Is there a stigma to writing/publishing erotica? If it is my interest to ultimately be successful in some other mainstream genre (YA for example) is it something I should avoid at all cost? I realize...
Troglodad said... Query Shark- just found your site. I look forward to reding some of your responses. But since you say you keep repeating yourself, pointing out recurring mistakes, I cant see the se...
The Rental Cat is slightly bored with all this tapping on the computerMaybe something interesting will happen?What ho! Barbarians at the gate? Barbarian pigeons dare to enter my airspace?How dare the...
My scouts report some darn good writers can be found in interesting places!Im particularly interested in this young guy here: "His story “The Fly and His Lunch,” is told from the first-pers...
Sometimes hes the one guy who makes you believe.The story behind this iconic photograph here.
Thankfully I know writers. One of them will tell me just exactly how hilarious and weird and amazing Jeff Somers actually is.
post your guess in the comments column.
You want me to do something? Judge a contest? Attend a conference? Guest blog? Bring the cannoli; leave the gun?These are favors. Youre asking me for a favor. Sadly, but not unexpectedly, the d...
I have to laugh at the irony of leaving finalist #9 off the original ballot, because of course #9 is the overwhelming favorite of the blog voters! Then, once I caught that mistake, I forg...
UPDATE: I screwed up the ballot for voting on the finalists and left the last one off. Shirin Dubbin is probably wondering if that was personal (it wasnt--just a reminder not to do anything req...
...in this sequence: "Berne Convention copy write."Unless you mean youre in Berne for the Convention of Punctuationists and youre going to send me a copy of the new treaty regarding int...
The MWA anthology this year is VENGEANCE and yes you really REALLY want to get yourself a copy.Heres a chance for TWO people to win copies: the next writing contest.Usual rules:Write a story using 10...
In todays mailbag:Writers are always told how very important the query letter is, and to back that up I sometimes mention the fact that my original query later became, almost verbatim, the backcover ...
Question: Book youve faked reading?Answer: "War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. I didnt intend to fake it, but I took it on holiday with me and it just didnt fit in with my cocktail schedule."--of ...
The Black Orchid Novella Award is given by the Nero Wolfe Society. Deadline is May 31 (ie SOON!) And theres an actual monetary award attached--sweeeet!Here are the details.I have a particular fondnes...
Theres a story circulating about a woman who complained when she came across this display in her local bookstore.Much is going to be made of the fact she ghost-wrote Bristol Palins memoir; that shes ...
And how was your commute today?thanks to the incomparable @BookEndsJessica for the link this morning on Twitter
A couple years ago I walked the BEA show floor with my good friend Barbara. At that time she was the photographer who did the still shots for Project Runway. I knew Project Runway was a cable T...
Im a devoted fan of Shelf Awareness as regular readers of this blog know. Their daily email is a must-read start to the morning and I follow Marilyn Dahls book recommendations devotedly. Theyve run p...
I met Steve Ulfelder in the slush pile. He queried me about a novel featuring an ex-race car driver, now auto mechanic, trying to be a better man than he thought he was capable of. I fell in love wit...
I tend to think of writing conferences as places I impart great wisdom (ow! OW! LIGHTNING!! OWWWW!) the stuff Ive learned the hard way to writers who are looking for information on this crazy industr...
Robert Caro is my hero. Hes a masterful biographer, skilled storyteller, and while hes earned and won every prize under the sun, some of them twice, you never get the sense hes all that full of...
Nothing like a nice train ride from Boston to NYC to provide enough time to read the contest entries and name a winner!Special recognition for a cameo appearance by Laird BarronKregger 4:26pmA line t...
Years ago, I loved watching pro-wrestling. Not for the action but for the sheer beauty of the insults hurled at the combatants. My favorite kind of match was the "Loser Leaves Town."&nb...
Our newest FPLM team member is Becky Vinter. Shes eager to build a fearsomely talented list and show The Sharque a thing or two. Shes sophisticated, smart and stylish. Of course we&...
Its publication day for THE CRONING by Laird Barron.Publishers Weekly gave it starred review saying: Teeming with the cosmic horrors that distinguish the fiction of Lovecraft, Machen, and other...
Two years ago I attended Malice Domestic and during the Saturday banquet heard one of the winners of the William F. Deeck Malice Domestic Unpublished Manuscript contest give a short thank you speech....
yes the writing got smudged cause we learned ice cubes are slippery the hard way.
Jenny Milchmans blog has the answer to "How do you know when youve made it" via Steve Ulfelder.
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