Some ‘Thall Shalts and Nots’ for Writers

I can’t believe I’m writing this article. I’m anything but naive, but I want to believe that all submitting writers know better than to commit the career-killing errors I’m about to address.

And yet, here I am having to point out the patently obvious, because there are writers out there putting editors and slush readers through some truly crazy crap.

So here are a few hard-and-fast rules that really are not optional for the professional writer. It’s mainly targeted toward Science Fiction, Fan...