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When Will I Get Paid (Long Fiction)
We have discussed this in a previous entry (How Much Will I Get Paid? (Long Fiction)) in general terms. We have discussed that an Advance is issued by a publisher against an author’s royalties and that...
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Microfiction, “Rustwisdom”
Earlier this year, I was fortunate to publish a story “Rustsong” at The Future Fire. They are currently in the middle of their Ten Year Anniversary. As part of this, former contributors were invited to...
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National Suicide Prevention Day
I wasn’t aware that it was National Suicide Prevention Day. Frankly, I wasn’t aware that it existed. It isn’t part of my personal calendar, until one of my favorite authors did something brave and...
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What Happens After I Submit My Short Story?
You finished your story. You submitted your story! Now what happens? Each market handles submissions differently. You can probably find information about your particular market’s process via their...
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What Happens After I Submit My Novel?
Oh gosh! You completed your novel. You submitted it to an agent. You followed the Submission Guidelines to the letter. What happens next? This depends a lot on the process of the agent in question. As...
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Freelancing
A freelancer is a professional who offers their services for a fee, but who is not a full-time-only employee of a publishing company. Many have supplementary training in the areas that they’re working...
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Responder 22
As part of the release of The Journal of Unlikely Academia a number of the contributors have worked to produce an “extra”. In my head, i’ve been calling them “Footnotes” because..you know…Academia. You...
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Awards Eligibility 2015
Every year, most authors provide a list of works they published for easy reference. It’s usually pretty declasse to actively recruit for nominations, etc. In general, we’re disusing nominations for the...
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For Consideration 2015 (Part 1)
Each year, authors, publishers, and other interested individuals offer up their Best Of lists for perusal as the year comes to a close. These are usually in reference to one of the many awards offered...
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For Consideration (Part 2)
Welcome to Part 2 of things that I liked that you might want to consider liking too as we enter award season! I’ll continue to use the frameworks for the Hugo Award categories for ease of...
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Short Story: He Who Makes the Slippers
I am thrilled to announce that my short story “He Who Makes the Slippers” is now available at Mirror Dance. Have you ever wondered who stitched the footwear for the dancing princesses, or the iron...
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Short Story, “In Charybdis Bide”
Hello! Little late here, but my short story “In Charybdis Bide” is now out through Kaleidotrope. You can find it HERE This story was written at the final residency of my MFA Program. Where all of my...
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Short Story, “On Beast Claiming”
On Beast Claiming, from the Lady’s Societal Gazette of New Manchester By Sean Robinson Introduction Long time readers will recall that the Editricies of The Gazette hold steadfast in their...
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Essay, “The Absence of Being Alone”
Happy to share that my essay, “The Absence of Being Alone” is now live at Mothership Zeta. It’s really about the moments in books that make me cry no matter how many times I read them, about Ms....
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Flash Fiction, “Reintegration, on the Process Of”
Happy to share that my flash fiction piece “Reintegration, on the Process of” is now up at The Airgonaut. It’s a little bit about conversation therapy, coming home, and being broken. Or when the...
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Short Story, “The Snow Queen’s Daughter”
Very happy to share that my short story “The Snow Queen’s Daughter” is out today from Metaphorosis. Please give it a read, share it, spread the word. It’s about finding yourself, overcoming...
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Flash Fiction, “Spindle Talk”
Very happy to share that my flash fiction piece, “Spindle Talk” is out from The Future Fire. It’s about Sleeping Beauty and Narcan. Let me know what you think! Share, comment, spread the word....
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Patreon Launch
Hello Gentle Readers, I am very excited to share that after a lot of thought, i’ve decided to open up a Patreon. What is Patreon? It’s a monthly crowd-funding source that allows Patrons (that’s you)...
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The Curse of NaNoWriMo or, Why I Don’t Write in November
For most folks, the day after Halloween is about nursing sugar hang-overs, taking down the pumpkins and bracing for Thanksgiving in three weeks. For a crew of writers, it is Day 1 of National Novel...
View ArticleThe Myth of Mental Illness, or Why You Don’t Need to Be Crazy to be a Writer
I read a story years ago (I can’t find it right now) where a novelist sold his soul to the Tenth Muse (in Greek mythos there are nine). This tenth muse was the muse of insanity. And the character was...
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