No Dice
Well, I heard from Clarkesworld this evening. No dice on publishing Lords of the Remnant with them. That’s not really unexpected, considering how many submissions they get each month. But still, it’s not as fun as hearing they loved it …
Category: Short Stories
Sample Sunday – 31 July 2011
It’s time for some more Sample Sunday action! Here are the first 500 words from my short story, Falling Softly: Through his spyglass, the assassin watched Lord Padmar disembark his carriage. He was dressed in his best: a dark red …
Another Story Bites The Dust
Well, it’s been an interesting couple days. Holy cow, a lot of people sat up and took notice of my post yesterday about ebook pricing. There’ve been almost 200 views of that post alone in the last day and a …
Sample Sunday – 10 July 2011
It’s been a while since I did a Sample Sunday post. In honor of Smashwords’ July sale, I offer the following excerpt from How NOT To Rescue A Damsel In Distress, currently on sale in all ebook stores, and for …
30,000 Word Challenge – Day One
Flawless Victory today. I completed 648 words toward my scifi thriller, and 2885 words toward a short story. Total: 3533 words. Sweet! The short story is entitled In Your Sleep. I wrote it for the second volume of the Machine …
Deadline – Met!
Right. Well, today’s 30 June, the last day of the quarter for Writers of the Future. Submissions have to be in by midnight tonight. A week ago, I was starting to sweat the deadline, because I’d barely started a story …
Cover – Done!
Well, the cover journey is now complete. Last night, I told Jeroen that we’re good to go and paypal’d (Not sure that’s a word; oh well, I made it up) him his money. So now we’re all set on the …
Longer Than I Thought
Yeah, yeah. I know. That’s what SHE said, right? Ha-freaking-ha. Ok, stupid jokes aside, I’m talking about one of my short stories. A few weeks back, I tried out the Write Or Die web application. Several people swear by it, …
Plane Rides and Productivity
My trip to Tahoe took nine hours total. Then I got here and realized that I didn’t pack any t-shirts. I packed a ton of workout shirts, the shirt I’m wearing (my competitor shirt from the Marine Corps Marathon) and …
And the Verdict is….
…no sale. I heard back from Weird Tales this evening. They’re passing on my Zombie story. Reads like a form rejection. 🙁 Oh well, it’s about what I expected. I looked up their stats on duotrope, and they reject over …