Vision Index

Vision: a Resource for Writers is published bi-monthly by Forward Motion E-Press, Lazette Gifford, Editor. All authors own the copyrights to their work.

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Issue 1

Author	Title	Issue
Billing, Bob	Are We Going Somewhere Nice? Possible Directions in Science Fiction	1
Brown, Ron	Matching Your Money to Your World	1
Brown, Ron	State of the Horror Genre	1
Burke, J. S.	Making Histories: Thoughts on Convincing Pasts	1
Carr, Shane P.	On Writing: a Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King	1
Carr, Shane P.	Unleashing the Dark Side: the Motives of Villains and Heroes in Suspense Fiction	1
Catesby, Robin	The Promise of Premise: a Conversation with Bill Johnson on the Craft of Dramatic Storytelling	1
Elliott, Sarah Jane	Building a Better Beast	1
Gifford, Lazette	In Praise of Praise--a Second Look at Critiquing	1
Gifford, Lazette	Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.	1
Lisle, Holly	Beyond the Basics--Creating the Professional Plot Outline	1
Long, Beth Adele	Five Practical Tips For Young Writers	1
Marble, Anne M.	Your Characters Are Not Puppets	1
McElfresh, Vicki	Capturing Time For the Muse	1
Mills, Jim	What Are Crit Circles?	1
Neuenschwander, Bryn	Women and Childbearing in Fantasy	1
Saint Clair Bush, Jennifer	Poetry and Everyday Life	1
Stanchfield, Justin	The Gulf	1
Starkweather, Alison	Sittin' There	1

Issue 2

Author	Title	Issue
Billing, Bob	Tuning the Universe: Time, Distance and Cost in Science Fiction	2
Carr, Shane P.	Creating Character 'Extras' to Enhance Your Story	2
Carr, Shane P.	Scene of the Crime	2
Catesby, Robin	The Dual Landscape of Plot and Story	2
Elliott, Sarah Jane	A Man in Beast's Clothing	2
Gifford, Lazette	The Alternative Rules: a Look at Two Exotic Forms of Government and the Cultures in Which They Thrived	2
Gifford, Lazette	The Forward Motion Web Site	2
Hopper, Teresa	What Is Horror Fiction?	2
Lisle, Holly	Visualization For Writers Workshop	2
Long, Beth Adele	Befriending the Internal Editor	2
Long, Beth Adele	The Writing Life by Annie Dillard	2
Lord, Damon M.	Creating and Using Fictional Languages In Your Writing.	2
Marble, Anne M.	Research Flaws in Romance Novels	2
McElfresh, Vicki	At a Loss For Words	2
Saint Clair Bush, Jennifer	How-To Haiku	2
Stanchfield, Justin	A Question of Style	2
Starkweather, Alison	Genetics In Storytelling	2

Issue 3

Author	Title	Issue
Backes, Laura	Turn Personal Struggles Into Books for Children	3
Billing, Bob	Eureka! Making Believable Future Technologies	3
Brown, Ron	Classic Structure of the Horror Novel	3
Burke, J. S.	Otherwhens: a Theory of Alternate History	3
Carr, Shane P.	Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting by Syd Fields	3
Derbyshire, Katherine	Reporting for Fiction: Where to Find Original Detail	3
Elliott, Sarah Jane	Faith and Foreboding or Why Does the Priesthood Have to be Evil, Anyway?	3
Gifford, Lazette	Poetry Revival	3
Gifford, Lazette	Preparing For Your First Mystery: the Basics	3
Kurilla, Peggy	Giving Depth to Fantasy Religions	3
Lisle, Holly	Deeper People--Putting Yourself Into Your Characters	3
Long, Beth Adele	Write What You Know--Or What You Want?	3
Long, Beth Adele	www.AImovie.com and www.TangentOnline.com	3
Marble, Anne M.	E-books and the Romance Field	3
Neuenschwander, Bryn	Mother Is the Name For God	3
Norman, Michael E.	Fear and Crisis: What Does It Feel Like?	3
Saint Clair Bush, Jennifer	Making Dreams Into Reality	3
Sinclair, Alison	Blunting the Knife	3

Issue 4

Author	Title	Issue
Allard, Caroline	The Week of Two Thursdays, or the Magic of Reality	4
Billing, Bob	It's Magic, Jim, But Not as We Know It	4
Carr, Shane P.	The Diversity of Mystery	4
Catesby, Robin	Theater, Out of the Box and Into the Magic	4
Catesby, Robin	Writing the Breakout Novel -- a Preview Review	4
Clark, Cindy M.	Modern Magic in Books: a Short Overview of Modern Magic Novels	4
Francis, Jim	When Magic Goes Wrong	4
Greenlee, Dawn, Co-Author	Mills, Jim, and Dawn Greenlee. Magic-Like Psychic Abilities	4
Hopper, Teresa	Using Magic in Horror Fiction	4
Lisle, Holly	Lost On the Border At Twilight: Finding and Using Your Life's Essential Strangeness	4
Long, Beth Adele	Changes	4
Marble, Anne M.	The Subgenres of Romance	4
Mills, Jim, and Dawn Greenlee	Magic-Like Psychic Abilities	4
Philipi, Coleen	Magical Intelligence	4
Rogers, Bruce Holland	So What Is Magical Realism, Really?	4
Saint Clair Bush, Jennifer	Riddles Wisely Expounded	4
Stanchfield, Justin	The Final Frontiers	4
Stanchfield, Justin	Ralan Conley's Webstravaganza	4
Taylor, Jen	Finding Magic In Mundania	4
Ward, John	Science and Magic	4

