by Jan Bear | Aug 5, 2007 | Uncategorized
In honor of tomorrow’s Feast, I’ve dug out a 2005 speculation on the Transfiguration. It starts with a metaphor and ends with “What if” and meanders through time, literature, heaven and earth, and the Communion of the Saints to arrive at the...
by Jan Bear | Aug 3, 2007 | Uncategorized
I know it’s been done from science fiction to western (as in the television series Firefly and Molly Gloss’s The Dazzle of Day). But Steve Ely’s introduction to “Cloud Dragon Skies” talked about how often science fiction is about meeting...
by Jan Bear | Jul 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
Literary agent and author Noah Lukeman has posted a 100-page e-book (PDF format) titled How to Write a Great Query Letter.He’s one of the top agents in the business, and free advice from someone of his caliber is very welcome.Powered by ScribeFire.
by Jan Bear | Jul 9, 2007 | Uncategorized
The last writer to arrive at the workshop, a 50-something medical professional, is an attractive woman with large earnest eyes. Under her arm, she carries an 800-page manuscript (I’m estimating a 250,000 to 300,000 word count) that she’s planning to pitch...
by Jan Bear | Jun 28, 2007 | Uncategorized
Anu Garg’s word of the day today “compossible” exactly describes a new serendipity in my novel.To give a brief update, a while back, I had a chance to attend a Michael Hauge workshop in Portland. Michael is a Hollywood screenplay consultant whose...
by Jan Bear | Jun 3, 2007 | Uncategorized
I just love this stuff. I’m proofreading a deposition in which the attorney is asking the plaintiff in an automobile accident case about what happened immediately after the accident:Q. And did you say anything to your wife?A. I asked her how she was doing. We...