tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59023344735531321912024-02-19T02:20:55.960-04:00Third Person PressSherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650690815813916804noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-10862035728542091452018-06-29T10:35:00.002-03:002018-06-29T10:35:44.879-03:00CaperCon 2018We're pleased to share the news that we'll be back at <a href="http://www.capercon.ca/" target="_blank">CaperCon 2018</a> as vendors! Stop by and see our collection of Cape Breton SF/F/H titles!<br />
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<br />Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650690815813916804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-86162662690678646612018-02-01T15:01:00.000-04:002018-02-01T15:01:04.539-04:00The Local NPCJames FW Thompson's <i>Rise of the Mudmen</i> is also available in Sydney at The Local NPC on Charlotte Street.<br />
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<br />Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650690815813916804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-41849208819137910802017-11-06T19:04:00.003-04:002017-11-06T19:05:53.626-04:00Atomic Records & Collectibles<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09112690492064337429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-20464982414066573052017-11-01T22:42:00.000-03:002017-11-01T22:42:20.745-03:00An Evening with James FW Thompson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650690815813916804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-42162728146110854902017-10-15T14:49:00.000-03:002017-10-15T14:50:17.669-03:00Meet James FW Thompson!<h3>
An Interview with the Author of <i>Rise of the Mudmen</i></h3>
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<i>Rise of the Mudmen </i>will be released on October 20-22, 2017 at CaperCon in Sydney, Nova Scotia and will be available for purchase at the convention all weekend. It will be available subsequently online in print and ebook versions in all the usual places including <a href="http://www.thirdpersonpress.com/p/order.html" target="_blank">here</a> on our website. Inquire if you have any trouble finding it.<br />
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We will also be hosting an evening at the McConnell Library in Sydney, NS on November 10th at 7PM. Open to the public, James will do readings and be available to sign copies of his debut novel.<br />
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<i>James, congratulations on the publication of your first novel! </i><br />
<i>You are involved in many creative fields--writing, acting, music, performance art, teaching, parenting. Is there one of these that you identify with more than the others? How do they work together or reinforce each other or, alternately, how do they pull you in different directions?</i><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeNXq5PvO_F02UfMvzMFZ5j3wcB8r-z3-LyD0yo1GBKdfz86XT3taVohSyPHAIIq9fa17Pw1xVWgaCVbixmkKTHQHlIu9-WEQ5ivRJal9JPlRTnBoWNBOYq9_bZuNZQFT1nQvngxM54E/s1600/20476515_10156135987362788_3749221158301861926_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeNXq5PvO_F02UfMvzMFZ5j3wcB8r-z3-LyD0yo1GBKdfz86XT3taVohSyPHAIIq9fa17Pw1xVWgaCVbixmkKTHQHlIu9-WEQ5ivRJal9JPlRTnBoWNBOYq9_bZuNZQFT1nQvngxM54E/s200/20476515_10156135987362788_3749221158301861926_n.jpg" width="200" /></a>I find they actually reinforce each other quite well. Writing, acting, performing, teaching, and parenting—at least from my perspective and the way I do them all—is kinda just going with what you are given and making it work. The more I do of one, the stronger I find I am in the rest. “Well, if I figured out what to do with 32 law students that have only a marginal interest in law, and then figured out how to cheer up a very cranky one-year-old, I can probably figure out how these three kids in my head can get out of a locked room filled with zombies.”</blockquote>
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<i>Why zombies?</i><br />
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I've always been interested in horror movies and scary stories (which is weird, because I am a fraidy cat by nature), but zombies have always jumped out at me as being more interesting than, say, vampires or ghosts or whatnot. I think it's just that anything can be a zombie. Anything. And there are so many interpretations of what they can be. Also, for some reason, I've always viewed zombies as being the more “realistic” of the monsters. They are just dead people, after all. There are tons of those all over the place.</blockquote>
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<i>Talk a little about the characters in your novel. Did they arise mainly out of the necessities of the plot, or did you have some of the characters in mind first?</i><br />
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I actually had none of the characters in mind specifically. The idea of the kids all alone came from one scene in another story (basically a whole other novel) I wrote a few years ago. The only characters that made it through from that one to this one are Hannah and Kaitlyn. Everyone else in this story is, for the most part, a different version of myself or people that I grew up with. For example, a LOT of David and Nicole are me and my older sister. A lot of the traits come from students that I have taught in the past.</blockquote>
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<i> What newly-formed pearls of wisdom do you have for aspiring novelists?</i><br />
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Keep trying and get your work out there—it's amazing how much feedback you will get, and some of it will actually be positive! I used to send one story out once, and if it was rejected, I kinda gave up on it. But, if you go after what you want with a bit of a plan and some persistence, you'd be surprised with the results. I was!</blockquote>
<i><br />Who is your favourite fictional character, and why?</i><br />
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This is probably the question that I thought the most about, mostly because I like a LOT of fictional characters very much. The answer I finally came to kinda surprised me. It's Captain Hook. He's probably one of the best written characters I have ever read. He's villainized for wanting literally the exact same thing as the story's hero (Peter Pan), but is actually more responsible than Peter! Peter kidnaps kids! Hook, and the rest of the pirates, are just older kids. They are adults that never really grew up. They play make-believe just as much as the Lost Boys—who are they pirating from after all? There are no other adults! I find that Captain Hook is a very misunderstood man who I believe is written to be exactly that, which makes him a super good, interesting character.</blockquote>
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<i><br />We know that you answer questions from the public in your Fictional Sydney Information sessions. What's the best question you ever got and how did you answer it?</i><br />
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The best question I ever got from the Fictional Sydney series was “If you die in real-life, do you wake up in Sydney?” It was a really clever question that really threw me off (because it was so good). I honestly don't remember how I answered it, but I know it wasn't as good as the question.</blockquote>
<i><br />Survival kits play a part in your story, if you were packing a Zombie Apocalypse survival kit for you and your family, what would you put in it?</i><br />
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Oddly, I have never thought about this. But, I would probably pack light (I hate packing, and I tend to forget things anyways) and just look for things as I go. There are lots of places to find food and clothes and water. Plus, with my current level of other survival skills and ability to deal with nature, I doubt I would last very long.</blockquote>
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I take breaks that are far too long between writing sometimes, and then once I want to write again, it takes forever to get started because no good ideas are coming to me. So, I do what I always tell my students: just write something. Anything. It could be garbage—and probably will be—but eventually it will turn into something good OR at the very least I will have gotten a garbage idea out of my system.</blockquote>
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<i>Who do you admire and why?</i><br />
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<i>What's next? Do you have another novel in the works? </i><br />
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I actually have a couple of ideas for novels in my head (and even a little bit of them on my computer). One involves wizards and magic; a comedy and is just a really fun idea that I'm mostly just doing for my own amusement. Another is a continuation of the story of the mudmen or at least set in the same time/place. That story has literally hundreds of characters and situations that I would love to flesh out (which should totally be zombie-slang for eating should I ever write a book from the zombie's perspective).</blockquote>
