At 11:57 p.m. on November 30th, I wrote the final sentence with hurried keystrokes and submitted my word count for verification. Loading, the browser replied. Loading. Loading. Loading. I began to sweat at this point. And then, YOU WIN! That’s right, I crested 50,000 words in the final moments, thereby becoming a “winner” of National […]
NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writer’s Month
At midnight on Halloween one of the strangest and most prolific events in fiction writing will begin – National Novel Writer’s Month, known to participants as NaNoWriMo. From November 1 to November 30, thousands of participants around the world will attempt to write a 175-page novel. The goal is 50,000 words, which works out, roughly, […]
Second Look at “Reader’s Guide” by Lisa Goldstein
Well, I admittedly bashed Lisa Goldstein’s short story “Reader’s Guide” in my review of the F&SF July 2008 issue. However, after so many bloggers raved about it, I went back and gave the story another look. Turns out, they were right, I was wrong – it is in fact a very charming piece of fiction. […]
First Look at the Magazine of Fantasy & SciFi
The July 2008 issue of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction arrived a few weeks ago. Not knowing what to expect, I was pleased to find that it’s a small but thick volume, with non-glossy paper that lends it the feel of a short novel, rather than a magazine. On the cover was an […]
