So Over It Contest #11: Book and Movie Edition
No winner for So Over It Contest #10. The answer is the Koenigsplatz, in Munich. The subject of our current contest provided inspiration both for one of the most famous…
Location, Location, Location: Fiction and the Anthropic Principle
Nichole Bernier's blog post on locations and their impact on fiction got me thinking about the settings in my own work and why I picked them. Bernier starts her post…
So Over It #10: Sneak Preview Edition
Sadly, the winning streak ends at one. No winners for So Over It #9. The answer is Tooele High School, in Tooele, Utah. Not only was it the place I…
So Over It Contest #9: Fans of Jim Edition
So far, I've done contests based on television, movies, my travels, and history, but this contest is about my work. My longest published short story was set at the location…
You May Already Be A Winner, If Your Name is Beth.
Congratulations to Beth Markley of Arizona for winning the So Over It #8 contest. Her answer, which can be found on the Facebook page, is this: She'll be receiving an…
So Over It Contest 8: Today In History Edition
The last contest carried the losing streak to 7. The location in that one was the Bull and Finch Bar across the street from Boston Common and the exterior shot…
So Over It Contest #7
No winner for the last contest. The location in question for that contest was the cemetery at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, site of a significant Civil War battle. In February of…
The Secret Revealed
You can now open the mystery box and see my essay on writing secondary characters, which does reveal something about how I revised Dismantle the Sun. I'd like to thank Beyond…
So Over it Contest #4
The 3rd So Over It contest ends, once again with no winner. It's hard to believe no one could guess this one: It is 雷峰塔, (The Leifeng Pagoda). One of…
So Over It Contest #3
No winners for the last contest. The location in question was Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, U.K. It was there in 1485 that Richard III, the last Plantagenet monarch, lost his kingdom and…