The Secrets Newsletter #111 and #112, a class and a reading.

Two issues of The Secrets went out to subscribers today. I’d completed 111 before the holiday, but it got lost in all that was going on. In it I discuss how writers can produce kick-butt dialogue. Issue 112 covers the tricky subject of editing: how to do it, what to look for, and how to get the changes made as painlessly as possible. Subscribers got them today, and if you go to the Stormwolf.com store and subscribe, you’ll instantly download issues 101-112 to kickstart your subscription.

Second Life

On Friday, 12 December, Kat Klaybourne, in her Second Life alter-ego of Kat Alderson, will presents a class in promoting and marketing in Second Life. Kat has a first life background in network marketing and has run a successful Second Life business for over a year. Whether you’re looking to promote your first life passions in Second Life, or if you’re looking for ways to successfully sell content in the metaverse, this class is a must. It’s a precursor to her building classes, which return for a limited time in January. Mark your calendars! 6 PM game time/9 PM Eastern.

On Sunday 14 December, I’ll be doing a reading of a story titled The Adventure of the Riding Hoods. Jean Rabe has put together an anthology titled Terribly Twisted Tales. The premise asked authors to take a well known fairy tale and produce a totally new twist on it. My story involves the famed Wolf detective V. August Lupyne, his Sheep companion, Doctor Jameson Woolrich, and their adventure solving a murder of a old woman by a Wolf (who was subsequently captured by a girl in a red riding hood and a woodsman). It’s definitely twisted, but a lot of fun. The reading will be at 6 PM game time, 9 PM Eastern.

You can find both events by clicking HERE. (If you have downloaded the Second Life software, this link will take you straight to the site of the events.)

Second Life, for those who have never chatted online, is a graphical chat interface. It does not cost money to register or use. It operates on a “micro-economy” model, which is to say that you can uses it for free, but you can do a lot more if you just pay a little more here and there. I sell books in Second Life to cover the costs of promoting my work and having the space to hold seminars. Lots of other wildly creative people turn out really cool products to feed their habits, too.

You can learn more at about Second Life at The Second Life web page. Check it out, download the software, and come on in and join us for the class and the reading.