Danielle L. Parker on Darkcargo’s @HomeCon

Darkcargo’s wonderful experiment in conducting a con in unexpected places continues this afternoon with a discussion with Mercury Retrograde author Danielle L. Parker. Danielle and Darkcargo editor Elizabeth Campbell discuss Galen the Deathless, slated for release next year, and the writing life. We all have our own approaches; Danielle’s is very introspective and intense. And [...]

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Interview on Darkcargo’s @HomeCon

Today at @HomeCon(TM) on Darkcargo, editor Elizabeth Campbell interviews Mercury Retrograde’s own Barbara Friend Ish about Mercury Retrograde Press, Slow Publishing, and the mysteries of editing books. @HomeCon has been running all weekend, and will finish up in a blaze of glory today, but we’re not sure what plans have been made for a Dead [...]

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At-Home-Con: the first con you can attend dressed like *that*

Couldn’t get to Balticon? Yeah, me either. Neither, as it turns out, could Elizabeth Campbell, the lead editor of the Darkcargo blog. So to soothe her disappointment, and the shared disappointment of geeks missing Balticon everywhere, she organized At-Home-Con: We were going to head to Baltimore this weekend to join in the festivities at Balticon, [...]

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On planning a successful book launch

Over on The Writer’s Handbook Blog, Leona Wisoker has written a very thoughtful guest post on what went into the success of her book launch for Secrets of the Sands–and some thoughts on career building in general. It’s full of tips you can use when planning your own event. Check it out.

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The Best Genre Crossovers on MIND MELD

SF Signal is hosting another terrific edition of MIND MELD, in which the editors poll a variety of SFF luminaries with a question each week. This week”s question is What are some of your favorite genre crossovers? Among those participating is our own Barbara Friend Ish, who had so much fun with the question that [...]

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On outlines: learning to love the bomb

Alas, this feels like talking about oneself in the third person–but it occurs to me that this post on outlining and the surprising value I’ve found in it, from my personal blog, would likely be of interest to the writers among you. I am not an outliner by nature; I still expect to use it [...]

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Reflections for writers and others who go out in public, courtesy Angela Still

Goddess of Slush Angela Still has a piece up on Celebrities in Disgrace this week in which she reflects on Evan Lysacek, Evgeni Plushenko, and the magic that occurs when a public figure conducts himself with class. Writers aren’t  the same kind of public figures, of course: no one pays to watch us frown and [...]

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Secrets of the Sands up on Grasping for the Wind

Through the kind offices of the ever-discerning John Ottinger, the first chapter of Leona Wisoker‘s Secrets of the Sands is being featured, in five installments, on Grasping for the Wind this week–on a schedule just right for your lunchtime reading. Stop by and check it out–and be sure to leave John a note of thanks [...]

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Leona Wisoker on Grasping for the Wind

If you’ve ever heard a writer talk about things her character did, as if they were independent entities, and wondered what the hell was wrong with the writer in question, this may shed some light on the topic.

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Angela perpetrates mischief

Angela Still, Mercury Retrograde Goddess of Slush, has a humorous piece up on StarLit. And she didn’t even tell anybody! This is hilarious.

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