There are cons...and then there's NECon

I’ve been going to writing conventions for a decade. I attended one local writers guild convention in the late 1990s (Joe R. Lansdale was a guest, which was a big draw). Then I resumed my long-fallow interest in writing and I wanted to start networking with other writers. My first big convention was the World [...]

The Book Launch

Have you ever held a launch to celebrate the release of a new book? Was it anything like the ones they show on TV? Share your [...]

Providence, 1986

Providence, 1986
Wayne Allen Sallee
28 November 2009

I have a road trip, of sorts, ahead of me in a few hours. A zig-zag across the transit system of Chicago. I’m heading up north, but first I have to take the 55th Street bus to an artist friend’s place and drop off a few autographed books. There is [...]