This is a short prompt-driven story for a writing challenge I’ve joined. The prompt is Red Lipstick: “Will you shut up and put the damn stuff on already?” Tel ran a hand through his hair and glared at his drummer, blue eyes narrowed. Jason’s brown eyes blazed right back. “I didn’t sign up for this,…
Had an interesting (to an author) experience this morning: ankle surgery! This was a planned surgery – I had a bit of overgrown bone that was rubbing against the next ankle bone and the doctor shaved that off and “cleaned up” the area (whatever that means). I took careful note of all the medical procedures…
I have successfully figured out (with a little help) how to arrange a freebies page – if you sign up for the newsletter, you get a FREE STORY telling how the band members got their nicknames. That took a bit of doing, I can tell you. First, I had to convert the story into three…
Got another form rejection letter this afternoon … On the other hand, I signed up for another virtual writing conference in August. It has pitch sessions with agents and publishers, so maybe I’ll get lucky with one of those…
Got my first “form” rejection the other day. Really fast, which means the guy probably just didn’t like my query letter. I doubt he had time to read over my sample chapters. Maybe should work on the query letter more …
Sent out four new queries today … we’ll see what happens next …
So I found a new (online) conference — The Jericho Writers Summer Festival of Writing. For around $40 a month, you get 3 solid months of writing webinars and mini-workshops. They’re based in the UK, so I don’t know all of the authors — but I do know Neil Gaiman! So far we’ve had some interesting…
Robert Heinlein once wrote a book called The Number of the Beast, a fun frolic about a scientist who invents a time/space device and his family. However, unbeknownst to most of his fans, Heinlein also wrote a parallel novel called The Pursuit of the Pankera: A Parallel Novel About Parallel Universes. The two novels begin…