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8/2011

What is The Riddle of Ryu? The e-novella is on sale now, so find out at Smashwords.com, Amazon.com, or BN.com!

3/2011

Futuristic romance Static Shock sold to Crescent Moon Press! Stay tuned for details!

11/2010

The Sleeper Awakes is available in trade paperback! Check out the Ellora’s Cave website for details, or order it at your local bookstore!

10/2009

Dragons everywhere! Jacquie Rogers and I presented a workshop on dragons around the world at the Emerald City Writers’ Conference. Stay tuned for the handout, available as a pdf soon!

7/2009

Echoes of Passion is here! It’s part of the Hunters for Hire series at Ellora’s Cave/Cerridwen Press. Check out the excerpt over at the fiction section of my site here!

4/2009

I’ll be conducting a workshop on Eastern- and Western-culture dragons with my friend Jacquie Rogers at the Emerald City Writers Conference in October 2009!

2/2009

Echoes of Passion has a release date! It’s July 2, 2009—more details soon!

Articles By Eilis Flynn

On Being Edited

By Eilis Flynn No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.--HG … [Read More...]

Hanging in There: The Art of Persistence

By Eilis Flynn Everyone’s seen that poster of that cute little kitten clinging desperately to the … [Read More...]

Creativity and Depression

by Eilis Flynn The recent death of actor Heath Ledger prompted discussion on a number of loops, … [Read More...]

When It’s Not The Offer You Want

by Eilis Flynn Suppose you slave for what feels like decades (and sometimes it IS decades) on your … [Read More...]

In The Good Ol’ (July) Summertime, Holidays

By Eilis Flynn On this side of the equator, in our neck of the woods, July means summer. In the US … [Read More...]

Feng Shui For Writers

By Eilis Flynn When Seattle author Theresa Meyers got The Call from Triskelion, she was understandably … [Read More...]

Where We Get Our Ideas

By Eilis Flynn In honor of April Fools’ Day, let’s look at that question each and every one of … [Read More...]

Saints Of All Cultures

By Eilis Flynn March may be best-known for St. Patrick and his special day and February for St. Valentine … [Read More...]

Literary Couples

By Eilis Flynn Literary couples. What could be more appropriate in honor of Valentine's Day, for Romance … [Read More...]

Making Time to Write

By Eilis Flynn Time, not space, is the final frontier if many of us have any say about it. Time is … [Read More...]

Celebrating The Summer Solstice

By Eilis Flynn The summer solstice transcends culture and religion, known under many different names, … [Read More...]

Seasons and Reasons

By Eilis Flynn We had joy, we had fun … sorry. It’s a riddle, really: It’s all around us and … [Read More...]

Contests, Pro and Con

By Eilis Flynn By now, the calls have gone out for the Rita and the Golden Heart contests. Congratulations … [Read More...]

Critique Or Critical?

By Eilis Flynn Praise is always wonderful, censure not so much. Critiques are a little of both, or … [Read More...]

Handling The Sale – Without Guilt

By Eilis Flynn At long last, it’s happened! Dancing up and down with joy, startling the kids and … [Read More...]

The Writer’s Life — April Foolery

Now, I’m not much of a hoaxer myself, but I enjoy April Fool’s Day. The day is rife with possibility, … [Read More...]

Writing Implements, Writing Tools

Writing implements — what could be more basic? We’re here because we have stories to tell, stories … [Read More...]

What If?

The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been Robert Cowley, Editor GP Putnam's … [Read More...]

The Issue Of Ideas

Say that you’ve plumb run out of ideas. There ain’t nuthin’ there. The well is dry, the riverbed … [Read More...]

Ten Hut! Submission Boot Camp By Eilis Flynn, Your Drill Sergeant

Okay, let's start it simple. (I'm not a cruel drill sergeant. If you want cruelty, try my brother. But … [Read More...]

Spring Festivals All Over

Let’s look at spring, which is celebrated by every culture and everyone (especially after a long, hard … [Read More...]

Reacting To Rejection

Published or unpublished, sooner or later, you face rejection in one form of another—whether your publisher … [Read More...]

May Mums: Of Spring Flowers And Mothers

What says spring and the merry month of May more than flowers? The lure of the blooming world is enough … [Read More...]

In Search Of…The World Almanac and Book of Facts

(Reference Books You've Gotta Know About!) The World Almanac and Book of Facts Funk & Wagnalls … [Read More...]

In Search Of…The New Book of Goddesses and Heroines

The New Book of Goddesses and Heroines Patricia Monaghan, Ph.D. Llewellyn Publications St. Paul, MN … [Read More...]

In Search Of…The Illustrated Dictionary of Mythology

(Reference Books You've Gotta Know About!) The Illustrated Dictionary of Mythology: Heroes, heroines, … [Read More...]

In Search Of…The Book of Guinevere: Legendary Queen of Camelot

(Reference Books You've Gotta Know About!) The Book of Guinevere: Legendary Queen of Camelot By Andrea … [Read More...]

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