Amy L. Herring (Louise Herring-Jones) writes speculative fiction, with a preference for historical fantasy and alternate mystery. Her stories, appearing in fourteen anthologies, include “The Poulterer’s Tale” in God Bless Us, Every One—Christmas Carols beyond Dickens (Voodoo Rumors Media, 2019). Amy is a NaNoWriMo co-municipal liaison. She also coordinates the Huntsville (Alabama) Literary Association’s writers’ group. Visit her online at http://www.louiseherring-jones.com.
Authors A. J. Hartley, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Michael Martinez, Tamsin Silver, Tony Ballard Smoot, and Jean Marie Ward tried to stump contestants, including me, in silentio, with plausible historical scenarios at Dragon Con’s Alternate & Historical Fiction Track (ALT) Saturday at 2:30PM on the ALT YouTube channel. Liz Wang Carpenter moderated and Alison Helfferich and Brett Gordan acted as additional… Read more →
A select panel of urban fantasy authors pondered traditions and fresh ideas in depicting the Fae in their work on Saturday at 10AM, Urban Fantasy YouTube. Moderated by Carol Malcolm, panelists Patricia Biggs, Jim Butcher, Cecilia Dominic, Lisa Manifold, and Bishop O’Connell discussed “Favors, Bargains and Glamours: The Fae in Urban Fantasy.” Although the authors agreed on certain legends concerning… Read more →
On Friday afternoon, I took advantage of Mentoring Sessions offered by the Writers Track to meet with author Mari Mancusi. Mancusi primarily writes middle grade and young adult books and transitioned from journalist to full-time author earlier in her career. She walked me through how she handled those changes, and how she could envision accommodating both a writing career and… Read more →
Scientist, film and TV science advisor, and author Dr. Kevin R. Grazier twisted science into writing with the skill of an expert mixologist at the final guest lecture presented at Jody Lynn Nye’s Writer’s Workshop Friday afternoon. Grazier’s Hollyweird books (Hollyweird Science: From Quantum Quirks to the Multiverse, which he wrote with Stephen Cass; he is working with a neuro-pharmacologist… Read more →
Writing at any time can be daunting, sometimes rewarding, sometimes eminently frustrating. But what about writing in a pandemic with all the accompanying social, economic, political, and weather distractions in addition to health concerns? The Daily Dragon asked authors participating in the first virtual Dragon Con how they faced and survived these particular challenges and kept on writing—or not. Daily… Read more →
Settled amidst his horde (enough tomes to incite any literate dragon’s envy), author and long-time Dragon Con regular David B. Coe revealed insights about his writing practices and career to aspiring students and alumni at Jody Lynn Nye’s Writers’ Workshop Friday morning. Coe described building a reputation in epic fantasy, publishing his first novel with TOR books in 1994 after… Read more →
Writing at any time can be daunting, sometimes rewarding, sometimes eminently frustrating. But what about writing in a pandemic with all the accompanying social, economic, political, and weather distractions in addition to health concerns? The Daily Dragon asked authors participating in the first virtual Dragon Con how they faced and survived these particular challenges and kept on writing—or not. Daily… Read more →
Baen Books Publisher Toni Weisskopf coached attendees and alumni of Jody Lynn Nye’s Dragon Con Writer’s Workshop on publishing basics Thursday afternoon of the first virtual Dragon Con. Embellished with science fiction and fantasy literary and art sidebars, she provided practical answers to writers’ questions during an online video chat. Weisskopf said that after adjusting to the various crises and… Read more →
