Writing Process: Writing with a Craft Goal in Mind

I’ve written a lot of books. Traitors’ Gate (due August 09 USA with Tor Books USA and early Sept 09 with Orbit Books UK) will be my 19th published novel. That’s counting The Golden Key, the collaboration I wrote with Melanie Rawn and Jennifer Roberson, but not counting the two early unpublished works which are unpublishable and will remain that way because they’re also really embarrassing. Hey, I was young once, too.

That’s not my point.

My point is, that I continually strive to improve as a wr