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December 2015

  1. RIP, 2015. Hello, 2016.
  2. And Now We Speak About The Force Awakens
  3. Review: My Big-Ass Ultrasaber
  4. Not Dead Yet
  5. On The Spoilering Of A Certain Star Wars Movie
  6. Fran Wilde: Editorial Marks, Explained!
  7. Holiday Shopping List: Recommend A Book
  8. Gifts For Writers, 2015
  9. Star Wars Cover Reveal Time!
  10. Hack Cough Gargle Blargh

November 2015

  1. “I Meant What I Said When I Said The Soup Was Good,” I Ejaculated Most Fizzily
  2. NaNoWhoNow?
  3. Flash Fiction Challenge — #talesfromblackfriday
  4. In Which We Are Thankful For The Legacy Of Others
  5. Zer0es Price Drop, The Goodreads Choice Awards, And More
  6. NaNoWriMo Challenge: A Snippet Of Your Work, If You Please
  7. Eddy Rivas: Bad Writing Habits I Learned From Video Games (Plus A Few Good Ones, Too)
  8. Further Thoughts On Your Story’s Midpoint, Starring Darth Vader
  9. Welcome To The Midpoint Of Your Novel: Now What?!
  10. Before You Share It, Google It
  11. NaNoWriMo Midpoint — How Goes It?
  12. Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Song Title Palooza
  13. Thimbles Full Of News Slurry
  14. American Presidential Politics: A Helpful Primer!
  15. Parenthood Is An Act Of Hostage Negotiation With A Broken Robot
  16. In Which Miriam Black Delivers Some Bad News
  17. In Which I Recommend Two Books And Then It’s Your Turn
  18. Writing Advice Is Bullshit
  19. Emma Newman: The Untrue Truth Of “Write What You Know”
  20. NaNoWriMo Survival Guide: How I Write 50k(-ish) Every Month
  21. NaNoWriMo Commiseration And Conversation Right Here
  22. NaNoWriMo Pep Talk: The Perfect Machine Versus The Art Monster

October 2015

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Scary Story In Three Sentences
  2. Happy Blogrthday, Terribleminds
  3. Why You Should Do NaNoWriMo… And Why You Shouldn’t
  4. Max Gladstone: Dance, Monkey, Dance! (or: Giving Players What They Want Without Destroying Yourself)
  5. An Informal Poll On NaNoWriMo
  6. The Blue Blazes and The Hellsblood Bride Are Now Available
  7. Hyperion!
  8. Kevin Hearne: The Book Tour FAQ
  9. The Shield, Daughter of the Revolution #1 — Out Now
  10. Thoughts On Canon, Part II: How To View New Stories
  11. Ilana C. Myer: What Do You Mean I Need Social Skills? (And Other Concerns)
  12. About That Dumb Star Wars Boycott
  13. New Atlanta Burns Cover, And Other Saucy News Nubbins
  14. Flash Fiction Challenge: It’s X Meets Y, The Horror Edition!
  15. Jennifer Brozek: Five Things I Learned Writing Never Let Me Sleep
  16. Minerva Zimmerman: Five Things I Learned Writing Take On Me
  17. Kubler-Ross Model of Grief Associated With Editing And Rewriting
  18. Go Big, Go Weird, Go You, And Fuck Fear Right In The Ear
  19. Aftermath: Life Debt, And Empire’s End
  20. Behold, Thine Outlines
  21. Jimmy Callaway: Five Things I Learned Writing Lupo Danish Never Has Nightmares
  22. How To Outline Your Novel: The Options
  23. Kameron Hurley: Absolute Zero — The Temperature At Which Writers Give Up
  24. Recommend A Scary Book
  25. Heartland Trilogy Sale, NYCC, And More
  26. Flash (Non)Fiction Challenge: Tell A Story From Your Life
  27. John Adamus: Why Editing (By An Editor Who Isn’t You) Matters

September 2015

  1. S.L. Huang: A Defense Of Escapist Blow-Shit-Up-Hell-Yeah Popcorn Entertainment
  2. Stina Leicht: Message Fiction Inside Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  3. Pointing The Cannons At Canon
  4. Batter Up: Time To Practice Those Pitches
  5. Flash Fiction Challenge: Now Choose Your Title
  6. Houston And NYCC, I Am Coming For You (And Other Newsbits)
  7. Stories About Stories: Experimenting with Form, Content, Audience
  8. Peaks And Valleys: The Financial Realities Of The Writer’s Life
  9. Poke, Poke, Poke: Whatcha Reading?
  10. Flash Fiction Challenge: Come Up With A Title
  11. Aftermath Is Still Going
  12. Dear Any-Kind-Of-Published Author: Write As Much As You Want
  13. Dear Writers And Creative-Types: You Don’t Need Motivation
  14. Post The Opening Line To Your Work-In-Progress
  15. Tiddle Bits Of News — Aftermath, Zer0es, And More
  16. Flash Fiction Challenge: Your Very Own Space Opera
  17. Big Star Wars Aftermath News
  18. Social Media For Writers Is A Misunderstood Opportunity
  19. Star Wars: Aftermath — Reviews, News, And Such!
  20. Star Wars Aftermath — My Spoilers And Yours
  21. Seb Doubinsky: Five Things I Learned Writing Song Of Synth
  22. Why Star Wars Matters To Me
  23. Aliette de Bodard: The Character At The Heart Of The Book
  24. Fran Wilde’s Somewhat Questionable Answers To All Your Publishing Questions

August 2015

  1. On The Subject Of Your Discouragement
  2. Shuddering News Spasms
  3. Flash Fiction Challenge: Pick A Character And Go, Go, Go
  4. Ellen Datlow: Five Things Learned Editing Best Horror Of The Year
  5. I Smell Your Rookie Moves, New Writers
  6. Zer0es Reviews, A Spot Of Bad News, And Other Tiddle Bits
  7. How Women Are Treated On The Internet, Example #4,398,122
  8. The Process Monkey Asks: What Is Your Writing Process?
  9. The Obligatory Hugo Awards Recap Post
  10. A Brief Post About Comments And Comment Moderation
  11. Flash Fiction Challenge: Time To Create A Character
  12. A Bit Late, But… Reddit AMA And Other News
  13. It Only Gets Harder Once You’re Published
  14. Who Is Typhon? (Zer0es Is Here!)
  15. Your Favorite Bookstores: Let’s Hear ‘Em
  16. Dragoncon & Decatur Bookfest Schedules
  17. David Nabhan: Five Things I Learned Writing Pilots Of Borealis
  18. Third Person, Present Tense Is My Space Jam
  19. Stop Looking At Your Fucking Phone
  20. Once Again: It’s Book Recommendation Time
  21. Zer0es: All The News In The Lead-Up To Launch
  22. Flash Fiction: Another X Meets Y Pop Culture Challenge!
  23. Jim C. Hines: Companion Novels Are Clucking Poetry, Man!
  24. S.A. Hunt: The Fine Art Of Building People
  25. Starving Is A Terrible Condition For Making Art
  26. 100 Random Storytelling Thoughts And Tips, Starting Now
  27. GenCon, Zer0es Preorder Bonus, Podcastery, Mockingbird, More

July 2015

  1. Peanut Butter GenCon Time!
  2. Fear Is Fucking Us All Up
  3. Thunderbird Has A Cover
  4. Writers Of Color In SFF: Recommendation Time
  5. Today’s Flash Fiction Writing Challenge Is Not About Fiction
  6. GenCon, Zer0es, Aftermath, And More
  7. Dear Guy Who Is Mad Because I Wrote A Gay Character In A Book
  8. Think, Plan, Write, Edit, Repeat
  9. Speak Unto Me Your Writing Difficulties
  10. Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Phrase
  11. Aftermath Tidbits And Other Newsy Nods
  12. Lauren Roy: Five (And A Half!) Ways To Cast Out Writerly Doubt
  13. Writing A Lot, Writing A Little, And The Power Of Failure
  14. Revenge of the Awkward Author Photos: The Results!
  15. The Harvest: Out Now
  16. News And Observations From SDCC
  17. S.K. Dunstall: Five Things I Learned Writing Linesman
  18. Carrie Patel: Five Things I Learned Writing Cities and Thrones
  19. Eject
  20. Flash Fiction Challenge: Six Random Titles
  21. John G. Hartness: Five Things I Learned Writing In The Still Of The Knight
  22. Katie Pierson: Five Things I Learned *After* Writing ’89 Walls
  23. Blackbirds Is A Kindle Deal, SDCC, And More

June 2015

  1. The Secret Behind Making Me Care About Your Characters
  2. In Which I Learn To Talk Less And Listen More
  3. Online Is IRL
  4. Brian White of Fireside: “Let’s Feed Some Storytellers”
  5. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Random Song Title Jamboree
  6. A New Zeroes Blurb, Star Wars Stuff, Seton Hill, And More!
  7. Revenge of the Awkward Author Photo Contest: Time To Vote!
  8. Here’s How Amazon Could Fix Kindle Unlimited
  9. “Hamslice And The Gang” — My Son’s First Book
  10. A Flash Fiction Challenge To Create A Flash Fiction Challenge
  11. My Nemesis: The Deer Fly
  12. How To Win Your Death (And Other News Bits)
  13. Sorry, Game of Thrones: It’s Not You, It’s Me
  14. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Dead Body
  15. Rob Hart: Five Things I Learned Writing New Yorked
  16. I Am Not Your Doorway
  17. I Stand By Irene Gallo
  18. Zeroes At Kirkus, Blurb By Ramez Naam, And Bookstore Visits
  19. Critique Session: Characters
  20. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Random Title Jamboree
  21. Crunchy Little Newsbites, Nom Nom Nom
  22. Your Most Frequently Asked Writing Questions, Answered!
  23. Revenge Of The Awkward Author Photo Contest

