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brian-moreland's picture
Aug.03.2009
Looking back now at my days at the University of Texas, it was both my screenwriting classes and creative fiction writing classes that led me to writing SHADOWS IN THE MIST. The supernatural war story started out as a short screenplay that I wrote for one of my assignments. It was originally titled...
kristen-j-tsetsi's picture
Aug.03.2009
Over at Backword Books, a blog post addressing J.A. Konrath's idea of what makes a "confident" writer has, so far, inspired 44 comments. Are indie publishers "confident" writers? Are they legitimate? Are you only legitimate when an agent or publisher says you are? What do YOU...
austin-s-camacho's picture
Aug.03.2009
At book signings there are always people who, instead of asking about my books will ask, “are you self-published?” or, “Who’s your publisher?”  It often feels like a put down, and some days I wish I could say “Random House.  Why?”  Instead I explain that I’m published by two small presses, Echelon...
kristen-j-tsetsi's picture
Jul.29.2009
A Real Publisher puts you on any number of bookstore shelves once they publish you, because--since they're apparently not doing much marketing for their authors, anymore--that is their primary power. But getting on a shelf yourself? How can you not feel an incredible sense of accomplishment? (Is...
brian-moreland's picture
Jul.27.2009
One of my friends on Facebook recently wrote me asking for advice on writing horror. She wrote: I see you're a horror writer. Do you have any advice for me, when writing particular scenes for horror? As far as gore/suspense, descriptions/emotions, etc... Writing horror/suspense: When writing...
brian-moreland's picture
Jul.26.2009
  One of my friends on Facebook recently asked: How do you get the mechanics of fight scenes into stories, and construct them well enough to keep people interested, and the scene exciting? First you have to build conflict. And conflict always starts light and builds over multiple scenes. For...
brian-moreland's picture
Jul.24.2009
Here is an article about my grandfather's amazing trip to Normandy, France last summer. To see photos and watch the documentary visit: http://brianmoreland.blogspot.com/2008/08/war-hero-returns-to-normandy.html   
brian-moreland's picture
Jul.23.2009
After doing a goal-reaching exercise on being a published author, I began to list out my top ten values for my career. What was most important? At the top of the list were "launching a successful writing career," "seeing my book in print," and "sharing SHADOWS IN THE MIST...
brian-moreland's picture
Jul.23.2009
Publishing my first novel has been a long and winding road that spans twenty years. I began my writing career in college writing horror novels that never sold. The novel that I finally published, SHADOWS IN THE MIST, began as a short screenplay I wrote for a screenwriting class. Back then I had...
kristen-j-tsetsi's picture
Jul.23.2009
A new publishing enterprise, Backword Books (www.backwordbooks.com), brings together seven new literary novels by independent authors from around the country. The fact that they’ve combined high-quality and riveting content under new imprints proves the publishing industry is changing. The...
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