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Short Story Market Workshop

Back on Sunday I went to a workshop on the short story market hosted by Michael Matheson. Matheson is a short story author and is also one of the editors at Apex Magazine, an online magazine for...

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Poll: Should I do the 3-day novel contest?

I recently found out that I hadn’t (yet again) missed the 3-day novel contest. For those who aren’t familiar with this contest, it’s a $50 entry fee and then you write a novel, at least 100 manuscript...

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Marketing Categories: The Genre Question

I read an article from Quill and Quire today that talked about a new marketing category that has evolved – new adult fiction. It described how an author had trouble selling her book because it featured...

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The agony of the moment before you edit

I just got my edits back from my publisher. Actually I got them a few days ago but my email idiotically mistook one of the most important emails I’ve ever got as spam. Yeah, gonna be fixing my spam...

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Looks like I wasn’t the only person having that sort of an evening yesterday

I found this article on Chuck Wendig’s blog (seriously, go read it) and it perfectly encapsulates my evening last night too.  So, moment of truth, we all need editors. There’s no shame in that....

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Antagonists and Villains

Ouyang Feng from the Legend of the Condor Heroes is a pretty obvious villain – his nickname is the Western Poison – but even so it’s his believable motivations and fundamental humanity that make him...

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Abercrombie, Martin and Magic-Light Fantasy

I’m going to put this up here now, I might include spoilers for A Song of Ice and Fire in this post. Stop reading now if that bothers you. There will be spoilers in the very next paragraph. The last...

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Ye Olde Blog Hop

Mutation you say? Last Friday, Adam Shaftoe tagged me in a Blog Hop. Basically it’s like a chain letter for writers but with the added benefit of mutation (sweet, sweet mutation). In a nutshell, each...

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May the Fourth be With You – But also some hard truths

            There’s been a lot of discussion regarding the Star Wars casting announcement recently. Adam Shaftoe has an excellent take on the issue over at Page of Reviews, and for something a little...

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