May 2015

  1. Peter Orullian: Five Things I Learned Writing Trial Of Intentions
  2. Amanda Gardner: On Writing Perception, The Video Game
  3. How Mad Max: Fury Road Turns Your Writing Advice Into Roadkill
  4. Whatcha Reading?
  5. Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Photo Challenge
  6. Your Defense Of That Rape Scene Makes You Sound Kinda Gross
  7. Phoenix ComicCon Schedule, Zer0es News, And More
  8. We Are Not Things: Mad Max Versus Game Of Thrones
  9. Why Endings (Particularly For TV Shows) Are So Goddamn Hard
  10. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Car Chase
  11. Eli K.P. William: Five Things I Learned Writing Cash Crash Jubilee
  12. Hey, I Liked That Supergirl Trailer
  13. Michael J. Martinez: Respect Your Writing Process
  14. You Have Been Deemed Potentially Useful (And Other News)
  15. Dear Writers: None Of Us Know What The Fuck We’re Doing
  16. What Lessons From What Stories?
  17. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Subgenre Boogie!
  18. Gwenda Bond: Five Things I Learned Writing Lois Lane: Fallout
  19. Andrea Phillips: In Praise Of The Small Press
  20. In Which I Critique Your Story (That I Haven’t Read)
  21. Miriam Black Knows How You’re Going To Die
  22. Your Favorite Obscure Star Wars Character?
  23. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Story In Search Terms

April 2015

  1. David Kazzie: Five Things I Learned Writing The Immune
  2. J.H. Moncrieff: Five Things I Learned Writing The Bear That Wouldn’t Leave
  3. A Smattering Of Stupid Writer Tricks
  4. Rating Self-Promotional Techniques For Authors And Their Books
  5. Flash Fiction Challenge: It’s X Meets Y Again!
  6. “Just For Girls?” How Gender Divisions Trickle Down
  7. Peter Newman: Five Things I Learned Writing The Vagrant
  8. Christopher Irvin: Five Things I Learned Writing Burn Cards
  9. Wallpaper Contest: Time To Vote!
  10. Don’t Read The Comments: Comment Sections Are Our Own Fault
  11. Tell Us Of Your Protagonist
  12. Flash Fiction Challenge: Pick An Opening Sentence And Go
  13. Molly Tanzer: Five Things I Learned Writing Vermilion
  14. The 10 Commandments Of Authorial Self-Promotion
  15. Delilah S. Dawson: 25 Blood-Spattered Tips For Writing Violence
  16. Three Slices Of Hearne, Dawson, Wendig
  17. Flash Fiction Challenge: Time Again To Write An Opening Sentence
  18. Betsy Dornbusch: Five Things I Learned Writing Emissary
  19. Fonda Lee: Five Things I Learned Writing Zeroboxer
  20. Counting Words
  21. Your Favorite SFF From The Past 12 Months?
  22. The Hugo Awards: GamerGate Edition, 2015
  23. Flash Fiction Challenge: Share An Image, Write A Story
  24. Monica Gallagher: Five Things I Learned Writing Part-Time Princesses
  25. I Will Not Be Attending The Midwest Writers Workshop In Indiana
  26. Contest: Create A Kick-Ass Terribleminds Wallpaper

March 2015

  1. I Gotcher Blog-Writin’ Advice Right Here
  2. Workshop Your Opening Sentence
  3. Flash Fiction Challenge: You Filthy Weirdos
  4. A Quickie Roundup Of Clean Reader Stuff
  5. Cat Rambo: Five Things I Learned Writing Beasts Of Tabat
  6. Fuck You, Clean Reader: Authorial Consent Matters
  7. Should You Quit Writing?
  8. The Word Doctor Is In
  9. Flash Fiction Challenge: 100 Words Only
  10. Harry Connolly: The Loneliest Student (Writing as a Subject of Study)
  11. Cover Reveal: The Harvest (Heartland, Book Three)
  12. The Flipside Of My Writing Tirade
  13. The Revelation Of Project: Redacted
  14. In Which I Emit A Lot Of Grr-Talk About Your Writing Career
  15. Writing Is A Profane, Irrational, Imperfect Act
  16. Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Cocktail Challenge
  17. What I Think About Andrew Smith And What He Said
  18. How To Make The Most Out Of A Writing Critique: Ten Tips
  19. Kids Are Super Ultra Mega Fucking Weird
  20. Want To See The New Miriam Black Book Covers?
  21. Authors And Their Opinions
  22. Flash Fiction Challenge: Ten Random Sentences
  23. Lauren Roy: Five Things I Learned Writing Grave Matters
  24. Carrie Patel: Five Things I Learned Writing The Buried Life
  25. Matt Richtel: Five Things I Learned Writing The Doomsday Equation
  26. Goodbye, Mookie. Hello, Mookie.
  27. The Toxicity Of Talent (Or: Did You Roll A Natural 20 At Birth?)
  28. Whatcha Reading?
  29. An Open Letter To That Ex-MFA Creative Writing Teacher Dude

February 2015

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Four-Part Story (Final Part)
  2. Marion Grace Woolley: Five Things I Learned Writing Those Rosy Hours At Mazandaran
  3. Dave White: Five Things I Learned Writing Not Even Past
  4. Gareth L. Powell: A Trilogy Of Things I Learned Writing A Trilogy
  5. In Which I Answer Why Adults Read So Much Young Adult Fiction
  6. Adam Christopher: Everything I Learned, I Learned From Fan-Fiction
  7. The Social Media Rules That Govern My Slapdash Online Existence
  8. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Four-Part Story (Part Three)
  9. Alan Baxter: Five Things I Learned Writing The Alex Caine Series
  10. What They Didn’t Tell Me As A Parent: Kids Go Through Phases
  11. How “Strong Female Characters” Still End Up Weak And Powerless (Or, “Do They Pass The Action Figure Test?”)
  12. Post A Paragraph From Your WIP, Receive Critique
  13. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Four-Part Story (Part Two)
  14. Emmie Mears: Five Things I Learned Writing Storm In A Teacup
  15. Marshall Ryan Maresca: Five Things I Learned Writing The Thorn Of Dentonhill
  16. Fuck Your Pre-Rejection, Penmonkey
  17. Leanna Renee Hieber: I Write What I Want! (aka: Ignoring the Haters since 1764)
  18. Story Shapes: Four Ways To Think About Narrative Architecture
  19. You’re Next, And Other Little Horror Films Off The Radar
  20. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Four-Part Story (Part One)
  21. Brian McClellan: Five Things I Learned Writing Autumn Republic
  22. Meninism: Fucking Really?
  23. The Emotional Milestones of Writing A Novel: A Handy Guide!
  24. On The Subject Of: Trigger Warnings

January 2015

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: The SubGenre Blender
  2. S.L. Huang: On The Subject Of Unlikable Women Protagonists
  3. Doubt’s Foot In Logic’s Door: Thoughts On Anti-Vaxxer Attitude
  4. New Release: Atlanta Burns
  5. On The Subject Of Awards
  6. Myke Cole: Nothing New Under The Sun
  7. Flash Fiction Challenge: Must Contain Three Things
  8. Atlanta Burns: Goodreads Giveaway
  9. Arting Hard Like An Artful Motherfucker: 25 Ways To Be A Bad-Ass Maker Who Makes Bad-Ass Stuff
  10. Cassandra Rose Clarke: 130,000 Words To One Picture
  11. Dragon Age: Inquisition — A Writer’s Perspective
  12. Why Traditionally Publish? A Response To A Comment
  13. Reminder: In Publishing, There Is No Debate
  14. Flash Fiction Challenge: “It’s X Meets Y!”
  15. Douglas Wynne: Five Things I Learned Writing Red Equinox
  16. Search Term Bingo Is Not The Droids You’re Looking For
  17. Delilah S. Dawson: 25 Writing Hacks From A Hack Writer
  18. Kickstarter Kerfuffle, Part Two: Thoughts And Clarifications
  19. Flash Fiction Challenge: Who The Fuck Is My D&D Character
  20. Hellsblood Bride (And Other Updates)
  21. Kickstarter Tag Team Post: What’s Asking Too Much?
  22. Five Stupid Writing Tricks Starting… Now
  23. Witness The Power Of This Fully Armed And Operational Writing Shed

2014 363

December 2014

  1. My 2015 Writing And Publishing Wishlist
  2. 2015 Resolution For Writers: Be Big (And Then, Be Small)
  3. 2014 On The Cookfire (While 2015 Paces In Its Cage)
  4. The Nerdtivity Winners Are…
  5. Eject! Eject! Eject! Holidays, Incoming! Awooga Awooga Awooga
  6. The Labyrinth Of Confectionary Delights Is Open
  7. Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Song Title Story Challenge
  8. Storm Grant: Five Things I Learned Writing Lost Boys 2.0
  9. Art Held Hostage: Why Sony Not Releasing “The Interview” Is Scary
  10. What The Hell’s Happening With Kindle Unlimited?
  11. Nerdtivity: A Winner, And Time For You To Vote
  12. The Holiday Hellidays Stress Test Shit Show: Starring You!
  13. Your Own Year-End Wrap-Up
  14. Tiny Little Tiddle Drops Of Newsy-Woozy Booky Bits
  15. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Randomized Title Rears Its Head
  16. Amy K. Nichols: Five Things I Learned Writing Now That You’re Here
  17. Elf On The Shelf: Santa’s Secret Police
  18. Gifts For Writers, 2014
  19. Podcastery
  20. Happy Birthday, Margaret Atwood
  21. Flash Fiction Challenge: Holiday Horror Extravaganza!
  22. A Statement On The “Nerdtivity” Contest
  23. The “Kevin And Chuck Want You To Make A Nerdtivity” Contest!
  24. Jim C. Hines: How To Turn Your D&D Campaign Into A (Really Bad) Novel
  25. The Heartland Series For Two Bucks A Pop?
  26. NaNoWriMo Doesn’t Matter

November 2014

  1. New Merch Now Available!
  2. The Inevitable Black Friday Deals Because Deals Mmm Deals
  3. #talesfromblackfriday
  4. Why It’s Important To Finish Your Shit
  5. On The Subject Of Cultivating Empathy
  6. NaNoWriMo: One Week To Go
  7. I Am A Racist And I Am A Sexist And Probably Some Other -Ists, Too
  8. Flash Fiction Challenge: Superheroes Plus
  9. Jessica Leake: Five Things I Learned Writing Arcana
  10. We Can Do This The Easy Way Or The Hard Way
  11. How To Motivate Yourself As A Writer
  12. Signal Flare: Promote Your Book — And Someone Else’s
  13. Sale: 30 Days In The Word Mines / Gonzo Bundle
  14. Flash Fiction Challenge: Oh, We’re Gonna Use These Photos All Right
  15. Kate Brauning: Five Things I Learned Writing How We Fall
  16. Money And Politics: The Heart Of The Motherfucking Monster
  17. On The Detestation Of Your Manuscript: An Expedition Into The Dark, Tumultuous Heart Of Authorial Self-Hatred
  18. Share A Sentence From Your WIP
  19. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Three-Sentence Story
  20. Jacey Bedford: Five Things I Learned Writing Empire Of Dust
  21. Jenn Lyons: What I Learned Writing Blood Sin
  22. The Breadcrumbs At The Beginning Of The Story
  23. A Scampering Peregrination Of NaNoWriMo Writing Tips
  24. The Goodreads Awards: Shameless Pandering
  25. Two Writing-Related Questions For You
  26. You Have Permission: My NaNoWriMo Pep Talk

