March 9-10, Tucson, AZ
The following Wily authors will be hanging out in the Wily Writers booth!
Marsha DeFilippo
E.S. Magill
Angel Leigh McCoy
Yvonne Navarro
Weston Ochse
Signing books! Selling books! Smiling! Laughing!
Come see us!
The following Wily authors will be hanging out in the Wily Writers booth!
Marsha DeFilippo
E.S. Magill
Angel Leigh McCoy
Yvonne Navarro
Weston Ochse
Signing books! Selling books! Smiling! Laughing!
Come see us!
The links below go to resources related to author tools for all the stages of your project (writing, editing, promoting, searching for an agent, etc.) If you know of a tool not listed here, drop it to Angel wherever you prefer to reach her. Indie Author Tools: This comprehensive list of apps and downloadables says…
Allie Yohn lives in Phoenix with her wife and two rescue dogs. She’s a writer, voracious reader, and a collector of both books and decorative skulls. She believes the best thing in life is having a dog, with explaining the differences between the book and the movie to an interested audience a close second.
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Website: http://www.allieyohn.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AllieYohnWrites
Instagram: https://instagram.com/AllieYohnWrites
Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, author of non-fiction books, and prose writer whose work was described by the American Library Association’s Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror as “consistently dark, unsettling, and frightening.” She is a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award®, the author of four novels and over 150 short stories, and a world-class Halloween expert.
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Website: http://www.lisamorton.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cinriter
Instagram: https://instagram.com/lisamortoninla
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisa.morton.165
Halloween Beyond: Piercing the Veil
Crystal Lake Publishing
https://smile.amazon.com/Halloween-Beyond-Piercing-Mysteries-Thrillers-ebook/dp/B0BGJKSX8G/
When Kayla’s sister Hailey went missing in the nearby Ghost Woods on Halloween night, the last person to see her was the solitary, elderly Brigid. Kayla, who has long suspected Brigid of being involved with Hailey’s disappearance, dreads the first anniversary of her sister’s vanishing even as her best friend Sophie urges her to put the past behind her. Halloween nears and Kayla pays a visit to the pop-up Halloween Beyond store, where an enigmatic clerk named Maeve convinces her to buy a talking-board. Kayla begins receiving messages which claim to be from Hailey, but is it actually something more sinister calling out from beyond the veil? Brigid—who may be a witch—offers to lead Kayla into the Ghost Woods on Halloween in search of answers. Kayla discovers dark truths about herself as she and Brigid confront the terrifying supernatural forces that claimed Hailey.
The stories included in A Little Yellow Book of Carcosa and Kings —”In the Court of the Dragon”, “The Mask”, “The Yellow Sign”, and “The Repairer of Reputations” —are the four works by Robert W. Chambers that make up his “King in Yellow” cycle. These tales have influenced generations of writers, ranging from tribute anthologies to the first season of HBO’s hit series True Detective. Acclaimed editor and multiple Bram Stoker Award®-winner Lisa Morton provides an introduction and extensive annotations. Limited to 500 copies signed by the editor.
Twenty-one stories, including the Bram Stoker Award-winning “Tested” and the never-before-published title story “Night Terrors”.
Lee Call draws stuff for a living, and writes stuff for fun. Their favorite things to draw are monsters, animals, and things that make people laugh. Their favorite things to write have people dying at the end. Lee lives in the Desert Southwest with two dogs, one snake, 95 houseplants, and a bunch of tall people.
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Website: http://www.callthewriter.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeeCall
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Callthewriter
Instagram: https://instagram.com/callthewriterlee
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/100076144925474/
The Angel Room
J Emrys Press
https://books2read.com/angelroom
Everyone has demons, but fifteen-year-old Eleanor can actually talk to hers. Creep’s always been there, her childhood best friend, and the only one who knows her secret. Fish-bone teeth and gravel-voiced. The monster under her bed. When Eleanor’s family moves to a new neighborhood, Creep won’t be left behind. Then she meets Virgil, a reformed bad boy with horses, and Mia, a queer goth-girl, and Eleanor begins to question everything. Can she find the courage to share her story and be rid of Creep forever?
When a new zombie accidentally swallows the head of a statue, he tries to solve the problem by eating an increasingly hilarious array of objects. This rhyming tale of ravenous reanimation — a parody of There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly — will have horror fans young and old giggling at the zombie’s efforts to improve his situation, with disastrous results.
Keep your mind fresh. These videos will challenge you, inspire you, and maybe teach you something you didn’t already know. Share your thoughts in a comment or discuss them in the forums. Have a suggestion for a video that moved, changed, or inspired you? Let us know in the comments.
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Elizabeth Gilbert, success, rejection, fear, creativity,
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Neil Gaiman, art, imagination, innovation,
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Carrie Green, clarity of vision, willpower, boldness, visualization
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Peter Dinklage, hardship, comfort, risk, people helping people
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, storytelling, culture, preconceptions
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Ashley Stahl, inspiration, imperfection, fear, perfectionism
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Jim Carrey, manifestation, success, determination, fear
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, hardship, failure, ambition, commitment
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Brené Brown, Oprah, vulnerability, courage, shame
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Seth Godin, Marie Forleo, creativity, productivity, inspiration
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Lori Gottlieb, change, self-talk, letting go
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Logan LaPlante, innovation, courage, ingenuity, nonconformity
Practice these six hacks at night, and your mornings will go much more smoothly. Morning You will be grateful.
