All Entries Tagged With: "creative"

The Turkey City Lexicon (Part 6 – Character and Viewpoint)

Alas we come to the final section of the Turkey City Lexicon, character, viewpoint and other miscellaneous things. Sufficed to say if these are your only problems with the story after managing to accomplish every else in the other five parts of the turkey city lexicon then fixing these mistakes should be a cakewalk. On [...]

The Turkey City Lexicon (Part 3, Common Workshop Story Types)

Despite the common belief, editors do a lot more than simply correct spelling and grammar (which is more suited for a copy editor). In truth the editor works in the best interests of a writer to ensure that their work is the best piece of fiction it can be before it is manufactured and placed [...]

The Turkey City Lexicon (Part 2 – Words & Sentences, Cont’d)

Here is the second part of my six-part series entitled the Turkey City Lexicon. Click Here for the first part.

While many aspiring writers have no problem writing short stories, most seem to have a problem with reading short stories, a feature evident upon reading their works. Many aspiring writers assume that writing short stories is [...]

Five Ways SF/F Publishers Can Increase Sales, Save Money and Promote Publicity III

This is the third part of my four part series entitled “Five Ways Publishers Can Increase Sales, Save Money, and Promote Publicity”. For those interested in viewing Part I (Click Here) and Part II (Click Here).

Offer More Contest / Giveaways!

It’s true, people like free stuff, especially books, and readers tend to take note of a [...]

2009 Mythopoeic Awards Finalists

Now a lot of people are probably going to give me a hard time with this post considering it has nothing to do with science fiction and more to do with fantasy than anything else. Nevertheless, since there are many commonalities between the two genres and both are inclusive to all readers I thought people [...]

Wentworth Miller to Possibly Star in Bioshock Film

Little is known about Bioshock, a film adaptation of the popular 2007 video game released by 2K Studios, other than half-baked rumours at the mention of the film’s astronomical budget of $120 million. Talks of the budget alone have left many to question whether or not the film project will go forward at all (especially [...]

Sturgeon Award Finalists Announced

While I don’t keep up to date with the latest in short fiction by science fiction/fantasy authors I realize that a lot of my readers do. I also know the painstakingly arduous task that comes with writing short fiction, so when the annual Sturgeon Award Finalists are announced, you can be sure I’ll write a [...]

Sherlock Holmes Trailer Released

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Now I’m divided on this trailer for a couple of reasons. On the one hand this film is a complete over-sexualized, action-driven bastardization of the origin texts that make up the Sherlock Holmes series. But [...]

High Rise Poster Revealed

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The untimely death of J.G. Ballard left a whole in many people’s hearts. I know it certainly did mine. However, fans of the author will be pleased to learn that his 1975 novel High Rise [...]

Viral T-Shirts: Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt

No, I’m not talking about the clothing of those infected with swine flu. This was actually recommended by a friend of mine about a week ago and since I’m into all things viral I figured what the hell. It seems the number one selling clothing item is a black T-shirt depicting a full moon and [...]