Imagine, if you will, a lone violin playing a poignant, lonely song that raises in tone, then lowers in sweet sympathy. You do have to imagine it, because the guy I...
I’m in a weird mood today, so I thought I’d share my list on the best ways to be a writer and fail at it. If you have anything you’d...
Think fast. What do these three things have in common? Turtle. Watermelon. Sex Worker. They are the prompts for a short story, 5000 words, to be featured in an upcoming...
Last year, I made lots of friends at the Nebula Awards. This year too. Getting together to just hang around in a no pressure atmosphere, talk about our pets, our favorite...
This is my second year at the SFWA Nebula Awards Weekend. I’ve noticed a lot of the same questions and behavior both years by non-writers or, as Bear puts it,...
So what do you do when your contract has a different description of the anthology than the email invite? Nothing. If you’re seeing the contract, chances are you’ll already have...
SFWA Authors of all flavors will be doing a mass autograph session on Friday, May 20th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Washington Hilton (1919 Connecticut NW) in Washington...
According to the New York Times, I read my fantasy for the sex. Which surprises me, because I always thought I loved the complex characters, intriguing world-building, and stimulating plot...
Following up on my previous post, Creating #Excel Templates in #SQLServer #SSIS, this post walks you through how to use that template for new files. I should note that I...
It’s sad to think the people, or characters, who influenced us as children could possibly be mortal. I logged onto Twitter one last time tonight, only to see a tweet...
Brandie Tarvin is an author and tie-in writer and a copy editor. In addition to her original fiction, she has written SQL Server articles, Shadowrun: The Role Playing Game sourcebook material and fiction as well as a piece for Hasbro’s Transformers. She currently lives in Florida with her family and is owned by two cats.
