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By Bev Vincent, on October 17th, 2011
I recently agreed to be interviewed by a college undergrad for one of her classes. Their assignment was to interview someone working in a career that interested them. Since that interview won’t see the light of day outside of the student’s class, I thought I would post it here in lieu of my usual blatherings.
What [...]
By Bev Vincent, on June 17th, 2011
No one can tell you when to start a short story.
People can give you all kinds of advice about how to write one, but only you can decide when you are prepared to start.
This is something I deal with all the time. I’ll have a window of opportunity where I can work on a short [...]
By Bev Vincent, on May 17th, 2011
I’ve never been in the position of having to read through a slush pile to pick out publication worthy short stories. However, as one of the judges of a short fiction contest, I feel like I’ve been through a similar experience. The contest had on the order of 150 submissions. In the first round, we [...]
By Bev Vincent, on April 17th, 2011
Though my field of expertise is in chemistry, I hold a minor in math. I’m not sure that there has ever been a study to confirm or refute this, but I maintain a strange calculus: one acceptance letter is equal to any number of rejections. That is to say, an acceptance wipes the slate clean. [...]
By Bev Vincent, on February 17th, 2011
Since I just finished doing my taxes, and I’ve seen more than the usual number of questions from writers who are wondering about how to handle writing income and what can be legitimately deducted, I thought I would dredge up and revamp my essay on the subject from five years ago.
I have a day job [...]
By Bev Vincent, on January 17th, 2011
Every now and then, Jeopardy has a category called “Potpourri” that is filled with questions (or answers) that don’t fit into any other category. I think this is going to be that kind of entry. I don’t know what to call it and I don’t really know what it’s going to be about.
I’m in one [...]
By Bev Vincent, on November 17th, 2010
Some of my best successes in submitting short fiction have been by winning no-fee [...]
By Mort Castle, on September 7th, 2010
Let’s talk about a unique, but often ignored, sub-genre of fiction: American Horror.
It might be argued that American Horror begins with Ye Olde Master, Edgar Allan Poe, himself who wrote some of it and lived too much of it. Whatever the beginnings (which you can argue about in your next term paper), American Horror is [...]
By Gerard Houarner, on August 4th, 2010
Another Space and Time reading period has passed and it’s time to throw out a few notes for anyone who might care at least as much about the writing as about getting published. And, if you really only do care about being published, there’s some advice for you here, too.
Mentioning credits in a cover letter [...]
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