Not counting my Shadowrun work, I’ve had a total of six stories accepted for publication with only three of them returned to me with editor requested revisions. In fact, they...
What cannot be taxed, cannot be appraised, and yet has unparalleled value? Networking. It doesn’t take a lot to network. All you have to do is introduce yourself to people...
Tied In: The Business, History and Craft of Media Tie-In Writing is now available in hard copy on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Tied-Business-History-Tie-Writing/dp/1453716106/. I just got my comp copy in the mail yesterday and...
News: Shadowrun’s Corporate Guide (for which I wrote the Mitsuhama chapter) has a street date of July 21st, 2010. Whee! Real Life: It intrudes on everyone, writer or not. No...
It’s official! Catalyst Game Labs has released the Corporate Guide, a new sourcebook for the Shadowrun role-playing game. It’s an electronic .pdf for sale on Battleshop and DriveThruRPG.com. Pre-Orders for...
Guess what? I was able to take my travel, lodgings and tuition for Viable Paradise off my taxes for 2009 because I’m claiming writing as my self-employed side business. WHOOHOO....
Overworked, overstimulated and utterly exhausted. That has been my modus operandi since returning from Viable Paradise. I spoke at SQL Saturday 21 in Orlando Florida last weekend. Haven’t had a chance...
Barely half a week after returning from Viable Paradise (a creative writing course), I’m taking "The Essentials of Business Writing" for my day job. Interestingly enough, one of the first...
I have survived…. Going to an intense workshop to get your baby, your joy, the love of your life ripped to shreds by famous editors and authors is an interesting...
So I’ve had anthologies on the brain and it occurs to me this morning that I’ve been seeing a trend. And so have other people. When I attended Oasis a...
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.
