Jennifer Jackson of Donald Maass Literary Agency has just offered me representation. Naturally, I said, “yes.” And then I ran around in circles, weeping and giggling. See, I don’t blog about everything but back in January, I made the very hard decision to leave to leave my agent. The details aren’t important, but it wasn’t […]
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One of the actors at opening night of Rainbow Kiss gave everyone a bookmark with this quote. I thought it appropriate for anyone in the arts, not just performers. There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time.
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My Campbell clock started January 30, 2006 when Strange Horizons published my story, Portrait of Ari. That story is still on the web, but much of my other short fiction is hard to find. I’ve pulled five stories out of my sales that reflect a range of the kinds of fiction I write. If you
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The Guardian has a review of Solaris’s Book of New Science Fiction which opens with this line. Early in 2007 the science-fiction imprint Solaris marked its launch with The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction. A year later, editor George Mann returns with a follow-up, this time featuring strong stories from Kay Kenyon, Michael Moorcock,
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!!! I think that deserves more than a single exclamation point, don’t you? I got the email a little over a week ago and couldn’t even hint that I’d been told. That’s probably where the fever came from, all the pent-up excitement. Today though, they announced the full nomination list for the Hugos. The Cambell
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So, that box the post office tried to deliver yesterday wasn’t Shimmer. It contained my contributor copies The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, volume two. Keen! I want to give a shout out Mike Munsil, who created Liberty Hall Writers, an online group that does weekly flash challenges. My story, “Evil Robot Monkey” came
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I ran The Bride Replete through my real life critique group and hope that I’ve incorporated their notes successfully. If you have some time to read the whole thing and let me know if it makes sense, I’d appreciate it. 12,500 words of science-fiction. Think that’s long? You should have seen it in the 16,000
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I’d talked about needing to simplify my life. The biggest optional time sink for me is the internet. There are a lot of things that I legitimately need to do online, so banning it doesn’t make sense. I’ve decided to try a very simple rule set. 1. I’m allowed one hour of internet time per
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I just finished a short story which I’d love having a reader or two look over. It is science-fiction horror, so don’t volunteer if you don’t like that sort of thing. It’s in a password protected post, but it’s the usual password. Don’t know what that is? Drop me a line and I’ll tell ya.
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Good heavens. For Solo Cello, op. 12 apparently made the British Science Fiction Association long list for Best Short Story 2007. It did not make it to the short list, but I’m stunned to find my story near the list at all. Several friends also make an appearance: Ted Kosmatka (who pointed the list out
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For the past several months, I’ve been helping out by recruiting volunteers for SFWA. As I do, it becomes apparent to me that the organization faces several hurdles. 1. It lacks continuity. 2. There are no clear lines of communication 3. The public interface is out-dated. 4. Volunteers’ time is not efficiently managed. Here is
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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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When we get reviewed in the theater, there’s always a moment of scanning the review looking for the pull quote. We’ve got to have something we can plaster on brochure’s and flyers. It is always tempting to pull something out of context like pulling, “Amazing!” out of “It’s amazing that anyone came back after intermission.”
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