We’ve heard a lot about personal feedback lately. We like it, we love it, we want some more of it. At the same time, I’m here to say that form rejections are our friends. Why? Well, here are a couple of reasons. I currently have over 200 stories to read through. Believe me, I strap a [...]
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Personal Feedback, or, Form Rejections Are Our Friends
Posted in Writing, tagged don't be "that guy", form rejections, Mercedes M. Yardley, personal feedback, rejection, Shock Totem, tales from a slush bunny, thicker skin, Writing on May 1, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Five No-Fee Writing Contests
Posted in Writing, tagged Binnacle, Bulwer-Lytton, frugality, Glass Woman Prize, Mercedes M. Yardley, Shock Totem, Whidbey Island Student Choice Award, writing contests on April 5, 2011 | 9 Comments »
I love a good contest. Even more than a good contest, I love a good contest without a reading fee. Back when I was in college, one of my teachers advised us to stay away from fee-based contests. “You’re writers,” he pointed out. (He also pointed out that we were college students, which was painfully obvious [...]
Shock Totem Has A New Blog. And It’s Awesome.
Posted in Writing, tagged forum mod, information, join us!, new blog, Shock Totem, writing challenges on March 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Seriously, I love this cover so much that I want it for wall art in my home. Would my sweet husband agree? Probably not so much. Perhaps I’ll hang it over my writing desk. Anyway! Shock Totem has a new blog to go with our shiny new website. The blog is constantly updated with new information. Book, [...]
Five Important Lessons I Learned By Reading Slush
Posted in Writing, tagged Hey I'm right there with you, Shock Totem, slush tips, tales from a slush reader on January 17, 2011 | 8 Comments »
1. If your cover letter is bizarre/arrogant/horrifyingly uninformed, you’re sabotaging yourself. I make a special point to read the submissions blind because too many writers shoot themselves in the foot. (More on that in a later post.) 2. Well, whaddya know, this business really is subjective! And we thought that was just a brush-off line. [...]
Shock Totem Interview at Ramblings of a Tattooed Head
Posted in Writing, tagged interview, Shock Totem, Simon Marshall Jones on July 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
So Simon Marshall Jones is hosting an interview with the Shock Totem staff at his site Ramblings of a Tattooed Head. He said, “Why do you write?” and then basically let us interview ourselves, which was a big mistake. After a zillion rather creative deviations and a moment or two spent in red-light territory, I [...]
Shock Totem Issue #2
Posted in Writing, tagged Cate Gardner, Issue #2, Kurt Newton, Shock Totem, woo hoo! on June 22, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Issue #2 of Shock Totem is coming out on July 1st. I can’t tell you how excited I am! It will be the first issue out since I was on staff, and I can’t wait to see it. Here is the illustrious TOC: * To Be Titled: An editorial, by K. Allen Wood * The [...]
Where Have I Been?
Posted in Writing, tagged Shock Totem, taking the plunge, Willaims Syndrome on February 13, 2010 | 13 Comments »
You know how you get that writer’s high? The I Can Do Anything/I’m King Of The World/Life Is A Bowl Of Cherries feeling? Yeah, well, I haven’t been feeling that. But I’ve been close. Issue #2 of Shock Totem is slated for mid-March, and that’s very exciting. As some of you know, I’m the nonfiction [...]
Shock Totem’s First Writing Contest!
Posted in Writing, tagged prizes, Shock Totem, writing contest on January 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
So Shock Totem is having it’s first writing contest, and I’m in charge. Bwa ha ha ha! Here are the official rules: The Official Shock Totem Flash Contest Rules Hey cats. We’re kicking off our first Shock Totem Writing Contest. It’s going to be a monthly thing, and here are the official rules. 1. The [...]
What A Prize!
Posted in Writing, tagged contest, Kurt Newton, Mercedes M. Yardley, Shock Totem, Tweet the Meat on October 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So, this rocks. Enter Tweet the Meat’s Halloween contest, and what can you win? A copy of Shock Totem’s debut issue, signed by the very scary Kurt Newton and the not-so-scary Yours Truly! Or I can be scary. Whatever you wish.
Plagiarism Ticks Us Right Off. Obviously.
Posted in Writing, tagged Aaron Polson, Plagiarism, R.M. Valentine, Richard Ridyard, Shock Totem, Stephen King, The Boogeyman on September 30, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Wow. This hit and it hit HARD. By now most of you are familiar with the idea that a person going by the name Richard Ridyard submitted a plagiarized version of Stephen King’s “The Boogeyman” in to the magazine that I work for, Shock Totem. We immediately contacted Mr. King’s people and got the ball [...]
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