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Most writers are apprehensive about the process and avoid them until the last minute, when there’s a manuscript to submit and little time to devote to your query and synopsis. But avoiding them won’t make them go away. Whether you need a good query and synopsis now or you’re writing your first draft, it’s never ...
Worldbuilding Wizardry Add depth and reality to paranormal & fantasy stories April 29 – May 24 One of the most appealing things about fantasy and paranormal is that it usually takes place in a fantastic and imaginative world. The mention of names like Middle Earth, Midkemia, Westeros, or Narnia brings up vivid images in a ...
Hello everyone! Upcoming events are upcoming really fast! Where has this new year gone, anyway? Time is hungry, sucking it up like .. OK no time for another short story right now, I need to focus on this post 2/25-3/22 Edit Like a Pro 3/1-3/31 Witches, Faeries, & Wizards: Divining the Supernatural World 3/25-4/22 Mastering ...
Check out my latest online class! Here, we’ll delve into the paranormal and urban fantasy worlds of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse, Rachel Morgan and The Hollows world of Kim Harrison, Justin Cronin’s The Passage & The Twelve and his hungry zombie-like blood-sucking hanging-upside down creatures, of Annie, George, and Aiden of Being Human, of succubi called ...
The Yuri’s Night Short Story Contest deadline is March 1, 2013. Human Spaceflight became a reality over 50 years ago with the launch of a bell-shaped capsule called “Vostok 1.” The capsule was carrying Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who took his place in history as the first human to leave the bounds of Earth and enter ...
THE ART OF CRITIQUE: DIGGING THE DIRT OUT OF YOUR DRAFT starts today! (Feb 4) It’s time to step up to the big time—getting critiqued and giving critiques as a professional writer. In this class, we’ll look at the attendees’ manuscripts/WIPS, learning how to analyze a story on different levels. WIPs are expected to be ...
Tropes, Trollops, & Truths of Science Fiction & Fantasy is a rename of the class that was called The Science in Science Fiction. I really didn’t like the old name that much. It served its purpose, which was the presentation I gave to the National Space Society in Dallas last year at the Frontiers of ...
WHAT: THE SCIENCE IN SCIENCE FICTION online class WHEN: Begins Dec 3-21, 2012 WHERE: SavvyAuthors.com ABOUT: Can a historical writer write historicals without knowing history? Can a crime writer write crimes without reading Agatha Christi or Dashiell Hammit or Lee Child? The answer is no, and neither can science fiction and fantasy writers write well ...
If you are, NOW is the time to sign up for my online class, URBAN FANTASY: MORE BANG FOR YOUR FANG, going on now at FF&P. It’s only day 2, but we haven’t even begun with lessons till later today, election day in the US! Register and tell them Alley sent ya! WHAT: Online class: ...
Upcoming Events
- March 1, 2013 – Witches, Faieries, & Wizards
N/A, online class
- March 25, 2013 – Mastering Social Media in 10 easy steps
N/A, online class
- April 29, 2013 – WorldBuilding Wizardry
N/A, online class
- May 27, 2013 – Sizzling Synopses & Captivating Queries
N/A, deadline
A little bit about me…
I'm a writer, a part-time fiction editor and copy editor, and writing instructor and coach. I specialize in speculative fiction, urban fantasy, and paranormal stories. I also do freelance writing for several online sites on writing, science fiction, women's sports, the SyFy Channel, and Dallas Stars hockey. I live in Grand Prairie, Texas, a native Texan, and I'm an avid Taoist Tai Chi practioner. Email me at
Pat.Hauldren //at// gmail.com
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