It’s an exciting time: the History Press has sent me a trial cover for Northumbria: The Lost Kingdom. I quite like it, but what do you think?
Writing
Timothy and the Animals
Timothy and the Animals is now available online, from the excellent On The Premises team. A taster:
Dear Mr. President/Prime Minister – please delete as applicable
(Timothy had seen this on a form once and thought it looked very official.)
I love animals, but we’ve only got cats and dogs round here, unless you count Megs and his gang. Please could you send me one of yours,
Your Friend,
Timothy.
PS. I promise to vote for you when I grow up.
PPS. And say nice things about you to the papers.
Acceptance Notes – no.5 in a series
Short and to the point:
The Infinity Generator
Status:
Changed From Pending to Accepted
Timothy and the Animals
I’ve put a short taster from Timothy and the Animals up on my ‘Stories‘ page. It should be appearing in the next issue of On The Premises.
Acceptance Notes – no.4 in a series
The trouble with this acceptance note is that the acceptance note itself is so boring as to persuade me not to inflict it on you. However, although the note is tedious, the publication, On The Premises, is not, and neither is the story, Timothy and the Animals, that will appear in its next issue.
Traction on Kindle
The Spring issue of The Colored Lens is out, featuring Traction, a story of model railway clubs, treachery and Greek gods (three signifiers that have never, to my knowledge, appeared together before). I hope you will enjoy it. It’s available on Kindle at the moment, but will appear online in the Summer.
Books in Hands
It’s strange, given that words are such insubstantial things, but nothing pleases an author (or at least this author) more than getting his hands on the first copy of his new book. So I was delighted when a parcel arrived this morning with my writer copies of Imam Al-Ghazali: A Concise Life. I’d seen a pdf, but nothing beats holding the actual paper in your hands, and I spent the day quietly indulging in the usual fantasies of best-seller lists and huge sales. However many copies the book does sell in the end. Yosef Smyth, my editor, and Louis Mackay, the designer, have done a wonderful job of turning woods into a finished book.
Rejection Notes – No.5 in a series
Dear Edoardo,
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider your story, “Through the Dart.” After reading and discussing it, we have decided that it does not work for us. Good luck placing it elsewhere.
To tell the truth, we’re just plain getting tired of seeing vampire stories. Even clever and original ones, like yours.
Not this one, but definitely, we’d like to see more stories from you.
Acceptance Notes – No.3 in a series
After discussion and final voting among the editorial staff, we’d like to publish “Traction” in our Spring issue of The Colored Lens which will be released in mid-March.
If you have any other questions for me, feel free to ask, otherwise I’ll pass you over to Daniel. Thanks again for the submission, and good luck with the rest of your writing.
Acceptance Notes – No.2 in a series
Following hot on the heels of no.1 in the series, here’s no.2!
Edoardo,
We would like to publish your story, “The Dream of the Night-Shift Power Worker”, in Daily Science Fiction. We’ll email a contract to you shortly for your approval. A sample email, including any edits to your story that may be necessary, will come later. The edits will be sent with enough time for your feedback, so we may resolve any issues and present the best possible story to our audience.