Logged a couple of rejections this week, both for stories that are very good but hard to find a home for. I may need to start throwing one of them toward horror markets. May be a better fit there. On the other side, I received my check and my contract from Strange Horizons (Oh, how […]
Written a chapter of God’s War today, so far. Looks like I might finish this book someday. Oh yay.
According to Salary.com, I’m getting paid about $10,000 a year less than the national average for the job position I hold. Oh, gee, yay. Why does this not surprise me?
Jenn and I lolled around in bed yesterday talking until nearly 2:30 in the afternoon – she’s been busy running psych studies and analyzing data until 10pm, and I spend two days a week in Indianapolis, so we needed the catch-up time. Today, I reorganized my room so it’s more work-condusive – put a bunch
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When I got accepted to Clarion, I wrote letters to every single friend and relative I had and begged for money. Yes. I did. I begged for money. I do not regret it. I got to Clarion, and had plenty of pocket money besides. Clarion is the SF/F workshop. You get about 2 years of
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I love writing fantasy epics. Really, I do. (via Elizabeth Bear)
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After all, it’s the theme of the latest Big Fat Carnival. I take a perverse delight in watching all those reality plastic surgery shows where (mostly) women mutilate their bodies in the hopes of attaining beauty and “self confidence.” These shows are set in places like Miami where “looking good naked” and having breasts that
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Ooooodles of entertainment. The comments are awesome
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I’ll do some more trimming for the final version, I’m sure, but I was doing counts last night, and here’s where it stands: Initial version completed May 2003: 202,183 words Next version completed 2004: 183,000 words Version that went out to agents: 141,465 words Current version: 118,872 words 120K is a decent count for an