Craft Tips and Tricks

“I don’t think there is enough respect in general for the time it takes to write consistently good fiction. Too many people think they will master writing overnight, or that they are as good as they will ever be.” Tananarive Due

On taking yourself seriously as a writer (The Writing Coach)
The Struggle To Be A Good Critic (Electric Literature)
I Heart Revisions: A Craft of Writing Post by Elizabeth Langston (Adventures In YA Publishing)
“He Said, She Said”: Is There Any Cooler Way To Show Dialog In Fiction? (IO9)
How to Write Vivid Character Descriptions: Be Invisible! (writershelpingwriters.net)

Alumni Publications

Ann Kopchik, as Anna Zabo, CTRL Me in anthology Rules to Live By

Four intimate tales of power exchange, discipline, risks taken, and pleasures earned.

In CTRL Me, a night out between friends turns hot and tempting when Gabe deliberately pushes Tom’s submissive buttons. Then Tom discovers rope in Gabe’s glove box and not the type for securing luggage.

Tonya Burrows, Broken Honor

Ice-cold and unbreakable, Travis Quinn is the HORNET team’s hard-ass. No weaknesses. Except, of course, for the accident that not only destroyed his career as a Navy SEAL, but left terrifying blanks in his memory. But Travis remembers everything about Mara Escareno–the curve of her lips, the feel of her body…and how he walked out on her suddenly six weeks ago. Mara could never resist the dangerously sexy Travis, which is probably how she ended up pregnant and disowned by her family. And now Travis’s enemies have discovered his only weakness…Mara.

K. Ceres Wright, short story “Better the Demon You Know” in March on Fictionvale

Calandra is a cyberpunk demon hunter belonging to a secret group of Catholic exorcists, but when they’re on the business end of a ruling from Vatican City, she must decide who really has her best interests at heart.

Mary DeSantis as Deanna Dee, “Critical Hit-On” (The Games of Love Book 1)

When Molly Moreau finds her long-time boyfriend with a girl dressed in cosplay, she runs home to try and live a geek-free life. Craig Lawrence lost his last girlfriend because he apparently spent too much time playing guardian to his rebellious little sister. When he meets Molly, he wants more than anything to win her heart, but will this relationship roll yet another 1? Or will it score a critical hit?

T.J. Lantz, Sir Dudley Tinklebutton and the Dragon’s Lair (The Dudley Diaries: a companion series to Rosehaven, The Hidden City- Book 1)

Sir Dudley is a shining example of true knightliness- he is always chivalrous to the ladies (provided they are young and attractive), he keeps his boots polished at all times (his squire’s job), and he never says no to a free drink (he deserves it). He has the perfect career- until one day when he steps foot in Candon, a battered village, besieged by a vicious dragon. Unable to figure a way out of the situation, Dudley soon finds himself face to face with the most deadly creature known to man.

Sherry Peters

Her debut novel “Mabel the Lovelorn Dwarf” placed 1st in the 2014 Writer’s Digest Self-Published e-Book awards in the Middle Grade / YA category.

Her Science Fiction Short Story “Ashan Like Me” placed 2nd in the 2014 New England Science Fiction Association Short Story Contest.

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