Reminder #1: At the WC presentation “Real-Time Reaction,” hear a pair of editors/acquisitions editors/publishers, Holli Anderson and D.J. Butler, share what immediately attracts their interest and what turns them off as they react on-the-spot to real query letters for fiction books, submitted anonymously by conference attendees. They will give their reactions to what they are reading, …
As a promo and fundraiser for Writers Cantina, a bunch of us from the informal “steering committee” have completed a short round-robin novel: one person writes a chapter, passes it to the next person who comes up with a chapter, etc. Yr obt. servant is in the midst of editing and harmonization of the final …
It takes several people working together to deliver a mistake this big! At the 2pm presentation “Real-Time Reaction,” hear a pair of editors/acquisitions editors/publishers, Holli Anderson and D.J. Butler, share what immediately attracts their interest and what turns them off as they react on-the-spot to real query letters for *fiction* books, submitted anonymously by conference …
At the 2pm presentation “Real-Time Reaction,” hear a pair of editors/acquisitions editors/publishers, Holli Anderson and D.J. Butler, share what immediately attracts their interest and what turns them off as they react on-the-spot to real proposals for nonfiction books, submitted anonymously by conference attendees. They will give their reactions to what they are reading, both positive …
Exactly what it says on the tin. We’ll have a big table (or multiple tables, as needed) where you can drop off your unwanted paperbacks and pick up new hits of that sweet sweet reading habit. Just don’t take more books than you leave. (On the honor system. Don’t be an ass.)
Want to see what’s on the menu at Writers Cantina? The first-look schedule is now posted! (The order may yet change, but the subjects and participants are pretty much set.)
Craig Nybo writes and composes novels, musicals, and boardgames. His novels include Dead Girl, Bieber’s Finger, The Pan-Galactic Promshow, and Small Town Monsters. His musicals include Space Funk: A Science Fiction Funk Opera, and Tesla V Cthulhu: A Musical. As a game developer, Craig has produced Shoot Your Friends, CHOPS, and Rites of Cthulhu. Craig …
Jay Barnson is the author of the Blood Creek Saga, the Vanished series, and dozens of published short stories and articles. He’s a former (or lapsed?) video game developer based in the Salt Lake City area. By day, he creates Virtual Reality-based training simulators, and by night he writes imaginary worlds. It’s questionable if he …
Steve Diamond is a Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction author for Baen, Gallant Knight Games, and numerous other small publications. His two most recent works are a collection of short fiction, What Hellhounds Dream, and a Dark Fantasy/Horror novel co-written with Larry Correia, Servants of War. He is also the co-host of the writing advice …
Larry Correia is the creator of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times best-selling Monster Hunter International series, with first entry Monster Hunter International, as well as urban fantasy hardboiled adventure saga The Grimnoir Chronicles, with first entry Hard Magic, and epic fantasy series The Saga of the Forgotten Warrior, with first entry Son of the Black Sword. He is an avid gun …