July 2010

2010 Parsec Finalists

July 29, 2010

The 2010 Parsec Award Finalists have been announced, and I’m quite pleased to see my story “Swimming Lessons” from P.G. Holyfield’s Tales of the Children anthology listed in the Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form) category! I’m up against some serious competition. It’s an honor to even be nominated alongside writers like Peter Watts, Mike [...]

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Editing and Short Fiction

July 26, 2010

Should I bother hiring an editor to look over my short fiction, or is it a waste of time? While it’s often dismissed as not being worth the effort, there are a lot of advantages to hiring an editor for short fiction. 1. It’s short! That means it’ll be considerably less expensive than hiring an [...]

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Renaissance Woman

July 22, 2010

Interview: Gabrielle Harbowy, Renaissance Woman, courtesy of The Dead Robots’ Society Podcast It was a pleasure to meet up with the wonderful crew of the Dead Robots’ Society Podcast this week for an interview. It was a particular honor because the DRS interview with editor Juliet Ulman had been so inspirational for me. Working in [...]

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Call for Reviewers

July 19, 2010

Do you run or contribute to a book review site? Are you looking for more science fiction, fantasy, adult or YA-friendly books to review? Do you accept electronic copies? Dragon Moon Press is looking to form relationships with book review websites and blogs. If you’re interested in receiving PDF reader copies for review, please drop [...]

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ARCs 101

July 15, 2010

ARC stands for Advance Reader Copy. ARCs can also called bound galleys, bound proofs, or uncorrected proofs. An ARC looks like a book, walks like a book and quacks like a book, but it’s not quite a book. It’s actually the bound proofs, printed as a test run so that the production team can do [...]

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Old Habits, New Tech

July 12, 2010

I’m one of those firm believers that e-books will never completely replace paper. There’s something comfortable about turning pages, something proud about showing off a collection on a shelf, and something exciting about getting a book signed by the author. I also like the portability of a book, and being able to read in all [...]

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Foretold

July 8, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, I had the unenviable task of going back to my late mother’s empty house and trying to put it in order. I won’t be keeping the house, but there were important papers that needed to be found and equipment to be returned and services to be terminated. It was difficult, [...]

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Can Bad Spellers Be Good Writers?

July 6, 2010

I’m going to start keeping a running tally of people who have said to me, “I have a lot of ideas, but I could never be a writer because my spelling is horrible.” It’s something I hear often enough that I’ve already lost count, and I consider it a very sad thing. There are plenty [...]

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Marketing Tips for the Introverted Author

July 1, 2010

Fans who see authors at signings and readings and conventions may not realize that authors — just like anyone else — can be introverted, can get stage fright, or can be uncomfortable approaching others or putting themselves in the limelight. It’s one thing for a book to get great acclaim; it’s another thing to squint [...]

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