Another Guitar Finished And Up For Sale And New Chapters Completed by BJ Neblett

 Another Guitar Finished And Up For Sale And New Chapters Completed by BJ Neblett

Been on a tear here creatively, completing a couple of more chapters of my latest book, Planet Alt-Sete-Nine Book Three: War Of The Wizards. Wizards is the follow-up to Princess Haylee, released earlier this year, and the third in the time-warping saga of Haylee Sera Dione. Presently, it is looking like a winter release for the new book. 

I seem to owe the recently burst of literary creativity to spending more time working with my hands. Who would have figured my muse lives in guitars? I have finished rehabilitating a fine old classic acoustic guitar (more on that in another post), am in the middle of repairing and upgrading a new Les Paul (more as it progresses), and have finished a beautiful scratch-built Fender Stratocaster. The pictures below are of that guitar.

I dubbed her Nikki, and she sports a nice slim 60s style Fender Deluxe Series neck, Seymour Duncan humbucker pickups, Fender vintage-style tremolo bridge, and a host of other trick parts and upgrades. She plays and sounds even better than she looks if that is possible. I know it is going to be hard to let her go. But she is listed for sale on Reverb... here's the link... https://rvrb.io/2021-stratocaster-stx5b6

Nikki comes with a case and all the goodies you see here. For more info and pics, click the reverb.com link or contact me at customscorpionguitars@gmail.com or if you'd like a guitar custom built for you. By the way, the price listed on Reverb is negotiable. Make me an offer! Watch here for more updates on both Planet Alt-Sete-Nine Book Three: War Of The Wizards, and more guitars built, repaired and for sale.

To The Class Of 2020 by BJ Neblett

To The Class Of 2020

BJ Neblett

© 2020

I am just a humble writer of words who once observed that, “The two greatest assets a writer can have are an unbridled imagination and to have lived an unabashed life.”¹ Simplicity in itself for those existing within the hallowed pages of the world’s next great novel. But what about the rest of us? Especially those of you about to take your first tentative steps out of the shadows of innocence and into the white light of reality? Let us amend our writing analogy to focus on living in this very real, sometimes scary, and often confusing world. “The two greatest assets we are afforded in this life are observation and experience.” Observation is knowledge, the building blocks of understanding. Experience is power, the sturdy foundation on which we build our lives. Always remember that, “We are the sum total of our experiences. Those experiences – be they positive or negative – make us the person we are, at any given point in our lives. And, like a flowing river, those same experiences, and those yet to come, continue to influence and reshape the person we are, and the person we become. None of us are the same as we were yesterday, nor will be tomorrow.”²

 ¹ From All The Wrong Places by BJ Neblett

 ² From George by BJ Neblett  

RIP Little Richard And Random Thoughts by BJ Neblett

Sitting here, working on Princess Haylee, book two of my Planet Alt-Sete-Nine series, and chillin' to Little Richard. As a radio DJ back in the day, I worked with Richard a couple of times. A wild man on stage, always giving 150% of himself, Little Richard was the crazy, funny guy full of boundless energy you were proud to call a friend. From washing dishes in the Macon Bus Station to support his family after his dad passed, to the many donations of his time and money to charities, many of which went unnoticed, Richard believed in people taking care of people. This was one facet of the multi-faceted entertainer I had the privilege to know. If there were one phrase that could sum up Richard's life I believe it would have to be, "always searching." Be it self identity, to religion, to a new way to bend a chord or phrase, Little Richard never stopped searching. Or entertaining.
RIP Richard.
"...if there's a rock 'n roll heaven/
you know they got a hell of a band."
                        Righteous Brothers
                        Rock 'n Roll Heaven
                        1973

Post Modernism Or New Millennialism Part Three by BJ Neblett

Examining Postmodernism

Hello once again. I hope everyone is getting along well with the 'new normal' which hopefully will only be 'normal' for just a very short time longer. One advantage, if there are any advantages to being confined to one's home, which I have discovered is a sharp uptick in my thinking, thought process and writing. This can probably be attributed to the fact that I live alone and, consequentially have no one to converse with, beyond of course the TV. This has led to finishing up the editing on my friend KJ McPike's forthcoming release, the third in her excellent Souls Unearthed/Astralis series; continuing work on my own series, Planet Alt-Sete-Nine: Princess Haylee, and what I present to you here, part three of our look at Modernism, Postmodernism and what I have dubbed New Millennialism, the newest wave in modern literature. You can catch up by clicking the links: Part One and Part Two. Today we take a quick look at Postmodernism. Enjoy and feel free to comment.

