Whether you’re an author, an artist, or any other creative, you know inspiration is a fickle thing. I’ve been experimenting with different techniques for drawing Lollie’s World. Originally, I was drawing the comic by hand, scanning it, and cleaning it up on my computer. For this post, I tried outlining with pens instead. What do […]
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Hello, friend! I’ve got updates for pitch competitions, conferences, and short story submissions this month, so let’s get into it. – Alas, I was not chosen to work with an editor for the twitter event #RevPit. Such is the way of things for an author; we take a lot of chances and get a lot
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April 2023’s newsletter main feature. “Lollie’s World: Meet the Gang” Hello, friend! For this newsletter edition, I’d like to introduce some of the reoccurring characters in my webcomic, Lollie’s World. Lollie’s World is a simple comic meant both for humor and for highlighting day to day problems in our society. While most the background characters go unnamed,
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As an introvert, I’ve wanted to do this on more than on occassion. How do extraverts just, like, walk up to a stranger and start talking? Baffling.
March 2023’s newsletter main feature. “Book Recommendation: Shadow Magic.” Book Recommendation: Shadow Magic A little known fact about querying agents is that it is useful to compile a short list of comp titles, which are books similar in genre and/or theme to your own, in order to give the agent an idea of what your
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Hello, friends! It’s time for the monthly writing update. – I’m currently researching online anthologies to submit more short stories for publication. I’ll keep you updated on how it goes! Recently, I submitted a short story titled “The Killer Doll and the Dollmaker” to Podcastle [https://podcastle.org/], a fantasy podcast that produces audio performances of fantasy
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Catcalling and shouting at women from vehicles is not a harmless joke. I am not an object for you to use for your amusement, and I do not need a man’s presence to permit me to be outside and in public without harassment. It’s time to make a change.
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Happy early St. Patrick’s Day, everyone! We might be a week out, but it’s never too soon to start planning Leprechaun traps and eating chocolate gold coins.
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Hello! Welcome back to another writing update. I have submissions, summits, and conferences to report, oh my! – This March, I am submitting a piece of flash fiction to a contest hosted by Queer SciFi. They are a queer Science Fiction and Fantasy website and blog that promotes LBGTQ+ writers and a community of LGBTQ+
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