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Canopus Award Finalist
Maybe you can’t feel the sense of delight I got last week when I was notified that my novella, STARS THAT MAKE DARK HEAVEN LIGHT has been named a finalist in the very first 100 Year Starship Canopus Awards for … Continue reading
Posted in Alastair Reynolds, award-winning author, Canopus Awards, Catherynne M. Valente, finalist, Ken Liu, Kim Stanley Robinson, novella, Sharon Joss, Stars That Make Dark Heaven Light, WOTF, WOTF31, WOTF31 ROCKS
Tagged Awards, Canopus, Finalist, Stars That Make Dark Heaven Light, WOTF31
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Building Your World With Biomes
Several people have asked me about the world-building in my Writers of the Future award-winning story, “Stars That Make Dark Heaven Light”. It’s about a human colony living on the planet Hesperidee, a rocky, arid planet with a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, … Continue reading
Posted in #WOTF31, 2015, Arrakis, Avatar, biomes, Dune, Pandora, Sharon Joss, Stars That Make Dark Heaven Light, world building, WOTF
Tagged Arrakis, Avatar, Biome, Biomes, Dune, Pandora, Stars That Make Dark Heaven Light, World-building, WOTF, Writers of the Future
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WOTF31 ROCKS!!!
One of the fantastic aspects (the very best part, IMO) of the whole Writers of the Future experience is the discovery and founding of your tribe. It doesn’t happen on the first day, or even the second, but as the … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Martin Shoemaker, Scott R. Parkin, Sharon Joss, Tribe, workshop, WOTF, WOTF31, WOTF31 ROCKS, Writers of the Future
Tagged Martin Shoemaker, Scott R. Parkin, WOTF31 ROCKS
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Marketing 101 – Getting the Word Out
I’m back in the land of the living again, after 8 days in Hollywood for the Writers of the Future gala, home for three days, then back out to Lincoln City for an 8-day long craft workshop, I’m catching up … Continue reading
Posted in #WOTF31, 2015, Anthologies, Discoverability, Honest Reviews, indie publishing, MArketing 101, Marketing Plan, Publishers Weekly, Sharon Joss, Social Media, velocity, WOTF, Writers of the Future, writing
Tagged discoverability, indie publishing, marketing 101, marketing plan, peter wacks, publishers weekly, velocity, WOTF31
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Epilog – Writers of the Future
The pictures are still coming; I thought I’d share some of my favorites, along with some final thoughts about the experience. ‘Amazing’ hardly captures it, but it probably comes closest to summarizing the week. We arrived as a nervous and … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Sharon Joss, WOTF, writers conference, Writers of the Future, writers write, writing
Tagged Amy Hughes, Auston Habershaw, Daniel J. Davis, David Farland, Kary English, Krystal Claxon, Martin Shoemaker, Michael T. Banker, Mike Resnick, Nancy Kress, Samantha Murray, Scott R. Parkin, short story, Steven Pantazis, T. R. Napper, Tim Napper, Tim Powers, WOTF, WOTF31, Writers of the Future, Zack Campbell
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The Final Act: A New Beginning – WOTF
Wowie Zowie, it’s me. I won. The 31st Writers of the Future Golden Pen Award. For me, it’s a validation that I wrote a good story that people liked; and a confirmation that as a writer, I am on my … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, mentors, Sharon Joss, WOTF, wowie zowie, writers, Writers of the Future, writing life
Tagged Golden Pen Award, Sharon Joss, Win, WOTF, WOTF31, Writers of the Future
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Pressing On – Writers of the Future
Yesterday we went to Bang Printing in Valencia to see our beautiful books get printed. We got a tour of the plant, and got to see our books assembled and printed from start to finish. They handed us the first … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Sharon Joss, WOTF, Writers of the Future, writers workshop, writing
Tagged workshop, WOTF, Writers of the Future
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