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RIP ATF
I was so sad to find out this week that A Thousand Faces, the quarterly journal of superhero fiction, has ceased publication. I’ve known other markets that folded in the past, including some that...
View ArticleIt’s That Time of Year Again
I don’t know what it is about summer. Maybe it’s the hot weather keeping us inside? Or maybe it’s a more relaxed daily schedule (it’s amazing how many non-school-related activities take hiatus in the...
View ArticleEmail vs. Website
Today I unsubscribed from Every Day Fiction’s email list. Felt kind of weird. I’ve been on that list for several years. But I just realized that I never read the emails anymore, so why bother having...
View ArticleCons
It seems there are a lot of stories and shows out there about con artists these days. Leverage, White Collar, and Ocean’s 11/12/13, to name a few off the top of my head. Oh, and The Heist Society...
View ArticleWhat Happens Next?
It is really sad when you find an old story on your computer, start reading, get totally caught up in the world and the characters, and then it just stops. Especially when it leaves you wanting more. I...
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Acceptance!
One of the four stories I sent out on submission last month was accepted. Woo-hoo! It’s been a while since I felt that feeling — since “The Vote” was accepted by Every Day Fiction back in 2010, I...
View ArticleCheck Your Details — Continuity, People!
I stayed up way too late last night reading the newest installment in the Heather Wells Mystery series by Meg Cabot (Size 12 and Ready to Rock). It’s been a long time since there was a new book in this...
View ArticleDystopian Fiction
I watched the first two episodes of the new TV series Revolution the other night. In a time close to now, something happens that makes everything that runs on electricity useless. The world goes dark....
View ArticleCelebrity Casting
Celebrity casting my novels-in-progress has become totally addicting. How do you find the face of that character you made up out of the ether? Unless a particular person/actor/what-have-you sprang...
View ArticleThe Apprentice
Well… I am blushing right now. I had my short story, “The Apprentice,” accepted at Residential Aliens a few months ago, but, somehow, in all the holiday and vacation madness, I missed the publication...
View ArticleThe Timberwolves Series
I am back from an unintentional blog hiatus (darn you, real life!), and the first thing on my list of blog topics is a review of the Timberwolves Y/A series by Tammy Blackwell. As you may remember from...
View ArticleBulletproof Tropes
I recently read an entry on fantasy author Shanna Swendson’s blog about Bulletproof Tropes–basically, a trope you love so much that you’ll cut the show/movie/book/whatever a lot of extra slack because...
View ArticleFinished!
It achieved a pretty big milestone a few weeks ago. I finished my first real novel. I specify “real,” because I have finished a few others, but with those I always cheaped out at the end. I got tired...
View ArticleKnow When to Stop
There is so much helpful writing information available on the internet. You can find blogs and articles devoted to every aspect of the craft, from plotting and editing your novel, to writing the...
View ArticleAppropriate Reading
First of all, if you haven’t read Brigid Kemmerer’s Elementals series, you’re missing out. Hot guys, supernatural powers, romance, adventure… What else do you need? That said, I was cruising Brigid’s...
View ArticleMost Enjoyed Books of 2013
I saw a similar list on a book blog, and it inspired me to try to write my own. But, man… I read a lot of books in 2013. Where to start? I may have to lump books from the same series in together, but...
View ArticleThis Puts It in Perspective…
I just read this post over at Jennifer Jackson’s agent blog. The highlights: Out of over 6,000 queries last year, this literary agent requested a mere 26 partials and manuscripts, and out of that, she...
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