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James FW Thompson got hooked on writing when he had a story published in the second grade. He's been hooked on zombies ever since he saw “Army of Darkness” when he was the same age as David [read the novel]. Since then he has written many stories (a few zombie ones), award-winning plays, and the beginnings of about a dozen unfinished novels. It has always been his dream to finish one of those novels and have it published. Lo and behold, you're now reading that dream. <br />
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James is a teacher and theatre-person born and raised in Cape Breton, where he lives with his wife, Erin, his son, Seamus, and two cats, Zombie and Kean. He likes board games, movies, and a good cup of tea.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/JamesFWWriter/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/JamesFWWriter/ </a>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09112690492064337429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-24289645488970321912017-10-10T22:26:00.000-03:002017-10-10T22:26:14.846-03:00CaperCon Schedule<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Okay, don't get too excited, because we can't tell you just yet precisely <i>when</i> our events will be happening, but we want to share a bit about what we'll be doing at <a href="http://www.capercon.com/" target="_blank">CaperCon</a> this year (besides, you know, hopefully selling you some books!). We'll share the what-time-and-where details as soon as we have them.<br />
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<span><b>Book Launch For <i>Rise of the Mudmen</i></b>: Be among the first to hear an excerpt and get
your copy of this new novel! Set in Sydney in the 1980's, "Rise of the
Mudmen" follows a group of teens and kids as they try to survive the
zombie apocalypse. Author James FW Thompson will be joining us for the launch and ready to sign your copy and answer questions about the book!</span><br />
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<b>Rejection Tales</b>:<span> Rejections are part of the writing process. Do you cry about
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Rejections happen to all writers, but they're not always easy to deal with, and the prospect of getting rejected discourages some writers from even submitting their work. We'll talk about strategies for dealing with story rejections and share funny, encouraging, and not-so-great rejections we've received. We'll even bring examples! A fun and encouraging panel for writers dealing with or worried about rejections.</div>
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<b>First Novel from Both Sides of the Desk</b>: <span>Aspiring writers won't want to miss this chance to learn about the
first novel process! Come and ask a newly-published novelist and his
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The editors of Third Person Press, along with first-time novelist James F.W. Thompson, will share their perspectives on publishing a first novel and answer your questions. How much work is involved? What might a writer expect? How long does the process take? Come and find out about novel publishing from either side of the desk!</div>
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Remember, CaperCon happens October 20th-22nd, at Centre 200 in Sydney. Come Play! </div>
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Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650690815813916804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-75099688467655916822017-10-04T10:29:00.000-03:002017-10-04T10:34:21.914-03:00EBook Giveaway - Rise of the MudmenLeading up to the launch of Rise of the Mudmen at CaperCon this month, we're giving away five copies of the ebook to interested readers.<br />
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The giveaway will run from October 5th to October 15th, so don't delay!<br />
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There are several ways to enter, so click the link below. It will take you to the Rafflecopter contest page so you can get your name in the running. Good luck!<br />
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<a href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/d3c6f2751/?" target="_blank">Click here to enter the giveaway!</a> <br />
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Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650690815813916804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-27027929278916518002017-09-28T10:44:00.001-03:002017-09-28T11:14:25.678-03:00Rise of the Mudmen Cover RevealAnd here it is! The full cover reveal for our upcoming release, <i><b>Rise of the Mudmen</b></i> by James FW Thompson. Cover art and design by our own Nancy Waldman. We'll be launching at CaperCon, but watch for another reading event in the community soon afterward.<br />
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Alex used to believe that bad things didn’t happen on sunny days...but now he knows better.<br />
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On an otherwise normal October day, Alex’s neighbourhood becomes a place of horror. Missing parents, a chaotic evacuation, and a school in flames are only the beginning of a nightmarish world overrun by bloodthirsty creatures—creatures who were once family, friends and neighbours.<br />
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Thrown together by chance and with no adults coming to their rescue, Alex, Nicole, David, and Kaitlyn must rely on themselves and each other to survive. As they struggle to defend themselves and their younger companions, create a safe haven, and learn to work together, they discover that there is more than one kind of enemy...and that sometimes the worst ones come from within.<br />
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Set in Cape Breton in 1986, <i><b>Rise of the Mudmen </b></i>will take you back to a time that never was.Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650690815813916804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-88566180463916255422017-09-27T13:22:00.003-03:002017-09-27T13:23:34.837-03:00They're coming...Tomorrow we'll reveal the full cover for our newest title, <b>Rise of the Mudmen</b> by James FW Thopmson. Stay tuned...they're coming...<br />
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<br />Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650690815813916804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-85879995511206580742017-08-04T10:27:00.001-03:002017-08-04T10:27:36.138-03:00Third Person Press at CaperCon!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We're pleased and excited to be vendors again this year at <a href="http://www.capercon.ca/">CaperCon</a>, Cape Breton's own celebration of science fiction, fantasy, comics, anime, and related fandoms! In the coming weeks we'll tell you all about what we'll be doing there, so stay tuned for more news about panels and upcoming releases. CaperCon is moving to a new venue this year, Centre 200, and we're looking forward to seeing what it's like in the new space. CaperCon will run from October 20-22. Hope to see you there!Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650690815813916804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-86912234069944055242016-11-29T12:31:00.000-04:002016-11-29T12:33:25.252-04:00New Release from TPP: Christmas Stalkings <div style="text-align: justify;">
The launch party for <i>Christmas Stalkings</i> is on December 7, 2016 at the McConnell Library in Sydney. Come early, as books will go on sale at 6:30 and the program starts at 7. </div>
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<i>Christmas Stalkings</i> features a selection of the original stories told at the McConnell Library's Gaudy Night fundraisers over the last five years. Written by Todd Pettigrew, Scott Sharplin, Ken Chisholm and Jenn Tubrett, the anthology—available in print and ebook—spotlights excellent Cape Breton writing and storytelling and celebrates not only Christmas and ghosts, but also literature, illustrious writers, libraries, history, books, humour and word play. </div>
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<br />Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09112690492064337429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-80568039811205852772016-11-02T19:05:00.002-03:002016-11-02T19:15:48.527-03:00Coming in December: Christmas Stalkings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Third Person Press is pleased to announce a new anthology just in time for those on your Christmas list: <br />
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<i><b>Christmas Stalkings, Ten Tales of Literary Spirits</b> </i>-- featuring stories by local legends Todd Pettigrew, Ken Chisholm, Scott Sharplin and Jenn Tubrett!<br />
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In the spring of 2016, Chris Thomson of the McConnell library, approached Third Person Press about whether we’d be interested in looking at this collection of stories that were originally written to be told at <a href="http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/2013-12-13/article-3541507/McConnell-Gaudy-Night-ghost-stories-go-all-original/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gaudy Night fundraising celebrations</a> over the last several years.<br />
