The characters that I will use in my novel (I won’t name them directly here so no other writer can take them yet) I originally created over 20 years ago. I was a contributing member to a private APA in the mid 1990s. APA is the term for an Amateur Press Association; essentially it’s […]
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When People Write for Free, Who Pays?
Article on Gawker I write articles for the newsletter at work. I don’t get paid any extra for it, You could say that I’m writing for free. Is this bad? I don’t think so. This month I’ll be launching my first Kindle novels through Indiegogo (trust me, you’ll hear about it here among other sources), […]
Differing Views
Ultimately not, but from different approaches: Write On: Can We Teach Writing? The Best Writing Advice You’ll Ever Get I fall between those two camps. I took 2 classes in creative writing 28 years ago in CEGEP (junior college here in Quebec. Grades 12 and 13 in the rest of Canada). I learned the mechanics […]
I’m giving a friend and fellow writer some hype here:
Sunday, March 17, 2013 3:00pm Come out to celebrate the launch of Judge Not. Food will be provided, and the first 20 people through the door will get a special gift. And while you’re there, try one of Mariposa Cafe’s fine selection of hot and cold beverages. Copies of Judge Not will be available for […]
Writing Curmudgeons Need Not Apply
I curate a Tumblr of writing articles here. One piece that I’ve been hearing for days: “…when a writer named Julian Tepper waited on Roth at a Manhattan deli, and, with pride and fear, gave him a copy of his first novel. (Note, please: Tepper has published a novel with a legit publisher, and he is […]
Memoir
One of the types of book type on the Kindle platform that I’ve read about writing is the memoir. A memoir is in essence an autobiography, but of a subset of events. Isaac Asimov wrote 3 books about his life and all three volumes were immense. Memoirs aren’t. As well as giving more books and […]
I’m Supporting This. Your Turn Now
I backed the Beyond the Sun anthology, and now this one as well. Related articles Kickstarter Campaign for The Future Embodied Anthology is Live (jasonbandrew.wordpress.com) Triumph Over Tragedy: Anthology Release (authortlgray.wordpress.com) Anthologize 0.7 (teleogistic.net)
One that I Almost Forgot:
Lucien Soulban: I used to game with him, before 1996. He began writing for RPGs and still does. He won several awards for it. He’s also written several novels, short stories for anthologies and has a Webcomic that he writes too. He also headed the writing for the Far Cry 3 videogame. As you see, […]
RPG Writing Links to Other Forms
In a recent Kickstarter project e-mail update a man named Stan! Brown was just announced as writing a sourcebook. His biography blurb states: “Stan! is the award-winning author of 2 novels, 15 short stories, more than 60 gaming products, and innumerable cartoons and comics.” This isn’t a surprise to me: Mike Pondsmith: I first read his […]
The origins of Bosulliman
I gave this name to my Publishing venture. To many it sounds unusual to many; that’s intentional. Where did I get the name though? When I began studying Animation in University in 1987, I was paired up with another guy I became friends with. I thought his last name was O’Sullivan. With that in mind […]