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Writers Groups: Expectations

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Steven Harper Piziks

Last week we talked about how to find or create a writers group. This week, we’re moving on to a big bugbear: expectation. What exactly do you expect to get out of your writers group? This is a major question … Continue reading →

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Posted in Writers on Writing, Writing life | Tagged Steven Harper Piziks, writers groups

The Flash Fiction Project: An Update

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Nancy Jane Moore

When we started Book View Cafe, I decided it would be the perfect forum for something I’d wanted to do for years: Publishing a “flash fiction” — a short-short story — on a weekly basis. It’s not that very short … Continue reading →

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Posted in flash fiction, Writers on Writing, Writing life | Tagged Bruce Holland Rogers

Updates From The Editors #6

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Phyllis Irene Radford

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

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Phyllis Irene Radford

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 →

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Posted in Publishing, steampunk, Writers on Writing, Writing life

Life Time Achievement Award

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Phyllis Irene Radford

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 →

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Posted in Awards/Nominations, Writers on Writing, Writing life

Update From The Editors #3

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Phyllis Irene Radford

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 →

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Posted in Book View Cafe, Writing life

Living In the Thirties

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Steven Harper Piziks

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 →

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Posted in Writers on Writing, Writing life | Tagged Shadow Conspiracy

Editor Update

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Phyllis Irene Radford

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 →

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Posted in Writing life | Tagged Conspiracy of Shadows

Teenage Ninja Mutant Language:

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Phyllis Irene Radford

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 →

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When Life Calms Down

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Steven Harper Piziks

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 →

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