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At the time we were technically open only to novel submissions, but when we heard who had authored these stories we were definitely interested in reading them. It took very little time for us to know that this was an unusually clever, cohesive, and unique set of stories—ones that celebrate not only Christmas and ghosts, but also literature, illustrious writers, libraries, history, books, humour and word play. How could we resist?<br />
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There is something special about stories told in the oral tradition. A freshness in the approach. An immediate intimacy that the written word can sometimes leave behind. The stories in this volume were first written down, of course, but the writers knew they would be presenting them aloud, and as a result, they each reflect the relationship with an audience they were entertaining.<br />
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Third Person Press had great fun pulling it together (including a spirited cover designed by Sherry and ghostly interior illustrations by Nancy). We see <i>Christmas Stalkings </i>becoming a classic, not only to Cape Bretoners, but also to those off-Island who have yet to fully discover the prodigious talent that thrives here.<br />
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A Gaudy Night Book Launch party is scheduled for December 7th at the McConnell Library in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Stay tuned for more information. <br />
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Write to us at thirdpersonpress@gmail.com to reserve your copies.<br />
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Related: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74411.High_Spirits" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">High Spirits, Robertson Davies</a> Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09112690492064337429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-83552950636183313652016-08-29T12:43:00.000-03:002016-08-29T12:45:01.462-03:00Sneak PeekIt's been rather quiet around here lately, but that doesn't mean we haven't been busy. We've been working on a new title that we're pretty excited about, set to release later in the fall. And we're going to be mean and not tell you too much more at the moment! But keep watching this space for updates.<br />
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Third Person Press is now <b>open for novel submissions</b> from Atlantic Canadian writers.<br />
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We hope to keep receiving submissions on an on-going basis, but if we get inundated, we will close until we catch up. Before submitting, please <b>check here to make sure we're still open</b>. As always, be sure that you've read and followed all guidelines.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Your file</b></span><span style="color: black;"><b>s</b></span><span style="color: black;"> should be attached in .rtf<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>or .doc format </span><span style="color: black;">and named:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span>LastName-</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">KindofFile-</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">TitleorPartialTitle<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">ofNovel</span>. So:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Lastname-</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">M<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">SExcerpt</span></span><span style="color: black;">-</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Title.rtf (or .doc)</span></span></span></div>
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<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Lastname-</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Synopsis</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">-Title.rtf </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"> (or .doc)</span></span></span> </div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">If</span> Shelby Montgomery were submitting a novel<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> excerpt</span> titled "The Way of All Robots" her synopsis file would be named something like Montgomery-</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Synopsis-</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AllRobots.rtf. Shelby's novel manuscript file would be named </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Montgomery-</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">MS<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Excer</span></span>pt</span>-AllRobots.rtf<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">.</span> </span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Your cov</span></b><b>er letter </b>should <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">be </span>in the <b>body of your email,</b> giving us a <b>one-paragraph pitch</b> for your novel, and telling us a little about yourself and your writing. <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">If you are from Atlantic Canada but do not live here now, please tells us<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">. </span>K</span>eep it brief so we'll get to your manuscript faster!</span></span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Manuscript Format</span></b></h2>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Use s</span>tandard submission format. <b>If your manuscript deviates very far from this, we're not likely to read it. </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">You should:</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">set a 1 inch (that's 2.5 cm) margin on all sides</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">include a title page with ONLY the following information: </span></span></span></div>
<ul>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">your name</span></span></span></div>
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<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">your email address</span></span></span></div>
</li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">your mailing address</span></span></span></div>
</li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">the title of the novel</span></span></span></div>
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<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">the word count of the novel</span></span></span></div>
</li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">the genre (adult science fiction, YA urban fantasy, etc.). Don't stress about classifying your novel--this is just to give us a general idea.</span></span></span></div>
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</ul>
</li>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">include a header in your manuscript so that it appears on each page (we don't mind if this header appears on your title page as well). The header should include your last name, the title of your novel in ALL CAPS, and the page number. Italicize it if you'd like. Like this: </span></span></span></div>
<ul>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Montgomery THE WAY OF ALL ROBOTS 165</span></span></span></div>
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<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">or this: <i>Montgomery THE WAY OF ALL ROBOTS 165</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">DON'T create a header by using hard returns and spacing around it--use the "header" feature in your software to set it up. If you don't know how to do this, go online and find out! Trying to hand-format a header leads to a terrible mess the second one of us opens it in a word processor different from yours.</span></span></span></div>
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</ul>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">start each new chapter on a new page. The chapter number (and chapter title, if you use them), should be in ALL CAPS, like this: CHAPTER 1--AWAKENING. Space down four to six lines to begin the chapter text.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">double-space the entire text</span></span></span></div>
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<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">indent paragraphs--DO NOT use block paragraphing with white space between paragraphs.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">use a standard font (Times New Roman, Arial, or Courier) in 12-point type size. Weird or hard-to-read fonts will make us annoyed with your manuscript before we even start reading it, and who wants that?</span></span></span></div>
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<li> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">use standard italics (not underlining) if italics are included</span></span></span></li>
