Starlog

  • Write a Story with Me #58 – Elin Gregory “If we die, we die together.”

    Write a Story with Me is a group endeavor just for the fun of it.  A different writer adds a new 250 words each week.  It is the ultimate Flash Fiction Challenge! If you’d like to sign up, come on over.  There’s always room for more! Here’s this week’s excerpt.  We hope you enjoy! 58… Read more

  • Remember to finish your story – Why the movie “Timer” failed

    Hubbs recently rented the movie “Timer”. It had all the squishy romance stuff he likes, plus a little Speculative Fiction twist to make me happy. The premise is that an invention has hit the world where on your 14th birthday, you have the option of having a device implanted in your wrist that will “Count… Read more

  • Help! I need a 17 to 19 year-old guy to beta read about five pages. Know anyone?

    I need a little help. In a recent critique session a male critiquer told me something was impossible. I would really like to get the opinions of a few guys in this age range who are not squeamish and will not have trouble talking about a sensitive subject about sexuality. I’m not going to ask… Read more

  • Rule #16 of 32 Simple Rules to the Writing the Best Novel Ever

    I’m dissecting the article Hunting Down the Pleonasm, by Allen Guthrie, using it as a cattle prod to search for little nasties in my manuscript.  Yep, you can join in the fun, too.  Let’s take a looksee at topic #16 16: Start scenes late and leave them early. This is something that seems to come naturally… Read more

  • Write a Story with Me #57 – “Action Stations with Susan Roebuck

    Write a Story with Me is a group endeavor just for the fun of it.  A different writer adds a new 250 words each week.  It is the ultimate Flash Fiction Challenge! If you’d like to sign up, come on over.  There’s always room for more! Here’s this week’s excerpt.  We hope you enjoy! 57… Read more

  • Review of “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” by C.S.Chatterly

    Okay, let’s get one thing completely clear…Mickey Mouse is not in this story, and keep everyone under the age of 18 Away unless you want to deal with a LOT of explaining. I’m in research mode, gobbling up stories in all different genres from different publishers just to get a feel for who’s who.  I… Read more