I (Angel McCoy) personally use these products and find they work for me. Let us know in the comments if you’ve had experience with them (what’d you think?) or a similar product that you’d recommend.
The snack foods you eat can help or hinder your brain’s functioning and thus affect your writing and productivity. Many studies have been done on this.*
Next time you’re at the grocery store, consider stocking up on these and prepare them in advance, so it’s easy to reach for them instead of the bag of chips that’s far too convenient and not so good for your brain.
Great snack foods that support your brain:
Few events energize a writing career more than going to a writers conference or a fandom con. This year, we have a unique opportunity. Most of the conferences are virtual, which means you can attend them without having to pay for flights, restaurant meals, or hotels. Broaden your horizon each month with a virtual trip to visit a different group of your peers.
Keywordsfan: primarily for fans/readers |
This is a living list and will continue to change over time. The keywords in parentheses will help you decide if the con is right for you.
Have a con you’ve attended? Click on the star rating, then tell us why it was good for you in the comments below. (REQUEST: Put the con name at the beginning of any comment about a particular one so it’s easy for others to read through them.)
Organize your convention list with a spreadsheet template for either Excel or Google Sheets.
One of the most exciting truths about being a writer—and maybe about everything—is that you can never perfect your craft. As a writer, maintaining a “beginner’s mind” is critical to keeping your creativity and your work fresh. Your understanding of wordsmithing will continue to evolve right up to the very last word you ever put to paper.
Not only deeper insight into wordcraft, but technologies, new and old, may appear on your radar to make your work more efficient; and even the industry itself continues to evolve in surprising ways as evidenced by the rise of ebooks in the last decade or so.
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free: free to all indie: for indie authors live: scheduled live classes on-demand: recorded videos scholarship: offers scholarships specific: specific to a system varied: offerings change |
Have a course you’ve taken? Click on the star rating then tell us why it was good for you in the comments below. Put the course name at the beginning of the comment so it’s easy for others to read through them. Note any we failed to list, especially if you recommend it.
Marketing 101 for Writers
Financial Planning for Writers from StokerCon2021
Concepts of Horror – Writing Tips
Writing in the Dark from theCreativePenn podcast
Creative Writing Advice from Stephen King
on The Write Channel with Nicola Monaghan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwhOd65gGoY
How to Write a Horror Novel with Joe Hill
10 Screenplay Writing Tips from Stephen King
On Writing Dark Fiction from Lenn Woolston
Writing a Horror Protagonist from Daniel Stamm
How to Write Faster and Never Get Writer’s Block
Michaelbrent Collings on theCreativePenn podcast
How to Make Your Story 100% More Scary on MidnightXCross
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF6LlV-MpkM
5 Tips for Writing Dark Fantasy
10 Best Tips for Writing a Horror Book
How to Write Dark Fantasy Jenna Moreci
on the RebelAuthor podcast
8 Horror Writing Tips
How to Be Successful Writing Horror
Iain Rob Wright on theCreativePenn podcast
The Perfect Horror Protagonist
on the Extra Credits podcast
Writing Horror and Making a Living with Your Writing
Michaelbrent Collings on theCreativePenn podcast
Writing Dark Fiction Alan Baxter
on theCreativePenn podcast
How to Add Suspense to Your Writing from Danyal Fryer
How to Write Horror – 5 Quick Tips
from Richard Fairgray on the Holiday House vidcast
How to Make Your Writing Suspenseful
Victoria Smith on TED-Ed
10 Best Tropes in Paranormal Fiction
on Writing with Jenna Moreci vidcast
Writing Dark Fantasy with T. Frohock on Fictitious vidcast
5 Tips for Writing Scary Stories
from the By the Dying Fire vidcast
Writing Tips from Stephen King
on Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Finding Ideas for Horror Stories from Brandon McNulty
What is the Difference Between GrimDark and Fantasy?
Why Reading and Writing Dark Fiction Can Be Healing
with J Thorn on theCreativePenn podcast
GrimDark Reader’s Guide
How to Write Paranormal Characters
on writers2writers vidcast
How to Write a Supernatural Novel
on Jason Arnopp’s Terrifying House Of Obsession
How to Write Effective Horror at ReedsyBlog vidcast
Sitting is the new smoking. Or so the proverbial “they” are saying. The truth is that extended periods of sitting are bad for your health, especially in the long-term.
One very simple way to offset the damage is to incorporate a moment of stretching into your routine.
According to several of the sources I found (listed at the bottom), not to mention my own anecdotal experience, sitting can increase your chances of:
There’s never enough time in a day to do all the things we want to do. We can get help for cheap, however. Fiverr.com is a website where freelancers offer to do odd jobs for a one-time fee.
Be somewhat discriminating when you choose your freelancer.