Flawed Femmes wielding Whips, Guns, and Blades
I have run two contests on Deviant Arts. Winners from the first contest are here. The second one ran from September through December, ending just before Christmas. The contest was entitled “Lights, Camera, Action!” To enter, contestants depicted a scene Read More …
I’m a member of Deviant Arts — DA for short. Despite the suggestive name, DA is a very large social network bringing together producers and, to some extent, consumers of art. ‘Art’ in DA covers a large canvas, so to Read More …
I’d heard about TED Talks, but I had never actually watched one. Then I ran across a fellow named Simon Sinek who gave a talk on how great leaders inspire us. What he said has a direct bearing on authors. Read More …
This is the second in a continuing series of writing tips by Mario Lowthar, published short story author. Here is Part I. With regard to ‘parentheticals’ in writing, Mario says: Again, the odd one is okay, just don’t overuse. I Read More …
PowerPoint gets a lot of bad press. Poor presentations, all authored in PowerPoint litter both the Internet and company networks. Who has not been bored to tears by countless bullet points and endless “walls of words”? However, PowerPoint can be Read More …
Go me! My first guest post! Ripley Nox has graciously posted a small piece that I wrote on research for fiction writing on her blog. Check it out! Ripley’s blog is focused on writing and science fiction and she’s got Read More …
I belong to a writers’ group. One of members is a fellow named Mario. Mario works as a manager in the transportation sector, and is a published short-story author. However, in my humble opinion, Mario was really born to edit. Read More …
Had I the chance to do it all again with the benefit of hindsight, I think I might well have chosen a career in video, animation or, even better, movie making. I came to this realization after I started commissioning Read More …
It seems I have been writing the Lady Merreth short stories, novellas, and novels for a long time. Every once in a while people contact me to ask how far along the projects are. So here’s where am I at Read More …
I belong to a critique group, and a pretty brutal one at that. Brutal in its honesty that is. In my experience there are two types of in-person critique groups for writing: The Social Group – this is where the Read More …
