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Continuing in the line of a similar post from last year (inspired by a similar analysis from Kate McKean’s excellent newsletter), here’s the breakdown for the books I read in 2023. The list includes things I finished, but also DNFs if I finished an appreciable portion of the book before putting it down. I read […]
[Continue reading] about Books Read 2023I’m pleased to announce that my sci-fi short story “Nelly’s World” will appear in the upcoming 2024 anthology “Divergent Realms: Speculative Stories About Neurodiversity”. The story marks my fourth short story sale, but “Nelly’s World” stands out as special to me. It was the first story I wrote that I considered a “proper short story”, the […]
[Continue reading] about New story: Nelly’s World, published in Divergent Realms(This post was inspired by similar posts over at Aeryn Rudel’s excellent site, Rejectomancy. I recommended his articles about his writing journey—and his cool stories, of course.) 2023 was the first year I put serious effort into submitting short stories to markets for publication. I had sent out the odd sub every other year since […]
[Continue reading] about Story Submissions in 2023TL;DR: Confident in a story I intended to submit to a prestigious market, I sent it out to beta readers for a final glance-over. One reader ever so politely informed me that it was a steaming pile of crap, and they were totally right. Lesson: your vision often disagrees with what you actually wrote, sometimes […]
[Continue reading] about Vision vs What Appears on the PageI’m delighted to say that I’ve recently signed a contract with Dreamforge for my short story “Empty Nest”. The story will feature in their 2024 double-issue on “uplift“. What’s it about? Androids, genetic engineering and cuttlefish. Sort of. I enjoyed writing this story more than most, and I’m proud to see it find a home […]
[Continue reading] about Upcoming story: Empty Nest, published by Dreamforge Anvil