Postmodernism

            After fifty plus years of literary reflections on how it is and how we’d like it to be, writers and other thinkers decided to take a peek behind the modernist’s mirror. In doing so, they inadvertently, or purposely, warped the generally accepted visions and assumptions of traditional rationality. A stream of consciousness view of what if was born, challenging universally held and socially conditioned notions of objectivity. Post modernistic thinking embraced movements as varied as literature, art, music, science, and feminism, led by philosophers such as Jean-Francois Lyotard, Jacques Derrida, and Fredric Jamerson.

Notable examples of postmodernism include the art of Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Tracy Emin, and Jeff Koons, and the architectural works of Charles Moore, Michael Graves, and Philip Johnson. Noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who worked during the modernism period, is often considered an early influence of the postmodern period.

            Perhaps the best way to purposely explain and showcase the postmodern movement is to recall the periods. The ‘50s: the beat generation, rock n roll and a movement away from traditional values. The ‘60s: Summer of Love, Woodstock, the Beatles, civil rights, anti-war demonstrations. The ‘70s: women’s lib, revolutions in black music and culture. The ‘80s: technology and the ‘me’ generation. All the above can be attributed as both influences and products of the postmodern movement.

            On the literary scene, Kurt Vonnegut stands out as possibly the poster child of postmodernism. A satirist and outspoken voice of counterculture in the US, Vonnegut’s works, including Slaughterhouse Five (1969) and Breakfast Of Champions (1973) read like textbooks on themes and techniques of postmodern literature.

            Other outstanding examples of postmodernism:

            Vladimir Nabokov                              Lolita                                       (1955)

            Chuck Palahniuk                                 Fight Club                               (1996)

            Philip K Dick                                      The Man In The High Castle  (1962)

            Shelley Jackson                                   Half Life                                  (2006)

            Stephen King                                      Hearts In Atlantis                    (1999)

            Jorge Luis Borges                               Labyrinths                               (1962/64/70/83)

            Tim Robbins                                       Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1976)

            Haruki Murakami                                Hard-Boiled Wonderland And The

                                                                                    End Of The World       (1985)

            Joan Didion                                         Democracy                              (1984)

            One of the largest and most popular outgrowths of postmodernism is the advent of dystopian literature: the destruction and re-ordering of society. Excellent early examples include George Orwell’s 1984 (1949) and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1958). The genre has become a popular touch stone of 21^st century films.

Keep watch here for updates on the release of KJ's as well as my own latest books, and of course part four of this series when we delve into exactly what is New Millennialism.
Peace,
BJ

Post Modernism Or New Millennialism Part Two by BJ Neblett

Examining Modernism, Post Modernism And New Millennialism

by BJ Neblett

February, 2020

            Sometime back, before the world went crazy – my world that is, although the rest of the world is… well, that’s a topic for another dozen blogs – I started a blog about a term I coined to help define what I see as a trend in writing away from traditional, Modernism and Post-Modernism: New Millennialism. (See this blog, February 16, 2019) Simply put New Millennialism is, “Thrusting cutting edge technology, concepts and ideas into the very core of classic human situations." You may quote me on that! Ok, so what exactly does that carefully crafted jumble of words mean? Good question. To understand, let’s look at previous literature groupings. Class is now in session.

