The Eightfold Way (#1 in a series of “classic posts” about writing)…

[I wrote this quite a while ago and have repeated it once in this blog. It made the rounds on other blogs somewhere in the dark past. Why does this zombie rise again out of its grave to persecute you, dear reader? Because I’m taking a brief hiatus from writing. I’ve released Aristocrats and Assassins; finished Muddlin’ Through—it’s off to my formatter and cover artist; I’m in final editing mode for the new Chen and Castilblanco novel, The Collector; and I’ve finished Part I of a new sci-fi no...