by Chris Andrews (at fandelyon.com) 1. Don’t hold back. Bruce Lee taught martial arts and he was the best at what he did. What’s more, he got good by beating the snot out of people. Words, however, are your weapons, so verbally abuse your competitors with cutting cynicism and bludgeoning sarcasm via [...]
Guest post by Nicole R Murphy Attending a conference like Conflux can take you into the area of being a writer that can be extremely uncomfortable – being a professional. Yep, even if you’re not getting PAID like a professional, it behooves you to behave like one. Yay me [...]
by Leife Shallcross Lazy writing and the survival of the human race… in animated movies I was having a discussion with some writerly friends a while ago about female leads in spec fic films. The conversation was started by an article that was arguing for a female protagonist in the [...]
One of the hardest tasks to befall a writer is turning months, years of labour and hundreds of pages, thousands of words, into a few brief sentences. But that is the task that you will take on if you decide to take part in one of the pitches at Conflux [...]
Chris Andrews has guest-posted a new Cretin's Guide to Query Letters. Enjoy.