You’ve arrived at the borders of Gwen’s Realm …
| Fact #1: | Our world is far more vast than you think. |
| Fact #2: | Myriad worlds exist alongside ours. |
| Fact #3: |
Unusual beings live among us, but once you get to know them they aren’t so strange anymore. |
| Fact #4: | Magic and science coexist. |
The Dragon and the Stars—Aurora Award Winner
The Dragon and the Stars has won Canada’s 2011 Prix Aurora Award in the category of Best English Related Work. Here’s a picture of the editors, Derwin Mak and Eric Choi, accepting the award. The anthology features sci-fi and fantasy stories written by ethnic Chinese authors living in various countries, and includes an introduction by bestselling novelist, Tess Gerritsen. Although I did not personally win anything, I’m thrilled to be a part of this anthology. You can read an excerpt of my story, Papa and Mama, which was published under a slightly different byline.… Read More »
Oct 2011 App Reviews
Lately, I’ve been increasingly selective with the apps I review. Although I enjoy testing new apps, it’s just not worth my while to spend too much time on something that is pretty much a hobby to me (since I get paid so much less for such blog posts than for other forms of writing). It thus follows that I’ve been making fewer and fewer reviews at Appmodo and iPadmodo.
In Oct, I reviewed 10 apps from various categories. Here they are in chronological order. (Click the app title to read my full review.)… Read More »
The Dragon and the Stars—A Prix Aurora Award Finalist
The Dragon and the Stars, an anthology of science-fiction and fantasy stories published by DAW and edited by Eric Choi and Derwin Mak, is a finalist in the Prix Aurora Awards. My story, Papa and Mama, appears in this book (but under a slightly different byline).… Read More »
Apps for Writers—Part 1
Are you a writer with an iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch? If so, what apps should you invest in? Clearly, you’ll need at least one that can enable you to write and edit text documents, typically in Word’s .doc format. After this, you may also want to get other helper apps.… Read More »
Charge for Your Time
If you’re a freelance writer or editor, you’re going to be negotiating your own salary from project to project. Do you sometimes find it hard to fix your payment rate? Beginning freelancers may be so desperate for a job that they end up quoting too low. Here are some tips on how you can raise your income, based on my personal experience as a freelancer.… Read More »