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<h2>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Synopsis </span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Please</span> double-space<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> y<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">our synopsis<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">,</span> use a</span></span> 12<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">-</span>point font and 1 inch margins. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Y</span>our synopsis <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">should show</span> the flow, arc </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">and completeness </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">of your story; how one thing leads to another, how your characters act and react, how it all comes together in the end. Concentrate more on that than on style, if you're having trouble. Do not leave out the exciting bits or the ending for the sake of "suspense." Your potential editor/</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">publisher</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">should know all the important things that happen in your novel.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span> <span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">They aren't easy or fun to write. Here are some helpful links:</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></blockquote>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Back to Basics: Writing a Novel Synopsis</b></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://janefriedman.com/2011/10/25/novel-synopsis/"> http://janefriedman.com/2011/10/25/novel-synopsis/</a> </span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Synopsis Writing at Writer's Digest </b></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">(with examples) <a href="http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/synopsis-writing">http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/synopsis-writing</a></span></span></span></li>
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<h2 style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Response Times</span></b></h2>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> You will receive a prompt acknowledgment of your submission. If you haven't heard from us in a week, please ask. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span></span> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our response time for your manuscript will depend on the number of submissions we receive. If you haven't heard from us after three months, please query. We prom<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">ise to write back.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span></span> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We look forward to seeing your work! </span></span></span></div>
Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09112690492064337429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-79122708478332120122015-03-09T10:32:00.000-03:002015-03-09T10:32:19.026-03:00Submissions ClosedThanks to all who sent submissions to us during February! We're currently reading, and plan to begin responding within the next few weeks. We received a nice batch of submissions but weren't overwhelmed, which should mean you won't have to wait too long to hear from us. <br />
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We are currently closed to submissions.Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650690815813916804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-54025961157216346592015-01-07T13:24:00.001-04:002015-01-07T13:28:14.182-04:00Call for Submissions & Full Guidelines<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8QpOef-vpvbp8z1ej0OUJhcDJag3BEySqvT9kQeCj3uLua6ep8yHRDofNcm9ppV0RZvebdZ3YZ2GouKCbA7VkKIvDHnmZxPPQrHGffQMn10LxhZaAwm-kAQSuKGQaAjkDg0gmml3Ggz-i/s1600/Paper-Stack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8QpOef-vpvbp8z1ej0OUJhcDJag3BEySqvT9kQeCj3uLua6ep8yHRDofNcm9ppV0RZvebdZ3YZ2GouKCbA7VkKIvDHnmZxPPQrHGffQMn10LxhZaAwm-kAQSuKGQaAjkDg0gmml3Ggz-i/s1600/Paper-Stack.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Third Person Press will be open to submissions of <b>novel manuscripts during the month of February, 2015</b>. All of the following details are <b>important</b><i><b> </b></i>to us! Before submitting, be sure that you've read and followed all guidelines. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you are experienced with the process of submitting your work professionally, you won't find any surprises here, but there are always variations between publishers so read them to make sure. If you aren't experienced, you'll need to become familiar with this process if you want to be taken seriously as a writer, so please follow the instructions very carefully. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Trust us, there's nothing tricky or difficult here, but there are very good reasons for all guidelines. You wouldn't <i>believe </i>some of the things...but don't get us started on that.</span></span></span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><p><h2><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Overview</span></b></h2></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Who: Writers from Atlantic Canada</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What: The first 3 chapters or 50 pages of your completed 70,000-100,000 word, speculative fiction novel AND a synopsis (3-5 pages)</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When: February 1 – February 28, 2015 (Atlantic Time)</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Keep Reading!</b><br />
<b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<h2><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What We Want</span></h2></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Complete</span><span style="color: black;">d, edited, polished </span><span style="color: black;"><b>speculative fiction novels</b></span><span style="color: black;">, YA or adult, of between 70,000 and 100,000 words. (If you have a novel manuscript that's a little longer or shorter, you may query us by email to see if we are willing to take a look at it.) </span></span></span> </div><ul><li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Do not send us a first draft no matter how good you think it is. There will be other calls for submissions. Take plenty of time to review and edit it before submitting. </span></span> </div></li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Do not send the entire manuscript. We only want to see the first 50 or so pages. End your submission at the end of chapter--if that's a little less or a little more than 50 pages, that's okay. Please do not send us a lot more or less.</div></li>
</ul><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Submissions </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">must be in the speculative fiction genre</b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">. This includes: science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, paranormal, steampunk, and all their various sub-genres. Manuscripts that combine genres, such as mystery and science fiction, or romance and fantasy, are welcome, but all stories </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">must </b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">be speculative.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you are unsure what constitutes speculative fiction, or want to increase the chances that we’ll love your submission, please <a href="http://thirdpersonpress.blogspot.ca/p/expanded-submission-guidelines.html">read our general guidelines</a>. You might also want to check out <a href="http://www.sherrydramsey.com/?page_id=1005">this essay</a> and <a href="http://thirdpersonpress.blogspot.ca/2014/08/1001-ways-to-wreck-story-part-one.html">our series of blog posts</a> aimed at helping writers fix story problems.<i> </i></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For this submission period, we will be open to submissions from <b>writers in Atlantic Canada</b>.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">What we do NOT want:</b></div><ul><li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">stories or chapter books, or novels for younger readers.</span></span></span></div></li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">fan fiction, graphic novels, pornography, erotica, or excessive/gratuitous vulgarity, violence or gore.</span></span></span></div></li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">collections of short stories, mainstream novels, memoirs, unfinished novels</span></span></span></div></li>
</ul><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><h2><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></h2><h2><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Submission Parameters</span></b></h2></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.1in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>1. </b>The submission period runs from <b>12:01 a.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) February 1, 2015, to 11:59 p.m. (AST) February 28, 2015. </b>Submissions must be received within that time period. Submissions received before the submission period opens, or after it closes, will be discarded unread.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"><b>2</b></span><span style="color: black;">. All submissions must be made by </span><span style="color: black;"><b>email only</b></span><span style="color: black;"> to thirdpersonpress (at) gmail.com and should include </span><span style="color: black;">a </span><span style="color: black;"><b>cover letter</b></span><span style="color: black;"> (see #4 below) and </span><span style="color: black;"><b>two </b></span><span style="color: black;"><b>attached </b></span><span style="color: black;"><b>files</b></span><span style="color: black;">:</span></span></span></div><ul><li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">a <b>three-to-five-page synopsis</b> of your novel</span></span></span></div></li>
