Selling Short Stories 101: The Basics

Selling Short Stories 101: The Basics

Do you have a pile of short stories that you’ve written, but you have no idea what to do with them? How does a writer sell a short story? What can you do to improve your chances of getting it published? Consider this article a primer for submission. It’s for those people who don’t know where to begin. Begin by…

Top Ten Reasons Why I Hate Novel Piracy

Inspired by an F. Paul Wilson article called “Word Thieves II.” (Read it.) He’s talking about websites that scan novels without permission and offer them for free to the masses without morals. He does a marvelous job of explaining why piracy is bad. I freely admit that there are no hard and fast facts to support the following numbers, but…

Video Game Writing Tips #1, 2, & 3

Writing Tip #1: Be the player. When you're creating a video game, you're not doing it for yourself. You're creating something that you hope will please your fellow human beings. Therefore, when you're writing dialogue, skill descriptions, lore bits, or even marketing content, you keep your audience in mind, and for your video game, that's the player. Filter everything through…
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How to Break into Game Writing

Make Sure It’s What You Want First, let me just say that no matter what you do, you must love it. If you don’t LOVE writing with all your heart, you’ll be unhappy doing it. Find what you love to do, not what you think is cool. Every career in every industry takes years of skill-building and experience. It doesn’t…