…the Academy was founded to detail the story of how Fremont’s Children directed the outcome of the Making War. This is the incredible and unlikely story of how a brother and a sister, and other young heroes, created the balanced forces that drive us today. Although this is a tale of our past, it is […]
Category Archive for ‘SF Business’ 
To Rewrite or Not to Rewrite? That is the Flowchart.
I recently received a rewrite request for a story I had submitted. Over my time as a writer, I’ve received rewrite requests that I’ve accepted, and rewrite requests I have turned down–for a lot of different reasons. I realized that my thinking that goes into the decision of whether or not to do so is […]
BREAKING: F&SF’s Gordon Van Gelder Does Not Want to Drink The Blood of Your Children
Last week, we had a lovely mini-controversy over the poorly announced intentions of the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction to launch a workshop for newer writers run by Gardner Dozois. The details that we were able to gather were: The workshop will be online. The workshop will be limited at first to around 100 […]
This Week’s Editoral Advice: Do Not Reply to Rejection Letters
This is still happening from time to time with my work for Escape Pod. I had kind of thought by now that arguing with an editor over their comments in a rejection letter was commonly considered a bad idea to be avoided at all costs, but I’m still getting these at Escape Pod. Let me […]