KRIS ASHTON

In October 2017, I had a story published in Tripping the Tale Fantastic: Weird Fiction by Deaf and Hard of Hearing Writers. As the title...

Last week, I was browsing potential markets for a story (that will probably never find a home because it is too long and too Australian)...

Most writing advice comes in for criticism now and again, but remarks directed at ‘write what you know’ in recent times have been...

By the time you read this, Invasion at Bald Eagle will no longer be a Grand Mal Press book and will no longer be on sale (not from...

Yesterday I finished rewriting a short story I first ‘completed’ more than seven years ago. The initial idea, which I won’t relate here,...

For the small press author who sees only a small advance (if he or she is lucky) and a trickle of royalties on a book, reviews are the...

Getting fiction published is hard enough. Don’t disqualify yourself before the editor even starts reading your story. Novice authors...

In the publishing world (whether you’re talking books, magazines or online), silence is almost always a bad sign. I learned this lesson...

The novice writer who is trying to get published is prone to developing a persecution complex. I know I did. After all, I had spent my...

My first boss in publishing once said something that I have subscribed to ever since: “Everybody needs an editor. Especially the editor.”...

When an unpublished writer has been rejected enough, I suppose it's inevitable that he will develop a complex. In its early stages, the...

Earlier this year, Esquire ran a wonderful ad campaign propounding the virtues of magazines. The tagline was, ‘We surf the internet. We...

Sooner or later a publishing writer will be asked: “Where do you get your ideas?” Answers traditionally have been facetious or sarcastic;...

If there's one thing would-be writers are never prepared for, it's chronic rejection. The key word in that previous sentence, of course,...

It's rather apt that I write my inaugural blog post for this website on Halloween, since the great preponderance of the stories I have...