Issue 5

Author	Title	Issue
Allard, Caroline	Find Your Inner Secret Diary	5
Arden, V. Anne	But I Don't Know How to Critique!	5
Billing, Bob	Harnessing the Wild Idea: the Creation of Run For the Stars.	5
Carr, Shane P.	Fiction Writing: a Labor of Love -- an Overview of Developing Your Craft	5
Carr, Shane P.	The Forest for the Trees by Betsy Lerner	5
Carr, Shane P.	Interview With Douglas Clegg	5
Catesby, Robin	Using the Tools of an Actor	5
Cranford, Matthew	More Than Words	5
Elliott, Sarah Jane	It's Not Easy Being Green	5
Gifford, Lazette	The Tale of Two Teachers	5
Gifford, Lazette	Uniformity In E-Publication	5
Greenlee, Dawn E., and James Kenneth Mills	The Art of Collaboration	5
Howe, Allen	The End	5
Lisle, Holly	Honing Your Talent	5
Marble, Anne M.	"Stop Using Those Said Bookisms," the Editor Shrieked: the Use and Abuse of Dialogue Tags	5
McElfresh, Vicki	Del Rey Digital Writing Workshop	5
McElfresh, Vicki	Handling Criticism Gracefully	5
Mills, James Kenneth, Co-Author	Greenlee, Dawn E., and James Kenneth Mills. The Art of Collaboration	5
Saint Clair Bush, Jennifer	Getting Organized: a Writer's Perspective	5
Saint Clair Bush, Jennifer	Yes, Even YOU can Write (and Sell) Poetry!	5
Serdy, Valerie	Your Modern Hobbies, Your Ancient World	5
Stanchfield, Justin	The Cheap Adventurer	5
Stanchfield, Justin	Looking For a Writing Course	5
Stiles, Christina	The Roleplaying Game Market	5
Taylor, Vicki M.	Overcoming the Fear of Writing a Synopsis	5
Taylor, Vicki M.	The Quest for the Quintessential Query Letter	5

Issue 6

Author	Title	Issue
Billing, Bob	Time and Holidays	6
Brim, Jae, Lazette Gifford, and Beth Adele Long	Three Views From WorldCon 2001	6
Brown, Ron	Halloween: Breaking Down the Cliche	6
Brown, Ron	Short Mystery Fiction	6
Elliott, Sarah Jane	Defying Definition	6
Gifford, Lazette	Creative Purrsuits' Writers Rest Stop	6
Gifford, Lazette	An Interview With Rob Chilson	6
Gifford, Lazette	No Ordinary Days	6
Gifford, Lazette, Co-Author	Brim, Jae, Lazette Gifford, and Beth Adele Long. Three Views From WorldCon 2001	6
Lisle, Holly	Holidays in Hell and Other Delights--a Workshop	6
Long, Beth Adele, Co-Author	Brim, Jae, Lazette Gifford, and Beth Adele Long. Three Views From WorldCon 2001	6
Marble, Anne M.	The Uses and Abuses of Mailing Lists: How to Promote Yourself on Mailing Lists Without Turning Fans Into Enemies	6
McElfresh, Vicki	The Sad State of Children's Literature	6
McElfresh, Vicki	Slogging Through the Trenches: Maintaining Enthusiasm	6
Mills, Jim	The Handbook of Short Story Writing, Volume II, Edited by Jean M. Fredette	6
Pon, Karen	Weather and Worldbuilding 101	6
Pon, Karen	Weather In Fiction	6
Saint Clair Bush, Jennifer	Autumn in Poetry	6
Saint Clair Bush, Jennifer	Can You Write a Novel In...	6
Savage, John	Fair Use For Speculative Fiction Writers	6
Serdy, Valerie	Flora, Fauna, Fiction	6
Serdy, Valerie	Microsoft Encarta 2001: a Review	6
Sloan, Robert A.	Creating Fictional Holidays	6
Stanchfield, Justin	Holidays and Kids' Stories	6
Stiles, Christina	Fantasy Adventure Writing	6
Ward, Cassandra	The New Computer Health Threat	6

Issue 7

Author	Title	Issue
Billing, Robert	Letters From a Better World: A Defense of Speculative Fiction	7
Brown, Ron	Maintaining Suspense When Using Criminal POV	7
Gifford, Lazette	Epublishing As the Middle Ground	7
Gifford, Lazette	An Interview With Esther Friesner: Nebula Award Winner and Queen of the Hamsters	7
Gifford, Lazette	Setting Reasonable Writing Goals (or Don't Do What I Do, Do What I Say...)	7
Hopper, Teresa	What Is Horror Fiction and How Do You Know If You're Writing It? (First of Six Articles)	7
Lisle, Holly	Burn It, Bury It, Let It Live--a Workshop	7
Lord, Damon M.	Teach Yourself Writing a Novel and Getting Published by Nigel Watts	7
Marble, Anne M.	Headhopping, Authorial Intrusion, and Shocked Expressions	7
McElfresh, Vicki	The Rocky Road to Becoming a Writer	7
Mills, Jim	Serious Writing	7
Neuenschwander, Bryn	The College Hobby	7
Peat, C. E.	The Numberless Hordes: Two Hurdles For Fantasy Armies	7
Pon, Karen	Finding the Right Day Job	7
Saint Clair Bush, Jennifer	Poetry Resolutions For the New Year	7
Saint Clair Bush, Jennifer	Taking the Dream Seriously	7
Serdy, Valerie	Write Like a Damsel	7
Sinclair, Alison	Toad Love (Or the Adulterer's Guide to Writing)	7
Sloan, Robert A.	Whistling in the Dark	7
Stanchfield, Justin	Project Pulp	7
Stanchfield, Justin	Walking the Double Path	7
Viehl, S. L.	Financial Boot Camp	7
Wilson, Mary K.	Horses For Writers: Just the Basics	7

