It's In The Details

I’m glad to bring you another success story of a friend I made in last year’s Speculative Fiction Marathon.  (This year’s marathon starts...

More proof that there are plenty of ways to achieve success for writers. T.W. Findley has agreed to share her journey through the publishin...

After seeing the fantastic Avengers movie at its opening, we went to see a dollar showing of John Carter over the weekend. Even though I re...

This writer has helped me out so many times that I couldn’t wait to get her post. Phoenix Sullivan has picked apart query letters for myself...

It’s coming! Ladies and Gentlemen, here’s your chance to develop the thick skin you will need for dashing off query letters. I’m talking ...

This fantastic lady’s success story makes me truly envious. Who wouldn’t love to have writing be their full time job? It certainly proves t...

My friend, Phoenix Sullivan, has graciously fixed her impressive talents on my query and ripped it to shreds, line by line. You can find it ...

You might know this writer as the moderator Big Black Cat from AQC. Not only does Mindy McGinnis have an amazing debut YA novel coming ...

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Last summer, I participated in a grand speculative fiction marathon of critiquing chapters on AQC. (If you’re interested look here , then a...

10 years ago the USA had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash .... Now they have no Jobs, no Hope and no Cash created by Joyce in ...

Anna' the bottom row, third from the right, with short hair. My seventeen-year-old daughter is going to Japan in about a month. The ...

Although hugely rewarding, teaching is easily the most mentally draining thing I’ve ever done. I worked for five years in accounting for a l...