<li> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">your <b>manuscript file </b>consisting of the first 3 chapters or 50 pages of your novel.</span></span></span><br />
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</ul><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"><b>3. </b></span><span style="color: black;"><b>Your file</b></span><span style="color: black;"><b>s</b></span><span style="color: black;"> should be attached in .rtf, .odt, or .doc format </span><span style="color: black;">and named according to this style:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span>File-YourLastName-TitleorPartialTitleofNovel. So:</span></span></div><ul><li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Your manuscript file would be: </span><span style="color: black;">Manuscript-Lastname-IdentifyingWordsFromTitle.rtf (or .odt or .doc - you get the idea, right?)</span></span></span></div></li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your synopsis file would be: <span style="color: black;">Synopsis-Lastname-IdentifyingWordsFromTitle.rtf </span></span></span> </div></li>
</ul><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So, for example, if an author named Shelby Montgomery were submitting a novel manuscript titled "The Way of All Robots" her synopsis file would be named something like Synopsis-Montgomery-AllRobots.rtf. Shelby's novel manuscript file would be named Submission-Montgomery-AllRobots.rtf.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.1in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Use the same title short form for both the synopsis and the submission, so it's easy for us to match them up!</b></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>4. I</b><b>nclude a brief cover letter in the body of your email,</b> giving us a <b>one-paragraph pitch</b> for your novel, and telling us a little about yourself and your writing. This doesn't have to be more than a few lines. (In fact, keep it brief so we'll get to your manuscript that much faster!)</span></span></span><br />
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<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">include a title page with ONLY the following information: </span></span></span></div><ul><li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">your name</span></span></span></div></li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">your email address</span></span></span></div></li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">your mailing address</span></span></span></div></li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">the title of the novel</span></span></span></div></li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">the word count of the novel</span></span></span></div></li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">how you would classify the genre of the novel (adult science fiction, YA urban fantasy, etc.). Don't stress about classifying your novel--this is just to give us a general idea.</span></span></span></div></li>
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<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">include a header in your manuscript so that it appears on each page (we don't mind if this header appears on your title page as well). The header should include your last name, the title of your novel in ALL CAPS, and the page number. Italicize it if you'd like. Like this: </span></span></span></div><ul><li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Montgomery THE WAY OF ALL ROBOTS 165</span></span></span></div></li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">or this: <i>Montgomery THE WAY OF ALL ROBOTS 165</i></span></span></span></div></li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">DON'T create a header by using hard returns and spacing around it--use the "header" feature in your software to set it up. If you don't know how to do this, go online and find out! Trying to hand-format a header leads to a terrible mess the second one of us opens it in a word processor different from yours.</span></span></span></div></li>
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<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">start each new chapter on a new page. The chapter number (and chapter title, if you use them), should be in ALL CAPS, like this: CHAPTER 1--AWAKENING. Space down four to six lines to begin the chapter text.</span></span></span></div></li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">double-space the entire text</span></span></span></div></li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">indent paragraphs--DO NOT use block paragraphing with white space between paragraphs.</span></span></span></div></li>
<li> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">use a standard font (Times New Roman, Arial, or Courier) in 12-point type size. Weird or hard-to-read fonts will make us annoyed with your manuscript before we even start reading it, and who wants that?</span></span></span></div></li>
<li> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">use standard italics (not underlining) if italics are included</span></span></span></li>
</ul><h2><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Synopsis </span></h2><div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">Your synopsis should also be double-spaced. A 12 point font and 1 inch margins should be used. </span></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">The most important thing we're looking for in your synopsis is the flow, arc </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">and completeness </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">of your story; how one thing leads to another, how your characters act and react, how it all comes together in the end. Concentrate more on that than on style, if you're having trouble. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">Do not leave out the exciting bits or the ending for the sake of "suspense." Your potential editor/</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 16px;">publisher</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">should know all the important things that happen in your novel.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">They aren't easy or fun to write. Here are some helpful links:</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></div><div><ul><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Back to Basics: Writing a Novel Synopsis</b></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://janefriedman.com/2011/10/25/novel-synopsis/"> http://janefriedman.com/2011/10/25/novel-synopsis/</a> </span></span></span></div></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Synopsis Writing at Writer's Digest </b></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">(with examples) <a href="http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/synopsis-writing">http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/synopsis-writing</a></span></span></span></li>
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</span></span></span> </blockquote>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09112690492064337429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-41640497764905994352015-01-04T11:11:00.002-04:002015-01-04T11:11:33.825-04:00New Year, New Directions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome to 2015! We at Third Person Press hope that you've all had a lovely holiday season, whatever you celebrate (and that if you don't celebrate anything, at least you lucked into some time off!).<br />
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As many of you know, we'll be opening to novel submissions for the month of February. Full guidelines for submitting to us will be appearing here very soon, so you'll know what we're expecting and have lots of time to prepare. So keep checking back, subscribe to our mailing list or this site, or follow us on social media so you don't miss any updates.<br />
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We look forward to reading your work!Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650690815813916804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-46973708985479494762014-12-23T15:02:00.002-04:002014-12-23T15:02:23.046-04:00Flashpoint Launch Radio BroadcastIn case you missed it or want to hear it again, Wendy Bergfeldt's CBC Mainstreet radio broadcast from the Flashpoint launch on December 5, 2014 at the McConnell Library in Sydney is now available here: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/mainstreetcb/2014/12/22/flashpoint-book-launch---dec-5th-2014/" target="_blank">Flashpoint Broadcast</a><br />
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Sherry, Nancy and Julie would like to thank all the participants in the broadcast: <a href="http://refrigeratorbox.org/" target="_blank">Katrina Nicholson</a>, Patrick Charron, <a href="http://bareknucklewriter.com/" target="_blank">Steph Snow</a> and <a href="http://www.larryagibbons.com/" target="_blank">Larry Gibbons</a>. As well, we appreciate the contributors who read from their stories that evening. Thank you Flashpoint authors Patrick Charron, Kerry Anne Fudge, Jenn Tubrett and, reading from her new novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Prophet-Magica-Incognita-Book-ebook/dp/B00MSU4RG8" target="_blank">The Murder Prophet</a>, <a href="http://www.sherrydramsey.com/" target="_blank">Sherry D. Ramsey</a>. We also appreciate the goodies that so many people volunteered to bring. It was a great spread as usual.<br />
