Starlog

  • Jon Gibbs’s Ten things I wish I knew before I was published #7: The Dreaded Excusitis

    Beware Excusitis, or Failure Disease. “I would have been published, but…” “I would have finished my novel but…” Avoid people who are negative, because you may get caught up in it.  You know that negative guy in your writer’s group who thinks the whole industry is out to get them?  The one who self-published a… Read more

  • Writing to a Deadline AGAIN? You betcha! Part Two

    Yes, here we go again.  When I left you I had five weeks to write a story from scratch and submit.  Here’s how I did it. Check out yesterday’s post by clicking here to see how I got myself into this mess. Okay, so this is how I did it… I took two days to… Read more

  • Writing to a Deadline AGAIN? You betcha!

    Yes, I placed myself in the clutches of a publisher’s deadline AGAIN.  I didn’t expect to. It wasn’t planned.  It just kind of happened.  Here’s the scoop… About two months ago a writing buddy of mine Terri Rochenski announced that she was submitting to an anthology. I looked up the publisher.  They only did Romance. WARNING… Read more

  • Write a Story with Me – Part 8 – Bring on the Teen writers. Go Ravena!

    Whoot Whoot!  It’s write a story with me day!  The lovely miss Ravena is jumping in from the UK.  What an Awesome International team we have. Doesn’t this totally rock that all these people from across the world are jumping in on this together. And the story is really coming together.  If you are new, check… Read more

  • The Road to Publication #13: Do this because you love it. Don’t write for the money.

    I have a second job now.  I am a professional writer.  Yes, I will be paid. Everyone I have asked says “Do it for the love of writing, because you have to write…don’t do it for the money.” Yes, I do it because I love it.  But it is nice to know I will get… Read more

  • Six Sentence Sunday – A blast from the past. This is funny.

    It’s Six Sentence Sunday again.  Today’s is gonna give you a giggle. I’m going to allow you to wallow in my ineptness. If you haven’t heard, Six Sentence Sunday is a group of people who mostly post their own work, but I just shoot out six sentences of whatever takes my fancy.  Sometimes what I’m… Read more