Work life after returning from a show tends to be pretty busy. When you’ve been out of the office for a week, you often have a lot of catching up to do. It’s always complicated when warm weather hits because then you have …
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IRA in pictures
I’m taking a break from tilling the garden with a potato fork (it actually works pretty well on a small plot and you don’t have to use a gas tiller, though on anything like the 1/2 acre garden we had …
IRA in brief/Writing Excuses
Atlanta is gorgeous. A normal warm spring day! It’s gorgeous. I love Seattle, but I’m still in sweaters till June there. The other day was wearing a spring cotton shirt and a skirt, and it was just lovely. Well, till …
Linkety
Via Oz and Ends: Scalzi discusses the state of YA fantasy and SF sales compared to adult. (Scalzi’s got some good stuff this week!) Of particular note is that old refrain, often heard from authors and readers of adult SFF, …
From the mailbox
I’m taking advantage of still having internet at home when I thought it was going to turn off last night (we’re in household internet transition) to post one last thing before I go dark for a week. I’ll be at …
More on self-publishing
John Scalzi has some great points today that extend our discussion of self-publishing from a couple weeks ago. Specifically I don’t think I covered the returnability issue: 3. No access to bookstores or other retail outlets, because most bookstores won’t …
Opening the slush can be dangerous
Man, that was one heck of a papercut. Right on the pad of my index finger, too.
International Reading Association
If you’re going to be in Atlanta for the International Reading Association conference, be sure to stop by the Mirrorstone booth, #721. Lots to see and authors Candice Ransom and D.L. Garfinkle will be signing in the booth. Also, each …
Shared-world fiction has a lot in common with the small screen
I’ve said I’d write about this for a while and I’ve never quite found the time. I still don’t have a lot of time, but I needed blog fodder and this is a long-standing question. Also, I think that even …
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Writing Excuses: Submitting to Editors
Want to know more about submitting to editors? Check out the conversation over at Writing Excuses this week and next.