October 2014

  1. NaNoWriMo Challenge?
  2. Now Available: 30 Days In The Word Mines
  3. Cover Reveal: Atlanta Burns!
  4. Sam Sykes: Fear, Love, And Fantasy Fiction
  5. Digging Ditches Or Casting Spells: On Magic In Writing
  6. Scariest Video Game: Go!
  7. Flash Fiction Challenge: Diseased Horror
  8. To Canada, I Go
  9. Goodbye, Tai (2003 – 2014)
  10. Five Ways To Respond To A Negative Review: A Helpful Guide!
  11. Ooh, Scary Scary: Movies!
  12. Miriam Black Lives
  13. The Pupdate
  14. Flash Fiction Challenge: Spammerpunk Horror
  15. Shane Burcaw: Five Things I Learned Writing Laughing At My Nightmare
  16. Shut Up And Write (Or: “I Really Want To Be A Writer, But…”)
  17. Things You Should Know When Writing About Guns
  18. Oooh, Scary, Scary: Books!
  19. Flash Fiction Challenge: Picking Uncommon Apples
  20. Why Four Women Playing Ghostbusters Is Not A Gimmick
  21. Elissa Sussman: Five Things I Learned Writing Stray
  22. What You Need To Know About Your Second Draft
  23. Dearest Writer: Nobody Owes You Shit
  24. A Hot Broth Made From News Bones
  25. Who I Am (And Why I Write This Blog)
  26. Flash Fiction Challenge: From Sentence To Story
  27. Anton Strout: Five Things I Learned Writing Incarnate
  28. Julie Hutchings: Do The Thing That Makes You Bleed

September 2014

  1. Tough Love Talk For Authors: The Good, The Bad, The WTF
  2. The Toddler, The Transformer, And The Old Man: A Story
  3. Awkward Author Photo Contest: The Results!
  4. The Eyeless Gods Of Ello Are Smiling Upon You
  5. Flash Fiction Challenge: One Amazing Sentence
  6. The Heartland Books Are Kindle Daily Deals Today
  7. Why I Prefer The Word “Feminist” Over “Equalist”
  8. Awkward Author Photo Contest: Time To Vote!
  9. Maria Alexander: Five Things I Learned Writing Mr. Wicker
  10. Joe Hart: Five Things I Learned Writing The River Is Dark
  11. #HeForShe: Yes, I Am A Feminist
  12. How To Brand Yourself As A Writer — Wait! No! As An “Author”
  13. Divergent Tastes In Books?
  14. Flash Fiction Challenge: Conclude The Tale (Part III)
  15. David Barnett: Five Things I Learned Writing Gideon Smith And The Brass Dragon
  16. Beth Cato: ACME Anvils and the Long Unicorn Ride to Publication
  17. Awkward Author Photo: The Contest
  18. Ten Things To Never Say To A Writer
  19. A (Slightly) More Polite GamerGate Rejoinder
  20. The Cankerous Slime-Slick Shame Pit That Is #GamerGate
  21. Flash Fiction Challenge: Continuing The Tale, Part Two
  22. Darrin Bradley: Five Things I Learned Writing Chimpanzee
  23. Kameron Hurley: Surviving The Game (Writing As Business)
  24. Robert Jackson Bennett: The Shape Waiting In The Stone
  25. The Ten Books That Have Stuck With Me
  26. Flash Fiction Challenge: The First Half Of A Story Only
  27. Hillary Monahan: Five Things I Learned Writing Mary: The Summoning
  28. Emmie Mears: Five Things I Learned Writing The Masked Songbird
  29. The Pixel Project Reddit AMA — End Violence Against Women
  30. A PSA About Nude Photos
  31. Why You Should Write What You Love
  32. The Eerie Resonance Of The Southern Reach Trilogy

August 2014

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: Let Fate Choose Your Title…
  2. The Writer And Depression
  3. There’s This Thing That Happens Sometimes…
  4. Blightborn Selfies: My Vote, And Time To Pick Yours
  5. Creator-Owned Comics
  6. Contest Ends Sunday!
  7. Flash Fiction Challenge: And, Action!
  8. Jon McGoran: Five Things I Learned Writing Deadout
  9. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: The Wendigo Abides
  10. Polling Your Intestinal Flora: How A Writer Cultivates Instinct
  11. Progress Report, Penmonkeys
  12. Flash Fiction Challenge: Color Title Challenge
  13. Bryon Quertermous: 5 Things You Can Learn From A Freelance Editor
  14. What Is An E-Book Worth?
  15. Tom Pollock: Writing Around A Day Job
  16. How To Promote Yourself And Your Books On Social Media Without Feeling Like A Soul-Selling, Sleaze-Sucking Slime-Glob
  17. In Which Amazon Calls You To Defend The Realm
  18. Flash Fiction Challenge: Charlie And The Whoa What Now?
  19. Anna Kashina: Five Things I Learned Writing The Guild Of Assassins
  20. “Tex” Thompson: Five Things I Learned Writing One Night In Sixes
  21. Stephen Blackmoore: Talking To The Dead
  22. GISHWHES: In Which Authors Are Asked For Their Fiction
  23. Delilah S. Dawson: 25 Ingredients for a Kickass Southern Gothic
  24. Take A Blightborn Book Selfie, Win A Heartland Kindle Paperwhite
  25. An Academic Critique Of The Film “Guardians Of The Galaxy”
  26. Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Title Challenge
  27. Discussion: Why Is Self-Publishing Trying To Save The Big Five?

July 2014

  1. Steve Vera: Five Things I Learned Writing Blood Sworn
  2. The Amazon E-Book Price Fandango: In Which A Corporation Shares Its Opinion, Because Apparently Corporations Have Those Now?
  3. Blightborn: Heartland, Book #2 — Out Now!
  4. A Survival Kit For Your Very Own 3-Year-Old Monkey-Demon
  5. Strong Like Wendig
  6. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Story In Three Sentences
  7. FYI: HWA Opens Doors To Author-Publishers
  8. Ben LeRoy: Life + 70 — The Prison Sentence For Published Authors?
  9. One Week Till Blightborn
  10. Max Gladstone: “First Drafts Suck”
  11. Kindle Unlimited: Author-Publisher As Second-Class Citizen?
  12. Gender-Flip Geek Icons! Race-Flip Nerd War! Gay Batman! Raaaaar!
  13. To Kindle Unlimited, And Beyond
  14. Flash Fiction Challenge: Superheroes Plus
  15. The Shield: Adam And Chuck Make Comics For Dark Circle
  16. Kate Jonez: Five Things I Learned Writing Ceremony Of Flies
  17. Why You Should Act As Your Own Author-Publisher (At Least Once)
  18. 25 Ways To Write A Real “Page-Turner” Of A Book
  19. Post A Sentence, Critique A Sentence
  20. Flash Fiction Challenge: @YouAreCarrying
  21. J. Kathleen Cheney: Five Things I Learned Writing Seat Of Magic
  22. Sycophants And Stockholm Syndrome: More Publishing Rhetoric, Yay
  23. MAC: Motivation, Action, Consequence When Creating Characters
  24. I Want An Office Shed
  25. Publishing Is Not A Religious War
  26. Theoretical Author-Publisher Coalition Response To Amazon Protest
  27. The Petition To Paint Amazon As Underdog
  28. Help Fund My Robot Army (And Other News-Dipped Love-Nuggets)
  29. Alyx Dellamonica: Five Things I Learned Writing Child Of A Hidden Sea
  30. Slaw. Slaaaaaaaw. (Slaw.)
  31. What Writers Should Know About Panels At Cons & Conferences
  32. Reading Rainbow Was The Best Babysitter I Ever Had

June 2014

  1. Conversations With The Toddler
  2. Hollywood Wants To Put An End To Our Foolish Human “Cities”
  3. Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder’s Ten Magical Eye-Stalks
  4. Flash Fiction Challenge: Bad Parents
  5. Hot Wendig Sauce: A Recipe
  6. Brian McClellan: How I Came To Create My Own Expanded Universe
  7. One Month To Blightborn Preorder Contest: Win A Kindle Paperwhite
  8. Kim Curran: Five Things I Learned When My Publisher Went Under
  9. New Summer Books
  10. In Which I Continue To Answer Questions At Goodreads (Plus: News!)
  11. Flash Fiction Challenge: Doing The Subgenre Twist, Once Again
  12. Sharing Is Caring, You Stingy Little Jerk
  13. Kieran Shea: Five Things I Learned Writing Koko Takes A Holiday
  14. Dump The Margarita: The Paloma Is Your New Summer Drinky
  15. Mike R. Underwood: 25 Secrets Of Publishing, Revealed! (Or: Inside The Bookish Shatterdome)
  16. Critique Session: Descriptions
  17. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Cocktail Is Your Title
  18. Sam Hawken: Five Things I Learned Writing Tequila Sunset
  19. Rachel Howzell Hall: Five Things I Learned Writing Land Of Shadows
  20. Kristi Belcamino: Five Things I Learned Writing Blessed Are The Dead
  21. “I Can’t Even Right Now With The Women,” Says Ubisoft
  22. Writing: “How Do You Do It?”
  23. Ask Me Stuff At Goodreads
  24. Flash Fiction Challenge: Rise of the Phoenix
  25. Just What The Humping Heck Is “Character Agency,” Anyway?
  26. Behold: My Phoenix ComicCon Schedule! All For You, Damien!
  27. Amazon, Hachette, And Giant Stompy Corporations
  28. The Holy Taco Church Is Open For Salsa Salvation (And Other Links)
  29. Pick A Paragraph, Post It, Let The Critique Wash Over You Like A Wave

