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Tag Archives: getting published
Lost to the AEther
My first submission in to a particular well-known and well-reputed magazine of science fiction and horror, a Lovecraft pastiche that I wrote back in May, was in their hands for so long that I was starting to feel optimistic about … Continue reading
It’s official: I am anti-self-publishing
I’ve been beating around the bush for a while, but it’s official. I don’t like self-publishing. I think it’s bad for writers, and it’s bad for readers. I am opposed. Not in every circumstance. There are cases when self-publishing is … Continue reading
Short and long term plans
Ack! I haven’t updated in almost a month! Sorry, there’s been a lot going on in my personal life recently, and I’ve been a bit distracted. On the good side, I have applied a dose of discipline and commitment to … Continue reading
Querying then and now: Why’s it have to be so hard?
In a time and place not very far in the past, perhaps ten or fifteen years ago: A boy, not yet a man, has completed his first novel. It’s a sword-and-sorcery fantasy epic that took him six years to write. … Continue reading
Self-publish, or learn to fly?
Literary agent Colleen Lindsay this morning tweeted Laura Miller’s recent Salon article about how the future of literature will be shaped by e-book and on-demand print self-publishing services. Miller observes that these services promote themselves as a means to circumvent the … Continue reading