Allie Bates

Education

In the early days of the internet, she worked in Writer"s Ink and Macintosh Bulletin Board System on GEnie.

Career

She is also an English teacher and freelance editors Bates received her Bachelor in Creative Writing from the University of Memphis, and her Masters from the University of Memphis College of Education. She has written for Woman"s World, Byline Magazine, Marion Zimmer Bradley"s Fantasy Magazine, Writers on the River and Softdisk Magazine among others

She has written under the name Allie Bates and under other pseudonyms.

And has ghostwritten books, screenplays, speeches and blogs. Her medieval novel Earthchild was well received.

She worked in development on the movie Florida Road, for director Brad Glass. Currently, she writes reviews for an online magazine, and has written for other review sites in the past

The initial core of is currently made up of Bates, Steve Lazarowitz, and Theresa Rhodes.

"s noteworthy contributors include Mike Resnick, Diana Gabaldon and hundreds of others In 2007, was recognized by Writer"s Digest as one of the top 101 sites for writers.

Achievements

• She has won and/or placed in numerous writing competitions, such as the Tupelo Gumtree Festival Short Fiction Competition, NOLA’s Novel Beginnings, Deep South Writer’s Competition.