Genre fiction is more important than literary fiction in our society. Photo by jesse orrico on Unsplash Genre fiction is more important than literary fiction in our society. I’m biased, it’s true. I write genre fiction. I (when I have my act together) publish it. I read it more often than not… by a large margin. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Let’s face it: the […]
Welcome Delicious Friend! – Discover The Best Hyperlinked Story Out There in Fallen London Hello, delicious friend! This post will be of especial interest to those who like steampunk and the like, but all writers and authors should check it out – because something we were all looking for happened, and we didn’t notice it. I last mentioned Fallen London in terms of its beautiful soundtrack, but it definitely […]
Really, the guidelines are there for a reason. I’m simply stunned by the people who don’t follow submission guidelines. I don’t mean vague things like “themes” or genre elements or stuff like that. I mean basic things. For example, I’ve written twice about cover letters (here, and more recently here). The latter post is explicitly linked to from both the guidelines page for […]
Updating Clauses In My Contract Templates It’s been a little while since I’ve talked about contracts, and since I just made a system-wide change to my templates, I thought I’d mention it. If you’ve not seen them already, I highly recommend that you take a look at my “Looking at Your Contracts” compendium post, as well as “The Strange Stuff You […]
