Whether the guidelines say so explicitly or not — and they shouldn’t have to say so — do not send a rough draft. Do not send a first or second draft. Send a finished, polished, spell-checked, grammar-checked, read and reread work that you would be delighted to pay cash money for.

Because nothing says “Christmas” like people flogging merchandise, amIright? So here’s a free sample of one of the stories in my new fantasy short story collection, SHIFTY. The stories are based on the world of my SAGE fantasy trilogy, but they’re independent of it. In…

Sweetie Pie Turner here, MomGoth’s mom’s cat. I used to have a little brother named Ozzy. (There I am, in the background.) I didn’t like him much. First, he was a suck-up, always wanting to sit in Mom’s lap and be cuddled. I’m more dignified…