…and welcome back to another issue of Writersphere, where I pimp not only Belfire etc. titles but also open markets, authors I adore and stuff in general. Please click through to see more… it’s a long post, but full of all kinds of things, including a movie trailer!

Rejection: the Only Chance of the Small Press
Kevin Lucia
All rights reserved, 2010
In a recent conversation, a good writer-friend of mine expressed the following: “It’s too easy to get published these days. No one wants to hear the word ‘no’. No one wants to wait, anymore. To work on their craft, get better. There are too many small presses publishing too many bad books. This is not ‘freeing the writer.’ It’s destroying publishing.”

It’s never too late for second chances, but there’s only one second chance…

So, this is what I’ve been working on this month, another novel in New Bedlam. Here’s the first little bit, rough as it is, but perhaps it’ll whet your appetite for more!
Into The Mirror
by Jodi Lee
© 2010 – All rights reserved.
The mirror was leaning against the back wall of the storage room, just waiting patiently for someone from the family to come and claim it. Most of the partners and all of the support staff had forgotten it even existed, and those that remembered didn’t want anything to do with …

I know, Canadian Thanksgiving is well past, but I needed some recovery time, thank you very much. And these recipes work well for Christmas, or even a big Sunday dinner for a large family.
Besides, I’m actually writing this post in the past, so that I can, in future, reflect on what might be. If that makes sense to you, I think you need to see my therapist. She doesn’t believe me.
There are a few things that I just can’t get past for my own table, despite …