We're on our way down to FaerieWorlds this afternoon, once I finish teaching today's class. Hope to see ya there!

Oh, and we'll have copies of all of Wendy Rule's hard-to-find albums for sale at the Tricky Pixie table, as well as tickets for the upcoming gig we're sponsoring for those two artists on Sept. 12 at the Little Red Studio.

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Huh? Please allow me to explain. :)

I recently scored a gig writing essays about classic and modern/ postmodern folk tales. Two of the essays I have coming up (with deadlines far shorter than I'd like!) deal with the following topics. I'd love suggestions about sources or stories - especially stories! - dealing with these subjects:

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 Hi, folks!

The following is a re-post of some advice I offered on a writer newslist to an author who was publicly blowing his stack over a rejection. Three weeks after the submission, he asked for/ demanded a reason for said rejection. When the editor wrote back (!) and said that s/he couldn't remember the exact reason but would check into it again ( Read more... )

1. Your genre(s)?

Dark urban fantasy, tending toward magical realism in my fiction and high fantasy in my RPG work. I've also done a fair amount of historical high fantasy as part of the Sorcerers Crusade line, while my current novel is a mythpunk fantasy.

2. How many books have you completed?

Gods - roughly 100 if you count my RPG work and ( Read more... )

Tricky question regarding a cop on the outs with his fellow officers:

In my story, a once-good cop has fallen from grace with his family, himself and his precinct. After a series of traumas, his after-hours drinking and repressed violence get beyond his control. His family members start showing up to the emergency room with bruises and cuts. His ( Read more... )

Thanks, Rachel! :)

1. It's in first-person.

My background starts in theatre and I write like an actor - from within the heads of my characters.

2. The main characters are smart, spirited, sensual and female.

What can I say? Such women interest and inspire me. Guys rarely do.

3. Reality and history are VERY subjective.

I subscribe to the Rashomon ( Read more... )

Satyr, here. I just got word that my story "Ravenous" - slated to appear in the next issue of Weird Tales magazine - was also selected to appear in the Best of Weird Tales 2007 anthology. :)

*happy satyr dance*

Could someone please post the link for that word-count meter I keep seeing on LJ?

Thanks!