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    1 Dec, 2018
    Musing ~ 12/1/18: The Importance of Being Receptive
    blog, blogging, books, contemporary fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, fiction, Heroic Fantasy, Important, literary agents, mass market paperback, news, Original writing, published stories, publishing, sword and sorcery, writing, YA, young adult

    Literary Agents, you’re all fabulous.

    Seriously, we writers greatly appreciate you!  We appreciate the way you weave your magic with publishers and make certain we get the best deals, lots of exposure and an over-allsense of well-being.

    However…

    There’s one …
    5 Nov, 2018
    Musing 11/5/18 ~ Follow the Rules!
    authors, blog, contemporary fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, fiction, Heroic Fantasy, How I Found My Literary Agent, Important, M/M, mass market paperback, NanoWriMo, National Endowment for the Arts, news, Original writing, published stories, publishing, query, science-fiction adventure, social media, sword and sorcery, Twitter, urban fantasy, website, writing, YA, young adult

    …Or, “If I can do it the hard way, why can’t you?”

    I know it’s been awhile since I posted here.  But it’s been one of those, life gets in the way, kind of years.  If you follow me on …
    6 Oct, 2017
    Musing 10/16/17 – Are We Getting Too Old For This Sh**? Part 2 or: “So now blogs are obsolete?”
    authors, books, contemporary fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, fiction, Heroic Fantasy, literary agents, mass market paperback, musing, news, Original writing, published stories, publishing, query, STEM, urban fantasy

    Well peeps, in about 12 days, I’ll be hitting a milestone birthday –that’s right, I’ll be um – 30.  Forget what I said about being 33 last year.

    I’m taking a bit of a break from my current WIP, tentatively …
    17 Sep, 2017
    Mini-Musing: 09/17/17 ~ It’s Hard to Let Go
    authors, books, contemporary fantasy, dystopian, Fantasy, fiction, literary agents, mass market paperback, musing, news, Original writing, published stories, publishing, query, science-fiction adventure, short stories, sword and sorcery, urban fantasy, young adult

    With all the Musings, I’ve been writing for the past few weeks you would think this would be easier.

    I’m considering letting my work go.

    It took me five years to write my work mainly due to life throwing all …
    12 Sep, 2017
    Musing 9/12/17 ~ Are We Getting Too Old For This S***?
    authors, contemporary fantasy, Donald Maass Literary Agency, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, fiction, Heroic Fantasy, literary agents, publishing, query, sword and sorcery, The Bent Agency, The Booker Albert Agency, The Deborah Harris Agency, The Knight Agency, The Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency, TriadaUS Literary Agency, Trident Media Group

    This Musing is actually going to handle a couple of subjects that are on my mind right now.  I ask for your patience.  If you haven’t already you may wish to read my two previous Musings which are companions to …
    7 Sep, 2017
    Musings 9/7/17: What Exactly is Diversity in Writing?
    authors, Ava DuVernay, books, Donald Maass Literary Agency, Epic Fantasy, literary agents, mass market paperback, N.K. Jemisin, published stories, publishing, query, The Bent Agency, The Booker Albert Agency, The Deborah Harris Agency, The Knight Agency, The Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency, TriadaUS Literary Agency, Trident Media Group, Victoria Sanders, Virginia Kidd Agency, Writer's House

    It’s called Diverse Voices, Own Voices or Marginalized Voices and more recently BAME – I just saw this for the first time yesterday so really, I don’t know how long this has been in use but if I’m using the …
    29 Aug, 2017
    Musing 8/29/17– May I Have A Word, Literary Agents?
    authors, books, contemporary fantasy, dystopian, Fantasy, fiction, How I Found My Literary Agent, mass market paperback, paranormal, published stories, publishing, query, science-fiction adventure, short stories, sword and sorcery, Trident Media Group, urban fantasy, Virginia Kidd Agency, Writer's Digest, YA

    Wow!  Two Musings in two days, that’s a record!  First I want to say that I’m not trying to offend ANYONE with this post, certainly not people in the industry.  Either way this may or may not get me into …
    28 Aug, 2017
    Musing 08/28/17– Weird is the New Brilliant?
    authors, books, contemporary fantasy, dystopian, Fantasy, fiction, Heroic Fantasy, Original writing, paranormal, published stories, publishing, query, science-fiction adventure, short stories, sword and sorcery, urban fantasy, Writer's Digest, YA, young adult

    I’m a big fan of the Nostalgia Critic! Well it’s sort of an off and on relationship. I gave him up a few times but came back. Why mention this? Because there is a question I was pondering concerning stories …

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