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Asking questions

By Bev Vincent, on November 17th, 2011

Lately I’ve been asking a lot of questions. No, I’m not experiencing existential angst—I’ve been conducting interviews for a couple of project.

I am by no means a professional interviewer, but this isn’t my first experience, either, and I’ve learned a few things over the years that I thought I would share.

The first thing to keep [...]

Answering questions from an aspiring writer

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 [...]

Is Anybody Out There?

By Bev Vincent, on August 17th, 2011

NECon has come and gone for another year. It was a mix of the old and the new. Old faces and new. Familiar activities and new ones. Similar programming topics and contemporary ones. One thing I noticed with most of the panels—and I’ve observed this at other conventions as well—is that, for the most part, [...]

Reading Slush

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 [...]

A Taxing Situation

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 [...]

Contests? No contest.

By Bev Vincent, on November 17th, 2010

Some of my best successes in submitting short fiction have been by winning no-fee [...]

The Tangled Web We Weave

By Bev Vincent, on June 17th, 2010

Creating the second draft of a novel can involve delictately altering the original story or it may require radical [...]

The Agent Panel

By Bev Vincent, on April 17th, 2010

A number of years ago, I was sitting on the deck of the local Irish pub on a Friday evening after work. This isn’t something I do often–my wife was out of town at a conference. The ambient noise was high from the combination of raucous drinkers and traffic on the nearby interstate.

My cell phone [...]

Location, Location, Location

By Bev Vincent, on November 17th, 2009

So, how do you sell a bunch of copies of a book? Make sure a bunch of people who might be interested in buying it know about it. It’s that simple. [...]

Vincent's Mirror

By richardsteinberg, on October 1st, 2009

(ADMIN NOTE: – This post was published years ago by best-selling author Richard Steinberg. Since we are waiting for details on filling the slots on the 2nd and 3rd of the month, I’m choosing some old classics to fill the void. Enjoy!)

By
Richard Steinberg

“Eddie was truth. He more preferred living without rules than living with them, [...]

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