Category Archives: Writing Resources

Short Story Grumblings

I wrote a lot of short stories last year. These, added to my existing inventory, mean I am marketing something like thirty short stories, most of which I try to keep submitted (at a market, under consideration) at any given moment. Over the past few days I started going through those submissions which had overdue …

February 22, 2013 – 9:51 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , | Comments (4)

Not Another Lego Picture

Still no real news to report so here’s a bit of a status update. First, progress on the Lazy Designer Book 3 is slow. And it has decided to reproduce. This is the book on gameplay and it seems that I have more to say on the subject than I initially imagined. I have almost …

February 16, 2013 – 7:22 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Lego, My Life, Writing Resources | Tagged , | Comments (2)

Black Gate

If you are looking for an interesting and somewhat eclectic blog to follow, Black Gate Magazine has several regular contributors and covers a range of gaming and speculative related subjects. Black Gate has also started to offer some fiction for free, and these are announced in the blog. Recent entries include: A Slew of Old …

January 24, 2013 – 2:49 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , | Comments (2)

Duotrope MarketList Replacement

Duotrope, a website for finding places to send stories and novels, recently decided to move access to their core functionality behind a paywall. The reasons for this are explained on their site. To replace the loss of Duotrope for the casual user, Diabolical Plots (who have a good write-up on the situation) have decided to …

January 13, 2013 – 7:34 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , | Comments (8)

Update and a Happy New Year

Belated Happy New Year! The reason for the delay is that I’ve been busy with family stuff over the holidays and a new programming project that I’ve been working on. Generally, to relax, I tend to write software whenever I take a bit of a break from writing. Yeah, I’m that weird. Anyways, I just …

January 7, 2013 – 2:50 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in The Lazy Designer, Writing Resources | Tagged , | Comments (3)

2012 Wrap-up

These stories of mine made their appearance in 2012: “Touch the Dead” On Spec Magazine “Summer Lover” Shroud Magazine “Proof in the Pudding” Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Flush Fiction “The Onion Farmer” Aoife’s Kiss “Stone Eater” Abyss and Apex “Foolish Wishes, Fairly Kisses” NewMyths.com “Nikki 2.3″ The Journal Of Unlikely Entomology I wrote about 330 …

December 27, 2012 – 4:42 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged | Comments (24)

New Novel: Quiver by Jason Fischer

Jason Fischer has recently released his novel, “Quiver” through Black House Comics. Blurbs from the publisher: “A story about growing up fast in a world that doesn’t want you to live… Quiver is an adventure story suitable for teenage readers and older. If you liked The Hunger Games, The Stand or The Passage, this book …

December 16, 2012 – 7:50 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Holiday Stuff

On the off chance that some of you are thinking of checking out my stories this holiday season, here’s a short summary. Probably the most gift-able item with my writing in it right now is Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader – Flush Fiction which contains my story ‘Proof in the Pudding’. I also have three stories …

December 7, 2012 – 10:12 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , , , | Comments (6)

NewMyths.com #21 Available

While taking a break I noticed that Issue #21 over at NewMyths.com is now available. This is the fifth anniversary of the free online magazine and my story “Foolish Wishes, Fairy Kisses” is in it! There’s also a bio page for each author where you can learn a bit more about us (read mine here). …

December 3, 2012 – 3:58 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , | Comments (3)

Star Wars: Annihilation

Drew Karpyshyn’s latest novel is now available! Here’s the blurb for Annihilation: The Sith Empire is in flux. The Emperor is missing, presumed dead, and an ambitious Sith lord’s attempt to seize the throne has ended fatally. Still, Darth Karrid, commander of the fearsome Imperial battle cruiser Ascendant Spear, continues her relentless efforts to achieve …

November 27, 2012 – 2:43 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , | Comments (4)