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December 2010 Recommended Reading List
I know, I know. I read the Christmas stories before Christmas, to prep myself for the season, but I’m telling you about them here. Ah, well. Buy the issues/books now and save the stories for next year…. As you can tell from the list, I went on a short story binge in December. For some reason I hadn’t read a lot of short fiction in 2010—and I started to make up for it in the last month of the year. I even abandoned novels that I was enjoying to read more short fiction. I’m sure I’ll get back to the novels soon enough. All in all, December was a great way to close out the reading year. I enjoyed much of what I read. Here’s what I recommend: December, … Read entire article »
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Enter A Future: The Digital Anthology
Asimov’s editor Sheila Williams has put together a spectacular digital anthology with tales from the magazine. She’s included my award-winning novella, “Recovering Apollo 8.” I’ve read every single story in the anthology when those stories originally appeared in Asimov’s, and I can tell you this is one amazing collection. It includes one of my all-time favorite stories, Gord Sellars’ “Lester Young and the Jupiter’s Moons’ Blues,” as well as several others I love. Right now the collection is only available as an exclusive on Kindle, but if the sales are good–and Sheila tells me they are–then it will appear on the other digital sites. I suspect if the sales are really, really good, there might be a paper version in the future as well. Certainly more anthologies. So if you’re … Read entire article »
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The Business Rusch: Bad Decisions and the Midlist Writer (Changing Times Part 15)
The Business Rusch: Bad Decisions and The Midlist Writer (Changing Times Part Fifteen) Kristine Kathryn Rusch Last week, I ended my blog with this happy thought: “Looking in my crystal ball, I worry that the writers who will get scammed, who will lose actual fortunes, won’t be the beginners or the bestsellers. It’ll be the established midlist writer.” As I sat down to write on Wednesday morning, after a trip to Chattanooga, Tennessee which involved a lot of discussions with writers plus a ton of e-mail/questions/reading when I returned, I realized that I needed to change this week’s topic just a tad. I had planned to call this segment “Scams and the Midlist Writer,” but really, seriously, the problems that midlist writers will have—are having if the truth be told—go beyond scams. … Read entire article »
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Why We Write
Tracy Hickman told this moving story earlier in the month at the Superstars Writing Seminar. My buddy and the sponsor of the seminar, Kevin J. Anderson, e-mailed me and said I had to listen to this. I was at Chattacon and didn’t have time, so I finally listened this morning, and was moved beyond words. If you write, if you want to write, if you publish books, or sell books as a bookseller, you must listen to this true story. Click here and scroll down to “Tracy Hickman Story.” … Read entire article »
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Heart Readers Reissued!
Electronic versions of my backlist novels are starting to hit the various electronic bookstores. Two weeks ago, I pointed you to Alien Influences. Last year, I mentioned The White Mists of Power. This week, check out Heart Readers. It’s on Kindle, Smashwords and Barnes & Noble.com. It should be in other e-bookstores Any Minute Now. A trade paperback format will be available later in the spring, and I’ll make the announcement here. But for now, if you have an e-book reader and can’t wait, here’s Heart Readers. Twin princes—the curse of King Pardu’s line. Pardu killed his own twin to secure the throne. Now Pardu, dying, wants to use old magic to determine which of his sons will rule—without murder. The old magic calls for heart readers to determine which twin has … Read entire article »
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The Business Rusch: Midlist Writers & Big Publishing (Changing Times Part 14)
The Business Rusch: Midlist Writers & Big Publishing (Changing Times Part Fourteen) Kristine Kathryn Rusch Me and cliffhangers. It seems to be the only way I can write this mini-series on publishing. I feel like I’m verging on the good part, and then I run out of time and tell y’all to come back next week. Which is what I did last week. I promised to tell you why so many midlist writers are asking why they should ever publish a book with Big Publishing again. To understand how I got to this point, what I mean by Big Publishing and midlist writers, please start with this post. If you’re new to the series, please check out the introductory post, so you can see where I’m coming from. In last week’s post, … Read entire article »
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Appearance in Tennessee
The kind folks at Chattacon in Chattanooga have asked me to be one of their guests of honor at the convention this week. The con will be held at the Choo-Choo Hotel. If you’re in the area, please drop by. Here’s the link to the convention: Chattacon … Read entire article »
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The Business Rusch: More About Midlist Writers (Changing Times Part Thirteen)
The Business Rusch: More About Midlist Writers (Changing Times Part Thirteen) Kristine Kathryn Rusch Two weeks ago, I promised you that I’d tell you why midlist writers will benefit the most from the changes in publishing that we’ve been discussing. Last week, I stepped out of the model to discuss the rapid change that happened over the holidays and this week, I am refraining from discussing the possible loss of a wonderful indie bookstore (LA’s Mystery Bookstore). Rapid change continues, so those of you in publishing should read the trade journals every single day. (For example, check out the cool changes in university publishing here.) But I don’t want to leave you hanging. I ended that first post on midlist writers on what we in the trade call a cliffhanger. Then I … Read entire article »
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