Telling Stories
Well, tonight after two long months of hard work, I have at long last completed the (very) rough draft of my first Twin Stars science fiction novel-...
Every Autumn my college puts out a call for new course ideas for the arts department, with the intent that these course will be taught the following...
Finally! I found someone who lays out the word count targets for different types of books and genres. She’s a former professional agent, and knows of which...
“That which comes together must break apart- that which breaks apart must come together.” – Old Chinese Proverb Today, I was talking to one of my co-workers...
Friesen Press seems to be a former small publisher that are currently marketing themselves as a service provider for self-published authors. It’s not a bad approach to...
Back in February of 2011, I stuck my short story Hot Soup up on Smashwords as an experiment, and today I received my first payment for it-...
I can never remember her name in conversations, but I do remember what she’s doing to the publishing world. Amanda Hocking is the poster child for the...
Fantasy Author R. Scott Bakker (and fellow Londoner) lectured recently at Fanshawe College as part of Fanshawe’s Arts and Letters program, and unfortunately I missed it due...
Interesting post over on Stephane Dray’s blog on the topic of accuracy in historical fiction. To me it’s an interesting point because I was just thinking about...
Here’s an interesting site. It attempts to capture the better aspects of a serialized webfiction site (offering chapters at 10 cents each) and a traditional publisher by...