So, OryCon is now done. I met a few really awesome writers, including Mary Robinette Kowal, Ken Scholes and Nisi Shawl. These guys were part of some awesome panels like Writing the Other, Ken’s Writing Workshop and panels on selling your work and world-building. There was a lot of great advice from everyone on these [...]
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12. December 2009
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Upcoming markets, work update
There are quite a few good sub opportunities coming up. Parsec’s new 2010 Triangulation: End of the Rainbow anthology has been announced and I’d love to submit to this one. Jabberwocky is open until filled. Strange Horizons, Fantasy and Clarkesworld are closed until Jan 15, (Fantasy is closed until March 1), so now is the [...]
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Fantasy Magazine closed to submissions
Fantasy recently announced they will be shutting down to subs for the holidays. This was originally supposed to be from Dec 1 – Jan 15, but is now extended until March 1.
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Cover Letters
Ever wonder how important that cover letter really is or whether it impacts your chances at publication?
The short answer is: Your cover letter is very important. It’s how you introduce yourself to the editor.
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Goal-Setting
Time to evaluate where I am and where I want to be. I have 4 stories in various stages of completion: “Death Knot” needs to be revised and I’m going to put it through one more round of critiques. “Brokenworld” is in the first round of drafting. Needs to go for formal critiques. “Evolution” needs [...]
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Description that doesn’t work
“He was cloaked and his face veiled so deep in shadow that it could not be seen, but the firelight caught his eyes.”
Problems:
1. If someone is “cloaked” it is a general indication they are “hidden” inside the garment, meaning, they are wearing the hood as well as the cloak. No need to further describe how deeply hidden the cloak makes the character, or that the hood is up, or that the hood is also a cowl.
2. It’s extremely difficult to have a hood so deep that a person’s face is completely hidden by shadow, yet they are still able to move about, notice the scenery and participate in any action other than staring at the ground. Let alone then be able to see firelight in their eyes. Don’t believe me? Try it.
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This is my blog. There are many like it but this one is mine.
Why the Blog? I have a single, driving passion: to become one of the best writers in my craft. I’m a writer of speculative fiction, I’m a slush reader for Fantasy Magazine and I’m also a member of Critters. I’m not the kind of writer who can just sit down and hammer out a short [...]
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Assassins’ Canon is now available from Utility Fog Press. You’ll find tales of the dark and deadly kind, including my own story, “Vendetta.”Here is a description of the anthology:
“Few images evoke a more powerful or frightening reaction than that of the assassin. Silently creeping into your room while you sleep, they plunge a pick deep inside your brain, or fill your snoring nostrils with poisonous vapour. Or perhaps skilled fingers from the shadows strike a vital point during mid-step; the coroners say it was a heart attack. Assassins are people to be feared, no doubt. But what do they fear? What do they dream of? What life, what world, are they longing to achieve with their actions? Is the killing just a job or is there some deeper motivation that drives them? And what happens when it all goes wrong?
In Assassins’ Canon a full gamut of would-be killers is explored: gangsters, henchmen, soldiers, newly-weds, the reluctant, the willing, the skilled, and the novice. And, for better or worse, all must bear the consequences of their choices.”
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13. December 2009
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