Issue 8

Author	Title	Issue
	Fantasy Movies and the Star Wars Effect	8
Billing, Bob	Axial Tilt and Things	8
Bronson, Nic	Reflections of Starlight	8
Brown, Ron	Writing Mysteries for Children's Magazines	8
Carr, Shane P.	Exploiting Your Character's Parental Bond	8
Gifford, Lazette	But Is It Romance? An Outsider's Look at the Genre	8
Gifford, Lazette	An Interview With Vera Nazarian	8
Hopper, Teresa	Introduction to Horror Part 2: Plot and Character in Horror Fiction	8
House, Kay, and Justin Stanchfield	Women, Men, Families and Fiction	8
Lisle, Holly	The Description Workshop	8
Neuenschwander, Bryn	Blood Is Thicker Than Water	8
Pischke, Ruth	The Perils of Cardboard	8
Savage, John	Piracy On the High Bandwidth	8
Seal, Francine M.	Heroes Have Families?	8
Serdy, Valerie	Where Have All the Families Gone?	8
Sloan, Robert A.	Dare You Write About Your Family?	8
Stanchfield, Justin, Co-Author	House, Kay. And Justin Stanchfield. Women, Men, Families and Fiction	8
Viehl, S. L.	Show and Tell: How to Write Realistic Young Child Characters	8
Ward, Andi	Children Are Characters Too	8
Ward, Cassandra	Goal, Motivation & Conflict: the Building Blocks of Good Fiction by Debra Dixon.	8

Issue 9

Author	Title	Issue
Billing, Bob	The Edge of Thought	9
Catlin, Sally	Anglo-Saxon Alliterative Epics? Ouch!	9
Davis, Bethany	So Much More Than Free Writing Classes	9
Dawson, Jeri-Tallee	Springtime for Writers	9
Francis, Jim	Good Bones and Simple Murders by Margaret Atwood	9
Gifford, Lazette	Whither Wander You? The Long History of Urban Fantasy	9
Hale, Gena	Characters Romance Readers Love #1: We Need a Hero!	9
Harlowe, J.	Making the Connection: Writer's Digest Web Site	9
Heiser, Krista	You Mean Somebody Likes It?	9
Hopper, Teresa	Introduction to Horror Part 3: Setting in Horror Fiction	9
House, Kay	Mysteries: Rules of the Genre	9
Lisle, Holly	An Interview With Diana Gill	9
Lisle, Holly	One-Pass Manuscript Revision: From First Draft To Last In One Cycle	9
Pass, Julia	Using School To Enhance Your Writing and Your Career	9
Serdy, Valerie	Reading Is Fundamental	9
Shafer, Jennifer	Autumn Leaves: a Writer's First Novel Rewrite	9
Shope, Beth	True Writing Is Rewriting	9
Smith, Heidi Elizabeth	Revision and Submission	9
Spencer, Wen	It's a Small World: a Short Discussion on Agents and SF&F Publishers	9
Stanchfield, Justin	Writing Tight	9
Stephenson, Carol	Carol Stephenson, Romance Moderator	9
Stephenson, Carol	Color My Revisions	9
Stone, David	Giving and Receiving Critiques: an Exercise in Objectivity	9
Viehl, S. L.	The Good, the Bad, and the Icky: Proposals That Sell/Don't Sell Your Novel	9
Ward, Andi	Confessions of a Blunt Critiquer	9

Issue 10

Author	Title	Issue
Aristophanes Mr. Robert's Cat Sloan	Cats and Writers: One Cat's Opinion	10
Bas, Keri	Finding the 'Wild' in the Wilderness	10
Billing, Bob	The Curious Behavior of the Altharian Tzog in the Night	10
Billing, Bob	Horse Sense	10
Cobern, T. L.	An Argument Against Reading Fiction	10
Dawson, Jeri-Tallee	Horse Communication 101	10
Flumignan, Rob	Get a Clue: Using Clues to Map Your Mystery	10
Geimer, Jami	Writer's Primer on Parrots	10
Gifford, Lazette	An Interview With Beth Hilgartner	10
Gifford, Lazette	Zette's Quick Guide to Writing Short Stories	10
Hale, Gena	Characters Romance Readers Love #2: Heroine Junkies	10
Hopper, Teresa	Getting the Best Out of Your Bad Guys	10
Kurilla, Peggy	Lessons From a LifeTime of Writing by David Morrell	10
Kurilla, Peggy	On Keeping a Writer's Journal	10
Milton, James	Meet the Moderators: James Milton	10
Peugh, Cheryl	Lessons Taught By a Siamese Friend's Life	10
Reeds, Jeff	Describing Fantastic Creatures	10
Serdy, Valerie	Keep Your Eyes Open	10
Sinclair, Alison	Poisoning Persons In Print	10
Sloan, Robert A.	Forward Motion In a Nutshell	10
Sloan, Robert A., Translator	Cats and Writers: One Cat's Opinion by Aristophanes Mr. Robert's Cat Sloan	10
Smith, Heidi Elizabeth	Felines In Fantasy: Clich	10
Stanchfield, Justin	The Heritage of the Barnyard: Common Animals in Uncommon Fiction	10
Stephenson, Carol	The Right To Revise	10
Swain, Steven	Background Color in Worldbuilding	10
Viehl, S. L.	Adapting Earth Animals Into Alien Lifeforms	10
Ward, Andi	The Writer's Store	10
Wilson, Mary K.	Sunlight and Air: Feeding a Fictional Horse	10

