New Kickstarter Coming Soon from Cirsova

This English fantasist has been writing professionally for more than a half-century, and will be set to have his oldest work in the "Dream Lords" trilogy reprinted upon fulfillment of Cirsova's latest publishing fundraiser. Find the link here for when the Kickstarter goes live. For those interested in seeing just what it is they're purchasing, …

Last of Summer, First of Autumn

The seasons have no strict timetable. Two weeks a year they lounge side by side, and show themselves as diluted and adulterated, but still distinct creatures. 7:00 AM shouldn't the crack of dawn anywhere above Fortieth Parallel North, yet early September has us getting up for work in the blue hour and ride to work …

Three-Lobed Burning Eye – Kickstarter Has 12 Days Left

"Three-Lobed Burning Eye (3LBE) is an online magazine of speculative fiction, bringing you stories of horror, wonder, and the weird. 3LBE launched in 1999, and has published authors Laird Barron, Gemma Files, Kelly Barnhill, Mari Ness, Kristi DeMeester, Gwendolyn Kiste, Cody Goodfellow, Nadia Bulkin, and Kealan Patrick Burke, among others. Each issue features four short stories. Beginning with …

Worth Checking Out: Daily Dose of Internet

Any good writer knows online videos of people doing dumb and/or amazing things are the biggest time sink man has yet created. To avoid drowning yourself in this tantalizing flood of content, the best solution is to find a source of compilation videos, the bite-sized energy bar of the internet buffet. Whether you need something …

Personalized Feedback

Rarer than unicorns and more valuable than their pots of gold, these nuggets are what every writer hopes to find in a rejection letter. Notes received on an unselected story can help provide tremendous insight into chronic rejections, not only by highlighting what isn't working for the baseline reader, but also by helping refine those …

“Wild Stars: The Gold Exigency” Nearing Deadline

"With the price of gold crashing, the Artomiques find a new backing for earth's currency: gems harvested from an endangered alien race!" The Kickstarter for a new round of "Wild Stars" stories by author Michael Tierney only has four days left. Drop your pennies in the collection box here to support both him and his …

Gamut Magazine Open to Nonfiction Submissions

Themes sought: "the tragic and uncanny... the taboo, the emotional, global experiences, you name it." "We are also open to craft, genre, film, the arts—anything you think might be of interest to our readers." Pay: $0.03 per word. 1,000-5,000 word range. Reprints published nowhere else online okay; simultaneous okay; multiples for poetry only. Blind reading …

Some Thoughts On the Recent Outrage(s)

The world is a carnival of confused, angry, fearful and embittered creatures doing petty things for asinine reasons. Your exact personal history, experiences, and revelations are neither precisely shared nor invalidated by anyone else's. Understanding others is not a betrayal of your values, but a reinforcement of them. The desire for total control poisons everything, …

Hate Scams? So Does Writer Beware

Big or small, every writer has to eventually deal with folks looking to cash in on their work in all the wrong ways. Writer Beware is a site dedicated to highlighting both overseas scams, which offer dubious services for promotion and "republishing" in exchange for money, and impersonators who seek to capitalize on the name …

Something to Keep In Mind

"A guest at a reception told Lincoln that in his home state people said that the welfare of the nation depended on God and Abraham Lincoln. 'You are half right,' said Lincoln." —Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes Everybody take it easy.