Below are the 19 most recent journal entries recorded in Boston_Writers' LiveJournal:

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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
6:06 pm [adriannebrennan]	New community for dark fantasy, paranormal romance, scifi, urban fantasy! For writers and readers of dark fantasy, fantasy, paranormal, science fiction, horror, urban fantasy, and erotic and non-erotic romances in those genres! Do join and check it out: the_darkmoon (Comment on this)
Monday, September 29th, 2008
9:17 am [adriannebrennan]	Blood of the Dark Moon booksigning @ Mass Morgue 2008 Oct 26th in Cambridge, MA I will be having my next booksigning event for Blood of the Dark Moon, the first dark fantasy/vampire/paranormal erotic romance book in the Dark Moon series at Mass Morgue 2008 on Oct 26th at 7:30pm. Out-of-print copies of my book which my original publisher had sent me exist in limited quantities, so if you're local to Cambridge, MA or have a chance at being there be sure to stop by! More information about the book is here: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html You can learn more about the event and its bands and vendors here: http://adriannebrennan.com/mass_morgue_2008.html Flyer is below the LJ cut: ( Mass Morgue 2008 flyer ) (Comment on this)
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
10:02 am [cgmod]	New online magazine now accepting writing/art submissions! Introducing an online magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy with a twist Crossed Genres is a new online magazine inspired by an altered version of the Genre Challenge (genrechallenge). Every month, Crossed Genres posts a new genre. Writers and artists have one month to submit stories and art that combine the chosen genre with some aspect of Science Fiction and/or Fantasy. All submissions are considered for publication (read the submission guidelines.) Crossed Genres will also contain interviews, and articles about the current genre, SF/F in general and the craft and business of writing. The Magazine is free! Please sign up to get the mailing list! We also have a growing list of writer-related links (suggest a new one!), forums discussing all aspects of writing, and more! So please visit the website, and sign up for the mailing list! The first genre has been posted and is accepting submissions for Issue #1, to be released December 1. Please consider making a submission! (Based in Somerville, MA) (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
5:47 pm [readerjack]	readerjack.com is looking for writers! readerjack.com is an internet publisher where all authors can publish their work in ebook format. Authors maintain 100% ownership of their work, each ebook is copyright protected and assigned an ISBN, and authors receive royalties for each book sold. Most publishers won't take a chance on new authors. JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was refused by 11 publishers before the 12th said they would publish her book. Now she's one of the most well-known writers in the world. What if she had not submitted it the 12th time? readerjack.com publishes all authors, and gives them the opportunity to have their work recognized. Authors retain 100% ownership of their work, and are free to market it however they choose. readerjack.com has made it possible for authors to get published and expose their work in a way no other publisher has before. We're currently holding a poetry contest, as well as a Halloween short story contest. More information is available at our Livejournal community, readerjack_lj  or at our website. (Comment on this)
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
8:26 pm [onyxhawke]	Cover/Query Letters can only hurt you Really, its true. One of the things many, many writers don't grok about the business is that no agent, editor, or publisher that is not going to have you as the primary source of cash for a book is looking for a reason to publish your book. One more time. I am not,  neither are Night Shade, Baen, Tor, Ace, Harper Collins, Pyr or any other publisher worth a damn does not want a reason to get your book published. Every single agent, editor, and bean counter is looking for a reason not to publish your book. One of the things everyone is looking for is someone who will not be a nightmare to work with. By this I mean that everyone wants to work with the clue enabled. Yes this is an unfairly high standard since most of us don't hold elected officials to this same standard. None of us mind if you are a little or even a lot ah, blessed by unique thought patterns and mental constructs. We just don't want to see them anywhere except in your book. So please for the love of booze and good books, keep your crazy at home and don't send it out with our manuscript. Doing your cover letter in the fictional language of your world is not helpful, even if you provide a dictionary for easy translation. A query letter that is all done up with email stationary that moves and sparkle with with lavender font over a lilac background is a bit unappealing as well. And yes, obvious as it seems as a way to give your prospective agent or editor a leg up on getting to know your world if your query letter is done in character it will probably earn a brisk dismissal. Cross posted to my journal... comment here or there. (Comment on this)