May 2014

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Title!
  2. Burning The MRA Playbook (Or, #YesAllMRAs)
  3. Michael Martineck: Five Things I Learned Writing The Milkman
  4. Big-Ass Book Bundle: Ending Soon, So Get It Before The Bone Man What Never Mind I Didn’t Say Anything About A Bone Man
  5. 25 Tips For Traveling With Toddlers
  6. Flash Fiction Challenge: 100-Word Stories
  7. Not All Men, But Still Too Many Men
  8. Paul Acampora: Five Things I Learned Writing “I Kill The Mockingbird”
  9. These Lettuce Wraps Will Ruin You For Other Food Oh Well Sorry
  10. Writer’s Block Might Be:
  11. Recommend A Book (And It Can’t Be Yours, Damnit)
  12. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Stock Photo What-The-Palooza
  13. Ari Marmell: Five Things I Learned Writing Hot Lead, Cold Iron
  14. Michael J. Martinez: Five Things I Learned Writing The Enceladus Crisis
  15. C. Robert Cargill: The 36th Chamber of Wri-Tin (Or: “Welcome to the Wizard’s Tower”)
  16. In Fiction, Nothing Is Forbidden, Everything Is Permitted
  17. Flash Fiction Challenge: Must Contain This Sentence…
  18. Hive-Mind As Story Doctor
  19. Mockingbird And Cormorant: A Kindle Daily Deal a Two-Fer
  20. Jason Rohan: Five Things I Learned Writing The Sword Of Kuromori
  21. Douglas Hulick: Five Things I Learned Writing Sworn In Steel
  22. Stephen Hood: Five Things I Learned Creating Storium
  23. You Are Totally Going To Die
  24. Blackbirds Fly Out Of Your TV, Tell You How You’re Going To Die
  25. TMI: May Include Butt Stuff
  26. The Death Of The Novel Is Dead
  27. Flash Fiction Challenge: Behold Your Theme
  28. Jay Posey: Five Things I Learned Writing Morningside Fall
  29. James Sutter: Five Things I Learned Writing The Redemption Engine
  30. Brian McClellan: Five Things I Learned Writing The Crimson Campaign

April 2014

  1. Why I Talk About Diversity (And Something-Something Star Wars)
  2. Five Common Problems I See In Your Stories
  3. Strangest Job You’ve Ever Had?
  4. Flash Fiction Challenge: Fifty Characters
  5. Rape In Fiction (Or: “Oh, Game of Thrones, Really?”)
  6. Now Available: 500 Ways To Write Harder
  7. Opening Line Challenge: Faves & Winners
  8. Firing Cupcake Cannons In 3… 2… 1…
  9. The Full-Time Writer
  10. Lay A Paragraph On The Altar Of Critique
  11. Flash Fiction Challenge: Pick An Opening Line And Go
  12. Book Announcement: “Zeroes,” to Harper Voyager
  13. Ten Things I’d Like To Say To Young Writers
  14. White Wolf: The Dirge
  15. The First Sentence: Critiquing Opening Lines
  16. I Am Stretch Goal, And I Make Stretchy Kitty Noises
  17. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Return Of The Opening Line Contest
  18. A.J. Larrieu: Five Things I Learned Writing Twisted Miracles
  19. Elizabeth Bear: An Ill-Considered Boast
  20. The Hellsblood Bride: Cover Reveal!
  21. The Storium Kickstarter
  22. 25 More Things To Know About Toddlers
  23. Logline It
  24. Flash Fiction Challenge: Life Is Hell
  25. The Blue Blazes: Kindle Daily Deal!
  26. Me And Sword And Laser Make Three
  27. Amy Raby: Five Things I Learned Writing Prince’s Fire
  28. Mike Underwood: Five Things I Learned Writing Attack The Geek
  29. On Piracy, Patreon, And Why I (Probably) Won’t Put Out A Tip Jar
  30. The HIMYM Finale: Or, “How An Audience Gets A Fist To The Crotch”
  31. Poo-Poo Pee-Pee Doo-Doo Wee-Wee: Dear God, It’s Potty Training Time

March 2014

  1. Obligatory Reiteration: Writers Write (Or: “Welcome To Write Club”)
  2. You Should Totally Pledge To Fireside, Year Three
  3. Flash Fiction Challenge: Five Random Words
  4. Adam Christopher: Five Things I Learned Writing The Burning Dark
  5. S.L. Huang: Five Things I Learned Writing Zero Sum Game
  6. Wendy Wagner: Five Things I Learned Writing Skinwalkers
  7. Stupid Answers To Common Writing Questions
  8. 25 Things You Should Know About Life With A Toddler
  9. Tell Me Of A Book You Read And Loved In 2014
  10. Titanfall: My Late Early Impressions (Shut Up)
  11. Flash Fiction Challenges: Ten Little Chapters
  12. Tee Morris: The Fear Factor
  13. In Writing, There Are Rules, And Then There Are “Rules”
  14. Cursey McCursealot
  15. Flash Fiction Challenge: SomethingPunk
  16. Chris Irvin: Five Things I Learned Writing Federales
  17. The Cormorant: Goodreads Giveaway!
  18. Tucson Festival Of Books: My Schedule
  19. The Varied Emotional Stages Of Writing A Book
  20. True Detective: Natural Supernatural
  21. Jamie Wyman: The Author, One Year In
  22. Flash Fiction Challenge: Must Contain…
  23. 25 Tips For Speaking To Other Humans On The Internet
  24. And Now, A Message From A Cellar-Dwelling Editor I Keep As My Pet
  25. Diversify Your Publishing: Why Amazon’s ACX Royalty Change Matters
  26. One Last Thought On The Hugo-Ross Debacle
  27. Time Again For Your Penmonkey Evaluations
  28. Sparing Twitter The Conversation: Wuzza Wossy Loncon Hugo Whuh?

February 2014

  1. Writing Exercise: Describe One Things Ten Ways
  2. Speak Of The Devil And The Devil Shall Appear
  3. Lauren Roy: Five Things I Learned Writing Night Owls
  4. That “Friend Zone” Bullshit
  5. The Clinic Is Open, The Doctor Is In
  6. The Question Mark Is Shaped Like A Hook: Question-Driven Plotting
  7. Cover Reveal: Blightborn (Heartland, Book Two)
  8. SFWA: To Join Or Not To Join?
  9. 500 Ways To Write Harder: Coming Soon
  10. Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Song Challenge
  11. Jane O’Reilly: Five Things I Learned Writing Indecent Exposure
  12. Rhiannon Held: Five Things I Learned Writing Reflected
  13. Goodnight, True Detective
  14. Baboon Fart Story: Now Available Here For Your, Erm, Pleasure?
  15. “Baboon Fart Story” Is Now An Actual Thing
  16. The Terribleminds Holy Mother Of God Lordy Lordy Hallelujah Guide To Creating Super Ultra Awesomepants Supporting Characters
  17. Self-Publishing Truism Bingo
  18. Flash Fiction Challenge: Twisted Love
  19. Awooga, Awooga, Alert, Alert: Doylestown Bookshop Signing Moved
  20. Check The Box: Do You Want To Be Your Own Publisher, Yes Or No?
  21. S.E. Gilchrist: Five Things I Learned Writing Star Pirate’s Justice
  22. Holly West: Five Things I Learned Writing Mistress of Fortune
  23. I Saw This On Facebook Today
  24. Very Very (Very!) Early Thoughts On (New) Author Earnings Report
  25. The Days When You Don’t Feel Like Writing
  26. Author Event: Doylestown Bookshop, February 15th, 2PM
  27. Boy Toys, Girl Toys, And Other Cuckoopants Gender Assumptions
  28. Wuzza Wither Woozy Book Marketing?
  29. Flash Fiction Challenge: Voicemails from the Future
  30. Daniel Price: Five Things I Learned Writing The Flight Of The Silvers
  31. Adam Christopher: Five Things I Learned Writing Hang Wire
  32. This Crazy-Making Business Called “Writing”
  33. Slushy Glut Slog: Why The Self-Publishing Shit Volcano Is A Problem
  34. The Results Of A Kindle Daily Deal
  35. Time To Recommend An Author-Published Book
  36. Blackbirds: Kindle Daily Deal

January 2014

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Drink With A Story, A Story With A Drink
  2. Mercedes Yardley: Five Things I Learned Writing Nameless: The Darkness Comes
  3. Ten Questions About Alien: Out Of The Shadows, By Tim Lebbon
  4. Ten Questions About Breach Zone, By Myke Cole
  5. Win Some Books For Signal Boosting: The Cormorant
  6. Follow-Up On Self-Publishing: Readers Are Not Good Gatekeepers
  7. Self-Publishing Is Not The Minor Leagues
  8. Attention All Tea Snobs
  9. The Art Harder Flask: Now Available
  10. Flash Fiction Challenge: Fairy Tales, Remixed
  11. Ten Questions About The Daring Adventures Of Captain Lucy Smokeheart, By Andrea Phillips
  12. Scott Sigler: Five Things I Learned Writing The Infected Series
  13. Christopher Sebela: Five Things I Learned Writing High Crimes
  14. Something-Something Blah-Blah Author Income Survey
  15. On Persistence, And The Long Con Of Being A Successful Writer
  16. It Takes The Time It Takes
  17. Writing Advice From My Dream Brain
  18. The Cormorant Photo Contest: Game Not Yet Over
  19. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Who, The Where, The Uh-Oh
  20. B-Dub’s First Story
  21. Gareth L. Powell: Five Things I Learned Writing Hive Monkey
  22. Ten Questions About Broken Blade, By J.C. Daniels
  23. Hello, Protagonist Labs — And Other News!
  24. What Writing About Taxes Taught Me About Writing Fiction
  25. 25 Things A Great Character Needs
  26. The Author-Publisher And The Almighty Dollar
  27. Ten Questions About Shadowplay, By Laura Lam
  28. I’m Gonna Be On Sword And Laser!
  29. Flash Fiction Challenge: “Roll For Title!”
  30. Manly Men Tales, Swingin’ Dick Stories, And Hairy-Chested Histories
  31. 25 Damned Dirty Lies About Publishing, By Delilah S. Dawson
  32. Interactive Fiction and How I Learned to Stop Grumbling and For God’s Sake Outline Once in a While, by Max Gladstone
  33. 25 Things I’m Wondering About Happiness
  34. In Which I Wrote Things That May Be Eligible For Awards
  35. Terribleminds In 2014
  36. Cormorant-Flavored News Crunch
  37. Spanking Is Hitting, Part Two
  38. Five Things I Learned Writing The Cormorant

