Fandom, pt. 2: Fanfic vs. Original Fic

by | May 14, 2015 | Fanfiction, Publishing

Last week I talked a bit (okay, a lot) about the synergy between my life as a writer of original works and my life in fandom. There’s more overlap and interplay between the two than you might think, and they’re both essential to my life and creative health. There are...

A Place for Fandom, pt. 1

by | May 8, 2015 | Editing, Fanfiction, Personal

Full disclosure: I have been a gigantic nerd for my entire life. My family introduced me to Star Wars at a very young age, and I immediately fell into reading all the extended universe novels, buying the toys, playing X-Wings on my bike, and otherwise revelling in my...

Writer Friend Feature: Randy Ribay

by | Apr 28, 2015 | Writer Friend Features

This month’s featured writer friend is Randy Ribay, a fellow member of the Cherry Hill-based South Jersey Writers Group. I remember catching a glimpse of him at my first ever SJWG meeting when he stood up and announced that he wrote YA and had just signed with...

What Does a Literary Agent Do?

by | Apr 15, 2015 | Querying, Questions Answered

There seems to be a lot of confusion out there about what literary agents actually DO. To some people, it just doesn’t seem worth it to give away 15% of their earnings to some random person–and I suppose that’s a valid point of view. I think for many people,...