Good news for readers and writers of short fantasy: I just got a letter from Tir Na Nog Press saying that they've purchased Realms of Fantasy from its previous publisher, and the first new issue should be out in early July. Hurrah!
Speaking of things I've read recently: last week I was re-reading "Writing the Breakout Novel," by Donald Maass. Maass is a well-known New York literary agent and author; when it comes to the current state of the book industry, I do trust him to know his field
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This afternoon I was idly perusing a magazine article on designing book covers. It said the same sorts of things about typeface that layout instructions always say: serif fonts are old fashioned. Sans-serif fonts are modern and easy to read. Don't use decorative typefaces (so far, so good), such as Comic SansWTFBBQ
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Yes, I know I haven't posted my answers to the last two memes. Yes, I am aware of the irony of posting a meme about fanfic writing when I wrote all of one story last year. Yes, I know that I promised myself I'd finish a story before the end of the month. And yes, I think I've done this meme (or one very similar) before. Nevertheless, I have swiped
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Quote from a nytimes.com review of the book The Subversive Editor:
Saller herself - the Miss Manners of editing - acknowledges she has these tendencies. She once told her son she had to keep editing because she couldn’t think of another job to which she was so well suited. His response: "Maybe you could be a terrorist."
Swiped from... er... some other writerly egotists on my flist.
What would you say are the trademarks of my writing? What themes or quirks or turns of phrase have you noticed? What is it that makes a story by me -- well, a story by me?
Swiped from kerravonsen, because I need some inspiration.
When you see this, post a little weensy excerpt from as many random works-in-progress as you can find lying around. Who knows? Maybe inspiration will burst forth and do something, um, inspiration-y.