2013 392

December 2013

  1. The Miriam “Drink It Black” Cormorant Photo Contest
  2. Writing Resolutions: 2014 And Beyond
  3. The Cormorant, Chapter 10: “The Sunshine State Can Go Fuck Itself”
  4. Miriam Black Is Back: The Cormorant Is Out Now
  5. Tonx Coffee Is Your Master, Now
  6. How Do I Prefer You Buy My Books?
  7. Fly Free, Blackbirds, Fly Free
  8. Pucker Up: The Grim Reaper Is Under The Mistletoe, Waiting
  9. Spanking Your Children Is Hitting Your Children
  10. The Terribleminds Choose-Your-Own-Profanity Generator
  11. Flash Fiction Challenge: 200 Words At A Time, The Final Chapter
  12. Five Things I Learned By Writing [Insert Your Book Here]
  13. The Kick-Ass Writing Group: Photo Contest Results!
  14. The Obligatory Terribleminds Recap: Top Posts of 2013 And More
  15. The Temporal Turnstile: Looking Back To Look Forward
  16. Pot Roast Chili Is Our Weapon Against Culinary Mediocrity
  17. Xbox One: In Which We Welcome A New Impudent Toddler To Our Home
  18. Flash Fiction Challenge: 200 Words At A Time, Part 4
  19. Writing Vs. Publishing (Or: “No More Half-Measures, Walter”)
  20. Ten More Gifts For Writers (2013 Edition)
  21. Stuff Wot I Liked In 2013
  22. The Bewildering Labyrinth That Is Healthcare-dot-gov
  23. Stuff Wot You Liked In 2013?
  24. Flash Fiction Challenge: 200 Words At A Time, Part 3
  25. Here’s How You Ruin Wonder Woman For The Movies
  26. Ten Questions About Daughters Of The Nile, By Stephanie Dray
  27. Ten Questions About Shadows Of Tomorrow By Jessica Meats
  28. #miriamblackbookfour
  29. Your Coffee Maker Has Failed You Up Until This Point
  30. Spoiler Warning: I’m Gonna Rant About Spoilers
  31. It Is Again Time For Christmas Confections
  32. The Month Of No Dubious Writing Bloggerel

November 2013

  1. Deals And Savings And Other Wretched Capitalist Vocabularies
  2. Flash Fiction Challenge: 200 Words At A Time, Part Two
  3. The NaNoWriMo Dialogues: “What An Excellent Day For An Exorcism”
  4. Merch Sale: 50% Off Mugs And T-Shirts
  5. The NaNoWriMo Dialogues: “Let Me Stop You Right There”
  6. NaNoWriMo: On The Language Of Losing
  7. NaNoWriMo: The Last Week
  8. Flash Fiction Challenge: 200 Words At A Time, Part One
  9. Write What You Love, Or Write What Sells?
  10. The Kick-Ass Writer’s Group Contest
  11. Ten Questions About Wild Card, By Jamie Wyman
  12. NaNoWriMo Dialogues: “This Is The End! (Well, Almost)”
  13. NaNoWriMo Dialogues: “On Doubt, Talent, Failure, And Quitting “
  14. Holy Crap, I Wrote A Comic! (And Other News)
  15. The Promo Rodeo Is Open
  16. Flash Fiction Challenge: Find Your Favorite Opening Line
  17. An Email About Writing, And My Response
  18. 10 Questions About Two Serpents Rise, By Max Gladstone
  19. The NaNoWriMo Dialogues: “When Haters Give You Lemons”
  20. The NaNoWriMo Dialogues: “Stuck In The Mushy Middle With You”
  21. What I’m Saying Is, The Search For Equality Is Pretty Messy
  22. Now Available: The Kick-Ass Writer
  23. Flash Fiction Challenge: Another Opening Line Challenge
  24. A New Mexican Tarot For The Modern Age: John Picacio’s Loteria
  25. NaNoWriMo Dialogues: “I Think I Suck And I’m Not A Real Writer”
  26. NaNoWriMo Dialogues: “Organic Story Architecture”
  27. I Am Not Above Shameless Award Elbowing
  28. The Pumpkins Have Been Carved And Chosen
  29. NaNoWriMo: How Goes It?
  30. Horror In Three Sentences: My Faves, And The Winners
  31. Flash Fiction Challenge: 1,667
  32. The NaNoWriMo Dialogues: Day One, “So Not Ready”

October 2013

  1. Ten Questions About The Deaths Of Tao, By Wesley Chu
  2. Ten Questions About Heartwood, By Freya Robertson
  3. The NaNoWriMo Dialogues: Day Zero
  4. The Zero-Fuckery Quick-Create Guide To Kick-Ass Characters (And All The Crazy Plot Stuff That Surrounds ‘Em)
  5. This Is Now Your Applesauce, Do Not Try To Deny Its Wishes
  6. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Subgenre Smash-And-Grab
  7. Your Book Is Not Pepper Spray That You Must Fountain Into My Eyes
  8. Ten Questions About Dying Is My Business, By Nicholas Kaufmann
  9. Constructing My Parachute On The Way Down
  10. The NaNoWriMo Bundle: For Sale Now, Limited Time
  11. 25 Reasons I Fucking Love Genre Fiction
  12. Under The Empyrean Sky: Voya Magazine Review
  13. Favorite Stephen King Novel?
  14. The Big-Ass Australia Recap: Wonders From Down Under
  15. Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Song Title
  16. Ten Questions About Eye Of The Storm, By Aimee Kuzenski
  17. 25 Things You Need To Know About Writing Mysteries, By Susan Spann
  18. The Eerie! The Weird! The Unexplained!
  19. Flash Fiction Challenge: Horror In Three Sentences
  20. Wuzza Wooza Brisbane Booza
  21. “Why I Went DIY,” By Thomas Pluck
  22. On The Subject Of: Wonderbook
  23. You’ve Submitted Your Book: Now What? By Karina Cooper
  24. “A Federal Budget Crisis Months In The Planning”
  25. Welcome To NaNoWriMo Prep School, Word-Nerds
  26. News-Flavored Snidbits
  27. Crowdsourcing The Essentials: Young Adult
  28. Flash Fiction Challenge: Roll For Your Title
  29. The Way We Talk About Pop Culture
  30. The Terribleminds Pumpkin Carving Contest
  31. Dystopian Cornpunk Agpocalypse For $1.99
  32. The Tea Party Smoke-And-Mirrors Ponyfucker Express Magic Show

September 2013

  1. One Week Till Australia
  2. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Cooperative Cliffhanger, Part Two
  3. Write What You Know: Roasting That Old Chestnut
  4. Dear Publishers,
  5. Author Naming And Shaming: A Quick Comment
  6. Please Ban My Books As Loudly And Obnoxiously As You Can
  7. Crowdsourcing The Essential Books: Noir
  8. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Cooperative Cliffhanger, Part One
  9. Ten Questions About Stonecast, By Anton Strout
  10. Ten Questions About Vicious, By V.E. Schwab
  11. Me! This Saturday! At The Library!
  12. The Forever Endeavor, Part One: Free To Read!
  13. 25 Things You Should Know About Worldbuilding
  14. You And Your Bad Reviews
  15. Crowdsourcing The Essentials: Epic Fantasy
  16. Why I Don’t Like To Negatively Review Other Authors’ Books
  17. Flash Fiction Challenge: Spin The Wheel Of Conflict
  18. Ten Questions About Unsoul’d, By Barry Lyga
  19. Ten Questions About The Woken Gods, By Gwenda Bond
  20. 25 Steps To Edit The Unmerciful Suck Out Of Your Story
  21. How To Be Outraged On The Internet
  22. Why I Like The Term: “Author-Publisher”
  23. Uh oh
  24. Got A Book Coming Out? Ten Questions All For You.
  25. Flash Fiction Challenge: WTF Is This Thing?
  26. School Library Journal Reviews “Under The Empyrean Sky”
  27. Ten Questions About Heart of Briar / Soul of Fire, by Laura Anne Gilman
  28. The Worldcon Youth Problem
  29. The Worldcon / LoneStarCon Recap
  30. 25 Steps To Becoming A Self-Published Author

August 2013

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: Choose Your Setting
  2. Ten Questions About Sherlock Holmes: The Stuff Of Nightmares, By James Lovegrove
  3. The Four Fears That Stop You From Writing, By Andrea Phillips
  4. The Fear Never Gets Any Easier, By Tom Pollock
  5. The Face (And Regency Dress) Of Male Feminism
  6. Crowdsourced: Top Ten Paranormal Romance Books
  7. Crowdsourcing The Essentials: Non-US, POC Sci-Fi and Fantasy?
  8. Flash Fiction Challenge: Another Ten Words
  9. Questions For You Runnin’ Types
  10. Ten Questions About Crux, By Ramez Naam
  11. The Runner
  12. Under The Empyrean Sky: Goodreads Giveaway
  13. Oblique Strategies For Authors, By Stephen Blackmoore
  14. Worldcon/LoneStarCon: My Schedule
  15. Top Ten Urban Fantasy Essentials (As Decided By You)
  16. Crowdsourcing The Essentials: Steampunk
  17. Flash Fiction Challenge: Subgenre Frankenstein
  18. The Cormorant (Miriam Black Book #3) Cover Reveal
  19. In Which Blackmoore And I Answer “Women Author” Questions
  20. Ten Questions About How to Discipline Your Vampire by Mina Vaughn
  21. Ten Questions About Celebromancy by Mike Underwood
  22. Fireside Is Back (And You Can Find Me With It)
  23. Laser, Hacksaw, Spanner, Hammer: A Post About Editing
  24. 25 Steps to Being a Traditionally Published Author: Lazy Bastard Edition (Guest Post By Delilah S. Dawson)
  25. Tell Me Everything You Can About Traveling To Australia
  26. Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Story Title Generator
  27. Ten Questions About Codex Born, By Jim C. Hines
  28. Are You A Real Writer? A Handy (And Hasty) Flowchart!
  29. Yes, Virginia, You Can Totally Force Art
  30. Under The Empyrean Sky: Publishers Weekly Review!
  31. Crowdsourcing The Essentials: Horror Novels
  32. Flash Fiction Challenge: Somethingpunk
  33. TEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DARWIN ELEVATOR BY JASON M. HOUGH