Issue 11

Author	Title	Issue
Adams, Linda	Hits and Visits 101: the Myths and Realities of Website Statistics	11
Adams, Linda	Image Counts: Your Professional Website	11
Ambler, Helen	Publishing Poetry	11
Billing, Bob	Computing for Heretics	11
Bresnehan, Stephen	The Care and Feeding of Fantasy Creatures	11
Carr, Shane P.	Interview With Horror Author Teri Jacobs	11
Cole, Kim L.	Websites for Writers: What To Do and How	11
Davis, Bethanny	Submitting Your Web Site to Search Engines	11
Dunne, Jennifer	Putting the 'Design' in Your Web Design	11
Flumignan, Rob	Praying For Inspiration: Using Mystery's 'Holy Trinity' to Generate Ideas	11
Francis, James	What Does Your Character's Body Say? Non-verbal Communication	11
Gifford, Lazette	The Line Between Horror and Dark Fantasy	11
Gifford, Lazette	Marketing Ebooks	11
Hackman, Emory.	Networking for Authors	11
Heijnis, Ernst-Jan	How to Get an Idea	11
Klasky, Mindy L., Bruce Holland Rogers, and Vera Nazarian	Promotion Tips From Pros	11
Kurilla, Peggy	Words of Wonder: a Review of David Gerrold's Worlds of Wonder	11
Lisle, Holly	Notecarding: Plotting Under Pressure	11
Lord, Damon M.	Cutting Edge Medieval Technology	11
Nazarian, Vera, Co-Author	Klasky, Mindy L., Bruce Holland Rogers, and Vera Nazarian. Promotion Tips From Pros	11
Rogers, Bruce Holland, Co-Author	Klasky, Mindy L., Bruce Holland Rogers, and Vera Nazarian. Promotion Tips From Pros	11
Sloan, Robert A.	Meet the Moderator	11
Stanchfield, Justin	And the Moral of the Story Is...	11
Stephenson, Carol	In a Revision Rut? Try 52 Index Card Pickup	11
Stephenson, Carol	Pitching the Category Buzz Words	11
Thistle, Karen J. H.	Putting the Science in Your Science Fiction	11
Willis, L. Ruben	Self-Editing: Why It Is a Good Thing	11

Issue 12

Author	Title	Issue
	NaNoWriMo Madness Strikes Forward Motion!	12
Adams, Linda	Overcoming Writer's Block	12
Baker, Gerri	The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman	12
Billing, Bob	Cavemen, Explosions and Psychothyretics: the Future History of Art	12
Catron, Louis E.	'Keep Attribution Simple,' He ...	12
Derbyshire, Katherine	Writing is Giving	12
Drexler, June, Co-Author	Ward, Andi, and June Drexler. Plotting the Romance Novel	12
Feete, Kat	Artificial Intelligence, Part II	12
Finley, Anniekate	Meet the Moderator: Kay House (strigidae)	12
Flumignan, Rob	A Murderous Art: Theme and the Modern Mystery	12
Francis, Jim	Storytelling for Children	12
Gifford, Lazette	Deron Douglas of DDP Publishing	12
Gifford, Lazette	Do More Than See ...	12
Harlowe, J.	How Holly Lisle's Vision Led Me to $7,000 in Sales (and Counting)	12
Hoefler, Matthias	Limning the Fire of Jazz	12
Labloch, S.	The Healthy Writer	12
Meganathan, Radhika	Taking The Plunge	12
Mercik, K. R.	The Arts in Worldbuilding: Music For Your Fantasy World	12
Ravenscroft, John	So--Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?	12
Sloan, Robert A.	Writing Effective Dreams	12
Smith, Theresa	Can Genre Fiction be Art?	12
Stephenson, Carol	Revision Letters: Wide Angle and Zoom Lenses Required	12
Ward, Andi, and June Drexler	Plotting the Romance Novel	12
West, Eric	Why I Like My Fantasy Ole Skool (In Defense of All Things Elvish)	12

Issue 13

Author	Title	Issue
	What Makes Good Characters?	13
Adams, Linda	Characters From the Soul	13
Billing, Bob	Changing the Valves: How to be Memorably Wrong in Science Fiction	13
Brewer, Laura	When Characters Develop Minds of Their Own	13
Catron, Louis E.	'A Touch of Madness' -- the Writer as Actor	13
Chaisson, Jon	Stepping to Center Stage: Why It's Good When Tertiary Characters Hog the Camera	13
Cole, Kim L.	A Dark and Stormy Night	13
Cowgill, Bonnie	Characters and Settings: The Choices People Make	13
Drexler, June	Meet the Moderators: June Drexler	13
Durham, Sandra C.	Getting Started in Fantasy Writing	13
Gifford, Lazette	Clad in the Beauty of a Thousand Stars	13
Gifford, Lazette	Going With Plan B: an Interview With Sharon Lee and Steve Miller	13
Gifford, Lazette	This Is Not a Test ... Epublishing In the Real World	13
Gifford, Russ	Mystery Writing: Taking a Clue From the Pros	13
Kiddle, Nick	Using the Plot-Character Interaction	13
Kurilla, Peggy	Full Fathom	13
Lieu, Rang	Characters in Absentia: When Less Is More	13
Lisle, Holly	How to Get There From Here: the Magic of Goals	13
MacKirin, Feath	Characters Are People	13
Meganathan, Radhika	Two Books on Freelance Writing	13
mistri	The Slushpile	13
Mounfield, Jenny	A Reject Is Born: www.rejectwriters.com	13
Ward, Cassandra	Forward Motion Writing Community Puzzle!	13

