Category Archives: Scribbler’s Guide

The Scribbler’s Guide to the Land of Myth: mythic motifs for storytellers

How the Writers Conference Went

The Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference was held July 20 through 22, 2012 at the Los Angeles Valley College. It was the first year for the conference, and generally speaking it went off pretty well. I attended as a speaker, … Continue reading

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Full Report for Mythcon 42

Back in July, I posted about the beginning of my trip to Mythcon in Albuquerque. But I never did get around to fleshing out the rest of the trip. And then when I returned, I’d written a brief Mythcon Report … Continue reading

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Scribbler’s Guide News and Upcoming Events

Over on the Scribbler’s Guide site, I posted the blurb that author Tim Powers gave me for the book.  I’m using that to start a new push on the book.  I’ll shortly be announcing a contest on that site, one … Continue reading

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Loscon 2010

I’m going to be attending this year’s Loscon – and will be on four of the panels in the writing track (moderating two of them). I’ll also be in the dealers room a lot, at the GLAWS booth, selling and … Continue reading

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Signing and Selling at Loscon

This weekend I will be attending Loscon at the Airport Marriott near LAX, here in Los Angeles.  I attended the first time last year, and kicked myself for skipping it all these years (I have a lot of friends who … Continue reading

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More “Fun” From Self-Publishing

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) The thing about self-publishing, especially the print-on-demand route, is getting the word out about your book. And getting it available. Even if you mention it and link to the book’s page a lot on the internet, … Continue reading

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The Education of a Writer

Over on LiveJournal, I’ve posted five posts about my undergraduate course of study. Part 1 covers my Freshman year. Part 2 goes into my Sophomore year. Part 3 gets into a tumultulous Junior year. Part 4 winds up my Senior … Continue reading

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Next step toward being published

My artist, Tim Tobolski, has delivered the art for the cover of The Scribbler’s Guide to the Land of Myth. It’s everything I wanted it to be.  Check it out —

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Finally, a report of Wizard World LA

So, here I am, only a few weeks behind the wave, getting around to a brief report of my excursion to Wizard World LA in mid-March. Friday, March 14, I took the day off-work, in order to go down to … Continue reading

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Prepping a manuscript & Conventions

I’m currently preparing the manuscript of The Scribbler’s Guide to the Land of Myth for publication with BookSurge. I’ve still got a couple of more evenings ahead of me in the final proofing before submitting it to them for layout … Continue reading

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