July 2013

  1. Ten Thoughts On Story
  2. Reporting From Whiskey Bunker
  3. Go Ahead, Ask Me Anything
  4. Under The Empyrean Sky: Out Now!
  5. Crowdsourcing The Essentials: Dystopian Fiction
  6. News-Flavored News Nuggets Slathered In Sweet-N-Sour News Sauce
  7. Flash Fiction Challenge: Four Random Items
  8. Ten Questions About The Reluctant Reaper, By Gina X. Grant
  9. How Indie Bookstores Can Add Value By Partnering With Authors
  10. Writers: You Might Be Doing It Wrong If…
  11. Crowdsourcing The Essentials: Space Opera
  12. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Plot Scenario Generator
  13. So, You Just Had Your Book Published
  14. 25 Things To Know About Your Story’s Stakes
  15. Brooklyn, We Go Hard
  16. Crowdsourcing The Essentials: Paranormal Romance
  17. Pacific Rim: Quick Brain Dump
  18. Flash Fiction Challenge: Last Lines First
  19. Pen-Ultimate Anthology
  20. Ten Questions About Blood And Feathers: Rebellion, By Lou Morgan
  21. Ten Questions About Drift, By Jon McGoran
  22. Tolerance For Intolerance: Boycotting Ender’s Game
  23. Hell With What Sells
  24. Crowdsourcing The Essentials: Urban Fantasy
  25. I Don’t Usually Like To Respond To Negative Reviews, But…
  26. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Last Line Of A Story
  27. Two Years And Beyond: New B-Dub Video
  28. Tweet #100,000 (Or: “The Terribleminds Guide To Life”)
  29. Search Term Bingo Peed In Your Gas Tank
  30. Of Authors And Indie Bookstores

June 2013

  1. How To Report Sexual Harassment, by Elise Matthesen
  2. Flash Fiction Challenge: Down The TV Tropes Rabbit Hole
  3. Ten Questions About iD, By Madeline Ashby
  4. Ten Questions About A Discourse In Steel, By Paul S. Kemp
  5. Writing Magic
  6. 50 Rantypants Snidbits Of Random Writing & Storytelling Advice
  7. Tired Tropes?
  8. Flash Fiction Challenge: Another Roll Of The Dice
  9. Ten Questions About The Daedalus Incident, By Michael J. Martinez
  10. Ten Questions About Crash, By Guy Haley
  11. On The Subject Of Diversifying Your Bookshelves
  12. The Silent Majority: Fear of Sexism is a Misogynist’s Best Friend
  13. How Do You Like Your Eggs?
  14. Uh-Oh, Another Origin Story
  15. Holy Shitcrap This Movie Theater Is Too Fucking Loud
  16. Flash Fiction Challenge: Bad Dads
  17. Ten Questions About Ecko Rising, By Danie Ware
  18. Why Men Should Speak Out About Sexism, Misogyny and Rape Culture
  19. Challenging Responses To Sexism And Misogyny
  20. 25 Things To Know About Sexism & Misogyny In Writing & Publishing
  21. Time To Totally Judge Some Books By Their Covers
  22. Flash Fiction Challenge: It’s ABC Meets XYZ!
  23. The Twelfth Secret Object
  24. The Blue Blazes Photo Contest: The Results (And A Vote!)
  25. Ten Questions About The Testing, By Joelle Charbonneau
  26. Ten Questions About The Shining Girls, By Lauren Beukes
  27. Kirkus Reviews Under The Empyrean Sky
  28. Ten Stupid Writer Tricks (That Might Actually Work)
  29. I Enter Scott Sigler’s Hallucinogenic Pop Culture Dreamscape
  30. 25 Things You Should Know About Young Adult Fiction
  31. Why It’s Time To Genderflip Doctor Who
  32. Ten Things I Learned At BEA 2013
  33. Flash Fiction Challenge: Choose Your Random Words

May 2013

  1. Ten Questions About The Year Of The Storm, By John Mantooth
  2. A True-To-Life Tale Of Bonafide Darling-Killing
  3. The Blue Blazes Photo Contest: Win A Big Damn Stack Of Books
  4. The Blue Blazes: Out Now!
  5. You Got Some Booksplainin’ To Do: Buckell On Bias In Self-Publishing
  6. An Examination Of The Wily “Book Blurb”
  7. Flash Fiction Challenge: Must Contain Psychic Powers
  8. Ten Questions About Dangerous Games, By Matt Forbeck
  9. Ten Questions About Vaporware, By Rich Dansky
  10. Video: Freaky Flash Mob In Support Of Polish Edition Of Blackbirds
  11. All Your Fanfiction Belong To Us: What The Fuck Is Kindle Worlds?
  12. The Blue Blazes: Eyeless Gods Of The Sunless Realm
  13. The Underserved Population Of Readers
  14. The Blue Blazes: The Five Occulted Pigments
  15. Bookish Turn-Offs?
  16. Press Release: “Wendig Held Hostage By Angry Robots; Beard At 11.”
  17. Transmissions From Toddler-Town: B-Dub Birthday Number Two
  18. Under The Empyrean Sky: The Final Cover!
  19. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Random Fantasy Character Generator
  20. Ten Questions About Cahill’s Homecoming, By Patrick Hester
  21. How Not To Market Or Promote Your Shit
  22. 25 Things You Should Know About Outlining
  23. What Gets You To Read A Book?
  24. Flash Fiction Challenge: Smashing Sub-Genres
  25. Blackbirds: Polish Edition
  26. Ten Questions About Broken Shield, By J.D. Rhoades
  27. Ten Questions About The 5th Wave, By Rick Yancey
  28. Going To BEA? Hey, So Am I!
  29. In Which I Make New Wallpapers, Maybe
  30. The Terribleminds Guide To Hitting On The Ladies
  31. How To Maximize Your Word Count And Write More Every Day
  32. Gods & Monsters: Unclean Spirits Is Available Now!
  33. So, How’s The Writing Going, Cats And Kittens?
  34. The Blue Blazes: Offspring Of The Void
  35. Shirt Sale For You Word-Wanderers Out Yonderers
  36. The Grand Adventure To Find Your Voice
  37. Flash Fiction Challenge: Five Random Sentences
  38. Ten Questions About The Lives Of Tao, By Wesley Chu
  39. Ten Questions About Penance, By Dan O’Shea
  40. From The Journals Of John Atticus Oakes, Page #1
  41. I Want You To Lick My Ice Cream

April 2013

  1. 25 Humpalicious Steps for Writing Your First Sex Scene, By Delilah S. Dawson (Author Of Wicked As She Wants)
  2. Quickie Blackbirds Kindle Giveawaypalooza
  3. E-Z Zerts
  4. Blackbirds: $3.49
  5. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Titles Have Been Chosen
  6. Ten Questions About Arclight, By Josin McQuein
  7. 25 Things Writers Should Know About Traveling
  8. The Admonition Of Ass-In-Chair, Or, “How Writing Is Actually Work”
  9. What The Hell Is A “Hybrid” Author, Anyway?
  10. The Birthday Book
  11. Flash Fiction Challenge: Titular Titles
  12. Sriracha-Basted News Nuggets All Up In Your Clicking Mouthparts
  13. Readers Owe Writers Approximately Zip Nada Zero
  14. Ten Questions About Promise Of Blood, By Brian McClellan
  15. “When Can I Use Work By Another Artist?”
  16. A Thrown Fist Always Hurts The Hand
  17. Where Where Will You Go?
  18. Flash Fiction Challenge: Choose Your Opening Line
  19. Blackbirds Flying To Other Countries
  20. “Writing Is The Easy Part,” By Robert Brockway
  21. The Writer As Stowaway
  22. “Indie First?” What Is Best In Publishing?
  23. Romance Me, Baby
  24. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Kick-Ass Opening Line
  25. Self-Publishing Is The Blah Blah And Floo-Dee-Doo And Poop Noise
  26. In Which I Am Infinitely Bioshocked (Beware: Spoiler Jelly Within)
  27. Ten Questions About Sharp, By Alex Hughes
  28. When Self-Publishing Is Just Screaming Into The Void
  29. Fuck The Straight Line: How Story Rebels Against Expectation
  30. A Font Of Wisdom — Get It? Font? Font Of Wisdom?

March 2013

  1. In Which I Am Nominated For A Campbell Award
  2. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Secret Door
  3. The “Amazon Is Bad For Authors” Meme
  4. Come Meet Me In South Florida On April 13th!
  5. Ten Questions About Runaway Town, By Jay Stringer
  6. Ten Questions About The Age Atomic, By Adam Christopher
  7. I Got Your Soups Right Here, Pal
  8. Fuck Money? A Little More About Writers And Getting Paid
  9. 25 Ways To Be A Happy Writer (Or, At Least, Happier)
  10. S&S Versus B&N And The Self-Publisher Schadenfreude Tango
  11. The Most Controversial Question Ever Posed At This Website
  12. Flash Fiction Challenge: Ten Words Will Give You Five
  13. Ten Questions About Black Feathers, By Joseph D’Lacey
  14. Ten Questions About Blood And Magick, by James R. Tuck
  15. Monkeys, Blood, And Radiation: Kadrey And I Talk Writing
  16. It’s Half-Past “You Should Quit Writing” O’Clock
  17. 25 Turns, Pivots, And Twists To Complicate Your Story
  18. Gods & Monsters: Unclean Spirits (Excerpt) At io9
  19. Do Not Misunderstand Kickstarter
  20. Flash Fiction Challenge: They Fight Crime
  21. Writing Books And Fighting Cancer, By T.J. Brown
  22. Holy Crap, A Veronica Mars Movie Via Kickstarter
  23. Search Term Bingo: The Awakening
  24. How Storytelling Is Like Tantric Sex
  25. Don’t Let Fifty Shades Of Grey Pee In Your Wheaties, Writer Types
  26. Sans Comics
  27. On The Subject Of The “Strong Female Character”
  28. America’s Hot Moist Land-Wang, Here I Come
  29. Flash Fiction Challenge: Choose Your Random Sentence
  30. A One-Two Punch Cover Reveal: Blue Blazes and Gods & Monsters
  31. Three More Days For The Bundle Of Holding
  32. Ten Questions About No Return, By Zachary Jernigan
  33. Ten Questions About Between Two Thorns, By Emma Newman
  34. A Question For Floridians
  35. DRM: A Petition To Unlock E-Books
  36. 25 Things Writers Should Beware
  37. Tick Tock, The Fire’s Almost Out: Help Fireside Now!
  38. Writers And Misinformation, Or: “How Did You Publish?”
  39. The Art Of Asking: For Writers And Storytellers
  40. Flash Fiction Challenge: Super-Ultra-Mega Game Of Aspects

