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Locus March 2018 Issue

The March issue features interviews with James Gunn and Angela Slatter, appreciations for Ursula K. Le Guin, a column by Cory Doctorow, the 2017 Nebula Awards Ballot, Stoker Awards Final Ballot, and BSFA Shortlist, plus much more! Read more…

Repost: Cory Doctorow on Zen and the Art of Self-Publishing

An interesting article from Cory Doctorow over at Publishers Weekly about the perils of self-publishing.

I write these words on a Friday having just recently finished and sent off my next YA novel, Pirate Cinema, to all the agents, editors, friends, first readers, and fact-checkers who’ve been awaiting it. I believe it is a good novel. In fact,
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New: Dark Fiction Magazine

Snurched from the blog of writer-reviewer Simon Marshall-Jones is advice of a new thingy:

LONDON, MIDLANDS AND MANCHESTER, UK, 26 Oct 2010. Dark Fiction Magazine (www.darkfictionmagazine.co.uk) is pleased to announce the launch of a new service for fans of genre fiction. Beginning Oct 31st (Halloween), Dark Fiction Magazine will be launching a monthly magazine of audio short stories. This is a
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And so, no, I do not have a Ditmar :-D

Last night’s phone call from Pete, saying I had a Ditmar made my spidey senses tingle with wrongness and I thought ‘wind-up’.

In the end not quite, but rather drunken confusion from others that ‘nominated’ meant ‘won’. (Not Pete’s fault – he did indeed win a well-deserved Ditmar for Horn). So much laughter and derision this morn – and Cat Sparks
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WorldCon Schedule

Huzzah!

The program is now up at AussieCon 4!

Make plans, take notes, plot strategically – learn where the bar is on the first day and stake a claim on your favourite chair.

My con obligations are below:

Fri 1100 Rm 203: (Book Launch)
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More if:bookery

if:book, London – projects that rock.

IF:BOOK ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST FICTIONAL STIMULUS

At last an end to those bored bookgroup blues!

You love books but are interested if sceptical about what ebooks, iPhones and laptops might do for literature? Re-ignite your passion for reading this summer – make sure you get if:book’s FICTIONAL STIMULUS, an amazing experience in digital reading which will be
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Free Shimmery Goodness!!!

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 Joe, by Stephanie
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Wisdom from Cory Doctorow

http://www.locusmag.com/Features/2009/01/cory-doctorow-writing-in-age-of.html 

Lives at Locus Online.