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And finally, many thanks to all our contributors, to <a href="http://www.dctroicuk.ca/" target="_blank">DC Troicuk</a> for the introduction and to <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/wendy-bergfeldt.html#.VJm7hV4AA" target="_blank">Wendy Bergfeldt</a> who graciously and beautifully helped us launch this book of wonderful stories.<br />
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<br />Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09112690492064337429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-60825661033769181552014-11-29T11:13:00.002-04:002014-11-29T11:17:01.629-04:00Flashpoint Launch Date<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We're set to launch <i>Flashpoint</i>, Volume 4 of the Speculative Elements series, on <b>Friday, December 5, 2014 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at the McConnell Library in Sydney</b>. <i>Flashpoint</i> features short stories by new and well-known Cape Breton writers, and an introduction by writer and past contributor to Third Person Press anthologies, D.C. Troicuk. <br /><br />The public is welcome to come for refreshments, book sales (all Third Person Press titles will be available) and to meet and have their books signed if they wish by the writers in attendance. Patrick M. Charron, Kerry Anne Fudge, and Jenn Tubrett will read from their Flashpoint stories. As well, Sherry D. Ramsey will offer a reading from her latest novel, <i>The Murder Prophet</i>, along with copies of her book for purchase.The CBC's Wendy Bergfeldt and Mainstreet Cape Breton will be on hand to broadcast from the launch.<br /><br />If you have someone on your Christmas list who'd love a book this year, this is a perfect time to get some shopping done! We hope to see you there!Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650690815813916804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-9632509098041766002014-10-31T19:59:00.001-03:002014-10-31T19:59:33.691-03:00Happy Halloween!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650690815813916804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-92010571213042627452014-10-30T14:50:00.000-03:002014-10-30T15:17:33.648-03:00Call for Submissions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Third Person Press is pleased to announce that we will be open to submissions of<b> novel-length manuscripts during the month of February, 2015</b>. <br />
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<b> What we’re looking for: </b><br />
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Completed <b>speculative fiction novels</b>, YA or adult, of between 70,000 and 100,000 words. <br />
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Submissions <b>must be in the speculative fiction genre</b>. This
includes: science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, paranormal,
steampunk, etc. and all their various sub-genres. Manuscripts that
combine genres, such as mystery and science fiction, or romance and
fantasy, are welcome, but all stories<b> must </b>include some speculative element. <br />
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For this submission period, we will be open to submissions from <b>writers in Atlantic Canada</b>. <br />
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<b>What we're NOT looking for:</b> <br />
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<li>stories or chapter books for younger readers. </li>
<li>fan fiction, pornography, erotica, or excessive/gratuitous vulgarity, violence or gore. </li>
<li>collections of short stories</li>
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<u><b>DO NOT SUBMIT ANYTHING YET! </b></u><br />
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Submissions received before the submission period opens will be discarded unread. <br />
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Full guidelines for what to send us will be posted here by January 15, 2015. A three-to-five page synopsis will be required.<br />
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If you wish, you can join or subscribe to our site to be notified of updates.<br />
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If you’re not sure what constitutes speculative fiction, or want to
increase the chances that we’ll love your submission, please <a href="http://thirdpersonpress.blogspot.ca/p/expanded-submission-guidelines.html" target="_blank">read our general guidelines</a>. You might also want to check out <a href="http://www.sherrydramsey.com/?page_id=1005" target="_blank">this essay</a> and <a href="http://thirdpersonpress.blogspot.ca/2014/08/1001-ways-to-wreck-story-part-one.html" target="_blank">our series of blog posts</a> aimed at helping writers fix story problems. <br />
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We're excited to be embarking on a new venture with Third Person Press. Get those novels ready!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05482748076041233472noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902334473553132191.post-72694413722843364992014-10-12T08:30:00.000-03:002014-10-12T08:30:01.602-03:001001 Ways to Wreck a Story - Part Nine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sherry here, with another tip on how to avoid wrecking your story. This one grows out of the mildly famous "white room syndrome," possibly first mentioned in that critical manual for SF workshops, the <a href="http://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/turkey-city-lexicon-a-primer-for-sf-workshops/" target="_blank">Turkey City Lexicon</a>. In that instance, the main character wakes up in a "white room"--largely because the writer has failed to invent the details of that setting but has forged ahead with the story anyway. This problem is even more insidious than that initial white room, however. Maybe we'll call this one the <b>Out-of-Focus-Background.</b><br />
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<b>The Problem</b><br />
You know that portrait photography technique, where the focus of the picture is sharp and clear on the main subject, but all else around them is a fuzzy blur of colours? That may produce a beautiful portrait, but it doesn't work so well for stories. In a story with an Out-of-Focus-Background, we might know generally where the character or characters are situated, but there's little description or concrete detail to help ground us in the world of the tale. Characters may live in a house or work in an office, but we never find out what these places really look, smell, or sound like.<br />
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To compound the problem, characters may move through these blurry backgrounds in equally fuzzy ways. We don't know how they get from A to B, how long it takes, or what they encounter along the way. Characters seem completely disconnected from, and unaffected by, their surroundings.<br />
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<b>The Fix</b><br />
Take some time and visualize your characters' world. Make "sensory cheat sheets" for locations in the story. Imagine you are standing in your character's place in a particular scene, and jot down a quick list of words that describe the surroundings: temperature, smells, sounds, colours, textures. What's above you? What's below? What's the light like? What objects surround you? What's the general condition of the place, and how does it make you feel?<br />
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Then use a few of these sensory impressions in every scene--choose the ones that have the greatest impact on your characters or their actions. Don't include your entire laundry-list of sensory details <i>in your story</i> for every setting, but have that list fixed firmly in your head, and sprinkle in the most appropriate details for the scene you're writing. Those details might change from scene to scene--for example, when your character checks in to a hotel room, she might briefly notice that the bedspread looks clean and tidy and the room smells of disinfectant. Later, when she's settling in for the night, she notices those odd stains on the carpet and the chill in the air that the heater can't banish.<br />
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Have characters interact with the objects you've placed in the scene. We touch things, pick them up, move them around, straighten them, clean them, and generally interact with items all the time, and--staying within the boundaries of what serves the story--so should your characters. We notice colours and details, pick up on scents, react to the temperature--and so should your characters.<br />
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And if characters are going from apartment to work, or castle to battlefield, or spaceship to colony planet, they have to get there somehow. Sometimes it's important to show the reader how they do that, and what happens along the way. Occasionally it's fine to say that "X arrived at the office the next morning, freshly shaved and barely hung over," but don't forget that sometimes we need to know if he drove, took the bus, or slept on the subway train.<br />
