Yearly Archives: 2015

When the Magic Comes…

We…don’t know what it is that sometimes comes to make our books alive. All we can do is to write dutifully and day after day, every day, giving our work the very best of what we are capable. I don’t

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Will You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?

Today is one of those Fridays. I need to come up with some clever and catchy title to categorize it. Something that rhymes with procrastination…I’ll work on that another day. The internet is filled with too many addictive distractions, so

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Posted in Just Because

Reading Inspires Writing

We write by the light of every story we have ever read. ~ Richard Peck Image “Astronaut Floating With Balloons” courtesy of Victor Habbick / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

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14 SFWA Short Story Qualifying Markets for Speculative Fiction

Since first posting this article in January 2015, the list of markets has changed considerably. For the current list, please click HERE to read “SFWA Short Story Qualifying Markets for Speculative Fiction: 2016.” For the most up-to-date listing, go to

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Posted in Call for Submissions

Facts to Fiction Story Sparkers: 3D (and 4D) Printing

In 1984, Charles Hull invented a printing process (stereolithography) that enabled the creation of three-dimensional objects from a digital data source (see the infographic “A Brief History of 3D Printing” from T. Rowe Price). The method was originally used by larger companies as an aid in

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