Failing again. Failing better.
My latest article is up on Fantasy-Faction. It’s a recap of “The State of Short Fiction” roundtable hosted by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society. The roundtable featured editors Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld), Scott H. Andrews (Beneath Ceaseless Skies), Jonathan Landen (Daily Science Fiction), and Norm Sherman (The Drabblecast and Escape Pod); anthologist Bill Campbell (MOTHERSHIP: TALES…
Today is a do laundry/schedule interviews/submit to writing group/make coffee kinda day. So while I run around getting stuff done, I give you two things: First: cake. I can’t decide if this is a great cake or the greatest cake. I just hope it’s not a lie. Second: a short story by Catherynne Valente published…
Yesterday I came across a great article by Elizabeth Bear on Clarkesworld Magazine, “Another Word: Dear Speculative Fiction, I’m Glad We Had this Talk.” In it, she talks about how as a young reader, sci-fi and fantasy were fun, whereas today, they are filled with cynicism and dystopias. Bear clarifies that she is not asking…