Tips for a Better Writerly You

So, it’s a new year (okay, I’m a few weeks late) and the start of a new year is a good time to find ways to advance the things in your life that are important to you. If one of them is your writing skills, I have some suggestions. If you have a little money [...]

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Meeting the Goddess

    Last time we talked, I was busy squealing like a 12-year-old girl at a Jonas Brothers concert. I was mere days from attending a writing class led by the woman I refer to as my Writing Goddess, Ann Patchett. I promised a report, so I’m here to deliver.  It was a small group [...]

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Lambda Literary Writers Retreat

Want to attend a writing seminar taught by Nicola Griffith? Well, Lambda Literary is giving you that opportunity. Their upcoming annual writers retreat will be held August 8 – 15, and Nicola Griffith is listed as faculty for the fiction portion. For more details, check here: Lambda Literary Writers Retreat 

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Workshop Winners

Congratulations to the following people Devlyn – A copy of Ultimate Lesbian Erotica 2008 signed by Jove and Larkin. Margay – Her choice of a signed copy of Edge of Darkness or a copy of one of Larkin’s two e-books. Barabara – A signed copy of Face of the Enemy.   Thanks to everyone for [...]

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WORKSHOP – Hitting the Wall

Folks, due to some unavoidable personal circumstances, we were unable to complete this workshop. Sometimes life gets in the way, but hopefully we’ll be able to post it soon. We’ll do the drawing and announce the winners some time this weekend. Thanks all for checking in.

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WORKSHOP – Brainstorming with Jove

Brainstorming by Jove Belle copyright 2008   Brainstorming. Doesn’t sound pleasant, does it? Why in the world would I want a storm in my brain? Perhaps a small flurry, but a full on storm? I don’t think so. Yet when it happens, when it really works, all I’m left with is a stupid smile and [...]

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WORKSHOP – Worldbuilding with Sandra

Worldbuilding with a Wiki by Sandra Barret copyright 2008   Worldbuilding is a must for speculative fiction writers. It’s where we create unique cultures, alien races, habitable (or inhabitable) planets, and rules of science or magic. Worldbuilding occurs outside of specfic as well. A detailed romance story includes some setting or other, and unless the [...]

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WORKSHOP – Marketing with Moon

Marketing on a Budget By Moondancer Drake copyright 2008   With my first anthology out (Chilling Tales) and a novel due this fall (Ancestral Magic) I’ve been giving a great deal of thought to the idea of marketing. Being with a small publisher, a lot of the promotion lands on my shoulders, and not having [...]

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