[Writer Post] But It’s A GOOD Tired?
If there are typos in this post, cut me a little slack today, please? I’m ragged today. It’s been a very long few days – very GOOD days, but long and very eventful and potentially very productive from the business side of writing. We’ll have to see how things fall out over the next couple […]
[Writer Post] SoonerCon is Coming…Soon
Oh, hi. It’s Wednesday. There’s still a bit of the same old, same old going on in the publishing world – SFWA put forth a plan to look into the Bulletin and deal with the other issues that’s enough of a plan to make some people happy and vague enough to give them a lot […]
[Spotlight][Conventions] SoonerCon 22 Schedule
This week’s spotlight is less a spotlight and more of a heads up. SoonerCon is next weekend. I just got my preliminary schedule – this is subject to last minute changes, and what you see is what I know at this point. When I’m not in one of these places, I’ll either be eating or […]
[Writer Blog] When it’s Okay to Say No to Conventions
This week’s writing blog – when it’s okay to say “no†to a convention. I know, it seems counter-intuitive to say when a lot of writers – like me – tell new writers to go, get out there, and meet people. However, there are times when you can – and should – say (very, very […]
[Writer Post] Conventions – Care and Feeding of Regional Guests
Every so often I want to do a “care and feeding of†type post for convention organizers as well as writers. There’s a lot of weird little things that go on when planning a convention that writers don’t know about and writers do feel like they can/should tell organizers. But now that I’m on both […]
[Writer Post] Fan Days, Marketing, and Being Approachable
It’s writer post day! Whee!!! I’m still a little convention buzzed (and exhaustion hung over) but I’m functional and trying to be productive. We learned a lot by doing Dallas Comic Con Presents Fan Days. The bigger “for profit†media conventions are completely different entities than fan-run conventions – so what works for one doesn’t […]
[Spotlight Post] Apologies
I’m so sorry. I missed Friday’s spotlight post because I was setting up and starting Dallas Comic Con’s Fan Days. It’s over now, but it was AWESOME. I met new people. Got to be a geeky fangirl. I sold books to people who both know me and DON’T know me. (Mostly DON’T know me.) And […]
[Writer Post] Writing is Such a Bipolar Profession
My apologies to those suffering from this disorder, I mean no offense, but the comparison is apt. Writing as a profession and publishing as an industry is incredibly bipolar. You’re either really UP or really DOWN. And the frightening thing is that it can be happening AT THE SAME TIME. I have an independent project […]
[Spotlight Post] Dallas Fan Days
It’s spotlight day on ye olde blog, and I’m at a complete loss. Not overly surprising to some. It’s been a very transitionary couple of weeks. I’m gearing up for Fan Days in Irving, TX. I’m not exactly sure what to actually call it. It seems like they’re moving away from SCI FI EXPO and […]
[Writer Post] The Pre-FenCon Ramble
Oh, yeah, it’s Wednesday. Post day. Fortunately nothing earth-shattering is happening on the publishing front this week. I don’t think I could handle it. I have managed to write SOME fiction this week in the midst of the chaos. This is FenCon week. Therefore, very little happens that’s NOT FenCon. Right now I’m in the […]