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Notes on the Virtual Bloody Scotland Festival and the Differences Between SFF and Crime Fiction Cons
Bloody Scotland is a crime fiction festival that normally takes place in Stirling, Scotland. But like pretty much every other con or literary festival this year, Bloody Scotland has gone virtual for obvious reasons. Now Bloody Scotland is somewhat more … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Con Reports
Tagged Bloody Scotland, con reports, crime fiction, international writer, legal thriller, music, mystery, scotland, thriller, writing craft
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The 2020 July Short Story Challenge Postmortem – 31 Stories in 31 Days
With everything that happened regarding Worldcon, the 2020 Hugo Awards and the Retro Hugos, I didn’t really get around to doing the usual postmortem post for this year’s July Short Story Challenge yet. To recap, in July 2015, Dean Wesley … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Writing
Tagged aliens, cozy space opera, crime fiction, Culinary Assassin, Demons, dinosaurs, dystopian, epic fantasy, Helen Shepherd Mysteries, historical fiction, horror, In Love and War, inspiration, July short story challenge, Kurval, monsters, my books, post-apocalyptic SF, pulp fantasy, robots, sword and sorcery, The Day the Saucers Came..., Thurvok, writing challenges, writing craft, writing process
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The 2020 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day
For starters, Smashwords is currently having its annual summer sale, where you can get plenty of e-books at reduced prices or for free, including several of mine. Also Camestros Felapton is currently running his Hugo Fan Writer Finalist Week and … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged alien invasion, contemporary fantasy, cozy space opera, crime fiction, dinosaurs, dystopian, epic fantasy, food, gay, Helen Shepherd Mysteries, historical fantasy, historical fiction, horror, In Love and War, July short story challenge, LGBTQ, military science fiction, my books, post-apocalyptic SF, robots, science fiction, sword and sorcery, The Culinary Assassin, The Day the Saucers Came..., Thirty Years War, Thurvok, urban fantasy, vampires, writing challenges, writing craft, writing process
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The 2019 July Short Story Challenge Post-Mortem – 31 Stories in 31 Days
You may have noticed that blogging was light this past month, because I was doing the July Short Story Challenge again for the fifth consecutive year. What is the July Short Story Challenge, you ask? Well, in July 2015, Dean … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged cozy space opera, crime fiction, Culinary Assassin, dinosaurs, dragons, dystopian, epic fantasy, Helen Shepherd Mysteries, horror, In Love and War, inspiration, July short story challenge, monsters, my books, post-apocalyptic SF, pulp fantasy, Raygun Romances, retro science fiction, robots, sword and sorcery, Thurvok, writing challenges, writing craft, writing process
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The Joy of Writing, How to Lose It and How to Get It Back
First of all, I’d like to share a couple of promotions, because who doesn’t love free or cheap books? The first of those promotion is the Mirth & Mischief sale at Double-Cross Lit, where you can get fifteen e-books, including … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged 1980s child, crime fiction, In Love and War, indie publishing, international writer, promotion, romance, science fiction, science fiction romance, Shattered Empire, Silencer, space opera, write to market, writing advice, writing craft, writing life, writing process
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The July Short Story Challenge 2018 – 31 Short Stories in 31 Days
You may have noticed that there was very little blogging in July apart from links to stuff posted elsewhere. This is because for the fourth year running, I did the July short story challenge, where the objective is to write … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Writing
Tagged cozy space opera, crime fiction, dystopian, Hallowind Cove, Helen Shepherd Mysteries, In Love and War, inspiration, July short story challenge, my books, post-apocalyptic SF, promotion, Shantytown, sword and sorcery, Tales of Thurvok, The Day the Saucers Came..., Two-Fisted Todd, writing challenges, writing craft, writing process
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The July Short Story Challenge 2017 – 32 Short Stories in 31 Days
Yes, you read that correctly. I wrote a bonus story for this year’s July short story challenge, so there’s actually 32 stories to come out of the challenge this year. But let’s backtrack a bit. In 2015, Dean Wesley Smith … Continue reading
Cora guest-blogs elsewhere – and some thoughts on dialogue as characterisation
First of all, I have a guest post in the “Nobody Knew She Was There” series about female SFF writers over on Sarah Ash’s blog today. I talk about the challenges of being a woman from a non-anglophone country who … Continue reading
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Tagged characterisation, crime fiction, dialogue, gender, guest posts, Helen Shepherd Mysteries, international writer, mystery, Shattered Empire, space opera, writing craft
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An Interview with Cora, a German cinema scandal, vintage German pulp fiction, writing tips and more
First of all, I’ve been interviewed once again and answer 5 questions for authors and talk a bit about Murder in the Family at Randomize Me. You can also find links to other interviews I have done around the web … Continue reading
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Tagged Bremen, genre bashing, genre vs. literary, German cinema, GLBT, history, international writer, interviews, linkdump, pulp, race, romance, Romanheft, writing craft
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