Issue 14

Author	Title	Issue
Baker, Gerri	Name, Name, Who's Got the Name? Various Name Websites	14
Born, Melissa S.	An Empty Room	14
Caple, Connor	Is It All Work and No Play for Jack?	14
Chaisson, Jon	Worldbuilding: From Hometown to Galaxy's End	14
Cowgill, Bonnie	You're Going to Wear White? In the Winter?	14
Dechant, Lola	Poetry: Finding Inspiration	14
Feete, Kat	The Devil's in the Details	14
Gifford, Lazette	The Choices in Ebook Publishing	14
Gifford, Lazette	In the Company of Julie Czerneda	14
Gohr, Elizabeth	World Enough, and Time	14
Hellmann, Tony	A Comment on Parallel Worlds	14
Howick, Jos	The Reality Gap -- or Do My Characters Know the Truth?	14
Hoyt, Gabrielle Bradeen	Clothes Make the Man (or Woman, or Elf...)	14
Kurilla, Peggy	Plotting For the Organic Writer	14
Kurilla, Peggy	Using Science in Fantasy	14
Lieu, Rang	A Heterogenous World	14
Lisle, Holly	Saving the World Through Typing	14
Reeves, Sam	Invisible Questions: Creating Narrative Flow	14
Robertson, June Drexler	Worldbuilding and the Chaos Mind	14
Scalise, Greg	Putting Your Stars In Their Places	14
Serdy, Valerie	Taking Your Senses Beyond Description	14
Sloan, Robert A.	Organic Worldbuilding	14
Steeves BJ	BJ Steeves	14
Swain, Steven	Not All That Is Known	14
Ward, Andi	The Complete Crime Reference Book by Martin Roth	14
Ward, Cassandra	Puzzle: Romantic Fiction Board	14
Wright, Ellen	Name-building--What's In a Name?	14

Issue 15

Author	Title	Issue
Baker, Gerri	How to Steal a Story	15
Baker, Gerri	Nine-Act Structure Home Page	15
Billing, Bob	Selling Non-Fiction	15
Brown, Kate	Mind Mapping Your Plot	15
Cates, JD	Room to Write: Daily Invitations to a Writer's Life by Bonni Goldberg	15
Chaisson, Jon	Better Writing Through Organized Chaos	15
Cobern, T. L.	A Dash of This and a Sprinkle of That: Recognizing the Individuality of SF	15
Dunne, Jennifer	Character-Based Outlining Using Dramatica	15
Durham, Sandra C.	Review of Power Structure: Story Development Software	15
Gifford, Lazette	It's Just a Phase	15
Gifford, Lazette	What's In a Name? Interviewing Rosemary Edghill	15
Heiser, Krista	My Imaginary Outline and Me	15
Kelly, Sheila	Writing the Novel Synopsis	15
Kurilla, Peggy	Using Technology in Fantasy: "But What If I Press This Button?"	15
MacKirin, Feath	The Joy of Accent	15
Marshall, Bob	Novel Outlines: a Case Study of Two Novels	15
Schara, Jean A.	Remember the Audience	15
Serdy, Valerie	Critiquing the New Writer	15
Ward, Andi	Puzzle	15
West, Eric	Creating Slang: Ashamandoo's Armpits, Balluviel's Belly Button	15

Issue 16

Author	Title	Issue
Baker, Gerri	Making a Good Writer Great by Linda Seger	16
Chaisson, Jon	Chaotic Writing II: Like One Giant Jigsaw Puzzle	16
Czerneda, Julie E.	Who Let Me Become a Writer?	16
Derbyshire, Katherine	Writing Without a Net: Organizing Without Outlines	16
Eady, Marianne	Why I Hate the Bad Guys	16
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Visit From the Muse	16
Gifford, Lazette	Bending the Rules of Publishing: an Interview with Stephen Pagel of Meisha Merlin Publishing	16
Gifford, Lazette	Titles Are Shadows	16
Gifford, Lazette	Working With Projects	16
Gould, K. J.	Cultural Literacy: a Beginner's Muse	16
Kurilla, Peggy	Patching It Up	16
Kurilla, Peggy	Timelines	16
Lisle, Holly	Time and First Person	16
Sikorsky, Tina	Villains, Part One: Putting the Ill Into Villains: Villain Motivations and Characterizations	16
Sikorsky, Tina	Villains, Part Two: Sympathy For the Devil: Looking Through the Villain's Eyes	16
Starkweather, Alison	Tangled Fingers and Jumbled Keys	16
Watts, Lorianne	Being a Teenage Writer	16

Issue 17

Author	Title	Issue
Adams, Linda	Consequences of Your Character's Actions	17
Chaisson, Jon	Life After Chaotic Writing: the Dreaded Revision	17
Cole, Kimmy	Writing through the Blues	17
Comer, Valerie	Attitude Adjustments	17
Dorr, Robert	Making Revision Enjoyable	17
Eady, Marianne	Bridging the Gap	17
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	The Tarnished Crown	17
Gianakos, Maria	The Internet History Sourcebook Project	17
Gifford, Lazette	Alien Views: an Interview With Wen Spencer	17
Gifford, Lazette	Rewriting the Beast	17
Harlowe, J.	Paying Attention Pays Dividends	17
Harris, E. B.	Learning Copyediting Symbols	17
Hoyt, Gabrielle Bradeen	How Original Is Your Story?	17
Kurilla, Peggy	Sometimes the Magic Works by Terry Brooks	17
Norris, Shana Perry	Clocks of Your World	17
Roddie, Alex	The Dangers of Permanent Revision Syndrome	17
Wiltgren, Filip	Some Advice For Selling Nonfiction	17

