The Ciel Show for Saturday, February 25, 2012

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Saturday, February 25, 2012

At the end of the first full day at Galaxy Fest...

quite a number of people have expressed an interest in having me look at their work, and one of them is Denise Crosby. Name rings a bell? Fans of STAR TREK The Next Generation will know it: the actress who played Tasha Yar for a couple of seasons. I was not a Tasha fan. But the lady herself is friendly and relaxed and glad to chat, and as it happens she wants to get back into writing again, and said she'd send me some material she published before, a chap-book of short stories. This is a... Sign in to see full entry.

...and topping the week's thrills...

It's lovely to get it right. I did indeed find many people pleased indeed to meet an editor/writing coach who would rather work for a noob writer, and get paid a little and respected, than for a publisher who... I will say no more about. But, interestingly, one of the first people I handed my card to, happens to be a publisher. His company, a small press, he says is always looking for editors. I explained my perspective: I would be delighted to have him refer writers to me out-of-house to help... Sign in to see full entry.

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