Modernism

            Modernism is a philosophical movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society during the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries. Alright, enough Wikipedia babble. People in the late 1800’s started to tinker, asking, “Can this be done easier, better.” This led to inventions. The discovery of large deposits of oil led to more advanced inventions. These inventions led to factories. Factories helped propel the large shift in the populace from rural to urban areas to work in these factories. And all of this led to what we now call the industrial revolution: inventions begat more employment which begat more products and higher salaries, and the whole thing begat more leisure time for us to stop and breathe and think. Ironically, something Victorian peoples had plenty of time to do, but seem not very adept at doing.

Now we all know what thinking leads to… people, Americans and Europeans in particular, began a conscious desire and effort to overturn tradition. In short, the birth of Idealism in literature: Modernism. The horrors of World War One contributed to a world-wide reassessment of the ideas, ideals and morals of society: ie, people were fed up and wanted something new. Idealism, remained popular, accompanied by more cynical thoughts and beliefs, soon manifesting themselves in works of art, music, architecture, philosophy and more. We will concentrate on literature.

            Some outstanding proponents of what would become known as the Modernism Movement in literature include: Virginia Woolf; James Joyce; Gertrude Stein, and poet T. S. Eliot. They presented works in a less illusionary and more realistic vein. What is, what could be and what should be became catch phrases for writers desirous of shedding the oppressive restraints of the Victorian Era. A ‘Let’s be happy and gay,’ mindset carried the world populace through the roaring ‘20’s. Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby examined what we think we are and desire to be, passing the torch to authors like John Steinbeck and William Faulkner and William Carlos Williams who examined who we really are and strive to be, through the depression racked 1930’s and the war torn 1940’s.

While traditional wisdom states that Modernism began fading post 1940, many modernists continued to publish beyond, and indeed, into the 1950’s. These include Faulkner, Wallace Stevens, Hermann Broch, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and Samuel Beckett. Most have been described as ‘later modernist’.

            Rather than bore you with further hotly debated theories on who is and who isn’t, and what is and what isn’t, let’s just look at some outstanding examples of Modernist Literature.

            Joseph Conrad                         Heart Of Darkness                    (1899/1902)

            T. S. Eliot                                The Waste Land                                  (1933)

            James Joyce                            Ulysses                                                (1922)

            Virginia Woolf                        To The Lighthouse                              (1927)

            William Faulkner                    As I Lay Dying                                    (1930)

            Djuna Barnes                          Nightwood                                           (1936)

            Ralph Ellison                           Invisible Man                                      (1952)

            Samuel Beckett                       Waiting For Godot                             (1953)

            Any of the writers and their works mentioned here will give you a more insightful look into Modernism in literature than my simple prose can offer. Enjoy. Next time we’ll tackle Post Modernism on our way to figuring out what the heck is New Millennialism. Hint: it’s more prevalent in today’s literary sci-fi/fantasy fiction than you might think!

Peace,

BJ Neblett

(See this blog, February 16, 2019)

Post Modernism Or New Millennialism Part One by BJ Neblett

Post Modernism Or New Millennialism Part One by BJ Neblett

            Ok, so millennials are taking the heat for a lot of things these days, from living with their parents, to not driving, to the demise of tuna fish. Grant it, this younger generation does seem to have its own set of rules, interests, preferences, and priorities. When it comes to things like Ubers, home meal deliveries, on line shopping and most new things techie, we do owe a debt of gratitude to those born between 1981 and 1997. But then again, can’t the same be said of all generations?

            I vividly remember my own younger years, being judgmentally scrutinized by my seniors for the often-questionable things my generation brought into the world. I’m a baby boomer, so I’ll let you fill in the blanks, both positive and negative. But I am also a writer of some notoriety and teach classes on writing. As such some of the changes I’ve noticed wrought by these millennials are of a literary nature. Note: not necessarily a bad thing.

            Specifically, I have noticed a shift in writing style, perspective, theme and technique among literary millennials as well as the previous generation, often referred to as Gen-Xers. I feel this movement away from the more traditional Modernism and Post-Modernism disciplines has become large and strong enough to warrant its own literary classification. Therefore, I proffer: New Millennialism. Spoiler alert, or perhaps jibber jabber warning: The following is about to get very esoteric. Non-nerdy types be forewarned.

