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Quora

January 17, 2012

If you haven’t checked out Quora yet, the best way I can describe it is as a web community at the corner of Wikipedia and crowdsourcing. It’s different than Wikipedia because it’s more a compendium of subjective knowledge (though reinforced by facts), built in the form of contributor questions and contributor answers. Arranged by topic, [...]

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What I wrote and edited in 2011

January 6, 2012

For your curiosity and your consideration. I was involved in lots of great projects in 2011, with lots of great writers, editors and publishers! As Anthologist: When the Hero Comes Home, co-edited with Ed Greenwood (Dragon Moon Press) As Editor/Acquiring Editor: Eden by Phil Rossi (Dragon Moon Press) (Novella) The Empress Sword by Paulette Jaxton [...]

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Small Epiphanies

January 5, 2012

Last February, I was a participant at the San Francisco Writers Conference, where I met lots and lots of people, but three people in particular: Katharine “Kit” Kerr, Alex Tillson, and Clint Talbert. Though it would probably surprise at least two of them to hear it, all three of them led me to great epiphanies [...]

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DMP Submission Roundup – The Stats

January 2, 2012

Happy New Year, readers! This is the post in which I make a resolution to be more faithful about my blog posting this year. You have my apologies for my December silence, but it was a busy month. Between travel (mine), a broken arm (not mine), two sets of submissions to track, a short story [...]

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EDEN by Phil Rossi – Amazon Chart Rush, Thursday December 8

December 5, 2011

The tree is beautiful and they call her Eden. Her branches reach for the stars. But this tree does not sprout from the dirt. Eden fills the sky, high in orbit above the blue expanse of Uranus. Eden changes humanity’s very concept of extraterrestrial life. Dr. Malcolm Green is sent to Eden to audit a [...]

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Ripe Ideas and Low-Hanging Fruit

November 28, 2011

“Low-hanging fruit” is a common metaphor you’ll hear in writing circles, in reference to coming up with ideas. The lowest-hanging fruit on any tree are the easiest ones to reach and therefore the ones that get picked first. For writers, the metaphor usually suggests that the ideas you come up with first, or most easily, [...]

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DMP December 2011 Open Submissions – Guidelines

November 10, 2011

Thanks for your patience! The December 2011 Open Submissions guidelines are now up at dragonmoonpress.com, where they will remain through the month of December. The rules are slightly different this time around. Most notably, DMP is ONLY seeking fantasy (traditional fantasy, sword and sorcery, epic fantasy) and urban fantasy. DMP is solid on science fiction [...]

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Praise for TRIPTYCH by J.M. Frey

November 7, 2011

I don’t have any children, so I’ve never been the parent of an honors child. But, I’ve been an acquiring editor for a while now, and I think the pride and joy I feel when one of my book-children does well are probably the same buzz that a parent gets when a child wins some [...]

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Coming Soon: Dragon Moon Press open submission period

November 3, 2011

Just an early heads-up for blog readers — Dragon Moon Press will again be opening its virtual gates this December. Send no manuscripts yet! Full submissions details will be appearing soon on the DMP website. Manuscripts arriving before December 1, or which do not follow submissions guidelines, will be deleted unread. Wait for posting of [...]

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Goodreads Giveaway Winners!

October 31, 2011

First, a big thank you to all 669 readers who participated in our first WHEN THE HERO COMES HOME giveaway on Goodreads! Congrats to our winners, Gabriel and BL834 — your copies are in the mail! Thanks again, everyone who participated! As a reminder, the Kindle edition is only $3.99. And keep an eye out [...]

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