Winners

Not being one of the “winners”:http://clarityofnight.blogspot.com/2006/06/winners-announcement-midnight-road.html in a “writing contest”:http://clarityofnight.blogspot.com/2006/06/midnight-road-short-fiction-contest.html is akin to receiving a...

Teaser

How’s _this_ for a teaser? It’s the biggest royal ball of the year. Dozens of beautiful couples dance around the floor. The men are all dashing and handsome. The women are all stunningly gorgeous. Then a woman whose beauty is so radiant that she makes all...

Magazine Orders and an Open Poll

Well, the deed is done. With a budget of $25, I was able to order a single issue each from five different speculative fiction magazines I am interested in possibly submitting work to at a future date. The list of magazines for any and all interested: “Apex...

The Midnight Road

My entry for “Jason’s contest”:http://clarityofnight.blogspot.com/2006/06/midnight-road-short-fiction-contest.html is now “posted”:http://clarityofnight.blogspot.com/2006/06/entry-12.html. Go take a gander and lemme know what you think of...

“Midnight Road” Short Fiction Contest

I’m late posting this announcement since I was out sick yesterday, but “Jason Evans”:http://clarityofnight.blogspot.com has opened another writing contest called “Midnight Road”. It’s very much his recent “Two...

Going Long

I have to admit – I’m somewhat nervous about attempting to write a longer story. Do I have what it takes? Can I develop both the plot and the characterizations properly to keep the story moving, to keep it interesting, to keep my readers engaged? Flash...