science fiction author
Quick update. I’ve been super busy at work. I finished a book (Ancillary Sword, by Anne Leckie) more than a month ago and listened to an audiobook in the last week (A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, which I really liked!) but haven’t had time to blog about either one. But that is not why I am here today. I found out just a few moments ago that the TL;DR anthology “Figments & Fragments”…
A quick update… I found out first thing this morning that I was one of the winners of the TL;DR 1,000 Word Herd Flash Fiction 2024 Competition from April! Here is the official announcement. Great way to start my day, and the contract has been signed and sent back. Woo Hoo! I have heard good things about the TL;DR press from my writing community. First of all, they provide good feedback on the stories, no…
I have made my third sale! I found out late in the evening, two nights ago, and now have a signed contract so I am happy to report that my first non-flash fiction piece entitled “Stars End” will appear in Abyss & Apex magazine in Spring of next year. I am beyond excited and am really looking forward to sharing this story with you all. It had been quite a dry spell and I was…
My short story entitled “Alien Anthropologist” will appear in the next issue of On Spec, which is going to the printers soon! This was my first sale but is the second to appear. Still waiting (with 5 currently out on sub!) for the third sale…
My first publication (2nd sale) has gone live at Radon Journal. “The Grocery Store” is a climate flash fiction piece I wrote several years ago, and it does have several Easter eggs that are probably only interesting to me. I am very glad that this piece found a home, and am looking forward to sharing much more with you my many many readers in the years to come. 🙂
Today I signed another contract for my story entitled “The Grocery Store” which will appear in Radon Journal. Amazing. I can’t keep up this pace for too much longer, since I currently only have 3 other pieces out on submission but it was very exciting to have this happen quick on the heels of yesterday. I actually knew about this one for a few weeks. They gave me a conditional acceptance, but wanted me to…
I am beyond excited to share that I have made my first sale! My flash fiction story entitled “Alien Anthropologist” will appear in On Spec, the Canadian magazine of the fantastic, later this year. I received the acceptance email yesterday, had a brief email exchange, signed the contract, and just received the payment. I am so excited! I have been writing science fiction (off and on) since 1983. I have had several periods of more…
