Reader's Catalogue And Back To Teaching by BJ Neblett

Reader’s Catalogue and Back To Teaching by BJ Neblett

Hello and happy New Year. Here is the overdue year end listing of all of my publications and where you can find them. Most everything is available through Amazon.com simply by searching my name. Please be sure to leave a review of anything you may read. Thanks in advance.

For those of you in the Seattle area, I will be teaching a class on short story and flash fiction writing, Short Stories & Shorter Stories at Hugo House forWriters. Classes will be Sunday’s from 10 AM till Noon and commence February 5, continuing through March 12. There is still time to register and plenty of room for more students. Click here for more info.

Looking ahead, I will be teaching my fiction writing class during the spring semester. Tentatively scheduled for Tuesday evenings, 5 PM till 7 PM, starting May 23, you can find more info by contacting Hugo House. This has proven to be one of my most popular classes and I hope you plan on joining us.

Finally, Planet Alt-Sete-Nine is at the publisher, and the sequel, Princess Haylee is coming along great. Keep watching here for publication/release dates for these and more!

Books:

Available now:

Ice Cream Camelot                Memoir                                   

Elysian Dreams                      Contemporary urban fantasy adventure

2017 releases:

Planet Alt-Sete-Nine               Contemporary fantasy/alternate reality

Princess Haylee                      Contemporary fantasy/alternate reality

2017/2018 release:

Never Let A Vegetarian Pack Your Lunch (And Other Love Stories)

                                                Collection of romance stories

Short Stories:

Rain At The Intersection Of Tomorrow                   

                                                Beyond The Hedge Anthology          7-1-2016

The Girl With The Stars In Her Eyes                                   

                                                Paradox Ethereal Magazine                12-1-2016

Round Table                           Paradox Ethereal Magazine                6-1-2016

Summer Of Love                    Romance Magazine Vol 3 No 9          10-8-2015

No Boundaries                       Romance Magazine Vol 3 No 8          9-8-2015

The Man Who Wouldn’t Die

                                                Paradox Ethereal Magazine                8-27-2015

The Gift                                  Paradox Ethereal Magazine                6-1-2015

Seven Seconds                        eFiction Magazine Vol 6 No 4            7-1-2015

One-Eyed Redhead From Texas

                                                Romance Magazine Vol 3 No 4          5-8-2015

Crank Up The Wyrd              eFiction Magazine Vol 5 No 12          3-1-2015

Business As Usual                  Romance Magazine Vol 2 No 12        1-8-2015

Ponytail: Never Say Uncle     Romance Magazine Vol 2 No 7          8-8-2014

Tulips                                      Romance Magazine Vol 2 No 6          7-8-2014

Three Of A Kind                    Romance Magazine Vol 2 No 5          6-8-2014

All The Wrong Places            Romance Magazine Vol 2 No 2          3-8-2014

Rain                                        Romance Magazine Vol 1 No 10        12-8-2013

Satan’s Blood                         eFiction Magazine Vol 4 No 3            7-1-2013

Seven Seconds                        Northern Liberties Review                 4-1-2013

Teaching Creative Writing For Fiction by BJ Neblett

I've been busily working on book two of my Lost Princes trilogy. Book one, Planet Alt-Sete-Nine is finished but the inspiration and ideas just keep coming. I'm hoping for a spring 2017 release of book one.
I am also hoping to keep on track with writing book two, but will be teaching Intro To Fiction starting in September. For those of you in the general Seattle area, registration has started for my class and is filling up. There is still plenty of space as well as time for you to sign up. The classes will start Monday, September 12, 7 PM, and run for 8 weeks. They are being held at the famed Hugo House for writers, and are open to anyone.
Please click the Hugo House link and sign up today!
Hope to see you in class!
Peace,
BJ
Hugo House: www.hugohouse.org

A Writer...... Writes by BJ Neblett

A Writer...... Writes
by BJ Neblett

As I am sure you know, my blogs consist mostly of short stories, pieces I've written recently along with some older stories. This is because I spend most of my free time writing, putting to paper the ideas and situations and characters that formulate in my mind during the rest of the day when I am doing those everyday chores that enslave us all. When I was in school, more years ago than I care to remember, three words were drilled into my brain... and, consequently, I try to instill these same words into the minds of my Creative Writing students. Those words? A writer writes. Simple enough, right? Want to call yourself a writer? Then write! A painter paints; a sculptor sculpts; a plummer... fixes pipes. So why don't those who call themselves writers write?
I belong to a number of blogs, writers groups, sites, etc, etc, etc. Mainly I belong because my publisher says it's the thing to do... networking to help sell books. Ok, fair enough. But unfortunately I have little time to participate in, or read any of these posting. Why? Because I am busy writing; not writing blogs or commenting on others' blogs, but writing the sequel to my first novel Elysian Dreams, and my memoirs, Ice Cream Camelot, and the short stories that all of you enjoy here.
It amazes me how much time 'writers' spend writing about writing rather than writing. I wish I had that much time to spend at my keyboard. And, ironically most of what I read on daily blogs is the complaints of how little time those very same bloggers seem to have for actual writing!
Is it just me? I'm all for communication and the sharing of thoughts and ideas, and even just simple human conversation. But don't spend four lengthy paragraphs bemoaning how little writing you have accomplished when those same four paragraphs could be the intro to your next novel.
A writer writes.... it's that simple. You don't need to be a million seller or be on anyone's top ten list or even have a publishing contract to be a writer. All you need do is... write. Next time you are at a party and someone asks, "What do you do?" and you answer, "I'm a writer," be sure you have written something to answer the inevitable follow up question: "Oh, what have you written?"
Look for another short story here soon!
Peace,
BJ