have two posts going up today.  The first, my usual Monday Magical Words post, can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, Stuart Jaffe, and A.J. Hartley.  The post is called “Why I Still Believe in Big-Press Publishing,” and it’s about the ongoing changes in the publishing industry.  The second can be found at http://www.sfnovelists.com, the group blog on speculative fiction that I maintain along with a group of over one hundred published authors of fantasy and science fiction.  It is called “Google and Piracy:  One Author’s Perspective” and it’s about Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt’s recent declaration that Google would not stop linking to sites that sell pirated books, music, and art.  I hope you enjoy both posts.