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Fiction in anthologies from Moonstone Books, Dark Horse Books, as well as stories in CEMETERY DANCE magazine and others. Non-fiction in STARLOG magazine, SCIENCE FICTION CHRONICLE, the TRIBUNE-GEORGIAN newspaper and more. I have published in excess of 200 articles, columns, and stories.

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Former member, the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) and the Georgia Press Association.

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I have written and published over 200 stories and articles including: "Unfinished Business" in HELLBOY: ODDER JOBS, edited by Christopher Golden (Darkhorse Books, 2004); "The Shadow That Shapes the Light" in KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER CHRONICLES (Moonstone Books, 2005); "Fear Itself", in the special Stephen King Halloween edition of CEMETERY DANCE magazine, (2005); also forthoming stories in: KOLCHAK: THE NIGHSTALKER CASE FILES (Moonstone Books, 2006); "Lessons Learned" in THE PHANTOM: ANTHOLOGY I (Moonstone Books, 2007), etc. Additional work published in a variety of magazines and newspapers, including STARLOG, SCIENCE FICTION CHRONICLE, the TRIBUNE-GEORGIAN, and many more

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I can answer most questions about writing and publishing professional fiction and non-fiction in novel, book, and magazine formats.

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Recent Answers from Richard Dean Starr

2012-05-17 cut/paste format problem:

Hi, Jim:    I, too, write in Word 2010.  The formatting issue is most likely a product not of your document, but of the their web form and the way it collects and delivers text to the intended recipient

2012-03-05 Publishing rights:

Hi, Janis:    Sure, you can publish them under his name, if you are the rights-holder to the stories.  Just make sure no one will contest your rights to the literary side of his estate and you should be

2011-08-25 story rights:

Hi, Timothy:    First North American rights mean that a publisher has the option to publish the story one time, and as the rights name suggests, only in North America.  The one-time rights applies to that

2011-06-26 1st book e-published....:

Hi, Kristen:    My apologies for the delay in responding, I've been out of the country.  I must confess that I am a fiction and non-fiction author and do not write poetry. That said, my best advice would

2010-06-24 Getting Published:

Hi, Shawn:    The process of getting published is a long one that requires much patience and even more hard work.  To begin, your friend should purchase the current edition of the Writer’s Market.  This

 

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