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
12:43 pm [chidder]	. . . Pants on Fire Last week yet another memorist was outed (this time by her sister no less!) as nothing more than a lowly fiction writer; once again begging the question: why didn't they just publish their works as fiction in the first place? Ego and greed, probably. Not discounting these writers' duplicity in dealing with their publishers, what's truly troubling when these contretemps raise their ugly little heads is the press's haughty shock and awe that any half-truths (or quarter- or third-truths) should have wormed their way into the sanctity of somebody's memoir. Literary and social critics alike thump their thesauri and behave as if, pre-James Frey coming along and embarrassing Oprah with his million little lies, every memoir published was letter-perfect when it came to factual matters--that no details were added or enhanced (or omitted), that no dialog was fabricated, that nothing was tweaked to make the piece better (or at least readable). By its selective nature, a memoir is not journalism; it is subject to the tricks our memories play on us; how and why events took place are filtered, consciously or unconsciously, by our prejudices, belief systems, etc. Plus, let's face it, folks: life, by and large, is boring. Even fascinating people have plenty of downtime where nothing of much interest happens. Knowing what to emphasize and what to ignore, where a chapter--let alone the real story--begins and ends (in reality, most people's lives have very few--and very long--chapters), is the writer's job. And while we're talking about it, the very journalists looking down their collective nose at these memorists are prone to the same refractions they're pillorying; they shouldn't be, but they are. The truth is never more malleable than in the hands of a writer. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
6:05 pm [adriannebrennan]	Update on Blood of the Dark Moon book sale/signing at the goth ball in Arlington, MA on 2/23! I will be selling and signing copies of my ebook on CD, Blood of the Dark Moon, the first in the Dark Moon series and reviewed with great praise by pagan and occult book reviewer Mike Gleason. If you enjoy tales of secret societies, vampires, paganism, mythology, vampire erotica, supernatural romance, urban fantasy and dark fantasy in general, the book is definitely up your alley. Please note: last week my book has gone out of print, leaving the limited quantities of the book that I have on CD as the ONLY copies left available to purchase at this time. If you want to read this book and don't want to wait until it goes back into print, I would suggest either attending this event, purchasing a copy on my website, or contacting me to arrange for a sale. Free reads of my book can be found here: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/excerpts.html Reviews of my book, including Mike Gleason's, can be found here: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/reviews.html ( Here are the details for those of you in the New England area or will be in the area around then: ) For updates do check my website at http://www.adriannebrennan.com/events.html. (Comment on this)
Friday, February 15th, 2008
3:11 pm [adriannebrennan]	Blood of the Dark Moon vampire/dark fantasy novel sale @ 7th Annual NEDSWB in Arlington, MA 2/23 I will be selling and signing copies of my ebook on CD, Blood of the Dark Moon, the first in the Dark Moon series and reviewed with great praise by pagan and occult book fiction and non-fiction reviewer Mike Gleason. If you enjoy tales of secret societies, vampires, paganism, mythology, vampire erotica, supernatural romance, urban fantasy and dark fantasy in general, the book is definitely up your alley. Free reads of my book can be found here: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/excerpts.html Reviews of my book, including Mike Gleason's, can be found here: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/reviews.html Here are the details for those of you in the New England area or will be in the area around then: ( Event details including location, DJs, and prizes ) Also, for updates do check my website at http://www.adriannebrennan.com/events.html. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
