If you read mainstream publishing news, like I do, occasionally your head will explode. Or you’ll run around in a panic, turning into one of those long-haired barefoot New Yorker cartoon characters, carrying a sign saying that the world is about to end. For many in traditional publishing, the world is ending. Their clout is […]
Continue ReadingI was extremely busy in March, but somehow I managed to read a lot of good stuff as well. Some of my reading came at a workshop at the end of February, beginning of March. If the stories that I liked appear in print, I told the students to contact me with that information. So […]
Continue ReadingThe Business Rusch: Scarcity and Abundance Kristine Kathryn Rusch For nearly two years now, I’ve been trying to find a succinct way to express how publishing is changing. So imagine my pleasure when I found the exact analogy that I wanted in John Seabrook’s New Yorker article, “Streaming Dreams,” about YouTube. A few years […]
Continue ReadingFebruary went by much too fast. I got a lot of reading done, but not as much as I expected. I was (and still am) on an urban fantasy kick. I’m finding that most of what I read is predictable and easy to skim, even series that I read all the way through. I’m not […]
Continue ReadingI got back to reading in September, but bumped along on my choices. I had trouble concentrating in the first part of the month, since so much was going on in my life. I read a celebrity memoir and enjoyed it, but don’t feel it was good enough to recommend. Then I read two other […]
Continue ReadingI was well on my way to a spectacular reading month when I left to go to Worldcon in Reno. Still, managed to finish one book and start another. Then my friend Bill died. I didn’t even read a newspaper for days. So the pickings were slim in August, but they were good pickings, just […]
Continue ReadingI taught a short story class for professional writers in June, writers who’ve either been published or had some degree of success in their writing careers. I worked those folks hard, and in turn, they worked me hard. Many of them mailed their stories to possible markets (Note to editors: buy these stories), but several […]
Continue ReadingThe Business Rusch: Short Stories Kristine Kathryn Rusch For the past several weeks, I’ve been talking about things to watch out for in traditional publishing from the writer’s point of view. The contracts and relationships in traditional publishing have changed dramatically, and many established authors, busy with their deadlines, haven’t noticed. I hope they read […]
Continue ReadingAs usual, I’m late posting this. I wanted to get it on the site in May. Ooops. Maybe I’ll get May’s up in June. Maybe. 🙂 Here’s what I wrote about April: In April, I binged on romance novels featuring celebrity heroes or heroines (not celebrity romances, which are romances written by celebrities). I don’t […]
Continue ReadingI read a lot of anthologies in March, most of which I will not recommend. I’ve been searching for a certain type of writer, because one of my favorites has repeatedly failed me, and I’d like to replace him with a similar book. I’ve been reading the anthologies cover to cover, forcing myself into some […]
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