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Considerations Before Venturing into the Self-Publishing Jungle

As the number of stories I publish increases, I’m beginning to think about ways to further market them.  Traditionally, authors either sold them as reprints to other publications (e.g., anthologies) or...

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A Little Shameless Promotion

Fellow Hopefull Monster, Colum Paget’s story “Love in a time of Bio-mal” is now available for free reading at Electric Spec.  If you like slick, dark cyberpunk, you won’t be disappointed with this...

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IN SITU Release Delayed Again

Recently, fellow Hopefull Monster Colum Paget wondered if the IN SITU anthology was becoming the next Last Dangerous Visions.  I certainly hope not, but news I received last week isn’t encouraging....

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Maltese Monster Makes a Sale

Michael Vella, Hopefull Monster’s man in Malta, sold his story “Valletta, City of Guilt” to World SF Blog.  Michael has a talent for spinning vivid turns of phrase, and this supernatural fantasy, set...

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A Hopefull Monster Sales Again

Another sale by another Hopefull Monster!  Following on the heels of Michael Vella, Richard Zwicker sold his story “Holo, Goodbye” to Mindflights.  Rich is a frequent a contributor to the world of...

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A Hopefull Monster Gets Shortlisted

It’s not often you get to say you know someone who has been shortlisted for a significant writing award, so it’s a pleasure to congratulate fellow Hopefull Monster Colum Paget for making the shortlist...

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Colum Paget Wins the James White Award

Colum Paget, Hopefull Monster’s man in Britain, has won the James White Award!  The James White Award is one of the major speculative fiction awards for “amateur” writers, so the competition is tough....

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Joining Codex

Let me be up front: I’m committed to my writing group Hopefull Monsters, and I have no intention of leaving it.  They are too valuable as trusted first readers, and I genuinely enjoy their “virtual”...

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Hopefull Monster News

It’s a been a busy few weeks for members of my writer’s group, Hopefull Monsters. Colum Paget sold his story “The Unfortunate Necessity of Regular Upgrades” to Kasma SF.  Kasma is a fantastic...

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A Little of This and That

It’s been about a week since I’ve checked in here.  Usually I make it a point to get here every two or three days and see what’s up, but I’m still having computer problems (and thus connectivity...

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D.J. Cockburn Wins the James White Award

I learned over the weekend that a member of my writing group, Hopefull Monsters, has won the 2014 James White Award.  D.J. Cockburn is the second person I know to win this award, given annually to a...

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Do We Really Get What We’re Reading?

While e-books have yet to replace print books in terms of sales (and incidentally, growth in sales seems to have slowed in recent years), they are a fixture in the marketplace and not going anywhere....

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Milestone for an Ex-Monster

I was in a writing group called the Hopefull Monsters for many years, but sadly we disbanded last year.  While in the group, I made several pretty good internet friends (I’ve never met any of them in...

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Walden Planet and Other Stories

When my writing group, Hopefull Monsters, disbanded last year, I wondered how many of the members might be done with writing.  I suspected a few might be (only time will tell if I’m right), but I knew...

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