Alternative Theologies: Parables for a Modern Age. Which is fine, you do you and I'll do me, whatever. On the surface.

But when I drilled down into the guidelines, I just... made a face.

No, seriously, am I the only one who has a problem with this?

This is unabashedly critical look at the often hypocritical deviation of the religious right ( Read more... )

But, shockingly, my child, yes, I do actually care more about something in my industry that may affect me down the road much more than I care about something that probably (a) will not affect me at all, and (b) I cannot affect in the first place ( Read more... )

I will not name names here, but I will put forth the story as a cautionary tale.

I freely admit that I am mercenary, and I will write damned near anything if you throw enough money at my head. So when someone approaches me with an opportunity to "write for a movie or TV show," sure, I'm intrigued, but wary. When you say "Don't ask me about the ( Read more... )

Yes, yes. I've ranted about this before. At length. Well. I'm going to rant about it again, because it's getting more and more ridiculous ( Read more... )

"If a story fits the guidelines, no matter how loosely, even if they say it's a long shot? Send. It. Anyway.. Let the editor decide."

Yeah, I just got an email from a market that stated up front that it was only taking a couple of this type of story for their thing. And they are holding mine for further consideration. This is the fourth time this ( Read more... )

What do you do when you get a one-star review on Goodreads ( Read more... )

at Conduit this weekend. And gorgeous art demands gorgeous framing. So today we wandered over to Michael's to see if there was something I could buy off the shelf that would work for a pair of 7x14 pieces ( Read more... )

I am a 51-year-old female conservative fundamentalist Christian who writes science fiction and fantasy.

If you think I don't feel marginalized, dismissed, and disrespected in a genre that I've loved since I was 13, you are freaking delusional.

That being said.

Do you think I'm going to let that stop me from realizing my dreams? Do you think I'm ( Read more... )

I really wish all the editors and publishers would get together and decide what Standard Manuscript Format actually is. At this point, I'm just thrilled that they all agree that one-inch margins are the way to go.

Everything else is in flux. Some places want italics, while others have stuck with underlines. One space after a period, or two? RTF, ( Read more... )

I decided that I nevertheless want to weigh in, even though a couple of giants have already done so. Larry Corriea did a masterful fisking of the HuffPo article, and John C. Wright gave his own thoughts as well ( Read more... )