Issue 18

Author	Title	Issue
	Looking to the New Year	18
	What Draws People to NaNoWriMo: a Survey of Forward Motion Members	18
Chaisson, Jon	Writing Against the Odds	18
Comer, Valerie	Character Driven Plotting	18
Feete, Kat	Artificial Intelligence, Part I	18
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Taking the Plunge	18
Gifford, Lazette	Editorial Intrusions	18
Gifford, Lazette	NaNoWriMo Madness: an Interview With Chris Baty, the Man Behind the Curtain	18
Gifford, Lazette	Websites For People Who Need Help Fast	18
Kurilla, Peggy	Money Management for the Creative Person	18
Lisle, Holly	How to Write Suckitudinous Fiction	18
Meganathan, Radhika	Writer's Fatigue -- a Guide to the Ailments That Affect Writers of all Ages	18
Parks, Chelley	Anatomy of a Critique	18
Roddie, Alex	Essential Equipment for Writers	18
Sandstedt, Teri	Letting Go	18
Smith, Heidi Elizabeth	Outlining Through the Block	18
Ward, Andi	Hello. Please Buy My Book	18
Watts, Lorianne	Defying Deadlines	18
Wright, Ellen	My First Time	18

Issue 19

Author	Title	Issue
	Why Write That Genre? a Survey of Writers	19
Campbell, Mike	After All, It's Just Fantasy! Some Words on Swords and the Like	19
Comer, Valerie	Cal State's World Building Course	19
Crispin, Jennifer	Defining the Genres	19
Durham, Sandra C.	The Writer's Digest Writing Clinic	19
Duvall, Gina R.	What If	19
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #1	19
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Sociological Science Fiction Defined	19
Gifford, Lazette	Different Genres and Approaches: an Examination of Romance and Science Fiction	19
Gifford, Lazette	Fear Not the Hurling Monkey: an Interview With Selina Rosen	19
Gifford, Lazette	Resurrecting Old Stories	19
Gifford, Russ	Five Important Tools in Microsoft Word	19
Horbatenko, Sherry Norman	Fantasy for Children	19
Kuykendall, Ann	The Lure of Magic	19
Stanchfield, Justin	The Fever	19
Wojtasiewicz, Theresa	Why I Hunt Flying Saucers	19

Issue 20

Author	Title	Issue
Chaisson, Jon	Writing Novels	20
Cravit. Joanna	How I Planned My First Novel	20
Edwards, J. M. III	Conquering Writer's Block	20
Feete, Kat	Brothers and Others: Creating Aliens That Aren't Alienating	20
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Footsteps to a Novel	20
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #2	20
Gianakos, Maria	The World Heritage Tour Site	20
Gifford, Lazette	The Freedom to Write	20
Gifford, Russ	Using Microsoft Word To Cut Through the Hesitation Shuffle	20
Gifford, Russell	Time, Space and Mark Tiedemann	20
Kurilla, Peggy	NaNo Reflections	20
Paulk, Kate	A Little Bit of Science...	20
Rucker, Crista	Keys to Great Endings	20
Tribolo, Leah	Create a Writing Collage	20
Ward, Andi	Painless Grammar	20

Issue 21

Author	Title	Issue
Bonanno, D. M.	Conquering the Short Story	21
Chaisson, Jon	Getting (Think) Tanked	21
Comer, Valerie	Diary of a New Short Story Writer	21
Comer, Valerie	Websites for Christian Writers of Genre Fiction	21
Dickens, Leigha	Advantages of Short Story Writing	21
Eck, Karen	Catching the Cat's Tale	21
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	From First to Final: Steps for Honing Your Short Story	21
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #3	21
Garrison, Darwin A.	Setting Wise Goalposts	21
Gifford, Lazette	Almost Random Events	21
Gifford, Lazette	The Delicacy of Short Stories	21
Gifford, Lazette	Leading Us to Sanctuary: an Interview With Lynn Abbey	21
Johnston, Joshua	The Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency as a Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less	21
Meshack, Betty L.	Research and Worldbuilding For Those Who Hate Libraries	21
Peugh, Cheryl	The Short Story: Science Fiction's Lifeblood	21
Swain, Steven	Finding Ta Taglegebol	21
Tribolo, Leah	Namestorming: Naming Your Characters Appropriately	21

Issue 22

Author	Title	Issue
Caffrey, Barb	On Collaboration	22
Connolly-Reisner, S. J.	Dealing With Criticism	22
Crispin, Jennifer	Science Websites for Writers	22
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Dare to Be Blunt	22
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #4	22
Garrison, Darwin A.	Evoke Versus Invoke: Showing Rather Than Telling in Your Prose	22
Gifford, Lazette	Creating the Useful Critique	22
Gifford, Lazette	Duology: an Interview With Victoria Strauss	22
Keene, Courtney	Dragons, Sorcerors, and Mis-Capitalized Words: How to Properly Critique a Work of Fantasy	22
Palmer, James M.	Coping With the Day Job	22
Russell, Steven E.	When Nouns and Verbs Collide	22
Schutzman, Bonnie Randall	Guns, Germs, and Steel: the Fates of Human Societies	22
Ward, Andi	The Importance of Self-Critique	22
Watts, Lorianne N.	The Other Voice: Learning How to Give (and Handle!) Critiques	22
Wroble, Lisa A.	Full Flavor Writing	22

Issue 23

Author	Title	Issue
Billing, Robert	Nonfiction Idea to Publication	23
Comer, Valerie	Writing With a Road Map	23
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #5	23
Garrison, Darwin A.	Your Outline Is Your Friend	23
Gifford, Lazette	How To Go Crazy Once a Year	23
Gifford, Lazette	Talk To Your Characters	23
Gifford, Lazette	Waiting For Ghosts: an Interview With Tamara Siler Jones	23
Glazar, Marilyn	Creature Building 101: Part 1	23
Glazar, Marilyn	Creature Building 101: Part 2	23
Hastings, Victoria	Starting Out: a Guide for Young Writers	23
Kuykendall, Ann	Mythology in a Click: the Encyclopedia Mythica	23
Peake, Marilyn	How to Start Marketing Your Book	23
Schara, Jean A.	I Hate Outlining. Do You?	23
Shawning, M. V.	Examining Film's Two-Goal Plotting	23
Tribolo, Leah	Hunting Your Agent	23
Ward, Andi	Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook	23
Wilson, Mary K.	The Lure Of Bad Publishers	23

