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Potential Market

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , on October 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Are you a writer with a short story looking for a  market? You’re in luck, because the award-winning Uncanny Magazine is open for submissions.

Uncanny Magazine will be open to short story submissions from October 2 to October 16.

Submissions – Uncanny Magazine

Uncanny is looking for original, unpublished speculative fiction stories between 750-10,000 words. Payment is $.10 per word (including audio rights).

They pay better than pro rates and are right up at the top of the short story game. Your name could be in their table of contents.

Good luck!

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StoryBundle Last Call!

Posted in Entertainment, Other, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on October 5, 2023| Leave a Comment »

It’s last call for StoryBundle’s To the Stars Adventure SciFi bundle, featuring Writers of the Future v.39 and so much more!

This new StoryBundle will take your autumn, and your e-reader, to the far edges of the universe. Curated by bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson, this cosmic batch of eighteen books showcases the range of epic science fiction, from galactic empires to time-travel adventures to alien invasions. These books are from classic award-winning science fiction authors and hot new indie authors. 

Only a few hours left to grab this Great Deal on Sci-Fi. Enjoy!

Am I biased? Sure, I happen to think our collection is great. But the bundle is curated by Kevin J. Anderson and also includes books by other names sci-fi/fantasy fans may have heard of, like Todd McCaffrey and Nancy Kress, as well as others I look forward to discovering.

Enjoy!

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There’s Always A Right Person

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , on October 4, 2023| Leave a Comment »

“It’s the people, in the end, isn’t it?” says Viktor. “It’s always the people. You can move halfway around the world to find your perfect life, move to Australia if you like, but it always comes down to the people you meet.”

― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

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Everyday Impact

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , on September 28, 2023| Leave a Comment »

It’s nice to think that one can have an impact in the world, even at an everyday level. I had that feeling today, when I found an article at The Atlantic I wanted to share but the sharee wasn’t a subscriber. 

“That’s too bad,” I thought. “Such a shame that this publication isn’t taking The New York Times approach, allowing subscribers to share a certain number of articles per month with anyone. I mean, I wrote them that well-thought out pitch for such a program a couple of months ago, making the case that it adds value to current members while also expanding their potential subscriber base… Hang on a sec…”

/click, click click. o hello my beauty

They actually did it. I’m sure I can’t take full credit for inspiring this change, but it’s nice to think that my efforts may have helped make it happen. 

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Measure of Achievement

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on September 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »

The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It’s doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.

— Julia Child

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Worlds of Their Own

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , on September 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Other people are some of the best, most interesting sources for story ideas, if you can find your way behind their facades.

Most of us would prefer to avoid awkward conversations with strangers, however.

PostSecret is one way to get a glimpse of the former without the latter.

You are invited to anonymously contribute a secret to a group art project. Your secret can be a regret, fear, betrayal, desire, confession or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything – as long
as it is true and you have never shared it with anyone before.

Some secrets are funny, some poignant, and all are reminders that every person you meet is a complex, ever-changing world of their own.

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The Secret of Creativity

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on September 19, 2023| Leave a Comment »

According to Ray Bradbury (who ought to know), this is the secret to creativity:

As soon as things get difficult, I walk away. That’s the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. If you try to approach a cat and pick it up, hell, it won’t let you do it. You’ve got to say, “Well, to hell with you.” And the cat says, “Wait a minute. He’s not behaving the way most humans do.” Then the cat follows you out of curiosity: “Well, what’s wrong with you that you don’t love me?” Well, that’s what an idea is. See? You just say, “Well, hell, I don’t need depression. I don’t need worry. I don’t need to push.” The ideas will follow me. When they’re off-guard, and ready to be born, I’ll turn around and grab them.

― Ray Bradbury, Zen in The Art of Writing

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You Are Awesome

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , on September 18, 2023| Leave a Comment »

It seems as though every step I take I trip over yet another project to do. I have made it to the end of my workday having done many, many things, but not the items that were actually on my list.

So congratulations, all those who like quotes and pretty pictures, today is (once again) your day!

“Don’t worry about looking cool. Do you because you are awesome.”

— Hank Green

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Something Old and True

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , on September 17, 2023| 1 Comment »

We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang. There is something old and true in fantasy that speaks to something deep within us, to the child who dreamt that one day he would hunt the forests of the night, and feast beneath the hollow hills, and find a love to last forever somewhere south of Oz and north of Shangri-La.

― George R.R. Martin

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Or Any Age, Really

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , on September 16, 2023| 2 Comments »

“There’s a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

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