Apr 2, 2008
By Elizabeth Massie
On any given day I’m writing for pay. Gotta do it. Got bills. ‘Tis me job, and I do love it. I might be working on a novel, a short story, a poem or two, a radio play, a comic book, an article, a chapter for a history textbook, you name it. Most of my [...]
On any given day I’m writing for pay. Gotta do it. Got bills. ‘Tis me job, and I do love it. I might be working on a novel, a short story, a poem or two, a radio play, a comic book, an article, a chapter for a history textbook, you name it. Most of my work falls in the horror/fantastic realm, though some does not. (History can be classified horror, though, if you really look at some of the shit that went ... Read More
Mar 2, 2008
By Elizabeth Massie
Most writers who have been in the biz for a while and have scored some decent sales to decent publishers that resulted in decent books will be asked by those who want to join the game, “How do you get published?” It’s inevitable. It’s also a fair question, because those who don’t know want [...]
Most writers who have been in the biz for a while and have scored some decent sales to decent publishers that resulted in decent books will be asked by those who want to join the game, “How do you get published?” It’s inevitable. It’s also a fair question, because those who don’t know want to know, and who better to ask than those who supposedly DO know? And sharing information does not lessen another’s success.
But herein lies a myth. Those of ... Read More
Dec 2, 2007
By Elizabeth Massie
I was grocery shopping the other day when I ran into an acquaintance of mine I hadn’t seen in probably two years. Sherry’s sweet, funny, and bubbly, a former high school classmate. We briefly compared items in our grocery carts (she had a can of diced tomatoes and some elbow macaroni…that was it; I had [...]
I was grocery shopping the other day when I ran into an acquaintance of mine I hadn’t seen in probably two years. Sherry’s sweet, funny, and bubbly, a former high school classmate. We briefly compared items in our grocery carts (she had a can of diced tomatoes and some elbow macaroni…that was it; I had everything else – broccoli, carrots, yogurt, bread, cage-free chicken eggs, toilet paper, ground beef, ziti, Ben & Jerry’s Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream…) and then she told me ... Read More
Nov 2, 2007
By Elizabeth Massie
Most folks love a good mystery, a good Agatha Christie or Carolyn Keene or Robert Parker. I don’t read a lot of mysteries, myself. Not that I don’t respect the craft or that I haven’t enjoyed some I’ve read, it’s just not the first thing I grab for when picking a book. In addition to [...]
Most folks love a good mystery, a good Agatha Christie or Carolyn Keene or Robert Parker. I don’t read a lot of mysteries, myself. Not that I don’t respect the craft or that I haven’t enjoyed some I’ve read, it’s just not the first thing I grab for when picking a book. In addition to reading just a few of them, I don’t write them. “Mystery” is its own genre with its own rules and expectations. There is a puzzle or a ... Read More
Aug 31, 2007
By David Niall Wilson
by David Niall Wilson
When I was younger, I had a plan that involved growing up to be a minister. In a way, that plan never left me, since I did become ordained through the Universal Life Church, an ordainment every bit as legal as any other, but probably not taken too seriously in most [...]
by David Niall Wilson
When I was younger, I had a plan that involved growing up to be a minister. In a way, that plan never left me, since I did become ordained through the Universal Life Church, an ordainment every bit as legal as any other, but probably not taken too seriously in most circles. I also had a plan that involved growing up to be a great writer. That plan is also still kicking and breathing, and the ... Read More
