Zombies Sold! (To Postcards From Hell)

It appears that this is an excellent month for me. I’ve just sold my a zombie story titled “Dyscrasia” to the very cool Postcards From Hell. The concept is very cool, and if you haven’t subscribed, I suggest checking it out. (I already subscribed, long ago.) Last count, they need fifty more subscribers [...]

But I Hope It’s Not Really Our Fate…

Stephanie’s post reminded me to go read “Dispersed by the Sun, Melting in the Wind” by Rachel Swirsky. And I gottasay, goddamn. It’s good.

Really. Go read it.

Writing/Research Update

All I’m going to say is that this conversation with a juggler at the Incheon Immigration Office started it all rolling, and as I’ve begun to poke about for what to research, more and more is falling into place for that story I have in mind as taking place in the same world as “Lester [...]

Sponsor Me: I’m Doing a Write-a-thon

Last year, I went to the Clarion West workshop in Seattle. I learned lots. I wrote lots. I made some incredible friends, and found myself some mentors, too.
I think other people should be able to do that. But the costs aren’t covered completely by the funding that comes in from students and scholarships. Even with [...]

Junk

Nature 2 August 2007 (vol. 448, Issue No. 7153):
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Sold! “Junk”

I’m happy to announce my second fiction sale. My short-short story “Junk” will be appearing in Nature’s prestigious “Futures” column, featuring 850-950 word long hard SF. There’s no date set yet, but the editor, Henry Gee, accepted the story very quickly and just I’ve been sitting on this until I heard back about the contract. [...]

Post Levels

Well, now I remember why I quit using “Private Posts” for subscribers only: there’s something of a conflict between the plugin that facilitates that, and some other unknown plugin, and/or my template. So until I move to my new template — which won’t happen till my back is okay and I have time to sit [...]

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