Around the Web

I found all kinds of interesting tid-bits around the web the last few days, hope you find them interesting as well.

Juliette Wade has an great post with links to information sites about mental disorders. As she explains, if a writer understands the illness/disorder he has given his character he can create a fuller, more realistic character. http://talktoyouniverse.blogspot.com/2010/09/so-your-characters-insane-what-does.html A hat tip to Charles Tan for this link.

This one is for David in particular, but if you've ever wondered how a writer's imagination works this is one of the greatest peeks into a writer's mind I've ever read. It's titled, "Never Whistle While You're Pissing" and written by S. Metze. http://allthingswriting.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-blog-lot.html

And this last essay is by Steve Weddle over at Do Some Damage. Steve takes a look at some of the writing "advice" that's floating around the 'net. http://dosomedamage.blogspot.com/2010/09/writing-advice-what-they-wont-tell-you.html

If you haven't already heard, there's a new issue of Plots with Gun out there in the ether for you noir fans. http://www.plotswithguns.com

Rey Gonzalez has stepped down as editor of the Flash Fiction Offensive http://theflashfictionoffensive.blogspot.com/ and they're looking for a new editor to helm this flash zine extension of Out of the Gutter magazine. If you're interested in the job you can contact them through this link. http://www.gutterbooks.com/2010/05/contact-us.html

Wicked East Press https://sites.google.com/a/wickedeastpress.com/wicked-east-press/ has listed 5 more anthology calls. The pay is 1 copy except for the flash antho which is a 4theluv call.

And Cullen Gallagher over at Pulp Serenade has restarted his Stories for Sunday series and I have to say that I was pretty pleased to see my story, "In God's Own Time" included in his choices along with Paul Brazill's story at A Twist of Noir and BTaP's latest offering "Icarus on the Cliffs" by Katherine A. Russell. It was a pleasant start to a rainy Monday morning. http://www.pulpserenade.com Thanks, Cullen!!