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Hacked Plus Free Fiction News
For those of you showing up for Free Fiction Monday, I’m sorry to say there’s nothing new today. My website got hacked on Thursday. It was a particularly virulent attack, which made the site receive warnings from all kinds of places. If you clicked through those warnings, run your anti-virus software to make sure you didn’t get any nasty stuff on your own computer. I’m still not sure if the hack was deliberate, meaning targeted at me. I’m waiting for the security firm’s report. I’m not sure if they’ll know. I’ve been the subject of several attacks this year, including a denial-of-service attack which came after a similar post to the royalty one I put up on Thursday, so I’m still not ruling out an intentional hack. But this attack did … Read entire article »
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A Wonderful Honor
The Willamette Writers, a writers organization that’s been around for 47 years and is quite important in the Pacific Northwest, has just let me and Dean known that we will receive their lifetime achievement award. Needless to say, we’re mighty stunned and quite honored. Here’s an excerpt from the letter: WILLAMETTE WRITERS willamettewriters.com <http://willamettewriters.com> Kristine Kathryn Rusch Dean Wesley Smith Dear Ms. Rusch and Mr. Smith Willamette Writers is happy to announce that you have been selected as the recipients of its 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award. You were chosen by a unanimous vote of the board acknowledging the contribution your writing has made and continues to make. You are an inspiration to writers of the Pacific Northwest, demonstrating by example how to create a vibrant, successful writing career that spans decades and many beloved volumes. This year … Read entire article »
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Strange Divisions & Alien Territories
Keith Brooke has done a tremendous job of editing Strange Divisions & Alien Territories: The Sub-genres of Science Fiction. This is a very readable, extremely entertaining textbook for the college level, aimed at sf classes and writers. I’ve just started reading it, and it’s wonderful. I’m learning stuff, and having a good time along the way. Keith asked working sf writers to contribute essays, which is why this book is so well done. He asked me to contribute a piece on alternate history. I had fun writing it. I got to reread some favorite books. The only problem is the price. It’s a British book, and a textbook at that, so it’s got a hefty U.S. price tag. Still, you might want to get it and share it with your writerly friends. You can … Read entire article »
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More Free Fiction: Craters in Lightspeed
Oh, I just love the puns I can make with the name of this magazine. Lightspeed is wonderful, in case you haven’t been reading it. And my story, “Craters,” is available on the site for free this week. If you want to read the entire Issue (which I would suggest), you can order it on the site itself. Or you can simply read the story for free by clicking this link. Enjoy! Tweet This Post … Read entire article »
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Surviving The Transition: How Writers Can Thrive In The New World Of Publishing
Last year, I wrote a series of posts on how writers of all stripes can survive the transition from the old world of publishing to the new world of publishing. I’ve updated the posts and compiled them into an e-book called Surviving The Transition: How Writers Can Thrive In The New World Of Publishing. This book is for established writers, new writers, writers who want to stay in traditional publishing, and writers who never want to join traditional publishing. Here’s the cover blurb: Most writers run their careers the same way they did in the 1990s. But publishing has changed so much since then that any writer who works on the old model will no longer make a living. In this short book, international bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch shows you how to think … Read entire article »
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Becalmed: A new Diving universe e-book
Those of you who’ve read City of Ruins know that the Ivoire was trapped in foldspace for a long time. Although City mentions how the Ivoire got trapped, it doesn’t show what happened. All that takes place in Becalmed, a short novel featuring Coop’s ex-wife, Mae. There’s a lot here, things you haven’t heard before, and some background on the Fleet. Plus the book stands alone if you’ve never read anything in the Diving universe. The novella first appeared in Asimov’s April/May 2011 issue. You can find Becalmed on Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, and in other ebookstores. Eventually, there will be a trade paper edition as well. Watch this space for news on that. Tweet This Post … Read entire article »
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A New Story
Daw Books has just published a new story of mine. It’s an oddball fantasy piece called “Renn and the Little Men.” If you like my Kristine Grayson books, you’ll probably like this one. It was a lot of fun to write. The story is in Westward Weird, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes. I think this is one of the last if not the last anthology that Marty edited, so it’s rather special that way. I haven’t yet had a chance to read this volume, but I have read two of the stories in it. Both J. Steven York’s story and Dean Wesley Smith’s story are really good and worth reading. And very very different from each other. If you want to see what a bunch of different writers … Read entire article »
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Website Down
As many of you noticed, this website has been down all weekend. The ISP had a major server meltdown and unfortunately, I was one of the unlucky websites on that server. If you sent me e-mail over the weekend, please resend. And believe me when I say that I’m going to figure out a way to prevent this site from going dark again. Thanks to everyone who e-mailed me or commented on Facebook or messaged me about this. I appreciate it. And since everything is tentative at the moment, if you’re not finding a regular weekly feature like Free Fiction Monday or my blog, well, realize I’m trying. I’m hoping we’re done with the crisis, but I’m not getting any guarantees from the ISP. So…fingers crossed that the new week will … Read entire article »
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