We are still in the hurry up and wait phase of the shared world Steampunk Anthology Shadow Conspiracy. So while we’re waiting for stories to come in and require editing, I’m going to talk a little bit about the other … Continue reading
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Update From The Editors #5 Have we been posting these updates for “Shadow Conspiracy” only a little over a month? This past two weeks we’ve been so heavily immersed in this world it feels like I’ve lived here most of … Continue reading
Last Saturday evening the Willamette Writers honored me with a lifetime achievement award. I was stunned when I got the news several weeks before. Willamette Writers is one of the largest regional writers organizations with 1700 members and 4 daughter … Continue reading
First organization: For this week’s update from the editors of Shadow Conspiracy , an original steampunk anthology of BVC authors, I’m pleased to report that the thumbnail sketches are all in. We have 14 original and exciting stories in the … Continue reading
My grandmother grew up in the thirties. Back then, you didn’t throw anything away. You might be able to find another use for it or fix it or scavenge parts from it. If you want to write, you have to … Continue reading
Conspiracy Of Shadows: Update From The Editor Phyllis Irene Radford Or: Curb Your Enthusiasm. Here I am looking down the throat of my first official gig as editor of an anthology saying “gulp.” What did I let myself in for? … Continue reading
Recently I read a phrase in Malory, The Knight Who Became King Arthur’s Chronicler by Christina Hardyment that struck me as a near perfect piece of world building. An ambush of an armed party by outlaws lasted “a paternoster while.” … Continue reading
Any number of people have told me that they intend to start writing that book just as soon as life calms down and they get some time, or that they just need to get past this divorce/new job/old job/kid problem/insert-disaster-here. … Continue reading
I’m a mare person. My current main riding horse may be a stallion, and he is wonderful and awesome and all the rest of it, but when I’m in default mode, I’m all about the mares. The standard mythos is … Continue reading
RETREAT: verb 1 a (1) : an act or process of withdrawing especially from what is difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable (2) : the process of receding from a position or state attained *the retreat of a glacier* *the slow retreat … Continue reading