Movie Review: Underworld
My husband and I rented the 2003 vampire/werewolf action flick Underworld this evening, hoping for a bit of fun, entertaining eye candy. And while this […]
Dealing with rejections from editors
In the inevitable event that you get a rejection letter from a publisher, you should, in the vast majority of cases, not take it personally. […]
Is the publisher just a middleman?
“The publisher is just the middleman!” I’ve heard many an aspiring writer make a statement to this effect. And, really, who can blame them? We […]
What can happen if you accidentally plagiarize
Most of us first encounter the notion of plagiarism while we’re in school. Countless schoolkids unwittingly become plagiarists when they write their first few research […]
Secret (Literary) Agent Man
The Traditional Path To Being Agented When you’re trying to sell your first novel, you’re stuck in a terrible Catch-22: many publishers won’t look at […]
Finding or Creating a Writer’s Workshop Group
You’ve reached a certain level in your writing and you realize that you need feedback from people other than your friends in order to improve […]
Book Review: The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror
The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror is an anthology series of — you guessed it — fantasy and horror that St. Martin’s Press has been […]
Getting Your Work Published
Okay. You’ve written your story or poem. You think it’s good. Your friends say it rocks. Your creative writing instructor gave it an “A” and […]
Pitching for Star Trek
From a writer’s standpoint, one of the most interesting aspects of the modern Star Trek shows (Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) is […]
Movie Review: Nature of the Beast
Nature of the Beast is a 1995 horror thriller written and directed by Victor Salva, who is also the writer/director of Jeepers Creepers and the […]
Lloyd Alexander’s The Iron Ring
The Iron Ring is a short fantasy novel written by noted children’s author Lloyd Alexander. Though is aimed primarily toward older kids, anyone with a […]
Why I Stopped Wanting To Be a Biologist When I Grew Up
It all started innocently enough. I had just begun my senior year as a biology major at a West Texas college, and I had just […]