From Holly Lisle

©2001, Holly Lisle

Issue #1: 01/01/01

Making Histories
By J.S. Burke

Women and Childbearing 
in Fantasy
By Bryn Neuenschwander

Matching Your Money to Your World 
By Ron Brown

Capturing Time for the Muse
By Vicki McElfresh

In Praise of Praise:
A Second Look at Critiquing
By Lazette Gifford

Fantasy: 

Building a Better Beast
By Sarah Jane Elliott

Horror: 

State of the Horror Genre
By Ron Brown

Poetry: 

Poetry and Everyday  Life
By Jennifer St. Clair Bush

Romance: 

Your Characters Are 
Not Puppets
By Anne M. Marble

Science Fiction: 

Are We Going Somewhere 
Nice?
By Bob Billing

Stage & Screen: 

The Promise of Premise
By Robin Catesby

Suspense & Mystery:

The Motives of Villains 
and Heroes in Suspense Fiction
By Shane P. Carr

Young Adult & Children:

The Gulf
By Justin Stanchfield

Young Writer's Scene:

Five Practical Tips for Young Writers
By Beth Adele Long

Book Reviews

Web Site Reviews

How Critique Circles Work
By Jim Mills

Doggerel Contest Winner

News from Forward Motion

Welcome to the first issue of Vision.  I'm delighted to present this e-zine, which is a joint project conceived, created and produced by the writers of the HollyLisle.com Forward Motion Writers' Community.  In this issue and the issues that follow, you'll find targeted information on how to write successfully within various genres, general writing information and exercises targeted to all writers, a writing workshop that lets you try out professional techniques on one writing task, first-person experiences, book reviews and recommendations, and because this is an e-zine, live links to a multitude of wonderful writing resources.  Every two months we'll have something new for you. 

This e-zine, like everything on HollyLisle.com, is free -- part of the following philosophy: You can never pay back.  You can only pay forward.  Two professional writers helped me when I was learning my craft -- Stephen Leigh, who taught me the basics of writing professionally, and Mercedes Lackey, who taught me the basics of being a professional writer.  The mistakes I've made in spite of their help have been my own.  I can't repay them for the help they gave me, but I can pay forward, by offering my assistance and experiences to new writers.  The other writers whose work you find in here are also paying forward -- offering what they have learned so far.

Take what you need from this magazine.  It is designed to help you meet any or all of the following three goals, depending upon what you want: 

to improve your writing to professional quality

to achieve publication

to develop a professional writing career

If you reach your goals with any help from this e-zine, our community, or me, I ask only that you find a way to pass on what you have learned to writers climbing the mountain behind you.  Pay forward. 

Welcome to Vision, and to HollyLisle.com .   

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