While I seldom boost my old posts, on the off-chance it might help the growing #WritingCommunity here, figured I'd boost this old thread in particular (next post after this).
RIP, #HarlanEllison - picture circa (mid) 1990s, and Yes, the Infamous Ellison Scowl was staged. Still though.
I remain possessed of the unremitting filthiness of the scholar's mind (with apologies to Andrew Wallace-Hadrill).
Under the "Words of Advice for Young Writers" Category
1) Proof your bio *repeatedly* (that should have been "VERBALLY abuses"), and
2) Do NOT, for the love of all that's holy, use a dozen pseudonyms for the same number of stories. Not even if you have to. Just...don't.
Fiat justitia ruat caelum