Call for Submissions: Scandalous
Was last week’s post about villainy a handy hint to lead you in the direction of my new call for submissions? Well, what do you think? Perhaps I just am the sort of person who always has some kind of … Continued
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Villains and Villainy
A piece of writing advice that has always stuck with me is: ‘Fiction needs a bad guy.’ OK, sometimes the bad ‘guy’ isn’t a person acting with volition but fire, a flood, or maybe a virus, but even the soppiest, … Continued
A Little Fiction Competition
Those of you who have been watching the LAM livestreams might remember that I set up a story-writing competition a couple of weeks ago. You could win yourself a copy of my Dicewriting book by sending in a short story … Continued
Not Cool For Catfish
Authors writing under pseudonyms is fine and always has been. Same as musicians, actors, comedians and performers of any kind. It isn’t even a terrible crime, for an author or anyone else whose work doesn’t involve physical contact or presence, … Continued
Pet Names and Honorifics: What Do You Call Theirs?
(I just can’t face any more of my own political ranting, so if you’re looking for something else to think about or write about…) There are several terms of address within BDSM circles which have tremendous resonance, both for the … Continued
Challenges and opportunities – writing righteous fiction
It’s OK. No one is forbidding you to write the fiction you want to write. No one’s forbidding other people to write the fiction you want to read, either. Billions of people are writing billions of books, all the time. … Continued