Here’s a great guide on how to prepare successful e-mail queries. (With lots of information on e-mail submissions, too.)

• Did you know that text should not simply be cut-and-pasted from most standard word processing programs?
• Did you know that single-screen queries are preferable? No scrolling please?

Filled with insider information even a seasoned veteran might not know. Go read “Preparing E-mail Queries” by Moira Allen of Writing-World.com.

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by David P. Munger

John O’Neill is the publisher and editor of Black Gate Magazine, a fine quarterly anthology magazine focusing on adventure fantasy. He’s a good friend of Twilight Tales, too. He has participated in a Twilight Tales editor’s panel on publishing, and has been a judge for several of our “Authors in the Hot Seat” critique shows. John has always approached these things with a likeable frankness, and combines helpful honesty with encouragement and positivity. He’s an emminently approachable professional with a keen vision for his publication and for genre work in general.

We had a chance to toss the ball back and forth over e-mail and chat about Black Gate, ever-nebulous genre boundaries, and the future of short fiction in publishing.

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By Nikki M. Pill

As a writer and editor, Thomas Monteleone constantly evaluates whether or not stories are “there yet.” His keen eye and sharp pen have earned him multiple awards and a sterling reputation. Read Nikki M. Pill’s “Trends in Publishing” interview with Thomas, and hopefully your inner editor will be ready the next time your story asks, “Are we there yet?”

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By Martel Sardina

Wondering what Borderlands Press’s Short Story Boot Camp is like? Martel Sardina tells about her experience at this prestigious workshop.

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By Nikki M. Pill

Charles de Lint’s first question, when Nikki M. Pill asked if she could interview him, was “Interview moi? Whatever for?” Check out this month’s “Trends in Publishing” interview with this celebrated author to find out.

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By Nikki M. Pill

In this month’s “Trends in Publishing” article, Nikki M. Pill explores how their shrewd, common-sense philosophy has earned Night Shade Press one of the best reputations in today’s small press world.

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By Nikki M. Pill

You may know Ed Bryant as the author of such books as Among the Dead, Fetish, Flirting With Death, or The Baku. Maybe as the sharp, witty reviewer from Locus magazine. Perhaps as the guy who keeps you chuckling when you go to see panels at cons. You may even know him as the bus driver from the film The Laughing Dead. Ed Bryant’s diverse background and incisive wit make him the perfect interviewee to launch Twilight Tales’s new “Trends in Publishing” column. Nikki M. Pill has the vast pleasure of interviewing him for this edition.
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By Nikki M. Pill

World Fantasy Convention, one of the five largest annual networking opportunities for the genre, is coming up in November. Check Nikki Pill’s article for advice on what to expect and how to network effectively.

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By Martel Sardina

A recent appearance by Neil Gaiman challenged one writer’s view of escapism.

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By Eric Cherry

Judith Berman’s novelette “The Poison Well” is a mini-epic of magic, mystery, lust, and obsession-which also sounds like what writers go through when they’re trying to craft and publish their creations. A talented professional with a keen eye for detail, Judith Berman goes on at wonderful lengths about the vision behind her story and the quest to get it out there.

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