Biggest 'Ah-Ha!' Moments in Writing: Schedule and Wait List

The following is a schedule of the upcoming articles in this web series, in a random order. These are only those who have their article ready and submitted, and it only represents half of those who are involved.

Joe Pulver – Dancing with words – May 20th

Lisa Morton – Gaining confidence – May 22nd
AJ Aalto – Sharpening your dialog – May 24th

Kimberly A. Bettes – Stepping back  – May 26th

Brandon Ford – Drafts – May 27th

Keith Minnion – Full circle – May 29th

Greg Petaloudis – Introduction to Diabolique Magazine – May 31st

Tracy L. Carbone – POV and camera angles – June 2nd
Don D'Auria and Samhain Publishing - Gothic Horror - June 3rd

Deb Nam-Krane  – Write what you know – June 4th

Lawrence Connolly – I know I’m in a good place when I don’t know where I’m going – June 6th

Greg Chapman – Finding art – June 8th

Missy Jane – Changing POV’s – June 10th

JG Faherty - A series of moments in writing – June 12th

Sheri White – Editor about editing. – June 14th

Ben Eads – Magic – June 16th

Norman L. Rubenstein –  JournalStone - Why stories get passed up – June 18th

Benjamin Kane Ethridge – Knowledge bombs – June 20th

Bruce Memblatt – Research – June 22nd

Bev Vincent- Make senses – June 24th

JG Faherty – Speaking at Libraries  - June 26th

Marty Beaudet – Censoring yourself – June 28th

Gemma Files – The Croneberg effect – June 30th

Gregory Hall – Humor in writing – July 2nd

Lynn Hubbard – Building a character – July 4th

Stephen Graham Jones – Not really writing and other moments – July 6th

Nate Kenyon – Writing can be murder – July 8th

Nick Mamatas – Are you sure you want to be a writer? – July 10th

Piper Bayard – Hemingway was right – July 12th

Brian McKinley – Adverbs – July 14th

Stephen Volk – Letting them live – July 16th

India Drummond – The value of broad experience – July 18th

Nancy Kilpatrick – On editing – July 20th

Stacey Longo Harris – Query letters –July 22nd

Frank Duffy –First submissions – July 24th

David Oppegaard – The core puzzle – July 26th

Matt Moore – Appearance –July 28th

Selene MacLeod – Geographical location – July 30th

Marty Young – Sit and write – August 1st

Eden Baylee – Sex in writing – August 3rd

Gwendolyn Robertson – Start, or you may not ever start – August 5th

Bruce Boston – Letting it come to you – August 7th

Geoff Brown- Networking – August 9th

Kevin Lucia – Expanding your reading list – August 11th

Hank Schwaeble – Writing isn’t reality – August 13th

KH Vaughan – Start short – August 15th

Frank Larnerd – The first draft of anything is shit – August 17th

Steve Tem – beyond what defines us – August 19th

Allyson Bird – The artist and society – August 21st

Robert Walker –Commercial fiction – August 23rd

Mark Stone – Research and the author – August 25th

Michael McCarty  - Hooks – August 27th

Tim Waggoner – The devil’s in the details – August 29th

Michael Collings – Meaning in writing – August 31st

Graham Masterton – Writing – September 2nd

Ellie Ann Soderstrom – Structure – September 4th
Matt Moore  – An author and the lingo - September 6th
Tom Barczak – Eaten by the bear – September 8th
Brett J. Talley - Off to the races - September 10th
Mark Halstead - Building the 'Ah-ha!' moment - September 12th
Simon Wood - Realizing I had a style - September 14th
John Hornor Jacobs - THE END - September 16th
Amy Grech - A woman in horror - September 18th
Erin Lale, Acquisitions Editor for Damnation Books - What we want - September 20th
Caren Widner Hanten - Making it - September 22nd
Ronald Malfi - Time machine time - September 24th
Josh Wagner - How to show backstory - September 26th
Maurice Broaddus - Slushy, anyone? - September 28th
Teresa Milbrodt - Tips for surviving the writing life -  September 30th
Stan Swanson - Leave something to write - October 2nd
Douglas Equils - Be a scribe - October 4th
Walter Greatshell - Fast or slow zombies - October 6th
Frazer Lee - On Listening - Writing as Fugue State - October 8th
Laird Barron - Observed details - October 10th
Jeani Rector, Founder and Editor at The Horror Zine - A Day in the Life the Editor -October 12th
