…your market is Duotrope or the Submission Grinder. I originally listed Duotrope on DIY MFA’s Resource List because you could search magazines for word count, genre, payments, average response times,…
…a community. Writing conferences, locally based nonprofit programs, webinars, groups and threads on social media, national genre-based organizations… you name it. There are innumerable outlets where writers can gather—either physically,…
…bits like, “And then they fell in love with each other, and it was great, and everyone was happy about it.” I’m looking at you, fairytales. “Happily ever after” just…
…of their racist, colonial, homophobic, snobbish, and judgmental era. But then again, I am not writing for Victorians, but 21st century readers and so I’ve decided that they are exceptions,…
…(2), Agatha, Anthony, Shamus, Scribe, Silver Falchion, and USA Today Best Book (2) Award-nominated author of 20 books both non-fiction (Murder, Mayhem, Forensics for Dummies, Forensics and Fiction, More Forensics…
…had to write it and because I felt at home, so to speak, on The Hill, my characters did, too. In fact, Jody Asher, the congressman’s wife, has enjoyed thirty…
…TX, with her husband, three kids, and two cats. When she’s not chasing kids and cats, she reads and writes mysteries. You can find her at www.kittymomma.com and on Twitter…
…SMART stands for specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and timely. This acronym works for a lot of people, and I’m not here to disparage it, but I find that when I…
…what you like to write. Literary writers, humor writers, poetic writers, historical fiction writers, memoirists, sci-fi writers, speculative fiction writers—you name it—have a place for publication in the short form….
…university was more of a culture shock for me than many of my peers. Even after meeting and marrying my spouse, getting a full-time job, a mortgage, and a car,…
