Hey Indy Residents! Are you interested in learning more about Speculative Fiction and supporting your local libraries? If so, IMCPL & Indiana Writers Center have collaborated to present IMCPL’s 2021 Summer Reading Program! I will be teaching a Basics of Writing Speculative Fiction course at various library branches throughout the month of July! Discover anContinue reading “Indiana Marion County Public Library 2021 Summer Reading Program, to Feature classes by John F. Allen Author!”
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EXPLORING FICTION FORMS
EXPLORING WHEN, HOW AND WHY I USE CERTAIN FICTION FORMS Most people are familiar with the fiction forms of novels and short stories. However, there are three other forms which exist and are on the rise amongst many writers these days; the novella, the novelette and flash fiction. While none of these threeContinue reading “EXPLORING FICTION FORMS”
John F. Allen will be featured author and panelist at Imaginarium Convention
This weekend is the first-ever Imaginarium Convention in Louisville, KY, a new type of creator/reader friendly convention, in which Seventh Star Press is front and center. I’ll be in the Seventh Star Press section with my Indy author peeps R.J. Sullivan and Eric Garrison, selling The God Killers, my debut novel and Book I in aContinue reading “John F. Allen will be featured author and panelist at Imaginarium Convention”
INCONJUNCTION SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY CONVENTION 2014 IS THIS COMING WEEKEND!!!
Inconjunction Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention 2014 is being held on the east side of Indianapolis, this Fourth of July weekend! It’s an awesome local event celebrating all things within the speculative fiction realms. This year I’m attending as part of the Speculative Fiction Guild (SFG) and we’re hitting the con in a big way. Continue reading “INCONJUNCTION SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY CONVENTION 2014 IS THIS COMING WEEKEND!!!”
Come out to MAP Arts in the Park this Saturday and enter “The Spooky Author Book Bag Benefit Raffle!”
This Saturday, October 12, 2013, the Mooresville Arts Partnership is re-launching Arts in the Park, an annual all day festival exhibiting and celebrating all aspects of art expression in the area. My good friend and fellow local author R.J. Sullivan has ask for “a little help from his friends” and gotten it from, dark fiction authors me, Matthew Barron, Nicole Cushing, Continue reading “Come out to MAP Arts in the Park this Saturday and enter “The Spooky Author Book Bag Benefit Raffle!””
Indiana Horror Authors to offer workshops at Mooresville Arts in the Park Event
Mooresville Arts in the Park All Day Arts Festival Saturday, October 12! Pioneer Park–Link to directions and park website Flash fiction workshops and product tent! Preregistration preferred, walk-ins welcome Mooresville, IN Website and Facebook I’m very excited to announce an upcoming event taking place during the Arts in the Park festival at Pioneer Park on Saturday, OctoberContinue reading “Indiana Horror Authors to offer workshops at Mooresville Arts in the Park Event”
SO YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER?
FIVE THINGS TO ASK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU BEGIN A CAREER AS A WRITER Many people who aren’t writers or who aspire to one day write the “NEXT BEST THING” have absolutely no idea what a writing life entails. It is because of their skewed and/or misguided ideas on what being a writer is about thatContinue reading “SO YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER?”
URBAN FANTASY HAS ROOTS
While I’m not a big fan of romance novels, I don’t mind them nearly as much when the characters are gritty and preternatural creatures are involved, downplaying the sappiness associated with most novels where the word romance is used. Paranormal romance novels are the next big thing and filling the bookstore shelves in record numbers.Continue reading “URBAN FANTASY HAS ROOTS”
THERE’S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN
When I was a child, my grandmother told me one day, “There’s nothing new under the sun.” At first I didn’t understand what she meant. Later, as I got a little older I refused to believe her, and was determined to prove her wrong. Finally, when I began focusing on my career as a writer,Continue reading “THERE’S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN”
THE REWARDS OF WRITING
When I first started seriously pursuing my writing goals some three years ago, my life changed in ways that at the time I could have never imagined. Over the years, relationships formed with some very amazing people, who I never would have had the honor of knowing otherwise. My writing skills have improved and I’mContinue reading “THE REWARDS OF WRITING”
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