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I love my rejection slips. They show me I try. Sylvia Plath Back in the pre-COVID era of our lives, I often attended writers conventions. Invariably, over the course of...
Why Do You Keep Rejecting Me
I love my rejection slips. They show me I try. Sylvia Plath Back in the pre-COVID era of our lives, I often attended writers conventions. Invariably, over the course of...
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.Pablo Picasso As managing editor of Apex Magazine and general Apex slush wrangler, I have fielded more...
Submissions 101
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.Pablo Picasso As managing editor of Apex Magazine and general Apex slush wrangler, I have fielded more...
I don't do flash fiction.Charles Stross Just like painting a one-inch miniature portrait inside a seashell is harder than painting the same portrait on canvas as large as you like,...
Writing Flash Fiction: Serve Neat, With a Twist
I don't do flash fiction.Charles Stross Just like painting a one-inch miniature portrait inside a seashell is harder than painting the same portrait on canvas as large as you like,...
Writing an effective short story introduction is something that has befuddled new writers for centuries. The good news is that the basic concepts of writing an introduction are not difficult...
Writing an Effective Short Story Introduction
Writing an effective short story introduction is something that has befuddled new writers for centuries. The good news is that the basic concepts of writing an introduction are not difficult...
Without promotion, something terrible happens ... nothing!P.T. Barnum Knowing how to write a great author bio is an underrated and important skill that many writers approach with trepidation. Writers fear...
How to Write a Great Author Bio
Without promotion, something terrible happens ... nothing!P.T. Barnum Knowing how to write a great author bio is an underrated and important skill that many writers approach with trepidation. Writers fear...
I have great faith in fools—self-confidence my friends will call it. Edgar Allan Poe, Marginalia One of the easiest ways to make your manuscript stronger is to practice assertive writing....
Assertive Writing
I have great faith in fools—self-confidence my friends will call it. Edgar Allan Poe, Marginalia One of the easiest ways to make your manuscript stronger is to practice assertive writing....
The first “book” I remember writing was a version of King Kong vs Godzilla, drawn as a series of pictures on a stenographer’s pad. I can’t remember how old I...
Writing IP: Someone Else's Sandbox
The first “book” I remember writing was a version of King Kong vs Godzilla, drawn as a series of pictures on a stenographer’s pad. I can’t remember how old I...