Vampire: the Nostalgia — 20th Anniversary

What follows over the next couple posts will undoubtedly be a maudlin and sentimental, not to mention wandering, journey through my thoughts on VAMPIRE: the Masquerade and its impact on my life. It seems somehow appropriate that I would take full advantage of the vanity nature of blog posting to comment on my 20-year relationship with this game. I'm in…

Write with Intent

by Angel Leigh McCoy No two writers are alike, nor are any two writing careers. If you’re interested in building a career as a writer, then learning how to write with intent will take you there. No matter what kind of writing you want to do (journalism, fiction, games, freelance, corporate, comic, etc.), you will advance more quickly if you…

Why Obey Submission Guidelines?

The short answer to that question is: because if you don't, the publisher or agent will reject your submission. It's a harsh reality, but the truth of the matter is that anyone going through a slush pile latches on to whatever they can find wrong. The sooner they can reject a submission, the sooner they can get on to the…

Wily Alan Baxter Interviewed

Alan Baxter lives in Australia, which goes to show how international the Wily Writers are. He's an up-and-coming writer with two fun and scary-as-Hell novels under his belt as well as numerous short stories. His stories have been chosen for publication at Wily Writers, with two different celebrity editors doing the choosing each time, and once for the "Best of"…
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Confessions of a Wily Newb, Part 2, by Paris Crenshaw

Guest blogger: Paris Crenshaw (Go back and read Lesson #1) Lesson 2: Don’t be intimidated by successful writers. Learn from them. One of the greatest things about writing is the sense of community that we share. Unlike most any other group out there, professional writers do not seem as threatened by the success of other writers. As a result, even…

This Versus That and Then Versus Now

I recently took a close look at the question of when to use "this" and when to use "that" in fiction. A great deal of confusion surrounds this question, and I've been advised by numerous people that I'm doing it wrong. I respectfully disagree. We learn in grade school that "this" is nearby, and "that" is farther away (distance being…