Intrigued? Check back here in a few days or so for Part Two!

PS: Feel free to use the term New Millinnealism with, of course the proper citations, namely... me!

BJ

New Interview and Looking Ahead by BJ Neblett

Hello, it's been some time. That is mainly due to the fact that convention and comic con season is drawing near and Ive been busy preparing. More on that in a moment but first...
I have a new interview that went live today for your listening pleasure. Paul Brodie, author and pod-caster interviewed me recently about my latest book, Planet Alt-Sete-Nine The Lost Princess, and the problems and trials of getting published. Paul is a professional who has dedicated himself to helping struggling writers. You can check him out, and learn more about his pod-casts here: https://www.brodieedu.com/services/. 
As for my own interview with Paul, you can listen to it here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/getpublishedpodcast/Get_Published_Podcast_Episode_194_BJ_Neblett.mp3. Hope you enjoy. Be sure to let me know what you think and be sure to pass along the link!


As mentioned, I will be attending numerous Sci-fi/fantasy conventions, as well as comic cons and book and literary conventions. Here is just a partial list of the shows I plan to attend. Check back here as well as my web page www.bjneblett.com for updates.
March 14-17 Emerald City Comic Con Seattle (tentative)
April 27-28 Medford City (Oregon) Comic Con
August 3 For The Love Of Books Seattle
September 13-15 Rose City Comic Con Oregon
October 26-27 Jet City Comic Con Tacoma
November 8-10 Ory Con Portland, Oregon
November 16-17 Geek Girl Con Seattle

This is just a partial, working list. For more info on the above events simply Google the event name.
BJ

Time Travel & Alternate Dimensions A New Class And Discussion by BJ Neblett

Monday, November 5, at 7 PM I'll be teaching a new class at Seattle's famed Hugo House For Authors. This time around we'll be discussing time travel and alternate dimensions, and how to create & write them effectively. The class is six week, and has proven to be a very popular one. Learn more and sign up on line at Hugo House - hugohouse.org.
As a primer, here are some of my own personal thoughts and ideas on this popular, controversial, and timely (sorry about that) subject.

Time Travel 

BJ Neblett 

            “Time is a function of observation.” BJ Neblett

Each of us exist in one specific timeline within a universe or dimension to which we belong. This universe and timeline is our home-time. As we move through time, (time travel) we move into one of any number of parallel or non-parallel universes. Parallel universes contain either parallel timelines or non-parallel time lines which may be similar, but not necessarily identical to our own.

Parallel Universes/Dimensions

Parallel time lines are those dimensions or universes which seem eerily like our own. Upon first entering, one might think that they have not left their own home-time. However, there almost always are small, and some not so minor differences.

Non-parallel time lines are also like our own but differ strikingly in that they are experiencing a different passage of time from our own. While we may have left New York City, Planet Earth in the 21^st century, we may find ourselves landing in New York City, Planet Earth in the 18^th or 15^th century, or any other time passage, past or future. It is not that we have traveled into their past or future, it is that what appears to us to be their past or future, (their present) is happening at the same time as our own present.

We can move into one of these parallel universes, or dimensions, at any point of present, past or future. While the universes may seem as our own, there is one major difference: we are present only in our visitor sense. This is not our home-time, therefore we are simply visitors, as one would be traveling to a different country. We may encounter circumstances we are familiar with, and persons we think we know. We may even meet persons we recognize as our parents and other ancestors. However, we will be to them as strangers, as this is their home-time, and not our own. Further, we may have a basic knowledge of things which occurred in the past, or will occur in the future (within this parallel universe's past or future). However, there will be some subtle and some more striking changes and differences between our own home-time and the one into which we have entered. This is due at least in part to the results of cause and effect (causality).

