I’ve published two volumes of short stories from the files of the Fairy Godmothers’Union, True Love Local and a full-length novel, ‘Wonder Guy,’ (Kensington’s Lyrical Press) in which his fairy godmother grants super powers to grad student Greg Roberts - just so he can impress the girl next door ( Read more... )

Cross-posted from The Writers' VineyardGenre fiction, particularly the Romance genre gets a lot of flak from some who prefer a more literary, 'true-to-life' brand of fiction. Romance, Fantasy and Science Fiction, and comic book super heroes, all suffer from the sin of being products of wish fulfillment. They allow events far from likely in reality ( Read more... )

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Cross-posted from The Writers' Vineyard

You may be a fiction writer if:

1. You like to daydream. You can sit happily staring out a window, watching the world go by and letting your thoughts wander, kicking up whatever strange ideas they may stumble across. People who bust in on your thoughts (‘I could see you weren’t busy’) are being offensive.
2. You ( Read more... )

Crossposted to The Writers' Vineyard and WordpressThis started as one of those Facebook memes, but it was a fun exercise, and I encourage everyone to stop and think about what writing means to you ( Read more... )

Cross-posted from The Writers' Vineyard

In response to an RWA article advising romance writers to avoid polarizing topics, SF writer, John Scalzi responded to the effect that one's political attitudes are part of one's identity and experience of the world from which is drawn anything a writer might produce of any unique worth ( Read more... )

(A blog entry I'll be cross-posting to The Writers' Vineyard ( Read more... )