I am GOING to lose this otherwise…saved by the Internet! A timeline of events I consider relevant to the Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There books (and to the book I’m writing, Alice’s Adventures in Underland).  Ages approximate. 1832 – Charles born. 1846 – Charles goes to Rugby (age

The question came up yesterday–how do I know when I’m ready to submit a story? Okay.  The answer is very scary, difficult to accept, and goes against what lots of people will tell you. Write the story as close to straight through as possible. Put the story in standard manuscript format (I used to do

As you may know, I read slush for the wonderful Apex Magazine.  I previously posted some tips for submission, but someone asked me to write some up, and I ended up with different ones.  Who knew! Here they are: There are a lot of decent stories out there.  You have to better than all of them

I lived!  Fortunately, I knew quite a few people in the room at the Pikes Peak Romance Writers meeting, although I have to admit I kind of went into extrovert mode for a while and thus into an altered state in which I can’t quite remember everything that happened.  Weird, that.  I finally got to talk to

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My daughter signed up for the Young Writers’ Program this year (her first).  Then sat down and wrote like 500 words.  Okay, November hasn’t started yet, but who am I to tell her she has to wait?  I’m not that foolish. — You’re a kid.  You’re a writer (or you just like making things up but

Now available at Smashwords, Amazon.com, Barnes and Nobles, and OmniLit.  Coming soon at other online bookstores. Hand of Glory by DeAnna Knippling Young adult/Crime/Coming of age.  An MMORPG Noir…I think I’ve been playing too much World of Warcraft and Rifts lately. This cover was designed by the excellent Zachary Lin.  The story was actually written to fit the inspiration from

Now available at Smashwords, Amazon.com, Barnes and Nobles, and OmniLit.  Coming soon at other online bookstores. Hand of Glory by DeAnna Knippling Young adult/Crime/Coming of age.  An MMORPG Noir…I think I’ve been playing too much World of Warcraft and Rifts lately. This cover was designed by the excellent Zachary Lin.  The story was actually written

Another post for kids who write… Anything you write is a victory. Almost every writer (no matter what age, no matter how famous they are, no matter how well you think they write) has moments or even whole years where they go, “THIS IS AWFUL.” Sometimes that feeling hangs around, even after the story is