February 2013

  1. Ten Questions About Fade To Black, By Francis Knight
  2. Not Every Writer Wants To Be A Publisher
  3. How To Karate Your Novel And Edit That Motherfucker Hard: A No-Foolin’ Fix-That-Shit Editing Plan To Finish The Goddamn Job
  4. Your Favorite Cons?
  5. Flash Fiction Challenge: Game Of Aspects, Redux
  6. Ten Questions About Seduction Of The Innocent, By Max Allan Collins
  7. How To Push Past The Bullshit And Write That Goddamn Novel: A Very Simple No-Fuckery Writing Plan To Get Shit Done
  8. How To Read Like A Writer
  9. Blonde Roast, By Starbucks: My Review
  10. Authorial Sludgebody: How To Fix?
  11. Flash Fiction Challenge: Write What You Know
  12. Ten Questions About Three Graves Full, By Jamie Mason
  13. Ten Questions About Ravine, By Ron Marz
  14. The Hardest Writerly Truth Of Them All
  15. 25 Things You Should Know About Narrative Point-Of-View
  16. The Annual Refueling Of The Blog Tanks
  17. Flash Fiction Challenge: Inspiration From Inexplicable Photos
  18. An Atlanta Burns Announcement
  19. And This Is Where It All Gets Totally Fucking Bonkers: “Used E-Books”
  20. Ten Questions About Pantomime, by Laura Lam
  21. Why I Hope You Don’t Pirate My Book
  22. Me, GenreCon, Brisbane (Translation: Holy Crap! Australia!)
  23. 25 Thoughts On Book Piracy
  24. Fireside, Year Two: Serialized Content By Yours Truly
  25. Promote Something Awesome That Will Make Us Squeesplode
  26. Alex Hughes: The Terribleminds Interview
  27. Flash Fiction Challenge: Three Haikus Tell One Story

January 2013

  1. Ten Questions About Dead Things, By Stephen Blackmoore
  2. The Storytelling Lesson In Jon Klassen’s “Stolen Hat” Books
  3. Ten Questions About The Aylesford Skull, by James Blaylock
  4. The Official Reddit AMA
  5. Yes, Virginia, You Can Be A Paid Writer, Too
  6. How Not To Ask For Blurbs
  7. Monday Morning Question: What To Do With Star Wars Episode VII?
  8. Flash Fiction Challenge: Choose Your Motif
  9. Ten Questions About: The Explorer, By J.P. Smythe
  10. The 9th Circle Of Hell Is Called “Mattress Shopping”
  11. “Rooting For The Bad Guy,” by Myke Cole
  12. 25 Hard Truths About Writing And Publishing
  13. Monday Question: WTF WIP?
  14. The Kick-Ass Writer: Coming Soon To Bookshelves Near You
  15. Flash Fiction Challenge: Photos Of Impossible Places
  16. Douglas Wynne: The Terribleminds Interview
  17. Brain Squeezin’s
  18. What Flavor Of Publishing Will You Choose?
  19. Monday Question: Wuzza Wooza Worldbuilding?
  20. Follow-Up On The Albee Agency Kerfuffle
  21. The Qwillery Debut Author Cover Battle!
  22. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Wheel, Part Two
  23. A Short Rant On The “You Can’t Teach Writing” Meme
  24. Ten Questions About Your Story
  25. A Sad End To A Small Small Thing
  26. Search Term Bingo: The Revengification
  27. How Chuck Wendig Edits A Novel
  28. Monday Question: The Books Of 2013?
  29. A Loose Proclamation About Terribleminds
  30. Flash Fiction Challenge: Spin The Wheel
  31. Eric Beetner: The Terribleminds Interview
  32. On The Subject Of Time And Self And Cynicism: Or, How I View Resolutions

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December 2012

  1. 25 Writer Resolutions For 2013 (And Beyond)
  2. The Final Battle
  3. In The Corpse Of 2012, The Fungal Seedpods Of 2013 Bloom Bright
  4. A Holiday Hiatus, And Other News
  5. Transmissions From Toddler-Town: The Devil’s Dictionary
  6. It’s Not One Thing
  7. I Think We Can Have That Gun Conversation, Now
  8. Flash Fiction Challenge: “The War On Christmas”
  9. Fake Spam From The Ancient Accountants
  10. Michael R. Underwood: The Terribleminds Interview
  11. The Real Lesson of 12/12/12
  12. My Favorite Stories Of 2012
  13. Promote Thine Creative Wares, Storynauts
  14. 25 Gifts For Writers
  15. In Which I Am Contacted By The “FBI”
  16. The Albee Agency Deception
  17. The Sound Of Hammers Hammering And Saws Sawing
  18. J.D. Rhoades: The Terribleminds Interview
  19. Rape Versus Murder
  20. A Plea To All You Spoilery Bastards Out There In Spoilerland
  21. 25 Things I’d Like To Say To My 18-Year-Old Self
  22. In Which My Toddler Helps Me Think Of “Character” In A New Way

November 2012

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: “The Last 1000 Words Of An Non-Existent Novel”
  2. Terribleminds Merch: Mug And Shirt, Motherfuckers
  3. Why My Brain Is Goo, And Other Updates
  4. Here’s How You Flush Your NaNoWriMo Efforts Down The Crapper
  5. How Chuck Wendig Writes A Novel
  6. Bait Dog: $1.99
  7. This Pot Roast Is Your God, Now
  8. In Which I Smother You All In A Bathtub Brimming With Thanks
  9. Chris Baty: The Terribleminds Interview
  10. Failing Versus Quitting (Or, “Your Lack Of Confidence Is Neither Interesting Nor Unique”)
  11. In Which I Arrive At An Overly Complicated Applesauce Recipe That I Adore
  12. Flash Fiction Challenge: 100-Word Stories
  13. Tumblrs Be Trippin’
  14. Why Stories Should Never Begin At The Beginning
  15. Dear Geeks:
  16. 25 Ways To Unstick A Stuck Story
  17. Blackbirds For Best Horror 2012?
  18. Why Am I Suddenly Excited For Star Wars, Episode VII?
  19. Flash Fiction Challenge: Sub-Genre Mash-Up, With A Twist
  20. In Which I Am Interviewed, And Captured On Film Like The Sasquatch
  21. The Key To It All: In Which Pocoyo Explains The Power Of Story And Imagination
  22. Time To Participate In Democracy, American Humans
  23. Battle Song Of The Storyteller
  24. The Penmonkey Chalupa Supreme: For Charity!
  25. Amazon’s New Carpet Bomb Review Policy: Author Against Author
  26. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Body
  27. 25 Motivational Thoughts For Writers

October 2012

  1. Favorite Horror Novel
  2. Hurricane Stories
  3. What The World Thinks Of Writers, Apparently
  4. Flash Fiction Challenge: Game Of Aspects (Halloweenie Edition)
  5. Seeking New Victims, I Mean, Subjects For The Interview Chair
  6. The Eerily Inexplicable
  7. Why Writers Must Beware Quackery
  8. Books That Have Left Their Mark Upon Your Heart
  9. Flash Fiction Challenge: Five Ingredients Make A Story
  10. #fakedebate
  11. Margaret Atwood: The Terribleminds Interview
  12. 25 Things Writers Should Know About Conferences And Conventions
  13. The Pupdate
  14. Flash Fiction Challenge: Scary Story In Three Sentences
  15. “Making The Magazine,” By Brian White
  16. This Risotto Gonna Fuck You Up, Son
  17. Ask The Writer: “How Do I Get Published?”
  18. NaNoWriMo Cometh: A Terribleminds Primer
  19. Flash Fiction Challenge: Five Titles Make A Challenge
  20. Tracy Barnett: The Terribleminds Interview
  21. Line Up For Your Penmonkey Self-Evaluations
  22. 25 Ways To Get Your Creative Groove Back As A Writer
  23. It’s Fall, So I’m Hankering For Games

September 2012

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Epic Game Of Aspects Redux
  2. Susan Spann: The Terribleminds Interview
  3. Emma Newman’s Split Worlds: “Simple Proof”
  4. 25 Things You Should Do Before Starting Your Next Novel
  5. On Cultivating Instinct As An Inkslinging Storyspinning Penmonkey Type
  6. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Novice Revenges The Rhythm
  7. We Have Dog. Repeat: We Have Dog.
  8. Dylan Brody: The Terribleminds Interview
  9. Gareth Powell: The Terribleminds Interview
  10. The Big-Ass Question
  11. Ask A Writer: Building A Better Character
  12. Transmissions From Toddler-Town: The Aristocrats!
  13. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Second Game Of Aspects
  14. Matt Ruff: The Terribleminds Interview
  15. Nathan M. Farrugia: The Terribleminds Interview
  16. Pitch, Promo, Publicize, And Pimp For Others Right Here, Right Now
  17. 25 Of My Personal Rules For Writing And Telling Stories
  18. News, Things, Stuff And Other Items Of (Un)Import
  19. Readers Are The Victims Of Bad Author Behavior
  20. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Game Of Aspects
  21. “Pillar Of Fire,” By Dan O’Shea
  22. On Creepy Creepers Who Creepily Creep
  23. The Death Of Genre: Drifting Toward A Post-Genre Future
  24. A Face Full Of WorldCon 2012: The Recap
  25. Whither Thou Woozit Whatsit, Book Promo?

