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Fiction:Speculative Mystery Iconoclast is a new PDF magazine that is looking for exceptional, unpublished stories (between 2000 and 6000 words) that fall into two categories:
1] Speculative Mystery:These are stories that contain elements of both Speculative fiction as well as Mystery. Following this guideline, submissions should form one of the [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Inspiration from other interests – juggling hats
Posted in Short fiction, speculative fiction, writing, tagged Inspiration, Science Fiction, Short fiction, writing on November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In my previous post, I mentioned my short story featuring a Technological Singularity in a historical setting. I thought it would be a good spark for a discussion on inspiration.
Firstly, I should make it clear that I didn’t set out to write about a technological Singularity in ancient times. It was more a case of [...]
What’s next?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Mundane SF, Opinion, Science Fiction, writing on November 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes I take a vacation from cyberspace and when I come back I do a lot of ‘bulk-blog-reading’. Well, I’ve been away from the blogosphere for a few days (blame the hectic pace of life), but since my return I’ve come across an interesting post at www.sheerspeculation.com/blog by JB Drydenco. It was a response to [...]
The hubbub with campfires and duopolies: Parallels between Specfic short fiction and Comics
Posted in Short fiction, speculative fiction, tagged big 3, comics, Short fiction, Specfic on November 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I just read Hub magazine # 30 (available in PDF and other formats at www.hub-mag.co.uk). In it, an interesting editorial by Alasdair Stuart entitled ‘The Banquo Effect’ reflects upon the UPHEAVAL in the world of specific print mags (or at least, the BIG 3) and quite sensibly points to the various successes of online specific [...]
Check this out
Posted in writing, tagged NaNoWriMo, Novel on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone who knows me knows that I prefer reading short fiction anthologies rather than novels.
My reasons:
1. I like getting 15-plus stories for the price of one long one.
2. If the plot or writing (or insert any aspect) of a novel sucks, the whole novel sucks for me. However, if plot or writing (or insert any aspect) of [...]
Questions on a trinity’s demise – Whither BIG 3?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Over the past few days everywhere you look in the genre blogosphere, Specfic lovers (writers, readers, and editors) have been talking about the decline in the circulation figures of the BIG THREE.
For those of you new to the genre digests, the Big Three are:
Asimov’s;
Analog;
Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF)
Although, for the last few years, [...]
