Dear Auntie Deborah: Help! My characters have gone amok and won’t follow the plot of my book! What can I do to whip them into shape? — A Frustrated Author Dear Frustrated: The short (but brutal) answer is that your characters … Continue reading
Today we interview Joynell Schultz, who is launching a brand new apocalyptic science fiction romance series called Earth’s Only Hope. The prequel, Connecting is included in a huge, limited-edition science fiction and fantasy box set called Rogue Skies, all 24 stories for only 99c.
Continue reading“How do you find time to write? “When do you write? Morning? Evening? Middle of the night?” “Do you have a goal of so many words per day?” “Does it work when you force yourself to sit in the writing … Continue reading
Back when we released the first of our Shadow Conspiracy anthologies, we ran a spoof April Fool’s Day sendup, Zombie View News. It included a blurb about my genesis story, “The Accumulating Man” . It read, in part: “I have … Continue reading
Ink Dance: Essays on the Writing Life A cup of inspiration, a dash of understanding, a bouquet of wisdom for writers new and old. From the desk of writer and editor Deborah J. Ross comes a collection of warm, insightful … Continue reading
Dear Auntie Deborah: How can I find a real publisher for my YA novel, instead of one of the many vanity or scam presses? — Tearful Wannabee Dear Tearful: Do your research about publishers. Find out which accept unagented submissions. Check … Continue reading
As I have said before, I was never very good at being a girl, but I didn’t want to be a boy, either. What I wanted was to be able to do the things boys did while still being a … Continue reading
This series, set in a small town in Scotland, focuses on a group of women who love bellydancing. These ladies are bigger, older, stronger, smarter, raunchier, tougher, and more out-there than you might expect. I fell in love with them.
Continue readingWho is your favorite character of all time? Or better yet, who is in the A list; the Top Ten, for example. All genres are eligible for your list. Literary, science fiction, fantasy, romance, mystery, mainstream, horror, historical anything, classic … Continue reading
by Brenda W. Clough This material is in the nature of an esprit d’escalier. Over Memorial Day I was at Balticon, on a panel about revising first drafts. Unfortunately the great editor Gardner Dozois had just passed away, and the … Continue reading
