Absolute Write is Back!

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  The forums are on! This is essentially a public beta test. There are some things to know first: * This is new software. The mods and I are learning it right along with the rest of you. * There will be glitches; I’ll fix them as soon as I can, but you’re going to … Read more

Absolute Write Water Cooler Forums Migration Update

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* The server is up and running.  * The old vBulletin posts are in. * The new software is installed.  * We’re days away.  I’m still configuring the way that Share Your Work will be protected. We’re waiting for one last security package to be installed, and an more robust backup method for the forum.  … Read more

More progress

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We’ve made some more progress. Right now, we’re waiting on two consultants schedules. But we’re closer! PLEASE STOP JUST CHECKING. We’re moving the entire server, and converting to new forum software. It’s going to take some time. We will absolutely let the world know when we’re ready for you to log on. In the meantime: … Read more

AW Is Being Upgraded

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Things Are Progressing * We have a new server and we have licensed new forum software. * We have a bid for a contractor to migrate and convert the database to the new forum software. * We are looking at a few weeks offline. As soon as we know more, we will let folks know. … Read more

NaNoWriMo 2019

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November 1, or the start of NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month is just around the corner. Basically, NaNoWriMo is about writing a 50K work novel in month, by writing a little every day. Not revising or editing, just writing. The emphasis is on completing 50,000 words. You can read more about planning for NaNoWriMo, but … Read more

Constance Hale, Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose

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Constance Hale. Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose. Three Rivers Press; Revised, Updated edition, 2013. ISBN: 978-0385346894. Ari Meermans From the quirky and playful title to the jacket copy (“Today’s writers need more spunk than Strunk”) to the introduction, Sin and Syntax makes promises no book on grammar — those dull, sometimes … Read more

Interview: Donna Migliaccio

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Donna Migliaccio, familiar to AWers as mrsmig, is a professional stage actress with credits that include Broadway, National Tours and prominent regional theaters. As a writer, Donna Migliaccio’s short work is featured in the anthologies Medusa At The Morgue and The Art Of Losing. She has just re-published Kinglet, the first novel in her epic … Read more

Interview: Suzanne Palmer

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Suzanne Palmer, AW’s own zanzjan, won 2018’s Hugo Award for Best Novelette for “The Secret Life of Bots.” Her short fiction has won readers’ awards for Asimov’s, Analog, and Interzone magazines, and been included in the Locus Recommended Reading List. Palmer has twice been a finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award and once for … Read more