Part of being a professional writer is ensuring your submissions meet format guidelines. William Shunn developed a set of format guidelines, originally published in December 1998 edition of Writers Write: The Internet Writing Journal. He also provides a set of templates on his site, but …

I just finished reading Tom Piccirilli’s A Choir of Ill Children–for the second time. I read it back in February and decided that to do it any justice, I needed to set it aside and reread it. It’s not an overly complex book, but I’m not used to the Southern style. The last …

This is the last of a three-part journal on How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Edited by J. N. Williamson, a collection of How-To articles by some of the best horror writers, circa 1987. Part one covered chapters 1-8; part two covered chapters 9-18.

The advice found in …