4:03 pm [onyxhawke]	Invitation Technically I'm not a writer, but I don't expect most of you to mind the opportunity to get read, or the motivation to finish or polish that novel. So this is your invitation to: The OnyxHawke Agency's Winter Workout How it works: Everyone who sends me a science fiction, fantasy, or urban fantasy novel between 10pm ET on February 4th, and 8am ET on February 6th will get at least one full chapter (up to fifty pages) read and critiqued by me. Many, will get theirs back the same day. To do this I will be reading for twenty four straight hours. My goal is to pass the mark i made last year which was 19 first chapters and critiques. To do this, if I am still reading after one chapter or fifty pages I will send the writer an email that says "Still Reading after one." or something similar. Last time i picked up two clients out of this, and have one more resubmission in my inbox waiting to be read. Writers should note that I use the same four part critique form for everyone. The sections are: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and The Rest. Everyone should add my domain to their spam filters immediately. When you submit you will get an auto-response telling you it has been received. Anyone who does not follow the submission guidelines on my website will be rejected without being read. www.Onyxhawke.com Notes: If i get the same size response or larger as last year, I will not get to everyone on that Wednesday. I will still read everything. Everyone who has submitted things to the regular submission inbox will be read between now and 2/6. My replies may start very soon after midnight as I read and type pretty quickly. Most importantly: go spread the word, the more submissions i get, the happier I'll be. Edit: the email address for submissions for the Winter Workout is: ww@Onyxhawke.com Please respond at this link: http://onyxhawke.livejournal.com/38388.html Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
3:16 pm [adriannebrennan]	Since people asked what Boston writers are up to... I'll come out of the woodwork. :) I'm Adrianne Brennan, a local romantic dark fantasy and science fiction writer in the Boston area. My novel Blood of the Dark Moon, the first in the Dark Moon series, was released a few months ago by Aphrodite's Apples. Blood of the Dark Moon is a romantic dark fantasy novel. If you're interested in vampires, vampire erotica, romance between magicians, secret societies, paganism, and mythology, you may want to check out my book. Pagan book reviewer Mike Gleason has this to say about Blood of the Dark Moon: "This book set the hook almost from the first page and I remained hooked until the end.... It is well-written, engrossing and a fun read." I just recently had a book signing party in Salem last Friday and have another book signing/sale coming up next month at the New England Darksidewalkers Ball in Arlington. Here's the info: ( 7th Annual Darkside Walkers Ball 2/23/08 8pm-12am ) For more information on my book including excerpts as well as other upcoming releases, go here: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html (Comment on this)
3:09 pm [kristythegnome]	What gives? I'm surprised this group isn't more active.  Is not much happening around Boston lately for writers, or has this group been replaced by something else? (Comment on this)
Friday, January 25th, 2008
11:27 am [x_bluerose_x]	Muses of Boston emailing list For promotion of local artists, writers, musicians, craftsmen, dancers, and actors within the Boston and Greater Boston area: Subscribe to Muses_of_Boston Powered by groups.yahoo.com (Comment on this)
Friday, October 19th, 2007
5:32 pm [talludahling]	Calling all writers....here's a Halloween party you may want to check out the New England chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists presents: The 4th Annual Bloodfeast Media Party + Halloween Bash! + proceeds to benefit the NESPJ journalism scholarship fund + Doors open at 9pm....and if you RSVP in advance you'll get a $5 discount. (Comment on this)
Friday, October 5th, 2007
2:05 pm [netsirk_news]	Anyone interested in blogging for a news site? Anyone feel like doing some blogging for a news site?  There's no pay in it, but it is an amazing networking opportunity. The New England Ethnic Newswire is currently recruiting high school students and senior citizens to become involved in community blogging efforts.  (Anyone interested - regardlesss of age - feel free to contact me if you're interested) About Us: We are a non-profit news service based within UMass Boston's Center on Media and Society. The aim of the newswire is to facilitate communication between different segments of the area's ethnic media, to provide them with educational and professional resources, and to further connect the audiences of each of these news outlets (as well as those of mainstream media) with content and perspectives that they might not otherwise be exposed to. Our media partners include SAMPAN, The Bay State Banner, Dorchester Reporter, India New England, The Brazilian Journal, El Planeta, The Jewish Advocate, and many more. Student Blogs: We are in the midst of giving our website a complete overhaul.  