So, can we affect change? Yes... and no. Any interaction which we may purposely or inadvertently commit while visiting this parallel universe or dimension, will affect only this timeline, not our own home-time. When we return to our own home-time, we will find simply that we have been gone for X amount of time, although time elapsed in our home-time may be different from the passage of time we observed while time traveling. For example, we may be told that we have been gone from our home-time for several days, while our watch, which traveled with us, may show only the passage of a few minutes or seconds. The inverse of this effect is also true. But we have not affected change to our home-time, except that some may have noted our absence. However, conversely, any traveler capable of traveling from their own home-time into our own, is capable of affecting change within our home-time.  

One may think of time travel as a traveler visiting another country. He may see sights familiar to him, but the people he encounters will not know him. His actions will have effect, only within the place he visits.

            Non-Parallel Universes/Dimensions

            Non-parallel universes and dimensions are those which exist completely independent and different from our own. Here we may find physical laws completely alien to our own. Here the possibilities, differences and similarities to our own universe are limitless. Here, as a visitor, we can be capable of affecting change, casually or purposely. And, again, the apparent passage of time may vary between the time traveler and his place of origin, his home-time.

            Any travel between non-parallel universes and dimensions may or may not be construed as time travel. Skipping through dimensions without an apparent change in time to the traveler is entirely possible; while, at the same time, moving through time and dimensions is equally possible.

If your an author, scientist, physicist, great thinker, or just have some views on time travel and alternate realities, come join the discussion!

New Book New Class and A New Author by BJ Neblett

New Book, New Classes and A New Author

by BJ Neblett

Hello! I realize it has been quite some time, but I do have an excuse… a reason… ok, an explanation for my tardiness: in a word, work. Need I say more? But in this case work refers, at least in part, to writing.

Let me explain.

This spring/summer will see the release of my new book. Yes, the same one you have all been anticipating and asking me about. Planet Alt-Sete-Nine is book one of a trilogy, and to be perfectly honest, I wanted to not only make it as near perfect as possible, but to get a good head start on book two before the release of book one. We, my publisher BrightonPublishing, and I are working on the next to last (hopefully) edits and putting together a stunning cover design to grace what many of my beta readers have termed a modern fantasy classic. (blush blush blush)

Planet Alt-Sete-Nine is a contemporary fantasy which blurs the lines between the realities of virtual reality and alternate realities. Confused? Ok, here’s a peak at a possible back cover book blurb:

School teacher Haylee is a happy, normal, slightly geeky twenty something with more than a passing fascination for fantasy video gaming. But when her boyfriend Jake asks her to beta test a new game he is developing for his company, the lines between fantasy and reality soon begin to blur. She is drawn deeper into the game’s ground breaking virtual reality, alienating herself from friends and family. Even the renowned Dr. Cochran, a leading expert on video game addiction, is at a loss to explain Haylee’s strange and erratic behavior. As Haylee explores the mystical Planet Alt-Sete-Nine for an elusive princess, Jake frantically searches for a way to hold on to Haylee and her tenuous grasp with reality. Can the powerful Wizardess Azami le Blanc unravel the mystery of the Al-téarièn people? Or will the fierce warrior Cailey be Haylee’s salvation?

Watch here for more on release date!

Part two of my tardiness also concerns work, only in this case my teaching duties at Seattle’s Hugo House for Writers. I have been busy teaching several classes, which is both a bane and blessing in disguise. I love teaching writing and have found my Sunday’s lately taken up with classes that include Editing, Writing Effective Time Travel, my current class, Short Stories and Shorter Stories. My next class has proven to be a very popular one: Creating Effective Characters In Fiction. It starts Sunday, April 15, and runs for six consecutive Sundays from 10 AM to Noon. Registration opens March 6 and usually fills up fast. Visit Hugo House for more information on this and other upcoming classes I will be teaching through the summer, including Editing, Dialogue, Time Travel and more. (it never hurts if you mention that you heard about it here on my blog!)

