Vaporware fiction: a story that is promoted when it may never be written
I completed most of a book proposal for a collection of short stories about Ambrose Bierce and Jerry O’ Connell having adventures …
Unpublished Guy Fiction Panel (left to right): William Blake, Dr. Zaius, Mrs. Butterworth
Each month, more or less, the Unpublished Guy Fiction Panel discusses a novel or short story. This week: Franz Kafka the Complete Short Stories.
William Blake:…
Ambrose Bierce, Main Character of Unpublished Guy’s Fiction Book to Be
Here is the brief synopsis of the fiction book I intend to write this month.
In 1913 while traveling in Mexico to observe that country’s developing revolution, Ambrose Bierce, …
Dr. Zaius Rates the Literary Journal, Paris Review
Unpublished Guy: Dr. Zaius, what literary publication will you share today with the readers of this blog?
Dr. Zaius: This month, I would like to discuss the Paris Review. Specifically, I would …
photo by Pitel
Last week I was pondering what contests I should enter this month, and I created a short list of 24 writing contests based on due date and topic or genre of the contest.
This week I’ll need …
Does Entering Fiction Contests Feel Like Playing the Lottery?
photo by Jeffrey Beal
Last week I announced that I would rework the incomplete novel that resulted from July Novel Writing month to enter a short story contest. I could take …
Dear—you don’t mind if I call you dear do you? Whether you are following William Blake, the self publisher, or Dr. Zaius, publishing fundamentalist, you will want to promote your fiction. If you are self-publishing or subsidy publishing, …
The Lawgiver is clear. For the fiction writer, there are no publishing shortcuts, only the slow, hard route through a reputable publishing house. The lawgiver issued down eleven seven publishing commandments, which a writer must follow:
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As Minister of Science and Defender of the Faith, I exhort you to heed the Lawgiver and follow the traditional, conventional path to publishing. Preserve a way of life that has served us well for hundreds of years. Do not …