Issue 24

Author	Title	Issue
	Writing Hopes and Plans for 2005	24
Banks, G. B.	Forming a Bond With Your Readers	24
Chaisson, Jon	A Toy For the Spatially Confused Writer	24
Comer, Valerie	Global Mapping the Non-Tech Way	24
Drees, Danielle	Best Thing Since the Rock and Chisel	24
Ferguson, Meryl Anne	Too Much Fun: a Review of Patricia C. Wrede's World Building Questions	24
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #6	24
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	To Write Or Not To Write: a Personal Narrative on Voice Recognition	24
Gifford, Lazette	How Much Do You Want What You Want? An Interview With Holly Lisle	24
Glazar, Marilyn	Creature Building 101: Part 3	24
Glazar, Marilyn	Creature Building 101: Part 4	24
Kaufman, Rachel	Why NaNo?	24
Kavanagh, Gail	Camera, Action, Prompt!	24
Lisle, Holly	Creating Conflict: or, the Joys of Boiling Oil	24
McTyson, Jayda	If I Knew Then...	24
Meshack, Betty L.	Developing a Thick Skin: How to Accept Criticism	24
Nipper, Carter	"Why Do You Write That Crap?" The Necessity of Horror	24
Schara, Jean A.	Eats, Shoots & Leaves: the Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation	24
Tribolo, Leah	Using Natural Laws to Achieve Success	24
Watts, Lorianne N.	Soft Spots in Steel Armor	24
Wroble, Lisa A.	How Hurricanes Toyed With My Writing	24

Issue 25

Author	Title	Issue
	Cover Blurb	25
Chaisson, Jon	Writer's Block? Watch a Movie!	25
Dawson, Jeri-Tallee	Have Fun and Persevere	25
Dawson, Kathleen	Pencil Mug	25
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #7	25
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Reviewing a Magazine Before Submission	25
Gifford, Lazette	Using Your Favorite Book as a Guide	25
Gifford, Lazette	Writing Adventures in 2005	25
Gifford, Russ	Without a Fear of Words: an Interview With Lazette Gifford	25
Nipper, Carter	Done to Undeath: Vampire Cliches That Suck the Life From Your Stories	25
Nipper, Carter	Getting to Know All About You: Web Sites for Character Building	25
Richards, Kim	Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get it Published	25

Issue 26

Author	Title	Issue
	Cover Blurb Entries and New Writing Exercise	26
Billing, Robert	The Write Stuff: Aviation for Authors	26
Bonanno, D. M.	Research On the Go	26
Dawe, Jolene	The Sacrifice of Writing	26
Dickens, Leigha	A Model for Knowing Your Character	26
Elema, Ariella	The Household Cyclopedia and Catherine Parr Traill's Female Emigrant's Guide	26
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #8	26
Gifford, Lazette	Organizing Research	26
Gifford, Russell	Riding Out the Storm: an Interview with Rachel Caine	26
Kaufman, Rachel	Research: Who Needs It?	26
Keeney, Belea T.	The Weekend Novelist by Robert J. Ray	26
McCracken, Desiree A.	Keeping Your Research Researchable	26
Miller, Christa M.	Expert Witnesses: Choosing and Interviewing Subjects	26
Moye, Stacey	The Pitfalls of Researching Unawares	26
Offutt, Paula	Researching and the 'Net	26

Issue 27

Author	Title	Issue
Chaisson, Jon	Chapter One, or Welcome to My Novel!	27
Cohen, Lisa Janice	Punch Up Your Prose With Poetry	27
Comer, Valerie	A Treasure Trove: www.hollylisle.com	27
Eason, Julie Anne	The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing	27
Feete, Kat	Writing Hooks (Not Crooks)	27
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #9	27
Garrison, Darwin A.	It's Okay to Grieve	27
Gifford, Lazette	Four Steps for Working Up Openings	27
Gifford, Lazette	A Multitude of Catie: C. E. Murphy	27
Kraft, Lenny	Letting Your Subconscious Do the Work	27
Miller, Christa M.	How Writing Nonfiction Can Help Your Fiction	27
Offutt, Paula	Alternative Keyboards	27
Rasey, Michelle R.	Openings for Lunatics	27
Reisner, S. J.	What's the Point?	27
Teler, Eyal	Some TLC for Your Opening Paragraphs	27

Issue 28

Author	Title	Issue
Chaisson, Jon	Blogging: It's Not Just for Journals Anymore!	28
Eason, Julie Anne	Absolute Write	28
Eason, Julie Anne	Absolutely Jenna Glatzer	28
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #10	28
Gifford, Lazette	Two Paths to Book Publication	28
Goodwill, Amy C.	Are You WUI -- Writing Under the Influence?	28
Horner, Emily	How to Read Like a Writer	28
LeBlanc, Giselle	Simple Secrets to Becoming a Writer	28
Lisle, Holly	Scene Creation Workshop	28
Murthy, Mamta	On Writing Short Stories by Francine Prose and Tom Bailey	28
Nipper, Carter	If the Front Door is Closed Try the Window: the Small Press Alternative	28
Pease, Dorry C.	Keyboarding Hazards: How to Write on the Computer and Stay Healthy	28
Warner, Collette	Into the Coffin	28
Wilson, Mary K.	Book Reviews for Writers: How to Get the Most From What You Read	28

