IGMS Delay

Got word a while back that issue #3 of Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show will be delayed. There is a new editor in house, but there are still some transition pains. I am confident the story will appear as I've already been paid. It's simply a delay.

Neometropolis Issue is Live

The transhuman issue of Neometropolis went live yesterday. It includes my story "The Problem with Immortality." You'll need to download the pdf or zip file to read the story.

http://www.neometropolis.com/index.html

Another sale

I just heard from Neometropolis that they want to buy my story "The Problem with Immortality" for their upcoming issue. It was the 11th market for this story.

The Contract

I received the contract from Intergalactic Medicine Show in the mail today, along with the 6-cents per word check. So, it's really sold! the next issue is due out on August 1st. I don't know for certain that it will appear in August, but I think it likely. There are at least two other writers I know who sold a story to Scott within the last few weeks, so theirs may appear with mine.

First pro sale!

I received an e-mail today from Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show. Scott wants to buy the story I recently submitted called The Adjoa Gambit. It is uncertain when it will appear, but I'm told probably sometime this summer.

This makes my first fiction sale at professional rates, which is defined by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America as minimum 5 cents per word. It isn't a tremendously large sum of money, but then, the money isn't the point. This is my first sale that will have real exposure. The exciting part about this sale is that IGMS was the first market for this story.

Elementals

The publishing industry is slow, but Tor has finally released a short fiction anthology called Elementals. This book is a fundraiser for tsunami relief. Two of my fellow Codexians, Steve Savile and Alethea Kontis edited the volume, and it contains stories from some of the best of today's speculative fiction writers, including my friend David Gerrold. David's is a rare story without a point of view character, but it works and raises some truly disturbing ideas. Well worth the read.

Again, all the writers donated the stories, and all the profits go to tsunami relief. If you buy one book this year, consider making it elementals. If you click the link at right to go to my home page, you will find a banner ad at the bottom to take you directly to the book on Amazon.

Story went live

My story, "Hole in the Wall" went live yesterday. It appears as the lead title in the premier issue of Atomjack Magazine.

http://www.atomjackmagazine.com/Current.htm

I met Harlan Ellison today!

Attended the friday portion of the Nebula Awards Weekend in Tempe.

Spent the early hours wandering around the hospitality suite. Met Karen Anderson, widow of the late great Poul Anderson, one of my all-time favorite writers. Very nice lady.

I attended a lecture on Current NASA planetary exploration activities by Dr. David Williams of Arizona State University.

Went back up to the hospitality suite and got into a group discussion (with me mostly listening) that included Jacqueline Lichtenberg. Stayed there until my fellow Codex writer Eric James Stone arrived. (His web site is linked from mine.)

Eric and I decided to grab some lunch, but ran into none other than Harlan Ellison, who is the grand master this year. Scott Card is right, anyone who spends five minutes in a room with Ellison has a story. Eric has a new name (how can you discard a name given by Ellison, even by accident?) and I have some of Ellison's DNA on a water bottle.

And, for Scott D: I have photographic evidence to prove I am at least an inch taller than Ellison. he is such a giant in so many other ways that I'm just thrilled to have finally met the man.

Story to Appear

I just received this morning an acceptance from Atomjack online magazine for my short story, "Hole in the Wall." It's a humorous little story written in first person, and using a somewhat strange style. I'll post a link when it is available.

Milestone

I passed a milestone over the weekend when I submitted "Road Rage" to The Pedestal. That submisson puts me over the 50,000 words of short story submissions. that covers 18 stories ranging from 350 words to 6500 words in length.