Just in time for the new year, the Black Market anthology is available in ebook and trade paperback from Amazon (with hardcover to follow shortly). As you might expect from the title, each story has to feature a black market in some significant fashion. The tagline for the book is: […]
People tend to think that writing is just, well, getting words down on paper. That’s true to an extent. As they, say, “If it ain’t on the page, then it ain’t on the stage.” Much of the time, though, there’s an awful lot of story development that happens well before […]
Episode 10 of the Hourlings Podcast Project (18 minutes) is now available on YouTube. This episode’s topic is “Writing on Vacation,” in which our illustrious writers describe how they “get stuff done” on vacation while still having fun and not annoying their significant others. This episode features: Martin Wilsey (Moderator) […]
I love this picture from Zurich-based artist Kathrin Federer. In this fanciful picture, a playful Tyrannosaurus Rex tries to play with a tiger on a snow-covered street in a city. As humorous as it is to see a T-Rex acting like a puppy, it’s also startling to see the size […]
One of the most common questions that writers get is “Where do you get your ideas?” For SF and Fantasy, there’s also something of a perception that you have to have that single perfect idea before you can craft a good story. Well, ideas are all over the place. You […]
Episode 9 of the Hourlings Podcast Project (36 minutes) is now available on YouTube. This episode’s topic is “Covers,” in which our fantabulous authors detail all the trials and tribulations they’ve gone through to get the right covers for their indie-published books. This episode features: Martin Wilsey (Moderator) Jeffrey C. […]
I was sitting at the island in the kitchen with my laptop in front of me, checking Facebook updates on Christmas Eve when I came across the image above. I turned toward my wife, who was sitting at the kitchen table about twelve feet away and said, “Shots fired at […]
This is the cover reveal for the awesome wraparound cover of the Black Market anthology. This is the fifth anthology published by the Hourlings Writing Group, comprised of a passionate collection of SF and Fantasy writers in Northern Virginia. The theme of the anthology is, obviously, black markets. However, I […]
Episode 8 of the Hourlings Podcast Project (18 minutes) is now available on YouTube. This episode’s topic is “Distractions,” in which our illustrious authors detail some of the strategies they use to get work done despite distractions. This episode features: Martin Wilsey (Moderator) David Keener S. C. Megale The podcast […]
This is a selfie I took while I was on vacation visiting Pandora. You can see an avatar in a tank behind me. Overall, this was my best vacation to any of the Earth colonies. Anyway, I thought the Lab was really interesting. They’re certainly working on some cutting-edge technologies […]
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