Henderson Writers Group

Host of the Las Vegas Writer's Conference

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The Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest

The Short Fiction Contest 2014 Guidelines Welcome to the 2014 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest! For the first time, after great debate and serious consideration, we are requiring an entry fee of $18. Last year entries leapt nearly 200%, all but overwhelming our small band of readers. In order to keep the contest alive, therefore, we decided to institute a…
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18th National Conference of the American Copy Editors Society

We’ll be conducting a drawing on Monday, March 3rd for a free, 1-day pass to the 19th Annual Conference for the International Copy Editor’s Society. The winning member may choose the day. And, if they can’t attend or don’t want to attend, may transfer the winning ticket to another HWG Dues Paid Member. 18th National Conference of the American Copy Editors…
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Wolf O'Rourc

Maybe he hails from the American Midwest. With Wolf you can never tell. So far he has called 16 dwellings around the world home, giving his writing a cosmopolitan flair. His varied interests led to jobs in totally unrelated fields. Psychologists may diagnose him with ADHD, AADD, ADAD, or some other newfangled name, but really, he probably just cannot make…
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HWG Conference Carly Watters

 Carly Watters is a literary agent with theP.S. Literary Agency. She is a hands-on agent that develops proposals and manuscripts with attention to detail and the relevant markets. PSLA’s mission is to manage authors’ literary brands for their entire career. I’m thrilled to be attending the Las Vegas Writer’s Conference this year. I’ll be hosting two workshops that have been successful…
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Quote of the Day

  “As an experienced editor, I disapprove of flashbacks, foreshadowings, and tricksy devices; they belong in the 1980s with M.A.s in postmodernism and chaos theory.” ― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas http://www.thousandautumns.com

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HWG Recap wk 2/16-2-22

  Good Morning  HWG This week was a great week for the HWG, In last Monday’s meeting we had a few things going on. Guest  –  Chris Forest who writes suspense Thriller and working on a novel. We know have 6 vendors so far that will offer their products at the conference. Don’t forget Erotica Night this coming Monday. And…
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Like, Share, Follow, Retweet on Social Media

  Like, Follow, Share, Retweet By Andres Fragoso, Jr. Facebook is an online social networking service. Its name comes from a colloquialism for the directory given to students at some American universities. Facebook was founded on February 4, 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.  https://www.wikipedia.org/ What is a Facebook Page?  –  Pages are for businesses, organizations and brands to share their…
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Turning One Self-Published Book Into a Full-Time Living

Turning One Self-Published Book Into a Full-Time Living Keys: Excellence, Creative Promotion and Going “Beyond the Book”! It hit me in 2002, a few years after releasing my first self-published title (The Well-Fed Writer): That book had given me a full-time living with a year of its release. It’s now 2014, and my now-five titles (and book-related products and services)…
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Quote of the Day

“I went to college, but I learned to write by reading and writing.” ― Daniel Pinkwater

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Quote of the Day

“Yeah, I know what your English Professor tried to tell you. But if your English Professor could make a living writing fiction, they would have been doing it.” ― Dean Wesley Smith http://www.deanwesleysmith.com

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Q&A Character's Name

When referring to a character by his or her first name, and then later using their last name makes it somewhat confusing.  Are there any hard or fast rules that will make this more understandable?