by PennyFreeman | Sep 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
COMING OCTOBER 4, 2014 Nations rise and fall by the power of magic and the wizards who wield it. Find Arrington on the web: Website | Facebook | Twitter Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
by PennyFreeman | Sep 18, 2014 | Editor's Notes
BY TERRI WAGNER What Did You Mean? An editor and a writer go into a bar . . . Heard that one yet? It ends badly for both. Why? Irony. The two people most likely to have appropriate, effective words at their disposal, don’t! They make rookie mistakes. When the editor...
by PennyFreeman | Sep 16, 2014 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY MERILYN OBLAD My high school English teacher liked shocking her students in any way that she could. She was an ardent KISS fan (picture a five foot nothing 56 year old woman dressed in full KISS regalia and makeup for Halloween). But that was just for physical...
by PennyFreeman | Sep 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
GRAPHICS BY MCKENNA GARDNER & HEIDI BIRCH TEXT BY PENNY FREEMAN Editor’s Note: As an increasing number of staff members and authors of The X are appearing on panels at conventions and other events, they have been requested to make their presentations public....
by PennyFreeman | Sep 11, 2014 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY PENNY FREEMAN How many times have you said this to yourself (or someone else): I just can’t write today. I’ve got stuff going on. And you can’t—not really. You can’t work on your current project when your whole mind/heart/soul is consumed with your stuff. So,...