As part of that upgrade, we're looking for bloggers with a particular talent for or interest in writing/journalism and/or opinions on the issues concerning the communities within which they live to contribute to our blogs.  Student bloggers will have the opportunity to forge a relationship with the UMass Boston McCormack Graduate School's Center on Media and Society, participate in workshops, have their writing posted on a legitimate news outlet's site, and take part in mentoring provided by some of the area's most seasoned journalists. We are looking for bloggers who have something to say about ethnic identity, culture, and their neighborhoods. The community blog section of our site has some examples, however, the subject matter is intentionally open-ended to be molded to the individual's interpretation of their own ethnicity, culture, neighborhood.  Entries may cover anything from what a student feels it means to be Asian/African/Armenian-American, his or her take on a cultural event, to an editorial piece tackling an issue facing his or her community. Contributions may be approximately 300-400 words or less, and submission frequency is at the discretion of the writer. Anyone interested may contact Kristen DeOliveira (that's me) at kristen.deoliveira@gmail.com or submit a sample blog to that email. (Comment on this)
Monday, August 27th, 2007
10:52 pm [shlafe]	Hello Boston! Greetings! I'm an aspiring novelist in the steamy armit of Florida (also known as Gainesville), but I used to live in Brookline.  I'm writing a story that takes place in and around Brookline and was wondering if anyone would be willing to answer occassional questions to help me remember things like what kind of trees line Beacon Street and what those white berry looking things were in Griggs Park .  ( I saw on a map it was called Griggs Field.  I never called it that.  Is it really Griggs Field?) And, hey - if anyone is writing something that takes place at the University of Florida, I can answer any questions you might have about Gainesville.  :) Thanks! (Comment on this)
Friday, August 10th, 2007
8:37 am [chidder]	Good Writing Writ Large There is a problem with writers. If what a writer wrote was published and sold many, many copies, the writer thought he was great. If what a writer wrote was published and sold a medium number of copies, the writer thought he was great. If what a writer wrote was published and sold very few copies, the writer thought he was great. If what the writer wrote never was published and he didn't have enough the money to publish it himself, then he thought he was truly great. The truth, however, was there was very little greatness. It was almost nonexistent, invisible. But you could be sure that the worst writers had the most confidence, the least self-doubt. — CHARLES BUKOWSKI, Women François Camoin made a similar observation in a Writers at Work workshop in Park City back in 1988, noting that those fledgling writers who sweated and stuttered and apologized as they handed in their work were, as a rule, better writers than those who proudly and unflinchingly proclaimed their word-processed scribbles as masterpieces. Over the years, I've discovered the same to be true. The best writers treat writing the way a truly devout person treats religion: something practiced, not boasted about; lived, not preached. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, May 26th, 2007
7:38 am [onyxhawke]	MM Reminder Yup, the "Masochism Monday" experiment is in full swing, get your submission in as soon as possible. While i won't rule out doing this again, it won't be anytime in the next month or so. See for information. http://onyxhawke.livejournal.com/7262.html Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
Monday, April 23rd, 2007
10:21 am [chidder]	Everything Is an Afterthought I recently sold my first book. In conjunction, I've established another LiveJournal to report on the project's progress, occasionally provide links about, and writings by, its subject, Paul Nelson (famous for his writings about Bob Dylan and his Rolling Stone cover story about Warren Zevon's battle with alcoholism), and share snippets of information or parts of interviews that may or may not be covered further in the final product. The new journal shares the book's working title, Everything Is an Afterthought: The Life and Writings of Paul Nelson. Just follow the link. Anybody interested in learning more about this brilliant critic, whose own life proved just as mysterious and fascinating as the artists' about whom he wrote, is welcome to join. As well, tracking the process of how a book goes from sale to publication should prove interesting. I'm rather curious about that part myself... (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, December 9th, 2006
10:44 pm [onyxhawke]	Help please Hello, I posted a poll to my LJ, please take a look and fill it out. (10 Comments |Comment on this)