Last Week’s Goals All my blog posts went up as scheduled. One story returned from market and was sent back out. I still haven’t found someplace new to send the orphaned story from the week before. (It’s flash, which limits markets, and has been to a ton of them. If it wasn’t a flash story … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My three posts all went up on time. Four stories returned from market and have been submitted to new publishers, The 14th Annual Smashwords Summer/Winter sale continues – all of my collections and my Swordsmaster novel are 50% off for the rest of July. See my Current Book Promotions page for links. … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My three posts all went out on time. Four stories returned from market; two went back out, I’m having trouble finding a good publisher for the third, but the fourth SOLD! to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. That’s one of the magazines I consider Old Guard, like Asimov’s, so I’m … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My three posts went out as scheduled. I had some more stories return from market (the rejection letter said one of them had been a finalist), and dutifully sent them out again. Cats of War III (the third Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire collection) began its preorder (and Smashwords FREE Presale) campaign … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My three blog entries posted on schedule usual. Two submissions returned from market and I sent them right back out. Heinlein would be so proud… I now have a little over two weeks to go before my next scheduled release day (May 13th), but I still haven’t decided what it will be. … Continue reading
As I’ve been studying recently, I’ve found a lot of ideas to think about and look for in my own stories, but I haven’t found anyone else’s method that I can duplicate. I find myself taking those alien methods apart and cobbling bits and pieces into my revision process, and that hopefully makes my finished stories better. Continue reading
I am not a purist. I’m willing to accept changes to a story I like when it moves to another format if those changes help with the translation. You see, moving a piece of literature to video is as much a form of translation as moving from one language to another.
There are things that work well in literature, but are very hard to do in film, such as showing what a character is thinking. At the same time, there are things that film is good at – showing and establishing settings, for one thing (a picture is worth a thousand words.) There is also the issue a film-maker needs to deal with of how to compress a huge story into something viewable. Continue reading
I believe we were put in this life by a CREATOR. I don’t think He is constantly, actively involved in our world, or our individual lives (I’m not going to waste my time making sure I use equal references of HE/SHE/IT. There was a time when we could simply say HE whenever the gender of … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals All blog entries were posted on schedule. All my submissions were returned to markets as soon as they arrived home. One of those “rejections” was my fifth Honorable Mention (this time a SILVER) from the Writers of te Future Contest for “The View from My Cage Is Breathtaking.” I wrote on … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals All blog entries posted on schedule. All returned stories were sent back out to market. Up to this point, I have only been willing to submit to publications that pay professional rates (8-cents per word or greater), but for the for the first time I’ve decided to start submitting to lesser-paying markets … Continue reading
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