http://www.daniclifton.com Life is a collection of perceptions. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:53:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As of Wednesday morning my submission packet is off and on its way to the Literary Agent in New York.  Now we sit back, and wait to hear back from them.  In the mean time, I'm off and writing again... http://www.daniclifton.com/2008/08/19/submission-update/ I pitched my novel "Tuatha de Diablo" (working title) to agent Joshua Bilmes of JABberwocky Agency of New York yesterday and it went rather well.  The pitch was a bit rough, so it was a learning experience but my work intrigued him enough to request the first 20 pages and ... http://www.daniclifton.com/2008/08/02/update-willamette-writers-conference/ The 2008 Willamette Writers Conference is August 1-3rd at the Portland Airport Sheraton Hotel.  For more information, visit: www.willamettewriters.com http://www.daniclifton.com/2008/05/31/2008-willamette-writers-conference/ June 5, 2008.  The Clackamas Literary Review is a nationally distributed, semi-annual print journal which promotes the work of emerging writers and established writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. An excerpt from "Tuatha de Diablo" is being featured. www.clackamasliteraryreview.org Get your copy of Clackamas Literary Review XII today at www.Amazon.com http://www.daniclifton.com/2008/05/31/latest-release-2008-clackamas-literary-review/     I stormed from the pub and out into the night, slamming the decrepit door behind me with a thunderous impact that shook chips of faded red paint from the weathered wood.  My hand barely slipped from the aged bronze handle when something glass shattered against the door from the other ... http://www.daniclifton.com/2008/05/29/excerpt-from-tuatha-de-diablo/ The night was a cool, black shroud that wrapped itself around Kat like a cobweb.   Its damp tendrils she kept it at bay with a fleece coat bought at a second hand store.       Neither twinkling of stars nor the brilliance of the moon illuminated the northern Washington sky for ... http://www.daniclifton.com/2008/05/28/excerpt-from-highway-prophet-in-production/ Active member of Willamette Writers: www.willamettewriters.com Member of Sisters in Crime: www.sistersincrime.org All of my work is registered and copy protected by Writers Guild of America, West: www.wga.org   http://www.daniclifton.com/2008/05/01/professional-affiliations/