I try to read and reply to all mail I receive, but it's not always possible. (Although I do manage about 95%.) I'm frequently away from base, and I don't employ any minions, not even evil henchmen to do my bidding. It's just me running this business. What follows is information to save your time as well as mine.
If you're expecting a reply and don't get one, it's either because the mail is being bounced for some reason -- usually an incomplete reply address, or an ISP in the chain has mistaken it for spam -- or because you've asked a question that's already answered in the FAQs. (Which is why I ask you to read the FAQs first. Especially Star Wars fans - all the answers I can give you are already in there.)
The e-mail form below is the easiest way to contact me. Snail mail via publishers usually takes months to get forwarded, sometimes over a year, and for all I know some may never reach me at all. If you just want to say hi, then please do - don't feel obliged to rack your brains and compose something long and worthy. Hi is fine. But if you're asking for information, please take a few minutes to look through the FAQs page first to see if your question is already answered, because 90% of specific questions I'm asked are covered more fully there than I'd be able to give you in an individual reply.
General guidance - my apologies, but the following are no-go areas :
1. Please don't send me story ideas, fan fiction, or your own fiction - I have to delete it unread for legal reasons.
2. No attachments, please. Mail with attachments will be deleted on the server.
3. I can't give you individual advice on writing or getting published (or anything else, really) or read your stuff and tell you if it's any good. All the information I can give you is already on this site in the FAQs, Writers' Stuff, and other pages, or on my blog.
4. I can't help students or teachers with school or college projects - sorry.
5. I don't do Facebook, LinkedIn, Tagged, or any other social networking online, so please don't be offended when I don't respond to invites to join any of these or even hit the "No, sod off," button. I'm a face-to-face person.
If you're expecting a reply and don't get one, it's either because the mail is being bounced for some reason -- usually an incomplete reply address, or an ISP in the chain has mistaken it for spam -- or because you've asked a question that's already answered in the FAQs. (Which is why I ask you to read the FAQs first. Especially Star Wars fans - all the answers I can give you are already in there.)
The e-mail form below is the easiest way to contact me. Snail mail via publishers usually takes months to get forwarded, sometimes over a year, and for all I know some may never reach me at all. If you just want to say hi, then please do - don't feel obliged to rack your brains and compose something long and worthy. Hi is fine. But if you're asking for information, please take a few minutes to look through the FAQs page first to see if your question is already answered, because 90% of specific questions I'm asked are covered more fully there than I'd be able to give you in an individual reply.
General guidance - my apologies, but the following are no-go areas :
1. Please don't send me story ideas, fan fiction, or your own fiction - I have to delete it unread for legal reasons.
2. No attachments, please. Mail with attachments will be deleted on the server.
3. I can't give you individual advice on writing or getting published (or anything else, really) or read your stuff and tell you if it's any good. All the information I can give you is already on this site in the FAQs, Writers' Stuff, and other pages, or on my blog.
4. I can't help students or teachers with school or college projects - sorry.
5. I don't do Facebook, LinkedIn, Tagged, or any other social networking online, so please don't be offended when I don't respond to invites to join any of these or even hit the "No, sod off," button. I'm a face-to-face person.