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A J Hartley

Act of Will

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Faith Hunter

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Writing — Facing the Mountain

Misty is enjoying the sun-drenched beaches of Somewhere, USA, so I’m filling in for this week’s post.

Last week, we did a lot of posting leading up to ConCarolinas — things to do or say, things not to do or say, networking tips, etc.  Here we are on the other end, and for me, that means [...]

Networking

With Misty and Faith talking about Cons and with ConCarolinas starting today, I thought it might be helpful to discuss networking.

Networking is, quite simply, the act of building business relationships. That’s it. It’s talking and laughing and sometimes even drinking. It’s lunches and dinners and talk in the hallways and elevators. [...]

More on Cons

To build on Misty’s post yesterday (and maybe steal some more of Stuart’s thunder {grinning evilly}) I’d like to share my view on what a Con offers attendees—other than just pure fun. There is always that. In fact, as you read, add the world fun to the top of each list. But a con offers [...]

Con Tips

I just got home from a weekend as a guest at Balticon, the Maryland Regional Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. It’s small enough to let you run into everyone at some point, but big enough to offer plenty of activities and panels. While I was there, I met a number of congoers who [...]

FanFun!

ConCarolinas is nearly upon us and MW will have a great showing at the event. Misty Massey, David B. Coe, Stuart Jaffe, AJ Hartley, and Faith Hunter will all be at CC and have set aside three hours, (so our panelists, our fans, friends, and writer pals can come and go as their schedules require) for a drop-in, [...]

The Great Satan (Part 3)

This is the third week of the BBU here on Faith’s post day!
BBU = Big Bad Uglies = the antagonist.
MC = main character = hero.New this week:
AS = applecart scenes

[For those who might wonder, there is a reason why I make up my own names for things that have perfectly good names or terms already [...]