College Fridge Art

Filed under Fiction on May 3, 2011
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This is finals week (I’ve got two plus a 10-page paper), so as a nice way of wrapping up the semester and beginning my summer break, I thought I’d share a couple pieces of writing from my classes that I really liked. This first one is the result of a quick write in my writing [...]

Relvan Rescued

Filed under Market Report on April 26, 2011
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Oh, man, I’ve been waiting a long time to use that title. So, let me catch you up on Janner Kohl’s adventures in publishing. The story sat at Tor.com for nearly a year (304 days, according to Duotrope’s Digest’s submission tracker) before I received a rejection at the end of January. At this point, I [...]

The Lost Art of Drafting

Filed under Writing Journal on February 8, 2011
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At some point in the past, I lost the ability to draft. That is, I was no longer able to simply write down my thoughts as they came without my inner editor rearing his ugly head and bringing my creative process to a screeching halt. Everything needed polish as soon as it hit the page. [...]

Don’t write a Dungeons and Dragons novel

Filed under Soapbox on January 18, 2011
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I’ve received some recent emails and comments related to my post on turning your Dungeons and Dragons campaign into novel. It gives me the warm fuzzies to know that people are still reading this poor, neglected blog. It has also spurred me to ask why people are so interested in writing a D&D novel based [...]

Discovering Duotrope’s Digest

Filed under Market Report, Tips & Tools on December 13, 2010
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It’s finals week, and I have a couple more papers to turn in before I finish the marathon of academic writing that has been my first term back in school. That’s one down and two to go before I have enough credits for my English Language Arts endorsement and can enroll in the Masters in [...]