Weston Ochse -  My Aha Moment,Thirteen Years in the Making - October 14th
John Peters - Where to begin - October 16th
Jeani Rector, Founder and Editor at The Horror Zine - What Does it Take to be a Successful Short Story Writer? - October 18th
Norman Prentiss - Working title - October 20th
Nicola Chey Matthews - Wherever the wind - and your characters - may take you - October 22nd
Timothy Deal, Editor and Publisher at Shroud Magazine - October 24th
Max Booth III - Dark Moon Digest -  Easy to be published...and taken advantage of - October 28th
Roy Robbins - Bad Moon Books - October 31st
Brad Hodson - Building tension - November 2nd
Jean Lauzier - Family Support - November 4th
Leah Bobet - Letter from Ideomancer - November 6th
Kirstyn McDermott - Out loud - November 8th
Brian Matthews - What a co-op taught me - November 10th
Rachel Nussbaum - Let it click - November 12th
R. Thomas Riley - Profanity in writing - November 14th
John R. Little - Moving to longer forms - November 16th
Wrath James White - Write the story only you could have written - November 18th

Mark Allan Gunnells - Ghosts stories - November 20th
Chad Helder - Allowing the unconscious to Enter - November 22nd
Joe Gazzam - Writing for yourself? Not as a screenwriter - November 24th
Robert Dunbar - Harry Potter and the lightning bolt - November 26th
Kevin McClintock - One bird, no stones - November 28th
John Palisano - Writing in the digital age - November 30th
Charles Day - Why I'm a YA novelist - December 2nd
Paul Tremblay - Not horror - December 4th
Dee Anne Finken - Concise writing - December 6th
Lisa Mannetti - Researching a period piece - December 8th
Lisa Mannetti - Plot Resolved through character - December 10th
Joe Buff - Listen to your agent - December 12th
Brian Hodge - Going Through Hell - December 14th
Gary Braunbeck - Who to Write For - December 16th
Jack Dann - Listening to the Little Man - December 18th
Tartarus Press - Questions Answered - December 20th
Joe McKinney - Great Aha Moments in Writing - December 22nd
Lucy Snyder - Two Big Moments - December 24th
Frank Hutton - Be a Brave New Voice - December 26th
John Everson - Strangle Your Inner Critic - December 28th
Nancy Kilpatrick - On Editing - December 30th
Jeani Rector - Interview with an editor - January 2nd

James R. Beach - Interview with the Editor in Chief of Dark Discoveries magazine - Second to last
Ramsey Campbell –Nausea in horror – Last

And here are some authors who have committed but have not sent in articles as of yet. Most of these have given a confirmation, but just need more time. Once their articles are in, they will be put into the schedule.

Aurealis – Michael Pryor- Possible

Linda Addison – poet

Jeremy Barlow – (possible, will find out in June)

Bill Breedlove

Kealan Patrick Burke

Mort Castle -Mid Summer

ChiZine – Contact July

Timothy Deal

John Everson
Fears Magazine

Jeffrey Ford

Neal Hock

Nancy Holder – Write tight – Monday

Frank J. Hutton – June

Joe Lansdale

Jean Lauzier

Michael Marano – Buying a house – Needs more time

Joe McKinney

Norman Prentiss – September

Raw Dog Screaming Press – Contact beginning of June – Should have something then

Loren Rhoads

Jo-Anne Russel

Jeremy Shipp – 2 weeks – Anthologies and getting accepted

Jason Sizemore – Apex – Beginning of June

John Skipp – Another week and he might be able to

Max Weinstein – Editor at Diabolique – Future piece

Mark West

Jay Wilburn

UPCOMING INTERVIEWS - after the series

Rocky Wood (President of the HWA)
Richard Chizmar (Founder of Cemetery Dance)
Jeani Rector (The Horror Zine)
James R. Beach (Dark Discoveries)
Ellen Datlow (One of the best known editors in the world)

Thank you to everyone who has taken part in this, and to all of the writers, editors, publishers, or magazines that have not finished their piece yet. As you help other writers with these insights, you help me grow. For that, and for your valuable time, I will forever be in your debt.

If you do not find your name on either list, feel free to contact me. If you are not a part of this series and would like to be, contact me on Facebook, Twitter, or here.

~ Draven Ames