July 2009

Discipline

July 30, 2009

I’m a little over fifty pages away from the end of a manuscript. I’m doing a substantive edit — catching grammar, punctuation and spelling, and making suggestions to tighten up the narrative and improve the flow. Right now, I’m sitting on an action-packed sentence in the last paragraph of a chapter. It’s an awkward sentence. [...]

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Parsec Finalists

July 27, 2009

The Parsec Awards, presented each year at Dragon*Con, recognize excellence in speculative fiction podcasting. I’m pleased to honor and congratulate the following talented clients, friends and colleagues for their nominations as Parsec finalists: Philippa Ballantine (Erotica a la carte nominated for Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast) Christiana Ellis (Christiana’s Shallow Thoughts nominated for [...]

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An administrative note…

July 24, 2009

Yesterday after I posted, I realized that my “contact me” form wasn’t working. Then I realized that I didn’t know how long it had been out of service. Due to incompatibilities between WordPress components and web server components, it may have been down for a few days, or as much as a month or two. [...]

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I and me

July 23, 2009

Why we capitalize “I” but not “me”: from the NY Times Magazine, via @grammargirl.

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Anticipation! or, How to Be a Good Panelist

July 20, 2009

…That’s Anticipation: the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, otherwise known as WorldCon. My programming schedule has been confirmed, my bio has been sent off, and I’m good to go! I’m doing a panel Monday afternoon on hard science fiction, and I’m looking forward to hanging out with Dragon Moon Press author Erik Buchanan. If you’re [...]

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Silver and Gold

July 16, 2009

Silver and Gold by David Sakmyster is now live at Amazon.com! Historical fiction with a sprinkle of fantasy and the sparkle of a tall tale, SILVER AND GOLD follows the epic story of Delin Wetherwax through conflict, wonder and loss, against the backdrop of the gold rush of the late 1800s. It’s a slight departure [...]

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Editor Signings

July 13, 2009

My favorite professor and advisor just released a book. He is listed as the Editor and has written a foreword for the book, but the rest of the material in the book is written by other people. It’s basically a collection of non-fiction that he put together about one of his favorite topics. I am [...]

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Phil Rossi’s Big, Dark, and Terrible Machine

July 9, 2009

CRESCENT, the creepy and fantastic podiobook by Phil Rossi makes its print debut today, published by Dragon Moon Press. Meanwhile, Phil’s latest podiobook thriller brings the chills back down to Earth. HARVEY is a twisted tale about a down-on-his-luck musician and a small town that’s more than it seems. In between preparing for today’s live [...]

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Guest Blogger: Phil Rossi on “Rushing the Charts”

July 6, 2009

Phil Rossi is taking over the blog today with a timely guest post. Phil’s Amazon.com Chart Rush for the print release of his novel, CRESCENT, will be this Thursday, July 9th at 1pm Eastern. You can participate by buying the book on Amazon, attending Phil’s live uStream concert Thursday afternoon, and raising awareness by embedding [...]

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Clarkesworld Editors’ Roundtable

July 2, 2009

I’m thrilled and honored to be part of Clarkesworld Magazine‘s interview of speculative fiction editors. I’m in very good company! The two-part article is running in their July and August 2009 issues. Check out part one of two: Dirty Hands and Invisible Words.

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