... I could probably afford this house. Now that's what I call a bunker, bitches.

 If the answer's yes, and you're looking for something to do, stop by the Hopleaf bar in Chicago on Tuesday, June 21st, at 7:30 p.m. for Tuesday Funk's "Science Fiction Sextuplet Feature."  I'm one of the featured writers, and I'll be reading a portion of my story "A Portrait of Time" that appears TIMESHARES. If you're in the area, I'd love it if ( Read more... )

 If not, you should. If you do, then you already saw this post about finding emotional resonance in technobabble dialogue.

He wrote the post from the standpoint of an actor delivering a scene, but it applies to authors too. Find the emotion in any scene--even an infodumpy one--and you'll make it better. 

My friend and all-around great guy Patrick Tracy runs a dark fantasy/horror flash fiction website called Nasty, Brutish, and Short. When Patrick read my zombie flash he asked if he could feature it on his site, and I happily said yes. There's a lot of great work on NBNS, and  I'm honored to be a part of it. If you like dark fiction, I hope you'll ( Read more... )

I remember. We all remember.

A first-person account of being at the towers.

Agent Kristin Nelson talking about the power of a great story here. Go on, click the linky. It gave me chills, and I daresay it'll do the same for you.

Go congratulate Sandy Williams on her recent urban fantasy sale!

I have super-awesome talented friends. :)

For those of you wondering where I'll be during GenCon, here's the schedule. All seminars are in the Hyatt. Oh, and if you'd like a handy-dandy guide to all the Writer's Symposium events, check out the oh-so-easy to navigate schedule at www.kellyswails.com/gencon.

Thursday
9:00 a.m. Transporting your characters
10:00 a.m. Plotstorming from character
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Stumbled upon this blog entry by Lillith SaintCrow in my daily internet travels (thanks to kellymccullough ). In it, Ms. Saintcrow tells the aspiring writing that carving out writing time every day is important--yes indeedy--but carving out alone time is equally as important. Set aside some time each day just for you. To think. To recharge. To work out plot ( Read more... )

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