Warbreed is a fantasy comic book project created by Ben Jones and my friend and fellow Young Dragon, J. L. Collins. They’ve entered Warbreed in Dime Store Productions’ Small Press Idol 2008. The entry made it past Round 1 and is now battling it out in Round 2. You can help Warbreed reach round 3 [...]

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Got a form letter rejection from Realms of Fantasy yesterday for “Relvan’s Rescue.” Return time: 41 days. I’m going to retire this one for now. I like the story, but I don’t have the time or desire to dig around and discover what it needs. J.L. Collins is collaborating on a fantasy comic book that [...]

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Bob Younce of The DMs Blog recently referred me to Helium, an online writing community with some interesting features. At first glance, it looks like a new-fangled, community-created knowledge base. Members write articles that are grouped under fairly general categories. The twist is that there’s a chance you’ll get paid for what you write. Helium [...]

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J.L. Collins kindly posted a contest announcement from Shadowline. Seems they’re looking for a writer to pair with artist Franchesco! (yes, the exclamation point is part of the name) to produce a three-issue mini-series featuring a super-heroine. Writer and artist will share trademark and copyright, and split back-end profits. They’re taking one-paragraph synopses of the [...]

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It appears Dragon Magazine is now accepting short fiction submissions (thanks for the heads up, Erik). I’ve had a short story featuring Iuna, the young girl who caused Ythnel all the problems in Maiden of Pain, circulating in my head for several months. This appears to be the perfect opportunity to get it out. I’ll [...]

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