Issue 29

Author	Title	Issue
Adams, Linda	The Joy of Thrillers	29
Comer, Valerie	The Changing Face of Christian Fiction	29
Eason, Julie Anne	Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer	29
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #11	29
Gifford, Lazette	SF and Looking to the Future	29
Gifford, Lazette	What is Your Market	29
Gifford, Lazette	A Woman of Many Talents: S.L. Viehl	29
Hartshorn, Erin	International Thriller Writers' Website	29
Kayla LH	Fantasy, the Unreality	29
Kincy, Karen	Questing for a Name	29
Kraft, Lenny	Nuggets of Wonder	29
Miller, Sandra	Why Write? And Why Write Fantasy?	29
Nipper, Carter	Short Story Submission and the Death of Trees	29
Saint Martin, Rob	Potential in Spandex	29
Wagner, Jim	In the Country of the Mind	29
Winter, Mary	The Many Faces of Romance	29

Issue 30

Author	Title	Issue
Arellano, Joel	No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty	30
Bocco, Diana	The Importance of Not Growing Up: an Interview with Ellen Jackson	30
Comer, Valerie	Beyond Celtic	30
Curtis, Lafayette C.	Character Sheets as a Teaching Tool	30
Feete, Kat	Who is Mary Sue?	30
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #12	30
Gifford, Lazette	Characters Beneath the Skin	30
Hartshorn, Erin	Boosting Productivity	30
Hightside, Carol	Listening to the Voices in My Head	30
Howes, Brendan	Reverence For the Archaic Tools of Writing	30
Kincy, Karen	Did You Forget Body Language?	30
Kneale, Heidi Wessman	Workshopping and Critique	30
McDaniel, Bonnie	The Spice and Wampum of Characters	30
Nipper, Carter	Studies in Lines and Shadows: Character Development in Short Stories	30
Pease, Dorry Catherine	Who Is That Character?	30

Issue 31

Author	Title	Issue
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #13	31
Gifford, Lazette	The Basics of Setting	31
Gifford, Lazette	The Research Shelf	31
Gifford, Lazette	Space Cowboy: an Interview with Justin Stanchfield	31
Hartshorn, Erin	The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp (with Mark Reiter)	31
Kraft, Lenny	Let the Outline Flow	31
Krajco, Kathy	Writing to the Imagination	31
Norris, Shana Perry	Agent Query	31
Simmons, Jerry D.	A Writer's Dream	31
Tobin, E. F.	Writing in Syn	31
Tudor, Jessica Corra	When Goblins Sing: Poetry in Prose	31
Warner, Scott	Writing for the Trades	31
Winter, Mary	Technology for Writers (Part 1): the Price of Obsolescence	31

Issue 32

Author	Title	Issue
Adams, Linda	Thriller: Writing the Action Scene	32
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #14	32
Gifford, Lazette	Darrell Bain -- Stepping Into the Future	32
Gifford, Lazette	Painting a Scene	32
Gifford, Lazette	The Research Shelf	32
Hartshorn, Erin	The Plot Thickens by Noah Lukeman	32
Hightower, Cliff	Writing the Freelance Newspaper Article	32
LaChappelle, BJ	Defeating Procrastination	32
McNarie, Kathy	A Question of Style	32
Ohi, Debbie Ridpath	Before You Respond to an Online Job Listing	32
Stewart, Gene	Writer's Postage Chart	32
Warner, Scott	Have Bias, Will Write	32
Williams, J. G.	Critters Workshop	32
Wiltgren, Filip	The 7-Day Blockbusting Crash Course	32
Winter, Mary	Technology for Writers (Part 2): Performing a Personal Technology Audit	32
Wroble, Lisa	Speaking of Dialogue	32

Issue 33

Author	Title	Issue
Allen, Moira	Four Ways to Bring Settings to Life	33
Finley, Elayna	Emotions in a Can	33
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #15	33
Gifford, Lazette	Lee Martindale: Renaissance Woamn With Attitude	33
Gifford, Lazette	Painting With Words	33
Hickman, Terry	Get a Grip -- In the First 131 Words	33
Jones, Jules	Elements of Arousal: How to Write and Sell Gay Men's Erotica (2nd Edition of Lavender Blue) by Lars Eighner	33
Loofbourrow, Patricia	The Writer's Guide to Medical Websites	33
Moir, Carolyn	Organizing Submissions	33
Murry, Rodger	The Ordinary Woman	33
Park, Darin	Bridging the Gap (On Writing)	33
Schara, Jean	Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print, 2nd Edition by Rennit Browne and Dave King	33
Schutzman, Bonnie R.	The Internet Sacred Texts Archive	33
Steeves, BJ	What Happened to the 'Science' in Science Fiction?	33
Wiener, Suzan L.	How to Win Writing Contests	33
Winter, Mary	Technology for Writers (Part 3): Backups, They Don't Just Save Data	33
Wroble, Lisa	KISS Your Readers, Show You Care	33

Issue 34

Author	Title	Issue
Campbell, William	Beef Up Your Verbs With E-Prime	34
Comer, Valerie, and Erin Hartshorn	Hare Today and Plot Tomorrow: Plot Bunny Purchase Agreement	34
Copeman, Dawn	Writing World	34
Dalton, H. Scott	What is Historical Fiction?	34
Fisk, Margaret McGaffey	Mar's Market Report #16	34
Gifford, Lazette	Finding Your Own Path: an Interview With Bruce Holland Rogers	34
Gifford, Lazette	The Observation Diary	34
Gifford, Lazette	The Writing Comes First Campaign	34
Hartshorn, Erin, and Valerie Comer	Hare Today and Plot Tomorrow: Plot Bunny Purchase Agreement	34
Khan, Ahmed A.	Lateral Thinking for Writers	34

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