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How to Stay Out of My Spam Folder

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Julie Ann Dawson

I do not pretend to understand the byzantine nuances of how systems determine what is and is not Spam. I can only extrapolate from patterns I have seen. But I know recently I’ve had a fairly big number of author Continue reading How to Stay Out of My Spam Folder→

Follow Directions

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Julie Ann Dawson

Dear Writers, Please learn how to follow directions. Please. Seriously. You are out of control. I am going to be blunt. As a publisher, I need authors. I can’t publish magazines without authors. But understand that I do not, specifically, Continue reading Follow Directions→

Julie Ann Dawson is an author, editor, publisher, RPG designer, and advocate for writers who may occasionally require the services of someone with access to Force Lightning (and in case it was not obvious, a bit of a geek).

Her work has appeared in a variety of print and digital media, including such diverse publications as the New Jersey Review of Literature, Lucidity, Black Bough, Poetry Magazine, Gareth Blackmore’s Unusual Tales, Demonground, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and others.

In 2002 she started her own publishing company, Bards and Sages. The company has gone from having two titles to over one hundred titles between their print and digital products.

In 2009, she launched the Bards and Sages Quarterly, a literary journal of speculative fiction. Since 2012, she has served as a judge for the IBPA's Benjamin Franklin Awards.