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Geek Confessional: A Super Conference

John W. Otte February 9, 2017 February 5, 2017Books, Failstate, Superheroes, Writing Failstate, Geek Confessional, writing, writing conference 4

Last time, I told y’all a story about the worst writing conference I ever attended. As much as it stung to go through, it did have an unforeseen benefit. My experience at that conference inspired me to sit down and create a superhero character named Failstate. Actually, to be fair,…

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Geek Confessional: When It All Goes Off the Rails

John W. Otte January 26, 2017 January 23, 2017John's Books, Writing Geek Confessional, writing, writing conference, writing process 1

So this is the entry that I’ve been dreading to write. Simply put, this was one of the worst experiences I’ve had in my writing career. And it actually turned out to be something of a blessing in disguise. But I am getting ahead of myself. Before I get into…

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Geek Confessional: When the Time Comes to Stop

John W. Otte January 12, 2017 January 14, 2017Writing Geek Confessional, writing, writing conference 1

I’m thinking I may have to reorganize some of these posts. I never intended for the confessional to only be about my journey to publication, but it’s kind of turning into that right now. Maybe I’ll dig into that later this week and see what I can come up with.…

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Geek Confessional: When Dreams Die Hard

John W. Otte December 29, 2016 January 14, 2017Christianity, John's Books, Science Fiction, Writing Geek Confessional, writing, writing conference 3

Thanks to some theological musings prompted by the writings of C. S. Lewis, I had stumbled into a science fiction trilogy about a group of aliens on the hunt for grace. And I was bound and determined to get this thing published. I just had a feeling about it. This…

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What I Learned at Realm Makers 2015

John W. Otte August 10, 2015 August 10, 2015Silliness, Writing Realm Makers, writing, writing conference 3

So what is Realm Makers? It is the preeminent conference for writers of Christian speculative fiction. This past weekend, somewhere around 150 people gathered in St. Louis to listen to keynote speaker Robert Liparulo, attend classes and seminars on the craft of writing, pitch to agents and editors, and generally…

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