On not self-rejecting…
Photo: Shakespeare Unleashed, edited by James Aquilone for Monstrous Books and Crystal Lake Publishing, which I submitted to AND THEY LET ME IN! It’s mid March, the sun is shining, I’m in a relatively good mood, and I’m thinking about self-rejecting–or, more accurately, NOT self-rejecting. I hear a lot, and I used to say sometimes,…
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Book Launch!
The day is here–and like most long-anticipated events, ot came on slowly and then all at once. I have a book in the world. It’s real. It exists. People are ordering it. (You can too: click here!) Stephen King says, in On Writing, that publishing books requires talent, desire, ambition, and luck. Luck. He’s right.…
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OMG I’m Writing a Novel
Photo of shark by freepik.com During NaNoWriMo 2022, I wrote 20,000 words of absolute crap. But for the first time, I took an idea that had been swirling around my brain for a year and put some of it down on paper (the screen). In December, I returned to an almost-finished novella and revised/edited/proofread hard,…
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“I want this story to linger,” an interview with Jewish horror author Zachary Rosenberg
Zachary Roseberg is the author of Hungers as Old as this Land (Brigid’s Gate Press, May 2023), The Long Shalom (Off Limits Press, forthcoming); and a contributing author to Seize the Press’s January 2023 issue as well as upcoming issues of The Deadlands, Dark Matter Magazine, the Shakespeare Unleashed anthology (Monstrous Books, Crystal Lake Publishing),…
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Hard Work Works (thank you 2022!)
This is basically a “part two” to my recent “Failing at NaNoWriMo & Winning at Rejections” post. This year (2022) has been pretty incredible. I’ve met dozens of cool writers, joined writers’ groups, and I’ve gotten more acceptances than I have in several past years combined. What made this magic? I worked my ASS off.…
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Failing at NaNoWriMo & Winning at Rejections
Pic from memeshappen. This year, because I am susceptible to peer pressure and I just love saying yes to things, I participated in NaNoWriMo. I was off to a great start early in the month—racking up the daily word counts, writing scenes, figuring out characters, going hard at the cannibalism, etc. But then I hit…
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“It’s about my own roots,” an interview with NIGHTLIGHT podcast’s Tonia Ransom
Tonia Ransom, creator of the NIGHTLIGHT podcast and Afflicted: A Horror Thriller Audio Drama, talks about the importance of showcasing Black horror authors and their work, and explains her own personal connection to her passion projects. Q: How did you get started in podcasting, and what led to NIGHTLIGHT? A: I’ve known since the early 2000s…
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“Dear Editor, thank you for considering…”
(Image: http://www.freepik.com) I have 42 submissions out. I want to say something about Schrodinger’s cat here, but I’m shit at anything to do with math or science, and would probably screw it up. My point is that I have 42 unknowns floating in the universe. They could get accepted, rejected, or languish in an abandoned…
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On Becoming a Writer and Learning To Be Vulnerable: Guest post by Carol Weis
Guest post from author Carol Weis on writing her memoir STUMBLING HOME: Life Before and After That Last Drink, and what it means (and feels like) to be vulnerable and open as a writer.
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“[B]e surprised by the process,” an interview with Jessica McHugh
Jessica McHugh is a novelist, a 2x Bram Stoker Award®-nominated poet, and an internationally-produced playwright running amok in the fields of horror, sci-fi, young adult, and wherever else her peculiar mind leads. She’s had twenty-five books published in thirteen years, including her bizarro romp, The Green Kangaroos, her YA series, The Darla Decker Diaries, and her…
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