At Havok, we count a lot. Number of submissions, days, lightning bolts, comments. Number of authors, members, staff, newsletter subscribers. [Have you subscribed to our newsletter? If not, we send monthly updates about submissions, insider info, and other writer-related stuff that doesn’t show up here.] Today, we’re counting multiple publications. This Saturday Scoreboard is brought
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Our editors answer the question: what is a common mistake you see authors making that keeps their stories from getting acquired? Too much narrative, extraneous detail, backstory, not enough conflict or resolution, and flat characters. Drop the reader into the action at the first sentence, and make them feel what the characters feel. We also
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At Havok, we love stories and the people who write them. What better way to celebrate both than by hearing from our talented authors on what sparked the idea of their stories? It’s like peering into the mind of genius. (You know, that would make for an interesting story…) Without further ado, here is this
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April came in like a LION at Havok and stayed through the month! No lambs around here, that’s for sure. Not with 22 fantastic stories, 5 compelling genres, and hundreds of Havok Horde members. Our editors have picked their favorite April stories. That means the stories below are in contention for our first anthology! (You’ll have
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It’s May (in case you hadn’t noticed), and that means time to look back at all the April stories and see which ones came in like a lion… Top Stories for April The stories that received the most lightning bolts for April were Thriller Thursday’s Corruption’s Kiss by Margaret Graber and Techno Tuesday’s Words by
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I’m a writer who loves data. Charts, graphs, numbers. Spreadsheets. The running joke around Havok is that I’m the Google Forms queen. I’m the organizational cog of our three-headed Cerberus braintrust. And today, I thought I’d share some interesting tidbits we’ve picked up from our first quarter of Havok’s rebirth. What does a phoenix look
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At Havok, we love stories and the people who write them. What better way to celebrate both than by hearing from our talented authors on what sparked the idea of their stories? It’s like peering into the mind of genius. (You know, that would make for an interesting story…) Without further ado, here is this
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March Madness has nothing on Havok! 21 stories. 5 genres. Hundreds of members. Thousands of views. Our editors have picked their favorite March stories. That means the stories below are in contention for our first anthology! (You’ll have to wait until July to find out which ones make the final cut, though!) If you don’t
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It’s April, and time to look back at all the great things that have happened during the Month of Luck: Most charming stories. Most loyal readers. Most popular genres. Top Stories for March The stories that received the most lightning bolts for March were Wacky Wednesday’s Unnatural 20 by Andrew Swearingen and Techno Tuesday’s The
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We’ve posted stories every weekday for the past 3 months. Mystery Monday, Techno Tuesday, Wacky Wednesday, Thriller Thursday, Fantasy Friday… we’ve got those down. On Sundays we’ve introduced you to the wonderful mind of Teddi’s Toyworld, with the punniest Phoenix around, Phenny. A full color comic, the Mythington Minute, is available every Sunday right here.
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Where do stories come from? If you’re a reader, you might have wondered. If you’re a writer, you might know. But every once in a while, it’s nice to hear where that story spark came from. We asked our Havok authors, and here are some of the responses we received. Enjoy our first issue of
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The Havok Hive editors share what they’re looking for in the perfect story for their genre.
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