What Honor Requires is Now Open (tags #writing #authors #novels)
WHOO! My very first special call is officially open, and I am excited. For those who may have missed it, I am looking for a few good novels and novellas in a special call to celebrate the veterans in...
View ArticleShadowrun Sundays – A RPG Writing Opportunity (tags #RPGs #gaming #writing...
So you want to write for a role-playing game but don’t know how to get your foot in the door? Have I got an opportunity for you! Why am I posting this? Because writing isn’t a competition. Just because...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of Electronic Submissions (tags #writetip #writing...
As the publishing industry changes with the advent of electronic books, so too does the electronic submissions process. Gone are the days of deciding between A4 and 8.5″ by 11″, buying paper by the...
View ArticleWriting the Good Fight (tags #writing #sfwapro #editing)
Writing the good fight. Sounds easy, yes? As I wade through submissions for What Honor Requires, I find that there is a huge disparity between authors who understand the military and authors who can...
View ArticleNetworking: My Writing Career in a Nutshell (tags #SFWA #writing #authors...
Networking. Self-Promotion. Business skills. Talent. Which of these does a writer need to make it in the publishing industry? All of them. If anyone ever tells you that a writing career only requires...
View ArticleThe Cascade Effect (tags #writing #authors #editing #editors #cascadewriters...
I am on my way home from the Cascade Writers Workshop in Portland, Oregon and am now suffering the cascade effect. Okay, I admit “cascade effect” is just a fun play on words the grey mush in my skull...
View ArticleWriting Danger: Mutual Appreciation Societies Ahead (tags #writing...
As events at the Cascade Writers Workshop recently reminded me, writing dangers are everywhere. Websites such as Writers Beware and Preditors & Editors warn rookie writers away from traps that...
View ArticleMy Writing Credits (tags #SFWA #SFWAPro #writing)
For various reasons of late, I’ve needed to sit down and come up with a list of my writing credits. So I started this list last month and have (I think) nearly completed it. When I looked at the...
View ArticleFull Time Earning, Full Time Living (tags #sfwapro #writing #dbadmin)
You know you’ve made an impact when people start coming up to you asking where you’ve found your full time writing gigs. It’s been an interesting roller coaster ride for me since 2004. From hearing an...
View ArticleWriting to Publishing (tags #writing #authors #sfwapro)
At SQL Saturday Orlando, another speaker and I got into a discussion about the transition from writing to publishing. He went to my blog looking for SQL Server stuff and got confused when he found all...
View ArticleWriting Prompt Wednesdays – Performance Reviews (tags #writing...
Writing Prompt Wednesdays welcomes you to the most dreaded time of the year. You’d never know it given the chipper music, bright lights, and festive happenings, but a monster lurks in the workplaces of...
View ArticleShadowrun Sundays – Throwing Spitballs (tags #shadowrun #rpgs #gaming #writing)
Shadowrun Fifth Edition has officially been out for over 1/2 a year, so few would be surprised that Catalyst Game Labs will release new adventures, source books, and rule books for the product. That...
View ArticleWaking up with a Dream Story (tags #writing #dreaming)
So I woke up this morning in the middle of another story writing itself out in my head. This time, a group of 8-9 kids (of various ages from about eleven to fifteen) were running from the authorities...
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