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Kristine Kathryn Rusch pointed me to an article where Bill Morris was pining for a good rejection letter. After reading his article, I decided to write him one.

In episode seven we chat about organization in preparing to write. Guests: Zack Ricks Jeff Hite Laura Frechette Mentioned: Snowflake Method NaNoWriMo Scrivener Write or Die

NaNoWriMo is coming. If you are in the writing community at all it is pretty hard to miss that fact.  I know lots of authors and want-to-be-authors are scrambling to clear their schedules for all of November.  Trying to figure out how to bake a turkey while never leaving their keyboard, making sure that that your word count does [...]

In episode six we chat about NaNoWriMo. Guests: Zack Ricks Allison Duncan Brand Gamblin Jeff Hite JP Losier Laura Frechette Mentioned: Tumbler NaNoWriMo Nathan Lowell Scrivener Write or Die

If you are a reader, no matter what you are reading  you understand what it means to be really into a story.  You also know how utterly disturbing it can be when something jars back into the real world.  Technically this is called “suspension of disbelief,” or in this case, the loss of the suspension [...]

We’re back this week with some author interviews. Megan Arkenberg wrote “House of Shells” published in our second issue. What current/classic authors inspire you? This changes weekly, as I keep discovering new favorites, but some long-time favorites are Cathrynne Valente, Sarah Monette, Oscar Wilde, and Jorge Luis Borges. My newest favorite is Gemma Files, whose [...]

Last night, I got to record a new episode of Galley Table with regular contributors (and staff), Scott Roche, Jeff Hite, JP Losier (the silent contributor), Jeff Hite, Laura Frechette, Dave Sobkowiak… and Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris. We talked quite a bit about Pip’s new book – Geist (get thee to a brick and [...]

In episode five we have the pleasure of Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine’s company. We talk about Pip’s new book Geist as well as the joys and pains of collaboration Guests: Zack Ricks Tee Morris Pip Ballantine Jeff Hite JP Losier David Sobkowiak and Laura Frechette of Scrivener’s Circle and Prisoners of the Alliance Mentioned: [...]

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I find myself repeating the same two critiques over and over as I’m working through the pile. Here, I’ll point them out, so you writers will know to avoid them, and the readers can appreciate that we’re doing this so they don’t have to.