What are conventions? Should I attend? What do you do at conventions? What are panels? Can anyone be a panelist? These are questions most writers face sooner or later. The fact of the matter is, conventions are a remarkable opportunity … Continue reading
First of all, thank you so very, very much to all of our flash fiction contestants. We had a total of seven entries, and every single one of them was awesome. I enjoyed seeing everyone’s creativity in interpreting the theme. … Continue reading
Did you read our interview with R.J. Ross? If you did then you’ll know what I’m talking about when I introduce this post by saying “Today we are joined by another illustrious member of the Pen and Cape Society.” Ian … Continue reading
Greetings, fellow heroes (and villains!) How has your week been so far? Great? Great! Joining us today is one of my favorite fellow authors–Liana Brooks. Liana and I are buddies on Twitter, so if you’re on Twitter at all I … Continue reading
Hello everybody, and welcome to Superhero Week! We’re all set to have a super good time, and if you haven’t seen our line-up yet you can check it out on this page! First of all–have you seen the details on … Continue reading
DEADLINE EXTENSION: The deadline for submissions has been extended to midnight Saturday, May 2nd. This makes more sense anyway, since students/professionals will have at least one full free day to work on. Judging will then take place on Sunday, with … Continue reading
Every year, in cities all over the world, people get together in bookstores and libraries to collect stacks of books. Then they go out into the night and hand those books out to random people they might meet. What is … Continue reading
November is coming! That wonderful, magical time when writers scramble to ooze 50,000 words onto paper in the too-brief span of only 30 days. Don’t know what Nano is? Don’t know if you like it? Don’t worry, your questions will … Continue reading
Hello, fair readers, Joel here. Today we’re participating in the cover reveal for J. Grace Pennington’s upcoming novel Firmament: Machiavellian! But you don’t get to just find it on here. (We’re evil writers, you think we’d give you that option?) … Continue reading
Banned books are among some of the best books in the world. After all, unpopular books aren’t worth the gasoline it takes to burn them, since they’ll soon lapse into obscurity on their own. And if a society or government … Continue reading