When tragedy strikes I see social media take off. People send thoughts, and I always wonder who they’re hoping will see it? And I wonder, is posting to Twitter filling the slot once held by saying a prayer to God? Is this a new way of putting it out there, to the universe, as if […]
Author: H.E. Roulo
Horrible Disasters Anthology Now Available!
While I was at Rainforest Writers, the Horrible Disaster Anthology was released by HorrorAddicts.net: HorrorAddicts.net proudly presents Horrible Disasters. Thirteen authors from around the globe share their visions of terror set during real natural disasters throughout history. Travel back in time to earth shattering events like the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the […]
Repetition, Resonance, and Resolution at Rainforest Writers Retreat 2013
I’ve just returned from the Rainforest Writers Village Retreat 2013. There are numerous blog posts after a writer’s retreat. If you want to hear about the general experience, check those out. This one is more personal. At the retreat, panelists explained the difference between literary and commercial fiction—boiling it down to resonance and resolution. My week […]
Rainforest 2013 Approaches
Last year I attended the Rainforest Writers Village and enjoyed it so much I signed up as soon as registration opened for this year. I will be attending session #1 at the end of February on the Olympic Peninsula in the beautiful rainforest. And I have a plan. In the month of February, I joined members of […]
Wicked Women Writers Challenge announced for 2013
The 5th Annual Wicked Women Writers Challenge has been announced with the theme How Will You Survive? I was lucky enough to participate along with other previous years’s winners Rhonda Carpenter and Killion Slade in a short and long promo: Snag the long promo or play the promo here: See all the contest detail on […]
Review and Preview
It’s the start of the year and a good time to take inventory. Publishing: Since this time last year, I’ve been printed in three anthologies and sold two additional stories that will be published early this year. See my Amazon Author Page for updates. I also provided blurbs to a few other authors after reading […]
Short Stories
Authors often debate whether it is useful to submit short stories to open submission calls. After all, it takes effort to write, effort to sell, and the pay isn’t great. And if it doesn’t sell to the first market, you have to make it conform to market after market. I had to ask myself this […]
I Wrote it First: When Science Fiction Comes True
One of the fun things about being a science-fiction writer is speculating about the near and distant future. My mother asked me whether I’d written a scene in Fractured Horizon before or after the recent spate of publicity for Felix Baumgarner’s space jump. (Note: I know this links to a Red Bull site. Sorry, but they have […]
Summers Aren’t for Resting
So how do you progress as a writer over a long summer? I have advice, most of which I even managed to follow. Tell me about your successes. Writing Conferences: If you have the time and funds, writers conferences offer several benefits. Like any industry, networking can open doors and give you insight that someone […]
Spiders now available from May-December Press
The print and ebook anthology Spiders is available on Amazon.com. My short story, “The Golden Rule,” was written at the Rainforest Writers Village: Genetically-modified spiders are at the mercy of university researchers who milk their silk and venom. The tables are soon turned. Have you ever known a merciful spider? Yes, it’s horror with some sci-fi flavoring […]