“The only place an author should sign a check is on the back, when they endorse it.” There is a discussion of this over at Making Light, a blog that I read. The reason is something about a group that charges $600 for the opportunity of novelists to pitch their ideas to actual agents and […]
Wanderings
Resources for Science Fiction: Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction. – Ray Bradbury
Monthly Archives: April 2007
I’m a pixel-stained technopeasnat wretch
Monday, April 23, 2007
papersky has declared Monday April 23rd to be International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day. She says, in part: In honour of Dr Hendrix, I am declaring Monday 23rd April International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day. On this day, everyone who wants to should give away professional quality work online. It doesn’t matter if it’s a novel, a story or […]
Pet Photos Photography Contest
Monday, April 23, 2007
Dave has another photo contest starting up tonight. This one is pet photos and I have some pictures of the damn cats to upload. Dave is still beta testing this, but the $200 in prizes is real. He advertised this one in the local pennysaver to get local participation. His model for the website is […]
15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will
Monday, April 23, 2007
I like this stuff. I haven’t read Vonnegut in 35 years. It’s time to see what he’s been up to in the mean time. I was at a flea market yesterday and I saw a few Vonnegut paperbacks. I should have bought one. There’s an audio of one of his books on eBay. I might […]
Daily Science Fiction Fix
Monday, April 23, 2007
The story of the day blog is working correctly. At one minute after midnight each night (eastern time), I publish a link to a new science fiction story. It kicks off nicely. I also have a submission form that feeds the system. I have to manually check the submissions, but I would have to do […]
2007 Locus Awards Finalists
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Locus announced the results of its voting. Samsdot did not place in the money. It’s not my fault. I voted for J. Locus Online News: 2007 Locus Awards Finalists
Science Fiction Story of the Day
Friday, April 20, 2007
I have been roaming around looking for SF stories for the Story of the Day blog. I have stories up until 4/26 ready to go. I have been avoiding the big sites. They get enough readers. I would rather feature small sites. I am using Ralan’s pay list to find zines. There are fewer SF […]
Job Hunting
Friday, April 20, 2007
I talked about jobs and J has mentioned that he is looking. Here are some resources for writers who need jobs. You can get some good documentation specialist, copy editor, or even full time jobs from these sources. A great list of freelance jobs sites is at: Monster list of Freelance Jobs The classic job […]