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BECHTEL’S BUCKSHOT BLOG: A Funny Thing Happened On Halloween …

By On November 16, 2012 · 2 Comments

I have a really cool story to share here, but for the life of me I can’t come up with a good intro, so I’m just gonna dive right in —

In a typical month, our Flash Fiction Contest will receive somewhere around thirty submissions (light months may be around twenty, heavier months around forty).  [...]

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Bechtel’s Buckshot Blog: Getting Stoked

By On April 20, 2012 · 5 Comments

You never forget your first.  As such, this article is dedicated to two tremendously talented writers, each of whom we’re honored to say, were “firsts” for your friendly neighborhood e-book company.

The premiere title in our first library of books, Necon Classic Horror #1, was Rick Hautala’s Winter Wake.  In fact, Rick participated on the [...]

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Out of the Cauldron, Onto the Page by Janet Joyce Holden

By On October 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I’m not on the NYT Bestseller list (yet). I don’t get asked about agents, or whether my bank account is overflowing. But I do get asked about ideas, and more particularly – how I transform an idea into the written word.

Ideas are born of raw materials – words, images, people, places, music, memories – [...]

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