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Agent Listings and Lowdowns – Do I need an agent and why?

February 7, 2015by Kevin Cullen 3 Comments

Your manuscript? Done. Your editing? Finito. Your beta readers? Exhausted. The time has come. If traditional publishing is what you’re gunning for, then the next step on your climb to […]

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Story submissions! What’s going where and how the devil do I keep track?

February 6, 2015by Kevin Cullen 6 Comments

If you’re like me, then spreadsheets can seem a tad intimidating (especially when there are numbers involved). But if you’re busy submitting story after story to journal after journal (which […]

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Make your own font for free? Count me in.

February 5, 2015by Kevin Cullen 4 Comments

Spattered across the internet are several font-creation websites that allow you to turn your handwriting (or your counterfeit handwriting) into a generated font. It’s a really cool tool for folks who […]

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Haunting, Tragic, Wonderfully Bittersweet – Neil Gaiman’s “Ocean at the End of the Lane”

January 19, 2015by Kevin Cullen 3 Comments

One thing that I’ve noticed, time and time again, is how damn good Neil Gaiman is at writing an ending. From Sandman to Neverwhere to The Graveyard Book, Gaiman wraps […]

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[Top 4] Reasons Why Comic Con Will Cause Premature Balding

July 18, 2014by Kevin Cullen 5 Comments

Every year, hundreds of thousands of nerds, geeks, comic aficionados, movie buffs, television junkies, Trekkies, and other imaginative people converge on the San Diego Comic Con like ravenous bears on […]

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Five Super Hero Comics That Will Help You Identify All The Cosplayers At The San Diego Comic-Con

July 16, 2014by Kevin Cullen 2 Comments

The San Diego Comic Convention kicks off in only a few days and already folks are wandering through downtown dressed as iconic characters. From Superman to Iron Man to the […]

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Interview Spotlight: Charles Stross, Author of Accelerando and Rule 34 (PT. II OF III)

June 29, 2014by Kevin Cullen Leave a comment

Part II of our Interview Spotlight finds Charles Stross at the front and center of the cyber-punk world. With a career that didn’t begin with writing, Stross has grown into […]

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A Case for Twitter: 3 Reasons Why Writers Should Tweet

March 17, 2014by J. Evan Ramos 13 Comments

After my high school binge of social media (LiveJournal, DeadJournal, Xanga, MySpace, and facebook), I’ve become unimpressed by and unmotivated to participate. I never felt that my day to day […]

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Weekly List of Engaging Calls for Submissions!

July 23, 2013by Kevin Cullen 12 Comments

Check out our list of what we think are pretty nifty literary mags that are currently open for submissions. If you have a literary journal that you’d like featured here, […]

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A Comic Book Call to Arms?

June 27, 2013by J. Evan Ramos 14 Comments

I started writing fiction in my mid twenties. It happened by accident really. I broke my finger making it impossible to draw. Writing proved to be a good substitute. Before […]

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