Short story market research links
Last week I promised I would send out my favorite short story market research link to AAAWG|AAAWG. I’ve finally gotten around to it. The one I like the best is Duotrope, and can be found here:...
View ArticleWho is the best short story writer? (Good question. Anyone know?)
Last night I pulled out a copy Fredric Brown|Fredric Brown's Angels and Spaceships|Angels & Spaceships that I bought recently in order to better study the art of short story writing. Fredric...
View ArticleJoy! Book order arrives
My book order arrived yesterday and I am wallowing in writing book goodness. A week ago or so I broke down and ordered a number of books on writing and criticism that I have been lusting after. They...
View ArticleGetting out of the slush pile
The slush pile|slush pile, that place that all entry level writers dread. When I come across advice about how to get out of the slush pile I sit up and listen. And 21 Tips to Get Out of the Slush...
View ArticleAAAWG and reading “Dispensing Justice”
The turnout for yesterday’s AAAWG meeting at Borders in Arborland was relatively light. Dave, Matt, Robyn, Sherlonya, Skipper, a new comer Lee, and myself were in attendance. Everyone got to read...
View ArticlePenny drops in — or how I discovered a character
So there I was, writing the opening lines to “Dispensing Justice”. I had the main character Michael, and he was down in his father’s secret lab when his mother called him to see if he had finished his...
View ArticleLooking forward to another AAAWG reading tonight…
Looking forward to another AAAWG reading tonight. In addition to the second reading from “Dispensing Justice”, I am bringing some SciFaiku that I was inspired to write this morning. That’s what I get...
View ArticleDispensing Justice just broke the 10K mark
My latest short-story-no-its-really-a-novel young-adult SF-superhero action-adventure story just broke 10,000 words. Only another 25,000 (or is it 60,000?) words to go. Word Counts - Today: 0 | May: 0...
View ArticleA Brief Overview of Superhero Fiction
In the past fifty years I would venture to say that less than fifty novels and anthologies have been published that fall within the superhero genre, excluding Marvel and DC media spinoffs. If you...
View ArticleA Brief Overview of Superhero Fiction (part 2)
A Brief Overview of Superhero Fiction, part 2 and conclusion. Continue from part 1. The Numbers — Conclusion Superhero novels and anthologies counted above total to 34. If you add in those from the “to...
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