tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158481902011-04-21T18:43:45.265-07:00Tucson Writers Workshop - The Back Page<p>PABlo Bley aka Paul Alan Bleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037525129585701911noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15848190.post-1128022159947825252005-09-29T11:37:00.000-07:002005-10-07T20:09:28.850-07:00Writers! Screenwriters! Scriptwriters!Realize your vision at the Reel Vision Filmmakers' ConferenceWhen: October 21-23Where: Radisson City Center Hotel 181 W Broadway Blvd, Tucson. Learn from world class instructors, including studio script consultant and author of "Making a Good Script Great" Linda Seger. Industry professionals present cutting edge tools to market your film or script. Price includes the luncheon with PABlo Bley aka Paul Alan Bleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037525129585701911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15848190.post-1127110474003234242005-08-31T22:48:00.000-07:002005-09-19T00:07:17.193-07:00Bookless LibraryAlmost all of the 90,000 real books have been moved elsewhere, and digital access to electronic texts has replaced the bookshelfs in the library at The University of Texas at Austin. The books are not gone, just redistributed into other locations within the University's library system. A recently implemented plan has left certain reference books in place. But the remake has increased available PABlo Bley aka Paul Alan Bleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037525129585701911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15848190.post-1127113312141652652005-08-30T23:52:00.000-07:002005-09-19T00:04:13.420-07:00Name a Character...Starting on September 1 and continuing for 25 days, some of the world's favorite authors will allow Ebay bidders to supply a character name for a forthcoming novel. Bestselling authors included in the auction are Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, John Grisham, Michael Chabon, Nora Roberts, Amy Tan, Lemony Snicket, Dave Eggers, Dorothy Allison, Peter Straub, ZZ Packer, Jonathan Lethem, Rick Moody, AyeletPABlo Bley aka Paul Alan Bleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037525129585701911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15848190.post-1126158507828152352005-08-29T22:10:00.000-07:002005-09-19T00:05:37.176-07:00Duotrope's Digest - Markets for WritersDuotrope's Digest is a good site to search through for short fiction and poetry markets. In most cases, the markets that are listed are paying ones. The database can be searched by genre, length, media, country, theme, payscale, sub-type, and reprints. Duotrope's Digest also offers a free weekly e-mail/e-newsletter called The Weekly Wire, which contains a list of markets that have been added or PABlo Bley aka Paul Alan Bleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037525129585701911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15848190.post-1125116990222801102005-08-28T21:29:00.000-07:002005-09-19T00:05:12.846-07:00Elmore Leonard's most important piece of adviceFor more excellent advice, check out Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing.PABlo Bley aka Paul Alan Bleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037525129585701911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15848190.post-1125128318065455362005-08-27T00:35:00.000-07:002005-09-20T07:37:46.776-07:00Strange Horizons wants your five hundred word reviewsWanted: Reviewersfrom their website:The Strange Horizons reviews department is expanding.In the recent past, we've been focusing on what our submission guidelines call standard and extended reviews: in depth pieces up to a couple of thousand words long. We still want those, so don't stop submitting them. But now we also want more short reviews.This means pieces around 500 words long, on any PABlo Bley aka Paul Alan Bleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037525129585701911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15848190.post-1125126962529725962005-08-26T12:12:00.000-07:002005-09-20T07:39:51.113-07:00Night Time, and The Editors Are Out to Get YouSome interesting information from Peridot.The article "The Editors Are Out to Get You"or: What Happens to Your Story Once It Lands in the Slush Pile, explains the guidelines for submitting. Peridot's Editor, K. T. Bradford, also includes really good information to take into consideration:Think of submitting your manuscript as applying for a short term contract job with the magazine you're PABlo Bley aka Paul Alan Bleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037525129585701911noreply@blogger.com0