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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Guest Post from Mercedes M. Yardley: Find Your Literary Voice
I grew up in a time where we were taught to conform. If you want to write like the Greats, then study the Greats. Creative Writing professors often told us to choose a writer we admired and then write a … Continue reading
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Writing Through Pain
…sometimes bad stuff happens. Sometimes you’re dealing with a loved one’s illness, or your own, or a natural disaster, or something else, because the world is one filled with tragedies, large and small. Continue reading
Guest Post from Jamie Mason: ZOMBIEDÄMMERUNG – Twilight of the Walkers
Is Canada’s fascination with zombies the death knell of undead chic? Good day, eh? And greetings from the Great White North. It’s great to be here on Cat Rambo’s blog to extoll the virtues of our great Canadian literary culture. … Continue reading
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Guest Post from Pete Sutton: On Crowdfunding North by Southwest
In 2014 The North Bristol Writers created an anthology and successfully funded it via Fundsurfer. The book is now available to buy in eBook and paperback from Tangent Books & Amazon worldwide. North by Southwest is an anthology by ten … Continue reading
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Writers and Natural Talent: More About that MFA essay
Recently, Ryan Boudinot wrote an essay for The Stranger titled “Things I Can Say About MFA Writing Programs Now That I No Longer Teach in One“. Among other things, he observed: Either you have a propensity for creative expression or … Continue reading
Guest Post from John Johnston III: Fictional Characters
It’s an aphorism that great fiction requires a great plot, but it also requires great characters. But what are great characters, and how do you create them? To begin with, great characters must seem real: not superheroes, not perfect, not … Continue reading
Last Week, This Week, All Around the Town
As you may have noticed last week, we kicked off two months of interesting guest blog posts on this blog, which is part of the promotion for Beasts of Tabat, the novel I have coming out next month. Last week, … Continue reading
Guest Post from Raven Oak: Linguistics in Fantasy—To Thee or Not to Thee
“Since your book’s technological advances place it during the Renaissance, your characters are wrong because they should be speaking like Shakespeare.†Imagine my surprise when a friend and avid fantasy reader said this to me. I can’t remember the last … Continue reading
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Answering More Questions About the SFWA Qualifying Process
I encourage questions — it’s how we’re compiling a FAQ — so ask away! Here’s some stuff that’s come up: One thing that is part of the confusion is that we have 2 entities, the SFWA Qualifying Markets list, where … Continue reading
Guest Post from Rhonda Eudaly: Writing Is Only Glamorous Until This Face Appears
Note from Cat: today’s guest blog post comes from Rhonda Eudaly. It’s the latest installment in the cavalcade of content here celebrating the upcoming release of my first novel, Beasts of Tabat. I thought long and hard about what to … Continue reading
