Sale!!

The Drabblecast took my lovely surreal story, Betty Flesh and the Meat Man, after several rewrites with the ever courteous Nathaniel Lee. That was very fun, as I saw how to simplify without losing tone. The Drabblecast is a very high quality, if occasionally "boysy" podcast, narrated by the ooooooohhhh, gorgeous-voiced Norm Sherman. They ( Read more... )

Dunesteef want to make a podcast of  "Whelp," a grim story of dogs and blackmail. I'm very chuffed.

So that takes my sales this year to six, two of those pro payment. Hip de doodle de rah!

Next year, more. That is my resolution.

And in other news, AE accepted my teeny tale, A Million Tiny Things. They are a new Canadian spec fic mag - AE comes from A E Van Vogt apparently. There is a post about them on BoingBoing today which made me feel all cool and groovy.

So what with FFO and DSF, that makes three rather shaky  pro sales. I need to watch out for WOTF disqualification, ( Read more... )

Rod Santos (sacredmime) and I had a story published this weekend. This is the blog post I did for Dreamspinner press to help publicise Myths and Magic, their latest anthology.

Myths and Magic: “The Light of Foreign Places,” by Rodello Santos and Damon Shaw
October 16, 2010

A little excerpt to whet your appetites…

…Heart hammering, his nerves ( Read more... )

I just sold Continuity, one of my favorite stories, to the Anywhere but Earth Anthology. SQUEEEEEEEEE!