Part 1 | Write By The Rails’s Back on Tracks – Writer’s Workshop – Fall 2018 Now that I’ve recovered … More
Category: Conventions
Overviews of conventions I’ve attended plus notes I’ve gleaned from panels.
World Fantasy Con, Writers Workshops, and NaNoWriMo. Oh, my!
Your friendly, neighborhood writer-blogger-vlogger-voice actress has been BUSY! Two weekends ago, I attended a writers’ workshop put on by my … More
My 5 Biggest Misconceptions About Submitting A Short Story
This past weekend, I did something I’ve only done once before. I submitted a short story to a publisher. I … More
Waiting For Rejection…Or Selection!
As Writers, We Spend A Lot of Time Waiting Tomorrow, after weeks and weeks, the mentees for PitchWars 2018 will … More
7 Tips For Writing Better Villains
Write The Villain Your Story Deserves As I’ve discussed before, there’s a difference between an antagonist and a villain. Your … More
5 Writing Tips for Making Fantasy Feel ‘Real’
If you ask a group of writers how they approach a part of their writing process, you’re going to get … More
Agents and Editors Share–Pitches We’re Sick Of!
What do agents want? What are publishers sick of? At Balticon52, I got the opportunity to hear a few of the industry leaders voice their opinions.
The panel was entitled “Pitches We’re Sick Of (And One’s We’d Like To See More Of), but since that’s not enough to fill an hour, it turned into a Question and Answer session.
What Good Is An Agent? Answers From Writers.
https://youtu.be/8bsDxJ7awgM%5BPrevious related topics: Why? How? What? ] If you’ve been paying attention to the literary agency world in the last … More
Top 4 Questions From An Editors & Publishers AMA (Ask Me Anything)
Today, I share what award-winning Science-fiction and Fantasy Editors and Publishers had to say about:
- Their Biggest Pet Peeves
- Pen Names
- How the Market Has Changed In The Last 10 Years
- Where Querying Writers Lose Them