Short Fiction for the Long Term

by Angel Leigh McCoy If you want to make a living one day as a creative writer, whether that be as a novelist, game writer, screenwriter, playwright, or whatever, then building a body of short works will serve you well in the long run. Here's why. Time vs. Payoff Because short stories don't take as much time to write, you…

Writers Do It for Love

Writers write for love. They write because they love it. They write because readers give them love in return. It's all love. Every story is a gift given, received and reciprocated with love. Very few writers write for money. First, the grand majority of writers never make a fortune doing it. Those rare few who make it into the big…

Review: Chanson Noir by Nathan Crowder

Angel's Adjectives: Moody and Monstrous CHANSON NOIR is the first in a series of books that take place in fictional Cobalt City, in a world where superheroes and supervillains make life interesting. There is no one main character, but rather numerous, all with super powers. The story is a heart-pumping race through the blackest layers of the multiverse. Despite the…

Rec: Steam and Sorcery by Cindy Spencer Pape

Angel's Adjectives: slow and sentimental Steam and Sorcery is one of many romance novels written by Cindy Spencer Pape. Anyone who doesn’t like romance novels will not enjoy this book. I picked it up thinking it was steampunk, but it's actually romance with a dash of steampunk for flavor. Fortunately, I was a romance novel junkie when I was in…

What’s Game Writing Like?

Occasionally, I get people who ask me questions about my job, and I know others may also be interested. One bright young woman just sent me a bunch of questions, so I thought I'd share my answers here as well. :) What's it like to write computer games? Well, that's a big question. It's a job, first and foremost, and…

Necrotic Tissue #14

I have had the distinct honor of having a story chosen to appear in the final issue of Necrotic Tissue. As you can imagine, this is a bittersweet joy. This magazine has had an amazing run, led by editor R. Scott McCoy (no relation to me), who, through it, has helped to advance the horror industry as a whole. I'm…