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The eBooks page has gone live. We're putting up new releases almost every week. Here are the latest.
And yes, we're working hard to expand to other formats like the Nook, the Kobo, and the Sony e-Reader. The eBooks page will always have all the latest information.
If there are stories you'd particularly like to see in eBook editions, please contact us and let us know. We'll do our best to make them available.
The official site of The War Against The Chtorr is now live:
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Thanks to everybody who has signed up for the Writers Workshop at the August Creation Convention in Las Vegas.
The Creation Con people have always treated me well, the workshop has always been well-received, so this year we're expanding the workshop to two days.
I just heard that they're moving workshops into a bigger room, but we're still approaching the limit, so if you're attending the con, or if you just want an excuse to come to Vegas, sign-up time is running out.
(The sign-up links are two-thirds down the page.)
Authorship means Taking Charge of Your Story
The workshops are presented as an interactive seminar, a candid give-and-take discussion about the heart and soul and nuts and bolts of creating a compelling experience for the reader. Whether it’s a short story, a novel, or a screenplay, the principles of effective storytelling are universal.
Your passion is the engine for your writing, but great stories come not only from great passion, but genuine commitment to getting from page one to page last. These workshops are about getting under the hood and working on the underlying mechanics of plot and character.
SATURDAY DAVID GERROLD AUTHORSHIP BEGINNERS WORKSHOP, Session One: Story Structure
Plot is about what your characters do.
What is a story? This session is a profound examination of the nature of plot and structure as the skeleton on which all else is built. What is the relationship between the protagonist and the problem? Understanding both the physical and emotional nature of the problem unravels the essential structure of a story. After you complete this session, you will see stories in a whole new way. Your own storytelling will have a new drive and purpose.
Limited Seating: $100
SUNDAY DAVID GERROLD ADVANCED WORKSHOP, Session Two: Characterization
Characterization is about who your characters are.
How do you bring a character to life? What animates the people in a story, making them real and believable? This session reveals character as a function of a person’s emotional landscape. How does a person react to events? And why? Understanding the expression of human emotions will transform the quality of your writing. After you complete this session, you will see people in a whole new way and the people in your stories will be real and alive.
Limited Seating: $100
(The sign-up links are two-thirds down the page.)
I'm finally cleaning out the closet, the garage, the attic, and the storage compartments. We're putting it all up for auction on eBay. We can't call this an estate sale because I'm still alive, but after the ordeal of having to help close up my Mom's condo and help with a departed uncle's belongings, I've decided not to do the same to my family. So it's time to get start getting rid of the detritus of the past half-century.
This is your opportunity to get stuff from my collection and put it into your own closet, garage, attic, and storage compartments.
We'll be putting up new stuff almost every week, so keep checking back. We have Land Of The Lost, Twilight Zone, Star Wolf, Babylon 5, and Star Trek scripts. And eventually, an incredible collection of memos from the start of ST:TNG.
New holiday. I have decided that the 17th of every month will be a day for doing deliberate acts of kindness. Once a month is the goal.
(Yes, I know. This will destroy my reputation as a curmudgeon. I'll just have to put more effort into it. Hey, you kids! Get offa my lawn!)
Tribbles and scripts and T-shirts and stuff can be found at TribbleToys.com. These tribbles purr. And when you buy one, Miles purrs.
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David Gerrold is the author of over 50 books, several hundred articles and columns, and over a dozen television episodes.
TV credits include episodes of Star Trek ("The Trouble With Tribbles" "The Cloud Minders"), Star Trek Animated ("More Tribbles, More Troubles" "Bem"), Babylon 5 ("Believers"), Twilight Zone ("A Day In Beaumont" "A Saucer Of Loneliness"), Land Of The Lost ("Cha-Ka" "The Sleestak God" "Hurricane" "Possession" "Circle"), Tales From The Darkside ("Levitation" "If The Shoes Fit"), Logan's Run ("Man Out Of Time"), and others.
Novels include When HARLIE Was One, The Man Who Folded Himself, The War Against The Chtorr septology, The Star Wolf trilogy, The Dingilliad young adult trilogy, the Trackers duology, and more.
The autobiographical tale of his son's adoption, The Martian Child won the Hugo and Nebula awards for Best Novelette of the Year and was the basis for the 2007 movie Martian Child, starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, and Joan Cusack.
