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Tag Archives: challange
Pulp On Pulp, moving forward.
A reminder that the collection of essays that Cheah Kit Sun and I are putting together is open for submissions. I don’t know that Pulp On Pulp will be its title when it comes time to publish it–I just needed … Continue reading
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Tagged challange, collaboration, creativity, critique, entertainment, fantasy, fiction, science fiction, writing
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Followup and clarifications: Pulp On Pulp
A day after I posted the Call For Essays: Pulp On Pulp I have already received one essay and queries on three others. All of them fit the theme of the collection–maybe I’m getting better at writing submission guidelines. One … Continue reading
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Tagged challange, collaboration, creativity, critique, entertainment, fantasy, fiction, science fiction, writing
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A Call For Essays: Pulp On Pulp
I would like to try to put together a collection of practical essays from writers of Action/Adventure Fiction. Cheah Kit Sun, writer and self-publisher, has agreed to act as publisher. This would be a non-paying project, to be available for … Continue reading
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Tagged challange, collaboration, creativity, critique, entertainment, fantasy, fiction, science fiction, writing
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In The Year 2020
Okay, so writing 2020 as the date is probably going to freak me out all year. But let’s leave that aside and talk about my intentions for the new year. Last year I set my goal too ambitiously and I … Continue reading
“Worth The Candle”
Okay, so I started in on the story that I promised to write in my last post. There is still plenty of time to get your name into it–all you have to do is leave a review of Duel Visions … Continue reading
Posted in On Promotion, On Publishing, On Writing
Tagged Amazon, challange, critique, fantasy, fiction, personal, promotion, publishing, reviews, science fiction, short story anthology, writing
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Red Shirts & Reviews
Haven’t you always wanted to be part of the shadowy underworld of outlaw spellcasters? To live the life of a magical gangster, full of danger, intrigue, unlawful conjurations, and bucketfuls of cold hard cash? Well, here’s your chance! I will … Continue reading
Posted in On Promotion, On Publishing, On Writing
Tagged Amazon, challange, critique, fantasy, fiction, personal, promotion, publishing, reviews, science fiction, short story anthology, writing
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Leaving the town in the keeping of the man who is sweeping up the ghosts of Saturday night
This is in reply, more or less, to posts made by some writers I know. First Alexander Hellene talks about the Mythic in fiction, then Xavier Lastra discusses magic use as a plot element in genre fiction, and then Rawle … Continue reading
Posted in Artists That I Admire, New Wave, On Writing
Tagged challange, creativity, drama, entertainment, fantasy, fiction, horror, realism, science fiction, work in progress, writing
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What I Learned This Year
Last year at about this time I announced my plans to concentrate on short fiction during 2018. How did that work out for me, you ask? Pretty well, all things considered. I had eight stories published this year, and while … Continue reading
The Fredric Brown Editor’s Choice Award For Short Fiction
Overview: In the interests of promoting independently published short fiction I am proposing the creation of an juried award for short fiction. The purpose of the award would be to showcase the best short fiction of the year, as determined by … Continue reading
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Tagged challange, creativity, fiction, promotion, publishing, short story anthology, writing
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Want a signed set of The Book Of Lost Doors?
It is coming down to the wire for Cirsova. He wants to raise $5,000 to fund next year’s run of the magazine, and he’s up to just over $3,600 as of this writing, with 6 days to go. Let me … Continue reading