All Entries Tagged With: "magazine"
John Scalzi Helps Strange Horizons by Matching Donations
It always amazes me the power some people can leverage with the internet, so when I saw this story on John Scalzi’s Whatever blog I knew I had to write a post on it. This month (August 2009) Strange Horizons, the monthly online magazine which publishes speculative short stories, poetry, and articles, was holding its [...]
The Turkey City Lexicon (Part 6 – Character and Viewpoint)
Alas we come to the final section of the Turkey City Lexicon, character, viewpoint and other miscellaneous things. Sufficed to say if these are your only problems with the story after managing to accomplish every else in the other five parts of the turkey city lexicon then fixing these mistakes should be a cakewalk. On [...]
Magazine Watch for August
I’ve decided to take it upon myself keep the audience apprised of each month’s newest magazine releases for short fiction (or at least a handful of them) to save people the trouble of having to go search for them one at a time. And I shall call this post “Magazine Watch”. This will be a [...]
The Turkey City Lexicon (Part 5 – Background)
One of the more difficult aspects of short story writing is getting across to the reader a clear sense of backstory to a character or place without it being one gigantic infodump. Setting a story in a particular context (whether it be that of a place or that of a character) can also be seen [...]
Jim Baen’s Universe to be Closing in 2010
Apparently this has been on the wire for over two months but for those aspiring writers out there hoping to get their short stories published some day, they should note that Jim Baen’s Universe will be closing with its last issue to be published in April 2010. The bimonthly online science fiction and fantasy magazine [...]
The Turkey City Lexicon (Part 1 – Words and Sentences)
In anticipation for Anticipation (WorldCon ‘09) in Montreal, I decided to take it upon myself to sign up for a writing workshop to get some insightful criticism on my latest novel, “The Seducer’s Handbook” before I go about editing the second draft. The five-person writing workshop set to take place at this year’s Worldcon involves [...]
Locus Editor, Charles N. Brown, Dies at 72
While I didn’t know Charles N. Brown personally, I feel a post is in order to announce his untimely passing. I heard the news after reading Robert J. Sawyer’s blog and thought it was only prudent to dedicate a post to his life and contributions to the science fiction field. The following biopic was taken [...]
Locus Award Winners Announced
To me the Locus Awards are much more than a popularity contest. They are a symbol of the times and a fantastic indicator of any trends we’re seeing in the genre or with the reading public. Every year Locus Magazine, the trade magazine for the science fiction and fantasy publishing industry, holds its annual Locus [...]
John W. Campbell Memorial Award and Theodore Sturgeon Winners Announced
It seems there’s no stopping Cory Doctorow and Ian R. MacLeod as both tie in winning the 2008 John W. Campbell Memorial Award with their novels Little Brother (Tor) and Song of Time (PS Publishing) respectively. Locus Magazine noted that this is the third tie in the award’s history. It should also be noted that [...]
15 Ways Science Fiction Publishers Can Increase Sales, Save Money, and Promote Publicity
In these troubled times publishers can use every advantage to make them one step ahead of their competition. However, with a stressful ever-increasing workload sometimes it’s easy to become jaded into what your readers think about your imprint when you work from the inside of the publishing industry. Fortunately, I’m in the unique position of [...]
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