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Finishing Two Language Versions Of A Story At Once
There once was a Dutch-language science fiction story I attempted to win the Harland Awards short story contest with. I subsequently translated it into English, aiming to have both versions ripe for submission at the same time: the deadline for the new Dutch Edge ZERO market. The process to complete revisions on both versions at the same […]
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LonCon3: Stretch Goals Achieved!
If my attendance at LonCon3 had been a Kickstarter campaign, I would be clapping and cheering and sending out rewards right now, because my stretch goals, however implicit, are all in the bag. Modest Plans Admittedly, I had modest expectations of the Con. Attending a couple of interesting panels, getting a couple of my oldest books […]
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PHP 2014 Stories That Tickled Me – 4/5
My comments on one of the of Paul Harland Prize stories that struck me in particular (Dutch only).
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PHP 2014 Stories That Tickled Me – 3/5
My comments on one of the of Paul Harland Prize stories that struck me in particular (Dutch only).
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PHP 2014 Stories That Tickled Me – 2/5
My comments on one of the of Paul Harland Prize stories that struck me in particular (Dutch only).
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The Ins And Outs Of Selling English-Language Stories
This is something I’ve wanted to blog about for years. High time I got around to it. How do you know your story is ready to go out? Where do you find the publications that might buy it? What are all the things you need to think about before submitting? And many other details… The […]
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PHP 2014 Stories That Tickled Me – 1/5
My comments on one of the of Paul Harland Prize stories that struck me in particular (Dutch only).
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It’s A Beautiful Day
Some remarks on the Paul Harland Day 2014, and the top-three stories (Dutch only).
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Paul Harland Day 2014
I waver. Today was the 2014 Paul Harland Day, a day of unashamedly celebrating speculative fiction in all its facets, and the day the Paul Harland Prize for 2013 was awarded. I was there in my role as judge, having had the honor of reading and rating the 37 stories that had passed the first […]
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PHP 2012 Stories That Tickled Me – 5/5
Any good story* is about people. (Or anthropomorphic animals. Or aliens. Or hyperintelligent shades of the color blue. Or… You catch my drift.) However cool the worldbuilding, however neat the new ideas about science, at the core of a good story are the characters. What happens to them, how does it affect them, how do […]
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