So on 5/2/23 I made a blog entry about the Futurescapes application and lead up to that workshop. Today I thought I would round out that with a post about my experience with the actual workshop. As a reminder I did the SFF 3000 word novel workshop. There are also KidLit, Horror, and longer 100ContinueContinue reading “Futurescapes: Workshopping the first 3000 Words”
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Dream Agents, Editors, or Publishers
I think many of us would be lying if we did not say we had an idea of how we might want our writing career to go. I don’t just mean Hugo’s and Nebulas, though, why not? I mean down to what publisher you think matches you as your favorite author publishes with them, orContinueContinue reading “Dream Agents, Editors, or Publishers”
You Had me at Halo
So what on Earth is this blog and that title about? It’s about developing a one liner for your novel. Something that you can use as a hook that intrigues, but also informs people what your novel is about. You may never get to use it, but I will say at Chicon I ran intoContinueContinue reading “You Had me at Halo”
Futurescapes: Application and Pre-workshop
So in March this year I did the futurescapes writing workshop. Before I did it I had searched blogs for people’s experiences and I thought, given it had been of interest to me to get different people’s takes, I would write about my experience with it. Now futurescapes does a number of different workshops, soContinueContinue reading “Futurescapes: Application and Pre-workshop”
Weighing the Value of Writing Short Fiction
Why write short fiction? Traditionally, the advice has been that you should write short fiction to get writing credits, which will open the doors for you to get a literary agent and write long-form fiction. I have certainly been given this advice, and I have heard it spoken from luminaries such as George R. R.ContinueContinue reading “Weighing the Value of Writing Short Fiction”
Year In Review 2022
As we close out 2022 I thought I would write a short blog on my writing journey this year. Both achievements and set-backs. And while there certainly have been a few of the latter, I will say I am quite proud of all I have done, even if it has not yet produced the desiredContinueContinue reading “Year In Review 2022”
Guest Post: Dan Koboldt’s Science in SciFi
So I have not posted a blog post here recently, but it is because I was fortunate enough to be invited to do guest blog posts a couple of places. The first of those to come out is a post on the Science of Skin in Fiction, which is a guest blog post on DanContinueContinue reading “Guest Post: Dan Koboldt’s Science in SciFi”
Twitter #PitchContests
So it is the evening of August 25th and I spent the day taking part in the Twitter pitch event #SFFPit. Many of you will know what this is, but for anyone that does not: it is a day where you get to tweet a 280-character summary of your novel as a ‘pitch’, once perContinueContinue reading “Twitter #PitchContests”
Chicon8!
I just registered. I’ve been to a lot of conferences – physics conferences, geology conferences, natural sciences conferences, student conferences, human rights conferences, medical conferences, and pharmaceutical conferences (amongst others). But this is my first SFF conference and I can honestly say I’ve never been quite as excited to go to any conference as IContinueContinue reading “Chicon8!”
Gideon P. Smith 