It’s been a couple years since the last time I re-designed my website. The bug bit me following Pens & Swords’ four-year anniversary last month. I’ve also been reading up on Internet writing, which resulted in some ideas I want to try out. I first started Pens & Swords as a chronicle of my experience [...]
Entries Categorized as 'Site News'
Open during remodel
Filed under Site News on May 9, 2008
Tagged: fantasy fiction, Pens and Swords
Relvan’s retirement
Filed under Market Report, Site News, Writing Journal on March 25, 2008
Tagged: comic books, J.L. Collins, Realms of Fantasy, Relvan's Rescue, Wordpress
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 [...]
Pens & Swords fourth edition
Filed under Site News on January 8, 2008
Tagged: Wordpress
With the upgrade to WordPress 2.3.x, tags were added, so I’ve been going through and tagging old posts, as well as redoing my categories. I’ll add a tag cloud to the Archives page tonight. I also want to convert the bulleted lists of categories and months into drop-down lists. Another change I’d like to make [...]
New Year’s layoffs
Filed under Site News, Writing Journal on January 1, 2008
Tagged: City of Heroes, Dungeons & Dragons
I’ve decided to start the year by downsizing. The first to get the pink slip is the forum here. The only traffic it was getting–that wasn’t spambots–came from my play-by-post Dungeons & Dragons game, which has been going on for more than two years. Unfortunately, the pace of the game did not live up to [...]
Open calls & email notifications
Filed under Market Report, Site News on December 4, 2006
Tagged: open calls
I had the pleasure of being asked to contribute to a small press anthology last week. While very appreciative of the gesture, I decided to pass for purely mercenary reasons. I did tell the publisher I would advertise the open call for submissions once it was announced. Readers of Pens & Swords can now subscribe [...]
