January 15, 2010
In my writer’s group, people were talking about submitting their stuff for publication. Many of the writers are either romance or science fiction, and their goal is to get published — at least a short story or novella in an anthology. Out of curiosity, I asked how many times one of the writers, P, had [...]
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editing,
publishing,
rejection,
sales,
semi-organized thoughts,
submission,
writing
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December 6, 2009
So, I just read an 80-page novella in which the VPC is human, but has to infiltrate a vampire’s club in order to get some blood. He’s not happy about the idea, but for survival’s sake, he has to go on despite whatever trouble lies ahead. The author started the story in the right spot: [...]
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backstory,
character development,
editing,
fundamentals,
history,
semi-organized thoughts,
writing
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