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Unlike the subject of a portrait, who comes to the forefront and is removed from their surroundings, your characters need to fully inhabit the world they live in. Don't leave the background out of focus. Make it as sharp and clear with detail as everything else, put your characters firmly in the middle of it, and your story will come to life for the reader.<br />
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Our <i>Flashpoint</i> interview today is with Larry A. Gibbons, whose stories will be familiar to regular Third Person Press readers. Larry's stories have been published in anthologies, magazines and newsletters in Nova Scotia, Ontario and the United States, and a book of his short stories, <i>White Eyes</i>, was published by Breton Books in November, 2011. Larry's website can be found at <a href="http://www.larryagibbons.com/">http://www.larryagibbons.com/.</a><br />
<br /><b>Third Person Press: </b>Where did you grow up? Do you think your childhood influenced you to be a writer?<br />
<b>Larry A. Gibbons:</b> My birth place is Kingston, Ontario and I believe my childhood days in Kingston influenced my writing. I know I had quite an imagination. I can remember, for instance, standing in the backyard peering at the sky through a prism, my mind stretching to reach out and grasp the magic I knew was inside the colors. <br />And in my early years our backyard bordered on massive fields which gave me lots of room to run and make up exciting adventures.<br />
<br />When I was young I used to hang out in the living room, sitting on an out-from-under-their-feet chair or footstool, and while the adults talked their big people talk, I’d hurriedly try to transcribe their words into my little black notepad. I wish I still had those notebooks. My mother probably caught them in one of her clean-ups.<br />
<br />Then high school hit me like a bomb. Partly because I was a member of a very strict church which believed many of the normal activities you might find going on in a high school to be immoral and not conducive to getting you a ticket to the heavenly big house. This didn’t help me easily find a peer group and besides all that, the classes bored me. I wanted out. One of the ways I escaped was to write stories about imaginary characters and places. That helped me deal with the school and church world.<br />
<br /><b>TPP: </b>Who were your three favorite writers when you were young? Who are three favorites now?<br />
<b>LAG: </b>My three favourite writers when I was young were C.S. Lewis, Jack London and Walter Brooks.<br />
<br />It’s hard for me to pick my three favourite authors. I read a super good book and that writer is my favourite until another comes along. I’ve read many Stephen King books but don’t now because they began to bore me. But the three authors that have impressed me over the last while are George Eliot, Morley Callaghan and Karin Slaughter. I’m now reading George Eliot’s ‘Daniel Deronda’. I have to admit that I’ve been tempted to buy a small dictionary to keep next to my bed. She uses some mighty big words.<br />
<br /><b>TPP: </b>What are you most likely to be doing when you're not writing?<br />
<b>LAG: </b>When I’m not writing I’m either reading, hiking the highlands, cycling, snow-shoeing, skiing, playing hockey, skating, splitting, chain sawing or carrying wood, bumming around Baddeck or playing shovel-the-massive-pile-of-snow game.<br />
<br /><b>TPP: </b>Do you have any writing habits or rituals?<br />
<b>LAG: </b>As a rule I write for about two hours, five or six days a week. My computer is often turned on before breakfast. After breakfast I spend a half hour to an hour reading different non-fiction books along with one or two poetry books I keep on tap. I’ve almost finished wading through the Bible.<br />
<br />When I’m ready to write, I walk into my tiny office, pick a CD, put it into the player, beg, hit and plead with the CD player to play, and when it does, I sit down and begin to type. About an hour into it, I might do some quick exercises while a cup of milk warms up in the microwave. The milk is used to make a hot cup of Ovaltine. I then continue to write.<br />
<br /><b>TPP: </b>What's your favorite beverage while writing? While not writing?<br />
<b>LAG: </b>I have two favourite beverages that I drink while I write, Ovaltine and tea. While I’m not writing, well this is rather hush hush, but besides diet Pepsi and tea, beer is a favourite, but only for medicinal purposes.<br />
<br /><b>TPP: </b>If you were a superhero, what would your name and power/ability be? Or would you be a supervillain instead?<br />
<b>LAG: </b>I would be Telenviro Man - a superhero who protects the natural environments of the world. If a wild place necessary for wildlife or our earth’s health, was developed I would use the power of my mind to telepathically restore it to its original state. Thus, a golf course one day would become a nature-friendly woodland or wetland the next day. Clear-cuts one day, rejuvenated forest the next. What joy that would be! Although I believe there would be some folks who would see me as an immoral, evil super-hero and a scourge to their insane world view based solely on economics and development.<br />
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Thanks, Larry!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCi3QGe7_7-yF3QKImXbwMA4hLphZwo00GDM0B7JatTmz4aSDLEXM9TrIyyd6p5BpLlnLmsSv2ISj7_GEPSw2wQTqdCj3zoAeODDg3oBpFIlaUUubLglivZUyR4YqAPVUlI-tUyTcmrs1u/s1600/dtyson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCi3QGe7_7-yF3QKImXbwMA4hLphZwo00GDM0B7JatTmz4aSDLEXM9TrIyyd6p5BpLlnLmsSv2ISj7_GEPSw2wQTqdCj3zoAeODDg3oBpFIlaUUubLglivZUyR4YqAPVUlI-tUyTcmrs1u/s1600/dtyson.jpg" height="200" width="149" /></a>Today's <i>Flashpoint</i> interviewee is Donald Tyson, a prolific author of short fiction, novels, and non-fiction on all aspects of the Western
esoteric tradition. You can find out more about his writing on his website, <a href="http://www.donaldtyson.com/">http://www.donaldtyson.com/</a>. His story in <i>Flashpoint </i>is "The Fire-Eater."<b> </b><br />
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<b>Third Person Press: </b>Where did you grow up? Do you think your childhood influenced you to be a writer?<br />
<b>Donald Tyson: </b>Halifax, Nova Scotia, is where I was born and lived most of my life. When I was young it was a quiet little city, but as I aged the city grew. All of the places that were green forest or old farms when I was a kid are subdivisions or industrial parks today. I was happy to move to Cape Breton five years ago and get back to the scale of community life that I remembered from my childhood. I like a slower place. The rush of the big city never appealed to me.<br />
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I started to read adult novels on a regular basis when I was nine years old. The very first paperback novel I read was Robert E. Heinlein's <i>The Puppet Masters</i>. I was spellbound by it and read it in one sitting. I couldn't stop reading it until I finished it. I began to spend all my allowance money on paperback books. They were mostly science fiction novels, but there were also horror anthologies and novels, some mystery novels, and of course the classics.<br />
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I actually read <i>Jane Eyre</i> when I was seven. We had large hardcover editions of both <i>Jane Eyre</i> and <i>Wuthering Heights</i> in the house. I remember that the quality of Charlotte Bronte's prose fascinated me. I had to stop every few sentences to look up words in the dictionary, but I loved reading it, and I finished the book. I tried <i>Wuthering Heights</i> at the same tender age of seven, but Emily Bronte’s story was too much for me, and it was several years later before I was able to read and understand it.<br />
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As for influences that made me a writer, there weren't any. No one on either side of my family that I was in contact with wrote or had any interest in writing. My father was a reader, which encouraged me to read at an early age, but he never suggested that I might have talent for writing. Neither did anyone else, including my teachers. I had to figure it out for myself and that took me some time. I always knew I could write. That was never a question for me. But the idea of becoming a professional writer just never occurred to me until I was in university, and I realized that I didn't want to do anything else. But I was definitely hindered as a writer by the complete and utter lack of any kind of support or encouragement.<br />
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<b>TPP: </b>Who were your three favourite writers when you were young? Who are three favourites now?<br />
<b>DT: </b>When I was young, my favourite writers were science fiction writers. Robert A. Heinlein was far and away my favourite. He was my god. I’d have to say that these three were my favourites, in descending order of importance:<br />
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Robert A. Heinlein<br />
Arthur C. Clark<br />
Ray Bradbury<br />
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Presently, I read mostly horror, mystery, suspense and action-adventure fiction. I stopped reading science fiction around the age of twenty. I just lost interest in it. I’ll rank my three favourite writers that I’ve read recently as follows:<br />
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Robert Crais<br />
Cormac McCarthy<br />
