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The Little Match Girl

May 31, 2009 | Pimping/Promoting!, Random | Leave a comment

See full size imageI’d forgotten about this. One of my first short stories appeared on Pseudopod last year and it remains one of my faves. The audio of The Little Match Girl lives here http://pseudopod.org/2008/03/13/flash-the-little-match-girl/ and is not suitable for small children (then again, nor
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Argh! No pressure!

May 24, 2009 | On Writing: General, Pimping/Promoting!, Random | Leave a comment

This has just appear at Save the Semiprozine Hugo. Terribly kind to list me there – and no pressure at all! :-) . And congrats to my buddies on the list! :-)

Who are some of the best new writers appearing in semiprozines?

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Rocking out the Ditmar Vote – Short Stories/Novellas*

April 21, 2009 | Pimping/Promoting! | Leave a comment

*snurched from Girlie Jones’ LJ (Apr. 21st, 2009 at 10:11 AM)

Pimping Aussie Short Stories today.

Here’s the collective Not if You Were the Last Short Story on Earth http://community.livejournal.com/lastshortstory/2008/12/03/ best of 2008 short story reading list:

The Last Great House of Isla Tortuga…Peter M. Ball (Dreaming Again)
On the Finding of Photographs of My Former Loves… Peter M. Ball (Fantasy)
As We
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Free Shimmery Goodness!!!

March 27, 2009 | Pimping/Promoting! | Leave a comment

So exciting it requires three exclamation marks in the title!!!

Shimmer is re-launching and giving away their tenth issue free – FREE! There is an interview with the erudite Cory Doctorow (creator of Little Brother, amongst other pieces of genius). Go here http://www.shimmerzine.com/issue-ten/ to download your copy – and tell people! They need it too.

The ToC is below:

Blue
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Words of Wisdom

March 7, 2009 | On Writing: General | Leave a comment

From the superb Beth Wodzinski, ed-in-chief of Shimmer http://www.apexbookcompany.com/blog/2009/03/beth-wodzinski-stfu-and-do-it/.

I will re-read this every time I start to think negatively about the size of a project. It is all about how you eat an elephant – one bite at a time.

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Something that rocks (or should that be 'which'?)

February 25, 2009 | Pimping/Promoting! | Leave a comment

Announcing SCENTING THE DARK AND OTHER STORIES by Mary Robinette Kowal

We here at SubPress are fans of elegant small collections such as Antiquities by John Crowley or The Devil in the Details by James P. Blaylock and Tim Powers. Our latest offering fits solidly in that mode. Scenting the Dark and Other Stories, the debut hardcover by Campbell Award-winner Mary
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Shimmer Relaunch

February 24, 2009 | Pimping/Promoting! | Leave a comment

Take note! The good ship Shimmer has relaunched. It’s a lovely mag, excellent art, well-chosen stories, always just that little bit different – actually, a lot different and filled with Shimmery goodness. Submit to it. Better yet – subscribe AND submit to it. You’ll be happy you did.

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