August 2012

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Open Swim
  2. John Anealio: The Terribleminds Interview
  3. So, Just What The Hell Makes A Good Book Trailer?
  4. Book Trailer #2: “I Met Her At A Bar”
  5. Things I Learned While Writing Mockingbird
  6. Bad Author Behavior As A Response To Bad Author Behavior… Is Still Bad Author Behavior
  7. My Official Worldcon Schedule (And Other Newsworthy Snidbits)
  8. NSFW: The Collected Profanity Of Blackbirds And Mockingbird (Book Trailer)
  9. Flash Fiction Challenge: Another Random Word Challenge
  10. Doyce Testerman: The Terribleminds Interview
  11. Sublime Lines From Awesome Books
  12. Ask A Writer: “How Do I Write What The Audience Wants To Read?”
  13. The Music Of Miriam Black: Songs For The Songbird
  14. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Smattering Of Settings
  15. Craig Morrison: The Terribleminds Interview
  16. Question: What’s Wrong With Fiction Today?
  17. 25 Things You Should Know About Metaphor
  18. The Return Of Painting With Shotguns
  19. Flash Fiction Challenge: “The Opening Lines, Revealed”
  20. Andrew Shaffer: The Terribleminds Interview
  21. Bait Dog Is Scratching At The Door, Waiting To Be Let In
  22. 25 Ways To Survive As A Creative Person
  23. The Three-Headed Mockingbird: A Giveaway
  24. Mockingbird Rustles Its Wings
  25. Flash Fiction Challenge: “The Opening Line, Part One Of Two”
  26. J.C. Carleson: The Terribleminds Interview
  27. Put My Meat Sauce Inside Your Mouth

July 2012

  1. Ask A Writer: In Which I Exhort You To Care Less
  2. Bait Dog, And Other Updates!
  3. Flash Fiction Challenge: “Antag/Protag”
  4. Dan Goldman: The Terribleminds Interview
  5. Ladling Love Upon Your Local Indie Bookstore
  6. 25 Things You Should Know About Antagonists
  7. Transmissions From Toddler-Town: “Just A Ride”
  8. The Obligatory Dark Knight Rises Post
  9. A Small Place For Nice Things
  10. Flash Fiction Challenge: “Must Love Time Travel”
  11. Hornshaw & Hurwitch: The Terribleminds Interview
  12. Amongst The New Pulpeteers (Or, “What The Good Goddamn Is ‘New Pulp,’ Anyway?”)
  13. Ask A Wendigo: “Just What The Fuck Do You Do, Anyway?”
  14. Things That Are Happening Now Or That Will Happen Soon: An Update!
  15. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Android And The Wondering Chamber
  16. Lisa Cron: The Terribleminds Interview
  17. Transmissions From Toddler-Town: “Feed Me, Seymour”
  18. 25 Bad Writer Behaviors
  19. In Which It Is Time To Invoke New Policies With A Stomp Of The Wendigo’s Hoof
  20. Flash Fiction Challenge: Fairy Tale Upgrade
  21. Alex Adams: The Terribleminds Interview
  22. Hear That Calliope Music? The Carnival Of Pimpage Is Open Once More
  23. Ask A Wendigo: The Speed With Which One Ejaculates Prose
  24. The Wreck Of The S.S. Censorship (Or, “How Writers Steer Their Careers Into The Rocks”)

June 2012

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: Another Story In Three Sentences
  2. Andrea Phillips: The Terribleminds Interview
  3. Ask Me Questions About Writing And Storytelling (And I’ll Try To Answer)
  4. 25 Things You Should Know About Writing Sex
  5. Fresh Outta The Oven: 500 Ways To Tell A Better Story
  6. Flash Fiction Challenge: That’s My New Band Name
  7. Meg Gardiner: The Terribleminds Interview
  8. On The Subject Of Being Offensive
  9. 25 Things You Should Know About Writing Fantasy
  10. Ode To The Editor
  11. My Father Ate Really Weird Things
  12. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Crooked Tree
  13. Two Ways To Win A Copy Of Blackbirds
  14. The Indie Writer Rejection Meme
  15. The Victimization Of Lara Croft
  16. 25 Reasons This Is The Best Time To Be A Storyteller
  17. Prometheus: In Which The Gods Of Plot Punish The Characters For Their Precious Agency
  18. Flash Fiction Challenge: Choose Your Setting
  19. Your First Bradbury
  20. The Secret To Writing?
  21. 25 Ways To Fight Your Story’s Mushy Middle
  22. Drunk Reviews: Best Thing Ever, Or Most Bestest Thing Ever Ever Ever?
  23. Flash Fiction Challenge: Eight Random Words

May 2012

  1. New Interview And New News
  2. Self-Publishing And The Burden Of Proof
  3. 25 Things To Know About Writing The First Chapter Of Your Novel
  4. It’s A Great Time To Be A Storyteller
  5. Flash Fiction Challenge: One Random Sentence
  6. In Which You Interview Me, Part One
  7. Hive-Mind Me Some Toddler Books
  8. 25 Reasons You Should Quit Writing
  9. Revisiting The Fevered Egos Of Self-Publishing
  10. Transmissions From Toddlertown: The First Year
  11. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Paint Color Title Scheme
  12. Blackbirds Giveaway
  13. Recipe: Faux Pho
  14. 25 Ways To Earn Your Audience
  15. Bing Bing Bing Bing Bang, Popcorn!
  16. On The Privilege Of Being A Writer
  17. Flash Fiction Challenge: Over The Top Pulp Insanity
  18. On The General Weirdness Of Having “Fans”
  19. Thinking About Stories
  20. 25 Things Writers Should Know About Creating Mystery
  21. Four Books I Want You To Read
  22. Flash Fiction Challenge: Must Love Dinosaurs
  23. Seeking Interviewees For The Thursday Interviewpalooza
  24. Thinking The Wrong Things About E-Book Pricing
  25. 25 Realizations Writers Need To Have

April 2012

  1. Shooting Blackbirds: A Round-Up Of News And Reviews
  2. Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Title Generation
  3. Come Out To The Coast, We’ll Have A Few Laughs
  4. Let Us Discuss The Nature Of Book Promotion
  5. 25 Things I Learned While Writing Blackbirds
  6. Blackbirds: In Which I Beg, Plead, Wheedle, Cajole
  7. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Traveling Tale
  8. Dana Fredsti: The Terribleminds Interview
  9. The Wendigo Eats Your Heart And Replaces It With Updates
  10. 25 Things You Should Know About Transmedia Storytelling
  11. Prepping For The Publishing Doomsday
  12. Flash Fiction Challenge: “Death Is On The Table”
  13. Ask Me Anything
  14. A Long Look At “Show, Don’t Tell”
  15. 25 Reasons I Hate Your Main Character
  16. In Which I Ponder The Lyrics To “The Rainbow Connection”
  17. Flash Fiction Challenge: Just The Opening Line
  18. Delilah S. Dawson: The Terribleminds Interview
  19. Let Us Speak Of Your Non-Fiction Reads
  20. How To Be A Full-Time Writer
  21. Giving Away A Kindle (And Other Such News)

March 2012

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Terrible Lie
  2. Pimp Circus And Promopalooza
  3. Mass Effect: The Story Is The Game
  4. 25 Lies Writers Tell (And Start To Believe)
  5. I Will Defeat You, Dreaded Pancakes
  6. Flash Fiction Challenge: Choose Your Own Setting
  7. Ari Marmell: The Terribleminds Interview
  8. Ten Things You Should Know About Writing Screenplays
  9. Ten Things You Should Know About Endings
  10. Ten Things You Should Know About Setting
  11. Bait Dog: Second Book Unlocked!
  12. Flash Fiction Challenge: “The Fire Of The Gods”
  13. Nathan Long: The Terribleminds Interview
  14. Shot Through The Heart: Your Story’s Throughline
  15. 25 Things You Should Know About Creativity
  16. Oooh! Me! Me! Call On Me!
  17. Mac Zealots! Quickly! To Me! To Me!
  18. Flash Fiction Challenge: “I’ve Chosen Your Words”
  19. Paul Elwork: The Terribleminds Interview
  20. Why You Should Be Watching “Awake”
  21. 25 Things You Should Know About Word Choice
  22. Fantasy Fiction At The Fringe
  23. Flash Fiction Challenge: Song Shuffle, Part II
  24. Seanan McGuire: The Terribleminds Interview

February 2012

  1. Wuzza Wooza Wendig?
  2. 25 Ways To Unfuck Your Story
  3. Funny Books?
  4. Flash Fiction Challenge: The 10k Contest
  5. Chris Holm: The Terribleminds Interview
  6. Hilary Davidson: The Terribleminds Interview
  7. Dan O’Shea: The Terribleminds Interview
  8. Transmissions From Baby-Town: “Nine Months”
  9. 25 Things I Want To Say To So-Called “Aspiring” Writers
  10. Now Available: 500 More Ways To Be A Better Writer
  11. Flash Fiction Challenge: Making A Sandwich
  12. What’s The Poop, Wendig?
  13. James R. Tuck: The Terribleminds Interview
  14. The Bait Dog Kickstarter Is A-Go
  15. The Providence Rider, by Robert McCammon
  16. 25 Things You Should Know About Protagonists
  17. Is Free A Price We Can Pay?
  18. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Unlikable Protagonist
  19. Martha Wells: The Terribleminds Interview
  20. No Go For The Terribleminds Kickstarter
  21. Two Girls And One Search Term Bingo
  22. 25 Reasons That Writers Are Bug-Fuck Nuts
  23. Tunes For The Penmonkey
  24. Flash Fiction Challenge: One Small Story In Seven Acts
  25. Myke Cole: The Terribleminds Interview
  26. The Experiment Ends (And Other News)

January 2012

  1. 25 Things You Should Know About Story Structure
  2. Shotgun Gravy Is Free For The Next Five Days
  3. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Present Tense
  4. Where’s Wendig?
  5. Your Penmonkey Report Card
  6. 25 Things Writers Should Know About Agents
  7. Your Own Personal Glitches In The Matrix
  8. Flash Fiction Challenge: “Random Photo Story”
  9. The Chuck Update
  10. Why SOPA And PIPA And Other Anti-Piracy Bullshit Measures Matter To Writers
  11. Bitches Don’t Know About Paula Deen’s Diabeedus
  12. 25 Things Writers Should Start Doing
  13. Recently Discovered: Portlandia
  14. Flash Fiction Challenge: “Three Sentences For Bear71”
  15. How To Self-Publish So It Benefits Readers?
  16. How Will You Die?
  17. 25 Things Writers Should Know About Finding Their Voice
  18. This Butternut Squash Soup Will Kick You In Your Butternuts
  19. Flash Fiction Challenge: Song Shuffle Stories
  20. Stephen Blackmoore: “Terror And The Debut Author”
  21. Your Big Reads Of 2012
  22. 25 Things Writers Should Stop Doing
  23. Transmissions From Baby-Town: “This Chorus Of Mirth And Madness”

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