Man, I am so sick right now. Caught a stomach flu from my neice, and it has been going through me like a chainsaw through butter. In any case, things are going fairly well aside from that. Heart of the Nebula is now up for pre-order through November 21st, so you can expect to hear a lot more… Continue reading To publish or submit?
Category: Short Stories
A short rant about simultaneous submissions
TL;DR: If you run a short story magazine and it takes you longer than six weeks to respond to submissions, you should allow simultaneous submissions as a courtesy to your writers. A simultaneous submission is when the writer sends the same story to multiple markets at the same time, instead of going down the list one-by-one and… Continue reading A short rant about simultaneous submissions
Two new stories!
Now that I’m back from Cape Cod, I’ve got two major projects that I’m focused on: finish the first draft of Captives in Obscurity (Sons of the Starfarers: Book V), and get Heart of the Nebula ready for publication in November. Those are some big releases, so you can expect to hear a lot in the coming… Continue reading Two new stories!
What’s going on here?
According to The Submission Grinder, I currently have 8 short stories on submission. Right now, ALL of them are overdue for a response. I haven’t submitted a story anywhere in the past 30 days, and that’s highly unusual. Either things are slow because it’s the end of the summer, or… In related news, I have a… Continue reading What’s going on here?
Playing with cover art
So last week, I was dinking around with some images, making a cover mock-up for a Star Wanderers short story that’s currently on submission to Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show. This is what I came up with: The model is Devon Jade, photographed by Aaron Tyree on Deviantart (CC BY 2.5). The background image… Continue reading Playing with cover art
Just in time!
Orc Chieftain by Wulfgnar on deviantART So yesterday was the deadline for the fourth quarter of the Writers of the Future contest. I’d submitted the Gettysburg time paradox story waaay back in July, but after workshopping it with some friends, I realized that it wasn’t quite up to par. On Monday, though, I workshopped another… Continue reading Just in time!
Short Blitz #7: Starchild
Title: Starchild Genre: Space Opera Word Count: 3,000 Writing Time: about two weeks I haven’t trimmed or polished this story yet, but I’m calling it at 3,000 words. If I were stricter about following Heinlein’s rules, I would only give it a proofreading pass, but with shorts I’ve heard that it’s best to cut out… Continue reading Short Blitz #7: Starchild
Almost back from vacation
So I’m in Massachusetts now, getting ready to head back to Utah by way of my sister’s in Iowa. I spent the last week on Cape Cod for family vacation, which was a lot of fun! Cape Cod is one of my favorite places, and it was good to sit back and take a break… Continue reading Almost back from vacation
Short Blitz #6: A Hill On Which To Die
Title: A Hill On Which To Die Genre: Epic Fantasy Word Count: Word Count: 15,000 Writing Time: About a month IT IS FINISHED. Ugh, this story took forever. What started as a short story soon turned into a novelette, and then that novelette got longer and longer … and then life got crazy busy, and… Continue reading Short Blitz #6: A Hill On Which To Die
Yay for short stories!
So for the past three weeks while waiting for my first readers to get back to me with their comments on Strangers in Flight, I’ve been working on short stories. It’s a great way to stay busy and productive between projects, and feels really gratifying too because it only takes a week or two to… Continue reading Yay for short stories!