I’ll be one of the judges for the ConDFW short story contest so now is the time to get cranking. You still have a few months but you don’t want to end up writing something at the last minute. So what makes a contest-winning story? The same things that make a sellable story. Character, setting, plot, [...]
My friend Martin Owton makes drugs by day, is a writer by night, and in between finds time to set quizzes. This is one he came up with recently for writers. I got an 11. Not great, but I’ll have you know, I didn’t google for a single answer. Give it a try — put [...]
World Fantasy Con is coming up next week. They should have a finalized schedule early next week but so far it looks like I am reading at 2 pm on Friday. I am psyched! According to the prelim schedule I am sharing a reading time slot with Dennis L. McKiernan, who has one of the [...]
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