My first post on the collective blog my writing group has started is now available. Check out “Enjoying the Ride” where I discuss learning to write speculative fiction and assessing word count. Introductory posts by Alexander Gideon and Janet Walden-West are also available at The Million Words.
Month: October 2016
New Writer’s Blog – The Million Words
I am a member of a writer’s group with some amazing people. We are all at different points in our careers, with a few having published books and short stories, and others still striving for that first acceptance.
The publishing industry is in a state of complete flux, with authors scrambling to publish and make a living in a crowded industry, with overworked agents and editors, low pay, and vanishing brick and mortar bookstores.
My colleagues and I have been lucky. The science fiction/fantasy convention circuit has a number of authors willing to act as mentors to aspiring authors, and we have been privileged to learn from them. Many of those established authors have spent significant portions of their time helping other writers.
In that spirit of sharing knowledge, we decided to start a group blog to share our experiences with other authors and anyone else interested in the vagaries of the current publishing world. Our blog will discuss our personal journeys as we strive to get published and share some of the advice that we have received.
Check out The Million Words and the first post, “The Promise,” by my colleague, Alexander Gideon.