podcasting

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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PodioRacket call-in show: Thursday, Apr 29

April 26, 2010

This Thursday, April 29 at 6:00 PM Pacific (9 PM Eastern), I’ll be a guest on PodioRacket.Com‘s hour-long call-in show, hosted by Blog Talk Radio. I’ll be talking about editing, the submissions process, query letters, self-editing, and anything else you want to call in and ask about. …Just please don’t pitch me your manuscript on-air! [...]

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Behind the Scenes, Part 1

October 19, 2009

Last month, I got a chance to sit down with author PG Holyfield and talk on the record about the editorial process. At the time, I was halfway through my first pass on his novel Murder at Avedon Hill, forthcoming with Dragon Moon Press, so it was great to actually meet the author and talk [...]

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Shortcuts to Success

October 1, 2009

Here’s the only thing you need to know about shortcuts to a successful writing career: There aren’t any. There are alternatives to the traditional process. Lots of them. But none of them are shortcuts. Let’s look at a few. 1. It’s who you know. Connections, as I mentioned in my post on Dealing with Rejection, [...]

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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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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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It’s a date!

June 8, 2009

Actually seeing it in print makes me want to jump up and down!  According to Pip, a November 2010 print date has been announced for GEIST. She’s already hard at work on the sequel, which bears the catchy working title of GEIST 2 (real title forthcoming!). And congrats also to Ms. Ballantine for winning the [...]

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Interview at Irreverent Muse

May 4, 2009

As important as it is for an editor to work in the author’s voice, it doesn’t mean we don’t have voices of our own. You can hear mine by listening to my very first podcast interview. Michell Plested kindly invited me to talk on the air with him about the reasons to hire an editor, [...]

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Podcasters in the News

February 2, 2009

This week’s Time Magazine contains an article about the podcasting phenomenon in publishing, featuring our own Scott Sigler and J.C. Hutchins. Several of my clients are in podcasting/podiobook circles, so I’m very much pro-podcast. I’ve spent enough time with Scott Sigler to know that he’s a great guy and well-deserving of his success. While I [...]

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