Finally, I have been honored by a quote from a short story of mine called George appearing in a recently released book. Adrian Winstanley, a very capable writer, has crafted an entertaining, funny and touching memoir in High HopesSilver Linings. During the wonderful tour that has been his life, we learn of a particularly dark period when my words, as quoted to him by a caring nurse, moved Mr. Winstanley to re-assess his very existence. I highly recommend High Hopes Silver Linings. It is available through most books stores including Barnes & Noble, and, as always, Amazon.com.

Peace,
BJ Neblett

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by BJ Neblett

Your summer fun starts at Hugo House with a trip to the past and into the future! Ever wonder about time travel? Ever wish you could go back and change something; or maybe see what tomorrow and the next day and the day after have in store? Ever be deeply engrossed in the latest sci-fi thriller only to have it ruined by an implausible, even ridiculous time travel scenario? Ever get tripped up in your writing about time travel? My next class, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Writing Believable Time Travel In Sci-fi and Fantasy, is a class you won't want to miss. We will address the popular beliefs, myths and facts about time travel; look at the problems and pitfalls of traveling to another time; examine the writings of some of the best and most popular sci-fi writers in the business, plus have open discussions about our own beliefs and feelings on the subject. There will even be guest lecturers revealing how they make their own time travel tales believable and engaging.
Classes start Tuesday, July 18th, and run for six weeks, every Tuesday night, 7 til 9 PM, at Seattle's Hugo House. For more info, and to sign up click here to check out their site. But get on it... this promises to be a fun and popular class and will fill up soon. Don't be stuck in the past!

Time Travel, Writing, And New Releases by BJ Neblett

It's been a while and I can't believe April is almost over. Here in the great northwest we've had more than our share of showers. Not sure about anyone else, but I'm ready for some May flowers... as well as sunshine and warmer temperatures.
Something I am definitely ready for is a new semester of teaching at Hugo House, here in Seattle. This time around I'll be heading up a course titled Introduction To Fiction. Classes run for six weeks and are designed for the beginner, novice and more advanced writers. Join me Tuesdays, from 5 PM til 7 PM, starting May 23rd and running through June 27. This is a popular class and fills up quickly, so be sure to follow this link to sign up: Hugo House, Introduction To Fiction.
While you are registering for classes, you might want to keep this in mind. Starting July 18, I'll be teaching a new class: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Writing About Time Travel In Fiction. This should be an exciting class, exploring the ins and outs, along with the pros and cons, and pitfalls of writing about time travel. We will discuss motifs, trends and personal opinions, as well as look at some classic time travel, from HG Wells to Star Trek to Steven King to Kelly Moore. Make plans now. Classes are Tuesdays at 7:10 PM until 9:10 PM, and start July 18. Check with Hugo House for more information and registration.
Finally, I am still looking for a summer/fall release for my alternate reality/fantasy novel Planet Alt Sete Nine. Of course we all know how publishers work... In the mean time, you can add another KJ McPike winner to your summer reading list. The next book in her YA/NA Fantasy Astralis series, Tenuous, is due out the end of May. This time and dimension traveling adventure continues the story of young Lali and Kai begun in Xodus and continued in Nemesis. You can pre-order Tenuous, as well as find all of my books on Amazon.com and in book stores.

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

Books, Short Stories, Magazines and More by BJ Neblett

Hello again! First I want to thank all of you for your support for my writing through the years. My books and magazines are among the most popular. And I enjoy your comments and questions. One question I get most often I will (finally) address right here. Below you will find a catalogue of my work. Simply click the photo for a link to more information and availability. And thanks again for your support! Look for a new novel and more later this year! And be sure to click on the image on the right to be the first to get a new story in a forthcoming book!
Peace,

BJ

                

                

                

             

If you should have any trouble with any of the links you go directly to either Amazon or the publisher eFiction Magazines! The anthology on the right, Beyond The Hedge is available for preorder now and will be out the first of July. It features brand new stories by myself as well as my buddy and fellow author Alissa Berger. Just click the image.

Currently I am hard at work on the first of a Sci fi trilogy which should be out this fall. Watch right here for more info and a chapter tease! Also, in the works for later this year and into 2017 are compilations of my romance stories and fiction stories. Stay tuned... more to come...