Hunter S. Thompson<br />
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<b>TPP: </b>What are you most likely to be doing when you're not writing?<br />
<b>DT: </b>I hike in the Cape Breton woods, and kayak on the lakes and ocean inlets. Lately I’ve taken up motorcycle riding. I got my motorcycle license last year. When I was a teenager, I rode for two summers, but I didn’t have a license at the time. I wanted to get back on two wheels while I was still young enough to enjoy it.<br />
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<b>TPP: </b>Do you have any writing habits or rituals?<br />
<b>DT: </b>It’s always been the case that I do my best writing after midnight. When I’m working hard on something, I tend to stay awake until four in the morning, and then sleep in to noon. That’s just always been my natural creative cycle. I can write at any hour of the day or night, but when the air is still and quiet in the wee hours of the morning I probably do my best work.<br />
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When I write, I fall into a kind of trance. Even though I’m not consciously aware of this trance state, time will pass without me noticing its passage. Three hours will seem like a few minutes to me when I’m working. Often I’ll end up writing all night.<br />
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<b>TPP: </b>What's your favourite beverage while writing? While not writing?<br />
<b>DT: </b>I drink tea, and a lot of it. This habit I picked up from my parents, who were both heavy tea drinkers. I don’t really drink much of anything else. I’m not fond of coffee because I find it too harsh on my stomach.<br />
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When I was a boy I made a conscious decision not to drink anything with alcohol in it, because I didn’t want to turn into a drunk in my later years. I’ve never drunk any hard liquor, wine, or even beer for this reason. It’s not that I don’t like these alcoholic drinks (I have tasted them out of curiosity), but I just believe that it would be too easy for me to like them too much. Around the age of nine or ten I decided to stay away from them, and I’ve done so ever since.<br />
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I also decided when I was a boy that smoking was a bad idea, and I’ve never smoked for that reason. By the same logic, I don’t take illegal drugs of any kind – I think they are bad for my brain, and I need my brain in order to write well. I even avoid prescription drugs, although I have asthma and can’t entirely keep from taking medication for it.<br />
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<b>TPP: </b> If you were a superhero, what would your name and power/ability be? Or would you be a supervillain instead?<br />
<b>DT: </b>If I had to pick an existing comic book hero to become, it would be Doctor Strange. I’ve always been fascinated by the occult and have made an extensive practical study of Western magic. Most of my nonfiction writing has been on various aspects of the occult. Dr. Strange is a superhero who achieves his goals with his skills in magic, which he acquired through years of intense study and the discipline of his mind and body.<br />
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<b>TPP: </b>What are you working on now? What's your next writing project?<br />
<b>DT: </b>At present I’m working on a connected collection of contemporary occult stories that have the same central group of characters and take place in the same city. The circumstances of the characters progress over time from one story to another. What happens in earlier stories affects what happens in later stories.<br />
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It’s very similar in this regard to my collection of stories titled <i>Tales of Alhazred</i> which is due to be published in an illustrated edition by Dark Renaissance Books later this year or early next year. This also concerns the adventures of a single character, the poet and necromancer Abdul Alhazred, author of the infamous <i>Necronomicon</i>, who interacts from story to story with the same locations as a backdrop and the same general set of central characters.<br />
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I am fascinated with this creative form, which as far as I know doesn’t even have a name. I believe its potential to be enormous yet largely untapped. It is intermediate between a novel and an unconnected collection of stories. By making events progress in time from one story to another, so that the characters evolve and change from story to story, in effect the stories become chapters in an interesting kind of loose, episodic novel.<br />
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Thanks, Donald!<br />
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Sherry D. Ramsey is one of the co-editors at Third Person Press, but she can't escape the <i>Flashpoint </i>interrogation...er, interview. Her story in <i>Flashpoint </i>is an urban fantasy titled, "B.R.A.N.E., Inc." </span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>Third Person Press: </b>Where did you grow
up? Do you think your childhood influenced you to be a writer?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>Sherry D. Ramsey: </b>I grew up in Cape Breton,
and I do think my childhood influenced me as a writer. I grew up surrounded by
books, especially the big wall bookcase at my grandparents' home. That treasure
trove offered everything from manuals on animal husbandry and astronomy to
classic literature to mystery novels and Harlequin romances. Stories were also
a big part of family life, so I think the storytelling gene plays a part as
well.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>TPP: </b>Who were your three
favorite writers when you were young? Who are three favorites now?</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>SDR: </b>When I was young,
I'd usually come home from the library with something by Edward Eager, Walter
Farley, or Carolyn Keene. It's difficult to choose favorites now, but I rarely
miss anything by Terry Pratchett, Connie Willis, or Janet Evanovich.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>TPP: </b></span>What are you most
likely to be doing when you're not writing? </span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>SDR: </b></span>I'm a bit of
creativity addict, so I have a lot of other creative pursuits. I make jewelry
and like to dabble in art, and spend summer days in the garden. I also sew,
edit projects with Third Person Press, and, of course, read. I don't understand
it when people say "I'm bored."</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>TPP: </b></span>Do you have any
writing habits or rituals? </span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>SDR: </b></span>I like to clean up
my office before embarking on a new writing project—or maybe that's just
procrastination? I'm not sure, but it seems to help. I'm not much of an
outliner or planner, but I do like to think about a story for a good while
before I start writing it. I have a lot of unfinished projects that attest to
the fact that I used to start writing before I'd done enough thinking, so I try
not to do that any more.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>TPP: </b></span>What's your
favorite beverage while writing? While not writing?</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>SDR: </b></span>Coffee for writing,
tea for relaxing, especially green tea or chai. Very occasionally a glass of
wine, but that's about it.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>TPP: </b></span>If you were a
superhero, what would your name and power/ability be? Or would you be a
supervillain instead?</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>SDR: </b></span>If I were a
superhero, I'd be Chrono, with the ability to stretch time so that I could fit
in everything I'd like to do! </span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>TPP: </b></span>What are you
working on now? What's your next writing project?</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>SDR: </b></span>I'm gearing up to
write a new novel first draft for NaNoWriMo in November, and trying to plan it
a little more than I usually do (not an outline, but a plan. There's a
difference, right?). Before that I'm hoping to finish off a few manuscripts
that suffered from that "not-enough-thinking" thing I mentioned
earlier.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>TPP: </b></span>Bonus: Is there a
question you've always wanted to answer as a writer? Pose it and then write
your answer. :)</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>SDR: </b></span>I get asked a lot
of questions during school visits, so I don't think there's much that's been
missed. The question I most enjoy answering in that setting is "Do you
listen to music while you write?" It's funny to see the students'
reactions when I name all the video game soundtracks I like for writing music.
My "cool factor" gets an instant bump. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Thanks, Sherry! </span></div>
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Remember to click over and read more about the campaign at <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/flashpoint-anthology/x/1156437">https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/flashpoint-anthology/x/1156437</a></div>
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