HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. Here's hoping for a happy, healthy, and prosperous year for everyone. What resolutions or plans have you made?
Looking ahead, 2015 certainly seems replete with challenges and potential. For the rest of January, this blog will see sparse updates as I have a deadline to meet for a short story this month and preparations for March's Write Stuff conference are becoming increasingly time intensive.
Every February, I'm excited to attend Farpoint convention in Timonium, MD. This year, celebrity guests include Colin Ferguson (Eureka, Haven) and Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager). Writer guest of honor is Timothy Zahn. Other writer guests include Peter David, Bob Greenberger, Michael Jan Friedman, Aaron Rosenberg, Howard Weinstein, Richard White, Don Sakers, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Allyn Gibson, Kelly Meding, Steven H. Wilson, Phil Giunta, Lance Woods, Kelly Meding, and more!
In March, the Lehigh Valley's annual writers conference will celebrate it's 22nd year! The Write Stuff will bring in keynote speaker Kristen Lamb and presenters Michael Jan Friedman, Richard White, Steven H. Wilson, Aaron Rosenberg, Geoff Gehman, Donna Galanti, Becky Bartlett, Curtis J. Smith, Bart Palamaro, Pattie Giordano, Tina Gallagher, Chris Richards, and Gabriela Pereira.
Agents include Claire Anderson-Wheeler of Regal Hoffman & Associates, David E. Fessenden with WordWise Media Service, Cassie Hanjian with Waxman Leavell, Patricia Nelson with Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. We will also have editors Katherine Ernst of Jasper Ridge Press and J. Christine Richards of Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas.
The Write Stuff is sponsored by the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group (GLVWG). At the conference, we will launch GLVWG Writes Stuff, an anthology of short stories and essays written by the group's members including my story "My New Shiny" and essay, "Write or Die."
This year, I'm eager to edit a second anthology for Firebringer Press called Elsewhere in the MIddle of Eternity, due out in 2016. It will contain stories from returning contributors Stuart Roth, Amanda Headlee, Susanna Reilly, Michael Critzer, Steven H. Wilson, Michael Critzer, Lance Woods, Daniel Patrick Corcoran, and myself. There will be new writers involved as well. Phenomenal artist Michael Riehl will once again create our cover and interior art. More info as the project progresses.
I also await feedback from the publisher on my paranormal thriller novella, Like Mother, Like Daughters, which was submitted in September, and I'm still developing a SF novel that's been simmering for years.
Once the Write Stuff is over, it will be time to turn my attention to my IT career and renew my MCSE (Microsoft Certified Solutions Engineer) certification. Studying for this, and taking all of the requisite exams, will likely consume my spring and summer. Unfortunately, this will defer my fiction writing until such time as I complete this goal.
Of course, I look forward to attending Balticon and Shore Leave as a writer guest later this year.
For now, I hope you achieve all of your plans and goals in the coming year and wish you nothing but success and joy!
Looking ahead, 2015 certainly seems replete with challenges and potential. For the rest of January, this blog will see sparse updates as I have a deadline to meet for a short story this month and preparations for March's Write Stuff conference are becoming increasingly time intensive.
Every February, I'm excited to attend Farpoint convention in Timonium, MD. This year, celebrity guests include Colin Ferguson (Eureka, Haven) and Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager). Writer guest of honor is Timothy Zahn. Other writer guests include Peter David, Bob Greenberger, Michael Jan Friedman, Aaron Rosenberg, Howard Weinstein, Richard White, Don Sakers, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Allyn Gibson, Kelly Meding, Steven H. Wilson, Phil Giunta, Lance Woods, Kelly Meding, and more!
In March, the Lehigh Valley's annual writers conference will celebrate it's 22nd year! The Write Stuff will bring in keynote speaker Kristen Lamb and presenters Michael Jan Friedman, Richard White, Steven H. Wilson, Aaron Rosenberg, Geoff Gehman, Donna Galanti, Becky Bartlett, Curtis J. Smith, Bart Palamaro, Pattie Giordano, Tina Gallagher, Chris Richards, and Gabriela Pereira.
Agents include Claire Anderson-Wheeler of Regal Hoffman & Associates, David E. Fessenden with WordWise Media Service, Cassie Hanjian with Waxman Leavell, Patricia Nelson with Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. We will also have editors Katherine Ernst of Jasper Ridge Press and J. Christine Richards of Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas.
The Write Stuff is sponsored by the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group (GLVWG). At the conference, we will launch GLVWG Writes Stuff, an anthology of short stories and essays written by the group's members including my story "My New Shiny" and essay, "Write or Die."
This year, I'm eager to edit a second anthology for Firebringer Press called Elsewhere in the MIddle of Eternity, due out in 2016. It will contain stories from returning contributors Stuart Roth, Amanda Headlee, Susanna Reilly, Michael Critzer, Steven H. Wilson, Michael Critzer, Lance Woods, Daniel Patrick Corcoran, and myself. There will be new writers involved as well. Phenomenal artist Michael Riehl will once again create our cover and interior art. More info as the project progresses.
I also await feedback from the publisher on my paranormal thriller novella, Like Mother, Like Daughters, which was submitted in September, and I'm still developing a SF novel that's been simmering for years.
Once the Write Stuff is over, it will be time to turn my attention to my IT career and renew my MCSE (Microsoft Certified Solutions Engineer) certification. Studying for this, and taking all of the requisite exams, will likely consume my spring and summer. Unfortunately, this will defer my fiction writing until such time as I complete this goal.
Of course, I look forward to attending Balticon and Shore Leave as a writer guest later this year.
For now, I hope you achieve all of your plans and goals in the coming year and wish you nothing but success and joy!
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