Amy L. Herring (Louise Herring-Jones) writes speculative fiction, with a preference for historical fantasy and alternate mystery. Her stories, appearing in fourteen anthologies, include “The Poulterer’s Tale” in God Bless Us, Every One—Christmas Carols beyond Dickens (Voodoo Rumors Media). Amy coordinates the HSV Writers’ group in Huntsville, AL. Visit her online at http://www.louiseherring-jones.com.
Highlights of the last three workshops follow. Sign up for a few or for the total adventure of the writer’s hourly workshops at next year’s Dragon Con. Your writing will thank you! “How Shall I Kill Thee?,” Benji Richards, Sunday 2:30PM: Author and educator Richards promised to take a fresh look at weapons, beginning with these questions: What makes a… Read more →
The plot thickens! No, not one of the plots that Michael Stackpole crafted in his “Plotting” workshop but experiencing the Stackpole and Company workshops in successive Dragon Con years. I took notes in Stackpole’s 2023 workshops and annotated them in 2024. Many of his best points were clarified, expanded, or amplified. New and relevant material arose in answer to questions… Read more →
On Sunday afternoon, I continued to pursue the goal of attending all 18 of the Hourly Writer’s Workshops on offer by Michael Stackpole and company, Hyatt Inman. The title of the first workshop (almost) inspired me to arrive with a tall tomato-juice-and-vodka drink complete with celery stir and veggie garnish UNTIL I grasped that wasn’t the “Bloody Mary” meant. The… Read more →
Michael Stackpole presented Saturday’s first three hourly workshops, Hyatt Inman, all by his lonesome. I attended two of these workshops last year and marveled at the nuances he added to the same topics this go-around. Incredibly, he made them all pass by in a sprint when I had expected a marathon. (I even had plenty of java left for the… Read more →
Michael Stackpole’s equally enlightened companions, including guest author Timothy Zahn, presented Dragon Con’s Writer’s Hourly Workshops on Saturday afternoon, Hyatt Inman. For those of you who read my first installment, excitement carried me over to the late afternoon and early evening sessions after a long morning of workshops and snack breaks. (I rationed my coffee.) Session highlights appear in vanishing… Read more →
Michael Stackpole and company presented the Dragon Con’s Writer’s Hourly Workshops beginning at 10AM to 6:30PM on Friday through Sunday, Hyatt Inman. More than a few brave souls, one of my best writing buddies and I included, took the plunge and sat in the first two rows for the entire series. As Stackpole said, if you sit in the front… Read more →
Pros and aspiring puppeteers gathered for “So You Want to Be a Puppeteer…” in the Puppetry track in the Marriott, Thursday at 7PM. Raymond Daniel Carr served as moderator for the remaining panelists Sarah Frechettist, Kurt Hunter, and Kat Pleviak, with track director Beau Brown also joining. Frechettist said that she played with dolls until high school and attended the… Read more →
Jody Lynn Nye continued her tradition of giving Writers’ Workshop alumni the privilege of returning each year to hear guest speakers for further education in the mysteries of writing. On Thursday afternoon in Hyatt Kennesaw, as a former student of Nye, I enjoyed this perk and attended presentations by the irrepressible Courtney Sarnow Lytle, Atlanta intellectual property attorney, and by… Read more →
