I may have mentioned this before, but my short story “My Name Is Avenger Girl” was accepted for the superhero anthology “The Protectors”, edited by Paige. E. Roberts. Also, my […]
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More Perils of Worldbuilding
When it comes to worldbuilding, I like to think that most of us fledgling sf/fantasy writers actually sit down and get the work done. This probably isn’t true at all. […]
Read moreYet Another Opinion on the Future of Publishing
My mother pointed me towards a Newsweek article essentially promoting self-publishing as the viable model of the future to circumvent “traditional publishing” and get your work straight to the people. […]
Read moreQuerying etiquette?
So today I attended a writing seminar, or at least part of it… namely the section on “getting your work out to other people”, and naturally a part of that […]
Read moreQuerying in the summertime?
Is July typically a month in which agents take vacation? I just send out another round of queries last week, and, oddly, I haven’t heard any responses yet. I mean, […]
Read moreWorldbuilding and organic writing
One of my biggest problems is not the worldbuilding, but then taking that worldbuilding and weaving that into a story organically. The old draft of Crown of Druthal was filled with […]
Read moreI honestly think the hardest part of any novel is the part from 20,000 to 40,000 words. I’ve often said that novel-writing is like running a marathon. The latter is […]
Read moreQuerying what you don’t believe in
Found today on Twitter, from @Ginger_Clark with the #pubtip hashtag: People, don’t start your query disparaging science fiction to me. I will have to cut you for it. #pubtipI find this […]
Read moreAn empty space
I wish I had a camera with me, as I’m in my local bookstore right now. Right now, as I walked through the sci-fi/fantasy section, I noticed an empty space […]
Read moreQuerying strategy…
There’s all sorts of advice out there about querying, but one thing I wonder that I don’t see much talking about: when is the best time during the week to […]
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