Mar 12 2007
So what’s the word rate on that?
For anyone who doesn’t think there’s any money in writing fiction, this just in: J.K. Rowling made the Forbes list of billionaires.
That’s right, a billion dollars, just from writing.
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Are you a writer? If so, read my series on the games writers play to get themselves to write. 
Scott’s Mutter-Twitters- scottwcarter: My daughter just said she wants a Kindle for Christmas. She's 7.
- scottwcarter: [Mutterings] A Web of Black Widows - Electronic Edition Published http://ping.fm/lYGGq
- scottwcarter: Headed out to the coast to lunch with writers. Stephen King is riding shotgun.
- scottwcarter: [Mutterings] Summer Update: Playing the Long Game http://ping.fm/l9e77
- scottwcarter: [Mutterings] Games Writers Play #25: Stop When You're On a Roll http://ping.fm/RKAqK
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Buy My Books
My first book, The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys, is now available for purchase. If you plan to buy the book, please do so as early as possible -- it encourages bookstores to stock the book and helps an author's career.
My short story collection, The Dinosaur Diaries and Other Tales Across Space and Time, is now available for purchase. It contains eighteen stories -- one original to this collection, and seventeen that appeared in places like Analog, Asimov's, Realms of Fantasy, and Ellery Queen. Read more about it here.
My first story collection, A Web of Black Widows and Other Stories of Love and Loss, is now available from PS Publishing. Order now -- it's a limited print run!
Recent Short Stories
My second story featuring interstellar private investigator Dexter Duff, "The Android Who Became a Human Who Became an Android," has appeared in the July/August issue of Analog.
Two cat stories in a row! My story, "A Problem with Polly," has appeared in the anthology Cat Tales II: Fantastic Feline Fiction.
My collaboration with Ray Vukcevich, "A Stray," has appeared online at Fantasy-Magazine.com. Free reading!
My story, "The Bear Who Sang Opera," has appeared in the July/August 2009 issue of Analog.
My story, "Stone Creek Station," has appeared in the anthology, Beneath the Surface. Buy it here.
My story, "The Dinosaur Diairies," has appeared in the magazine, Realms of Fantasy. Buy a copy at your local Borders bookstore. You might also consider subscribing.
My story, "Motivational Speaker," has appeared in the DAW anthology, Mystery Date. Purchase it from Amazon today.