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EQMM Readers Choice Award
Now I can tell y’all a secret I’ve been sitting on since December. ”The Secret Lives of Cats” won the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine’s Readers Choice Award for Best Short Story of the year. The announcement is in the May issue of the magazine, which has arrived at subscribers this week and will be on the stands next week. What I didn’t know, and what came as a pleasant surprise, is that the other story I published in EQMM last year, “The Moorhead House,” came in ninth! So thanks to all the voters! I’m very, very pleased. Tweet This Post … Read entire article »
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Recommended Reading List January 2009
Once again, I’ve hit a series of novels by favorite authors that just aren’t up to my expectations. And again, the problem is endings. One novel I read this month had a spectacular middle (and we always teach new writers that readers will never get to the middle if the beginning isn’t strong—not true if the writer is established and is one of your favorites), but a mediocre beginning and a horrible ending ruined the book’s promise. How horrible was the ending? I didn’t know the book had ended until I turned the page. The book just stopped. It was a mystery. Our heroine doesn’t solve the crime; someone else does. The villain dies at the hands of someone we’ve never seen before, … Read entire article »
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Diving into the Wreck
Recently, I sold an entire novel based on my award winning novella, “Diving into the Wreck,” and last year’s “Room of Lost Souls” to Pyr. Dave Seeley is doing the cover art, and the cover is lovely. Within the next few weeks, I’ll post the cover here, but you really should see the art. You can find it on Dave’s website, www.daveseeley.com. Scroll until you find the label “Diving into the Wreck.” (You’ll see lots of lovely art along the way.) Tweet This Post … Read entire article »
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Conference
I love seeing enthusiasm about science fiction and fantasy. A while ago, I sold a story to a new group in Colombia. They reprinted “Chimera” in this beautiful book, and did a multimedia presentation to introduce the book. The book is called Agua/Cero. Now the same group is putting on a conference in Colombia and they want the word out. Rather than paraphrase, here’s what they’re doing and their itinerary: Medellín, February 10th, 2009 News Bullettin 01 “I am very delighted to see an event like this happening in Colombia, as part of the exciting renaissance in your country and in South America. I cannot think of anything that would be more valuable.” David Brin, author of Earth and The Postman Fractal ’09 is an international event of art, music, science, technology, fantasy and science … Read entire article »
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Two good essays on writing
My husband, Dean Wesley Smith, has a good blog about writing fast on the Novelists Inc. site. Check it out here. Also, Writers of the Future posted an essay by Algis Budrys. It’s the lecture AJ used to give beginning writers on structure. Since he’s not around to give it any more, this slightly paler version is worth checking out. You can find that here. Tweet This Post … Read entire article »
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“Sing” is a Podcast Finalist
Some good news on a Friday night: I just found out that my story “Sing” is up for the Favorite Story of the Year on the podcasting site, Drabblecast. You can check it out and download the story here. In fact, you can download all five stories for free and vote. A note to writers: “Sing” was my first short story sale. This is why you never sell all rights. I have resold that story more times than I want to count since its first appearance in 1987. In fact, podcasting wasn’t even a glimmer in anyone’s eye back then, but had I sold all rights, I wouldn’t have been able to sell the story to this brand new technology. Just an FYI. … Read entire article »
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The Best Defense
A new story out in a very pretty anthology, Crime Spells. The story’s called “The Best Defense,” a sort-of legal thriller in a fantasy world. Tweet This Post … Read entire article »
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New Writing Workshops Announced
Dean and I have been nagged into it yet again. We’re adding some workshops into 2009, including two for beginning writers. Here’s the information from Dean’s website. You can find the workshops for professionals at www.deanwesleysmith.com. As for the workshops for beginners, here’s the information direct from Dean’s website: Well, we’re going to do the Kris and Dean show workshops again. After doing two hours of the workshop at Worldcon in Denver as two panels, and after getting a ton of requests over the years for us to do these again, we’ve decided to go again. Twice. First time in at least ten years. And maybe the last. <g> So, here on some details. This is open to anyone who is interested in fiction writing at any level. If you’ve always had it … Read entire article »
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