Last weekend I attended the monthly meeting of the Publishers and Writers of San Diego. Jeniffer Thompson of Monkey C Media gave a great presentation on using Facebook fan pages. Using a few of the tools she recommended, I’ve created my own at facebook.com/chrisveraink so click over and check it out, and maybe give itContinue reading “Publishers and Writers of San Diego”
Category Archives: Author and Writing
CondorCon 2012
CondorCon is coming! March 02-04 in San Diego, CA at the Town & Country Hotel. Cost to get in is $45. I am SO there!
Physicists look for neutrons hopping universes
My own (yet unpublished) novel, “The Left Hand of Light,” has a lot in common with this article from Popular Science. Now that scientists are looking for evidence of matter moving between universes, I need to find an agent quick! From the article: The notion of multiple universes is one that cosmologists like to theorizeContinue reading “Physicists look for neutrons hopping universes”
A New (Old) Take on the Hobbit
With the Hobbit movie due to come out this summer, I received a link to a story about the original animated version from Gerry Williams, sci-fi movie enthusiast and proprietor of San Diego Vintage Sci-fi Films–and I don’t mean the 1977 cartoon with Orson Bean. The story is quite fascinating and the man named GeneContinue reading “A New (Old) Take on the Hobbit”
Writer’s Conferences in Southern California
I’m starting a collection of good writer’s conferences in Southern California. Take a look and ping me if you are aware of any I’ve missed. SoCal writers unite! Hope to see you at some of them.
Here we go
I just fired off my very first query letter to an interesting agent in New York named Diana Fox. I’m a typical newbie full of high hopes and dreams, but I realize that it takes time to build such relationships. More important is what the sending of this simple e-mail represents for me: a criticalContinue reading “Here we go”
Long time coming
It took four years, but its finally done. I’ve earned my Master’s of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. The result was a book that stemmed from an idea I’ve had floating in my head for at least 20 years. Now its on paper. Nothing can describe the naked emotion it takes to transfer a storyContinue reading “Long time coming”
Science Fiction Writer Chris Chen
A buddy of mine Chris Chen is an imaginative science fiction writer. He just got a short story published and its worth reading! Beware what washes up on the shore of the beach… http://blackpetalsks.tripod.com/blackpetalsissue57/
Writing, writing
Seems like awhile since I’ve posted! Working on some new project. In particular, a book. Also, I plan to turn this site into something quite special. One that writers and readers alike can contribute to.
Great song for writing poetry
If you’re like me, you enjoy writing poetry to music. Its best of we can’t understand the words to the music so it doesn’t influence our writing. try listening to this piece WITHOUT watching the video that goes with it so it doesn’t influence you. Let your mind wander…
Christopher Vera, CISSP, CIPM, GLEG, GCFA 