Jack Campbell Jr.

Tag: Confabulator Cafe

  • A View from a Park Bench

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    I’m still recovering a bit from ConQuest 44, but Sara and I already have tickets for next year’s ConQuest 45. You can get advance tickets a lot cheaper, as the price keeps going up over the course of the year. If you are planning on attending, why wait?  www.conquestkc.org This week, over at The Confabulator…

  • Three Rules for Surviving Rejection

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    This week, at The Confabulator Cafe, we were asked how to survive negative critiques and rejections. Read my three rules to remember in dealing with criticism  in “Three Rules for Surviving Rejection” now available at The Confabulator Cafe website. http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2013/03/three-rules-for-surviving-rejection/

  • The Art of the Critique

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    This week, the Confabulator Cafe was all about critiquing. I shared some advice on what to do and what not to do when you are asked to critique someone’s writing. If you haven’t checked it out, please do. The Art of the Critique I hope everyone is hanging in there in the midwest and northeast.…

  • From the Shadows

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    This week, The Confabulator Cafe asked what drew us to our particular genres or types of writing. Read about the draw of horror and dark fiction in “From the Shadows.” I’ve been working with an editor at a horror publication interested in another one of my stories. Hopefully, I will have news on that front…

  • A New Year’s Self-Evaluation

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    It has been a big year, as I wrote about in my most recent blog here. With all of those changes in my personal and professional life, there were bound to be changes in my artistic life. Today, at The Confabulator Cafe, I look back on how I have changed as a writer in the…

  • Holiday Wishes and Goodreads

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    Holiday Wishes and Goodreads This week at The Confabulator Cafe, we are sharing our feelings on the holidays. My views have become conflicted in recent years. You can read all about it at http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2012/12/holiday-wishes/ Also, if you are a Goodreads user, feel free to connect with me there. I usually review every book I read. Discussing…

  • Santa Claus is Coming

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    Santa Claus is Coming It is time for the next installment of the Straeon Manor series over at The Confabulator Cafe. My contribution, “Santa Claus is Coming” is now available. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Straeon Manor stories, they all take place in the same house, in different rooms, in different…

  • Toolbox Stocking Stuffers and Another Acceptance

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    Toolbox Stocking Stuffers and Another Acceptance Over at The Confabulator Cafe, we are celebrating the gift-giving season with gift ideas for the writers on your list. I address the writer’s toolbox in my entry. Don’t be afraid to give a writer tools for their work. We love our work. It isn’t any different than getting…

  • Failure and other F-Words, plus an acceptance

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    Failure and other F-Words, plus an acceptance My last Nanowrimo Confabulator Cafe blog is up at http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2012/12/failure-and-other-f-words/. Read about my mixed mixed emotions regarding Nanowrimo this year. Also, Separate Worlds has accepted my flash fiction piece “Collectors” for publication in their January/February 2013 issue. I’ll post more information as I get it. Thanks for reading, Jack

  • Moral Victories

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    Moral Victories Nanowrimo is wrapping up, and while I am nowhere near the actual goal, my personal goal has been met. Read how it is going, this week at The Confabulator Cafe. http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2012/11/6348/