Submission: Early February
Response: Late September
Professional magazine with staff.
That is all.
Friday, 26 September 2008
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Responding to Aliya responding to David
The time-travelling one with the cure for malaria
An SF novelette called Skipping Stones, due for serialised inclusion in Farrago's Wainscot. This is the story's third acceptance. One of the other publishers turnedaround the decision to publish and the second one folded. This story was co-written with Ekaterina Sedia.
The novel condensed into a short story which is actually rather good
A proper, literary short story this one, covering the lifetime of a couple and its family.
The science fiction gangster book with Aliya
Kind of the purpose of this blog, if someone publishes it. 'Under consideration' at the moment
The story with Aliya
This one is called Overturned and is split into three viewpoints: a girl's fantasy, a crime caper and a relationship breakdown
The other story with Aliya
Another story that was accepted, sat on for about two years and then the publisher decided not to release the book. This is in a kind of 2000ad post-apocalypse stylee
And uncompleted:
The Novel
I've actually been making some more headway on this recently. Who knows, might have it finished before dead o'clock
The Young Adult
I lost the manuscript. I need to re-write the whole thing.
The science fiction rock musical
Not as bad as We Will Rock You sounds. It has shades of Christopher Marlowe, Mary Shelley, Alice in Chains and Creedence Clearwater Revival
There is more, but that's all you're getting for now.
An SF novelette called Skipping Stones, due for serialised inclusion in Farrago's Wainscot. This is the story's third acceptance. One of the other publishers turnedaround the decision to publish and the second one folded. This story was co-written with Ekaterina Sedia.
The novel condensed into a short story which is actually rather good
A proper, literary short story this one, covering the lifetime of a couple and its family.
The science fiction gangster book with Aliya
Kind of the purpose of this blog, if someone publishes it. 'Under consideration' at the moment
The story with Aliya
This one is called Overturned and is split into three viewpoints: a girl's fantasy, a crime caper and a relationship breakdown
The other story with Aliya
Another story that was accepted, sat on for about two years and then the publisher decided not to release the book. This is in a kind of 2000ad post-apocalypse stylee
And uncompleted:
The Novel
I've actually been making some more headway on this recently. Who knows, might have it finished before dead o'clock
The Young Adult
I lost the manuscript. I need to re-write the whole thing.
The science fiction rock musical
Not as bad as We Will Rock You sounds. It has shades of Christopher Marlowe, Mary Shelley, Alice in Chains and Creedence Clearwater Revival
There is more, but that's all you're getting for now.
Friday, 5 September 2008
Real writers do it longhand
Aliya and I have several things in common, including brown hair and eyes (the irises, not the whites, obviously), fairly average heights for our respective genders, both being parents of young daughters and the fact we're at odds with the world due to our sinistral persuasions. Perhaps most importantly, we both write long hand. Only difference is, Aliya has a nice auntie who sends her notebooks every Christmas.
I spent much of this week traipsing the West End looking for a conveniently-sized writing book of modest quality and feel, with well-spaced lines. Not much to ask? My last nice writing book was a present, and once you've tasted quality, it's hard to go back to spiral bound office notebooks.
Stationers were useless, as was the internet. John Lewis, Waterstones and House of Fraser were all extremely disappointing. In the end I got a nice Moleskin pad from Selfridges. There was a scarily priced concession for a company called something like Allins of London. I picked up an awkwardly shelved navy blue number there without a price tag visible. It was £89. And the Moleskin I ended up with (just over sixteen quid) is a nicer colour with better-spaced lines.
If anyone can recommend somewhere other than Selfridges for future buys, I'm all ears. And no, PC World doesn't cut it. Not even if there's a soulless Staples next door.
I spent much of this week traipsing the West End looking for a conveniently-sized writing book of modest quality and feel, with well-spaced lines. Not much to ask? My last nice writing book was a present, and once you've tasted quality, it's hard to go back to spiral bound office notebooks.
Stationers were useless, as was the internet. John Lewis, Waterstones and House of Fraser were all extremely disappointing. In the end I got a nice Moleskin pad from Selfridges. There was a scarily priced concession for a company called something like Allins of London. I picked up an awkwardly shelved navy blue number there without a price tag visible. It was £89. And the Moleskin I ended up with (just over sixteen quid) is a nicer colour with better-spaced lines.
If anyone can recommend somewhere other than Selfridges for future buys, I'm all ears. And no, PC World doesn't cut it. Not even if there's a soulless Staples next door.
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