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October 26, 2011 / Courtney / Inspiration

Harlan Ellison, Alan Dean Foster…and Courtney Cantrell

Around Christmas of this year, I shall have a story in the SAME short story collection as HARLAN ELLISON and ALAN DEAN FOSTER. As my friend Josh (who’s gonna have a story in the same collection) says, “This is what we in the business call a pretty big deal.”

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October 6, 2011 / Courtney / Writing

SotU: Birds Carrying Twitterwhales

This is what happens when Twitter is down.

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September 28, 2011 / Courtney / Writing

Baby, You Can Too Write a Novel!

Hey sweet’eart. Missing me? Good, I miss you, too. : ) Life’s got me hustling and bustling enough to keep my blogging fingers busy elsewheres — but I promise an update SOON. In the meantime, click to read my guest post about life, the universe, and everything, and how You. Are. Enough. 42, y’all. BANGERANG.

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August 24, 2011 / Courtney / Creativity

In Which I Think My Navel Is Helpful

Here are links to five of my guest posts for UnstressedSyllables.com. I hope they encourage you in living a bolder, more passionate writing life!

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August 23, 2011 / Courtney / Random

This Is Named “Rose,” Mr. Shakespeare

As many of you already know, the husband and I recently moved into a cozy   .              At the front of this            are several  s.              And in one of these    s, to my utter delight and surprise,        I have discovered …

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August 9, 2011 / Courtney / Creativity

Get Shorty

So, in case you haven’t seen me mention it on Twitter, I’m tickled pink to be involved in The Consortium‘s upcoming short story magazine publication. In fact, I’ve been so tickled pink about it, I dug out the former prologue to one of my high fantasy novels, intending to use said former prologue as my …

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July 21, 2011 / Courtney / Inspiration

Who Am I?

I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure. I am at your command…

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July 12, 2011 / Courtney

How My Bachelor’s in Writing Didn’t Prepare Me for Writerhood

Even after getting our educations — whether that’s at the collegiate level or simply through life experience and trial-and-error — we writers still have to do our homework. We have to research for our business.

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June 16, 2011 / Courtney

The Grooming Habits of Agents

Eventually, during a break between lectures, there was a little circle of conversation at the hotel coffee shop. I don’t recall how it happened, but something I said about my in-progress novel led to this editor’s turning to me and asking, “So, Courtney, what is your book about?”

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June 9, 2011 / Courtney

Insert Maniacal Indie Author Here

In this video, I talk about:

  • getting my first royalties check
  • doing something very stupid
  • writerly emo-panic
  • Consortium Books, my indie publisher
  • and itchy noses.
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Courtney Cantrell writes fantasy and sci-fi, reads all manner of books, has lost all ability to watch regular network TV, and possesses vorpal unicorn morphing powers. She is made mostly of coffee and chocolate.

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