Apex has invited Beth Wodzinski, editor in chief at Shimmer, to be a guest blogger. She’s talking about publishing, but the excellent advice could be applied to almost anything. The real lesson for me is one I’ve had to learn over and over, in every area of my life: shut the fuck up and act. […]
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Heh. I’d totally forgotten that I’d done this. In my new short at Apex all of the names, ((Just to clarify Martian soil and Zeta Epsilon longgrass are not names.)) except Cody, ((Cody is named after a real dog. I did try to use the same naming convention with her, but Cody was a better
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Apex has my short story Scenting the Dark up in their new online issue. For those who aren’t familiar with Apex, they do SF Horror. Here’s the teaser on mine. Lifting the stopper from the vial to his nose, Penn inhaled slowly. Against the neutral backdrop of his ship’s cleanroom, he picked out aromas of
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Oo! Look, you can get an anthology I’m in for cheap. Jason Sizemore, proprietor of Apex Books says: For one week only, the following Apex Book Company titles are on sale for $10.00: Unwelcome Bodies The Next Fix HebrewPunk Aegri Somnia Gratia Placenti Orgy of Souls Mama’s Boy and Other Dark Tales Beauty & Dynamite
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Jason Sizemore, editor of Apex Digest, is holding a subscription drive. Since I’m in the next issue, I have a vest interest in helping him get the 150 new subscribers he wants. Like science-fiction and horror? Then this is your magazine. Subscriptions are a measly $20 for 4 issues in the US. $24 for Canada/Mexico.
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Yesterday, I sold “Scenting the Dark” to Apex Digest and felt like, given everything, that I should hold onto the news until after April Fool’s was over. Many thanks to those of you who read a draft of this. Your comments helped me enormously. Edited to add: The story will be in the next issue
I just found out that the preliminary Stoker Ballot lists Gratia Placenti, edited by Jason Sizemore & Gill Ainsworth (Apex Publications). I’ve got a story in there so I’m tremendously pleased to see the anthology make the list.
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Horror World Reviews covered Gratia Placenti, from Apex Digest, with what has to be the best review of any project of which I’ve had the pleasure to be a part. The final story in the book, Mary Robinette Kowal’s Tomorrow And Tomorrow is yet another strong tale, concerning both a mother’s love and a husband’s
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Not if You Were the Last Short Story on Earth is doing year end summaries. Of Apex, he says: The strongest stories this year were probably Geoffrey Girard’s multi-part Cain xp11 (not for the squeamish) and Mary Robinette Kowal’s Horizontal Rain. I’m stunned. It’s not even a story that was in the magazine; it was
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The first review of the Gratia Placenti anthology is out. Dark Scribe Magazine gives us a very favorable notice Concluding the anthology is Mary Robinette Kowal’s futuristic “Tomorrow and Tomorrow”, the tale of Tuyet, a cleaning woman working on a space station hoping to earn enough money to buy her ailing son a new set
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According to Jason Sizemore, tomorrow is the last day to order the Gratia Placenti anthology. There’s a pre-order discount of $12.95 or get the hard cover for $30.00. Table of Contents – Final Order “Translatio†– Geoffrey Girard “Follow the Canary†– Athena Workman “Crasher†– Debbie Kuhn “Some Glue Never Dries†– David Niall
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Over at Shamus Writes he’s giving away a copy of Apex Digest #6, which contains my story “Cerbo en Vitra Ujo.” This issue is sold out, so this is a fine opportunity to snag one, if you want to read that story. Now – I have an extra copy of Apex Digest Issue #6. Mint
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A Writer’s Vanity – Gratia Placenti available for pre-orders Date of Publication: December 1st, 2007 Hardcover only available via pre-order Special TPB pre-order price of $12.95 This is the much anticipated follow up to the Stoker nominated featured writer anthology Aegri Somnia. Gratia Placenti translated means “for the sake of pleasing.†13 of the most
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Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest is having a Halloween raffle. Check it out. You’ll find nothing but TREATS here, guaranteed! Here’s a chance to fill your pillowcase with all sorts of goodies, including rare items from some of the biggest names in the field. For only $1.00 per ticket. And, a percentage of all
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Golly, it’s a banner week for reviews. Joe Sherry, at Adventures in Reading, reviewed “Horizontal Rain.” Here’s a snippet. Horizontal Rain is a reasonably short short-story, fewer than 2700 words, but Mary Robinette Kowal packs a good deal of story into those 2700 words. Confusion, fear, fairy tales, trolls, death, driving, construction, meetings, phone calls,
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