Aswiebe's Market List Update 2014-02: Tax-Time!
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Editor's Note
Ah, the joys of filing taxes as a small business! You probably winced when you read that, as most people do when taxes are mentioned. Actually, this year was pretty easy for me, thanks to an up-to-date spreadsheet in which I'd already sorted my expenses by tax category: Advertising, including webpage hosting; Office Expenses, for paper and postage; Supplies, for books (including fiction) and equipment; Travel, and lodging for conventions; Food at events and workshops; Other - convention registration and miscellaneous membership fees; Other - movie tickets and DVDs; and the percentage of your internet you use for business.
Even if you're not planning on claiming your writing as a business this year, keeping track of your expenses (and your receipts!) is good practice.
However, one of the things I wish I'd known not to do earlier is to keep adding contracts and payment letters to the same folder over the years. It does get unwieldy eventually! Now I'm switching to putting the year's acceptances, payments, and paid contracts into a manila envelope and filing them away at the end of every year.
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
Deadlines! So many deadlines! Many of them are self-imposed, but still!
Cruentus Libri Press is going out of business, but their loss is your gain! Their anthology, From Their Cradle to Your Grave, will soon be made free on Amazon! This includes my reprinted short story, "The Perfect Costume." This horror anthology is all about tales of terrifying tots, toddlers through teenagers.
Marc likes vampires. A lot. One Halloween, he thinks he's found them. That's when everything starts to go bad. Keep reading on your Kindle.
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
- Abra Staffin-Wiebe
Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html
* Getting Started [motivation, beginnings]: http://haikujaguar.livejournal.com/1347832.html
* The Ugly Truth About Writer’s Block (and Its Cure) [productivity]: http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2014/02/03/writers-block-cure/
* The Six Things That Make Stories Go Viral Will Amaze and Maybe Infuriate You [writing business]: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/01/the-six-things-that-make-stories-go-viral-will-amaze-and-maybe-infuriate-you.html
* The Clues to a Great Story (TED video) [writing craft]: http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_stanton_the_clues_to_a_great_story.html
Featured Market
Buzzy Mag wants SF/F!
Buzzy Mag is looking for original science fiction, fantasy and horror short stories up to 10,000 words. Thriller, suspense and paranormal tales that cross into traditional speculative fiction are welcome.
The basics: SF/F/Horror, up to 10,000 words, pays $.10/wd. Buzzy Mag
Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Name
What they want
Pay Per Word - Fiction
Flat Pay - Fiction (Lowest)
Website
Urban Mythic 2 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/2014
Contemporary/urban fantasy
$0.0033
http://alchemypress.wordpress.com/submissions/urban-mythic-2/
Buzzy Mag
All spec - SF/F/H
$0.100
http://buzzymag.com/submissions/
Waylines
All spec-fic
$0.060
http://waylinesmagazine.com/submissions.html
I Am the Abyss ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/1/2014
Horror/dark fantasy underworlds
$0.050
http://horrortree.com/jan-28-taking-submissions-abyss/
Inscription
F/SF for teens
$0.050
http://www.inscriptionmagazine.com/submissions/
Issues in Earth Science
Middle grade or YA, themed to earth sciences
$0.050
http://earthscienceissues.net/submissions
Sea is Ours, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/30/2014
Southeast Asian steampunk
$0.050
http://rosariumpublishing.com/rosarium-the-sea-is-ours.html
Shock Totem
Dark fantasy/horror
$0.050
http://www.shocktotem.com/guidelines/
Unidentified Funny Objects ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1 - 3/31
Funny F/SF
$0.050
http://alexshvartsman.com/ufo-unidentified-funny-objects/
Dark Magazine, The
Dark. Magic realism, surrealism, steampunk, and dark F/SF
$0.030
http://thedarkmagazine.com/about-us/guidelines/
Bastion
SF
$0.010
http://www.bastionmag.com/submissions/
Straeon
Literary SF/F
$0.010
http://rampantloonmedia.com/straeon.html
Al Blanchard Award ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 4/30
Mystery, thriller, or horror by New England author or themed to New England
$100.00
http://www.crimebake.org/Al.htm
Shroud Magazine
Horror, dark fantasy, dark mystery, and suspense
$65.00
http://www.shroudmagazine.com/info.html
Myth and Magic: Queer Fairy Tales ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1/2014
LGBTQ fairy tale retellings
$50.00
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qvjsbsjqsct5lrb/Call%20for%20Submissions_Myth%20and%20Magic.pdf
Surreal Worlds ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/2014
All genres, surreal
$50.00
http://bizarropulppress.com/blog/2014/1/5/new-anthology-on-the-horizon
Motorcycle Themed Anthology (Elektrik Milk Bath Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/15/2014 or when filled
All genres, themed to motorcycles
$30.00
http://www.elektrikmilkbathpress.com/submissions/
Boroughs of the Dead Vol. II ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/2014
Horror and ghost stories set around NY City
$25.00
http://mythinkbooks.com/submission-guidelines/boroughs-of-the-dead-vol-2/
Ghost Papers, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/1/2014
Ghost stories
$25.00
https://embypress.submittable.com/submit/27320
Like A Haunted Trail ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/15/2014
Erotic weird Wild West
$25.00
http://www.circlet.com/?p=5240
Occult Detective Monster Hunter (Emby Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/1/2014
Detective monster hunters.
$25.00
https://embypress.submittable.com/submit/27319
Reconstructing the Monster ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/15/2014
Inspired by classic horror films.
$25.00
http://embypress.com/book/reconstructing-the-monster/
Boothworld Industries ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1/2014
Themed to an evil corporation, shared world
$20.00
http://iambloodworth.tumblr.com/post/73471249173/reblog-if-you-have-any-writer-artist-friends-that
Alternate History Anthology (Kayelle Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/2014
Alternate history with F/SF angle
$17.37
http://www.kayellepress.com/submission-guidelines/alternate-history-anthology/
Romantic Speculative Fiction Anthology (Kayelle Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/2014
Romantic spec-fic
$17.37
http://www.kayellepress.com/submission-guidelines/romantic-speculative-fiction-anthology/
Sensorama ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/2014
Spec-fic themed to the senses
$16.43
http://www.eibonvalepress.co.uk/infoforwriters.htm
Steampunk: Other Worlds (Villainous Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/2014
Steampunk with underrepresented main character
$15.00
http://villainouspress.com/submissions/open-callsfdft
The Master's Apprentice (Otter Libris) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/15/2014
Themed: apprentices
$15.00
http://otterlibris.com/otter-review-1/
Tales of Mystery, Suspense, and Terror ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/31/2014
Mystery, suspense, and horror
$8.28
http://www.chuffedbuffbooks.com/submissions/talesomst/
Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine, The (Podcast) - DEAD MARKET (no unsolicited subs)
All genres, favors speculative fiction.
$0.005
http://dunesteef.com/submission-guidelines/
Gore Stories - DEAD MARKET
Blood and guts horror with suspense, fear, sensationalism, and/or humor
$250.00
http://gorestories.com/submissions
Beware the Dark - DEAD MARKET
Horror and erotic horror
$0.008
http://sstpublications.co.uk/sst/Magazines/BTD-Submissions.html
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