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The haunting season
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ASK THE WRITER • What’s the Oxford comma?
LORD OF THE BLING • YOU DON’T HAVE TO TRAVEL TO MORDOR TO SCORE THESE TOLKIEN-INSPIRED GIFTS.
The doctor is out • Writing is not that kind of therapy.
Money matters • Why freelancers should ask for more money. Always.
HOW TO fictionalize YOUR hometown • WORLD-BUILDING IS RARELY SIMPLE. DOES DRAWING UPON YOUR CHILDHOOD STOMPING GROUNDS MAKE IT ANY EASIER?
ANATOMY OF AN ANTAGONIST • How to craft the villain your hero deserves.
BUT WHAT IF? • PRO TIPS FOR WRITING (AND PUBLISHING) SPECULATIVE FICTION.
PICK YOUR PUNK • YOU’VE HEARD OF CYBERPUNK AND STEAMPUNK. BUT WHAT ABOUT GREENPUNK, OCEANPUNK, OR MYTHPUNK? HERE’S THE SCOOP ON ALL THE DIFFERENT SUBGENRES POPULATING THE LITERARY PUNK SCENE TODAY.
WRI–TING ACR–OSS MAR–GINS • CAN WE TELL THE STORIES OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IF WE AREN’T PART OF THEM?
MORE EYES = MORE SALES • UNDERSTANDING AND CREATING ADS FOR YOUR BOOK ON AMAZON AND FACEBOOK.
Driftwood Press • This 6-year-old journal seeks lyrical writing with a fine attention to detail.
Gotham Writers Conference • Spend two days talking craft and networking with agents at this NYC conference hosted by one of the country’s most well-known writing centers.
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Shaun David Hutchinson
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