Writing – Page 21 – Suzanne Warr

Oops!

If you saw that last post, blink quickly!Â That was my entire submission history, and intended to be posted as private.Â I must not have gotten the hang of these silly options just yet. 😛 Don’t worry.Â It’s gone, so you can open your eyes and look at a world still un-scarred by the submission

An Editor’s Take on the Cover Letter

9NovemberSuzanneWriting

Some weeks agoÂ I attended a writing get together where James was guesting, and picked up some interesting points which I’m now putting into place with my latest batch ofÂ story submissions. The other guest was an assistant editor with Baen, and in our discussion he convinced me that I may have been too stingy in my

A Lovely amd Promising Collection

31OctoberSuzanneNewsy Bits About Writing and Writers, Writing

In my completely unbiased opinion!Â My contributer copy of Extraterrestrial Ruins came today–and who needs tricks or treats after that? I’m looking forward to reading the other stories included, it will be interesting to see how many ways we could spin the same theme.Â I expect a wide range of variation, given how differently my

Extraterrestrial on Sale!

26OctoberSuzanne2 CommentsNewsy Bits About Writing and Writers, Writing

How often can you get a discounted alien these days?Â Not a common thing, right?Â Well, we’re selling our aliens and extraterrestrial worlds CHEAP, on amazon now!Â Get yours before the centaurians, ferooni-sha and galacticÂ collectors of the Senorian Federation buy us out! Â HINT: Around the halfway point in the anthology there’s an interesting sci

Posing as a Writer

17OctoberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Writing

Last night was my first ‘writer’ appearance.Â It was a career fair for the youth group at our church, so not the most critical of audiences.Â Still, I had to tackle a small case of nerves and come out of the shadows were I usually hide my writing aspirations.Â I can see it takes a

Bovine Aspirations Debut

8OctoberSuzanneNewsy Bits About Writing and Writers, Writing

MyÂ story ofÂ a singing cow (and her not-so-gullible neighbor) is up on Bewildering Stories.Â It’s short, funny andÂ free–enjoy! — On a side note, I looked up the spelling of gullible on dictionary.com, and liked this explanation of its origin: “1793 (implied in gullibility), earlier cullibility (1728), probably connected to gull, a cant term for “dupe, sucker”

Getting Paid to Wait

5OctoberSuzanne1 CommentWriting

I hadÂ understoodÂ that my flash story ‘Ghost Spider’ would be in either the Sep. or Oct. issue of AlienSkin, so when I got the check I was delighted andÂ watching for it to go up…but, like most watched pots, this one never boiled.Â Perhaps they celebrate a much creepier Christmas than I do, and we’ll see it

Bird-killing Rats

4OctoberSuzanneWriting

Tonight we discussed my latest story in the writer’s group.Â The guys had some great suggestions, and pointed out that one problem with the story was that, as it stands, they were tempted to root for the despised ratmen rather than the Raven, assasin, protagonist. Uh, hmmm.Â Have to fix that. They also brought up

Japanese Atlantis

25SeptemberSuzanneSpeculative Science, Writing

An ancient sunken city of the coast of Japan, deep beneath theÂ waves…I think I just found the setting for my next story aboutÂ Captain Tung, Independent Recovery Contractor.

Targeting Agents (in a good way)

19SeptemberSuzanneWriting

I snagged a helpful bit of information from Pat Esden on hunting downÂ a good agent, and bagging the contract when you find one.Â The article is by Ethan Ellenberg, so it gives the inside view from the agent perspective.

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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