Iâm a collector. Iâm convinced thereâs a gene for it. As a child I collected stamps, coins, and fantasy miniatures (one of those collections continues into adulthood). In addition to various small items, I collect information in various categories.
My favorite collecting category writing advice. I keep a vast spreadsheet of advice and âwriting rulesâ from my favorite authors.
Here are a few highlights from that collection:
Nominations are now open for the 2018 Nebula Awards, for SFWA members (including Associate members). This post lists my fiction eligible for the 2018 awards, and includes reading links. If you read and enjoy a story, please consider nominating it (I can’t nominate my own fiction, nor can the publishers).
I’ll write a follow-up post in a few weeks about the fiction I’ll be nominating myself — lots of great choices this year.
2018 Nebula and Hugo Eligible Fiction
Novel category
The Sky Woman (Flame Tree Press)
âwonderfully entertaining debut novelâ – Compelling Science Fiction
amazon link
audible link
SFWA member forum link (Ch.1-2)
Novelette category
The Icelandic Cure (Omnidawn)
âa strong, thoughtful story that inspires hope for the futureâ – Publisher’s Weekly
amazon link
SFWA member forum link
Short Story category
The Equationist (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)
“emotionally affecting and thought-provoking” – SF Crow’s Nest
SFWA member forum link
Purchase back issue
Targeted Behavior (Compelling Science Fiction)
read online for free
Money in the Tortoise (Intergalactic Medicine Show)
IGMS subscription link
SFWA member forum link
Plastic Eater (sfreader.com)
read online for free
I’m in awe of authors who can crank out 5-10K words a day. And there are a lot of them out there. To achieve my own writing goals, I don’t necessarily need to achieve those heroic word counts. But I would like to bump up my productivity significantly.
Ideally, I’d like to consistently write at least 5000 thousand words a week. While that’s an order of magnitude less than many writers, those words still add up. If I can keep that pace up for at least ten months, I’m at 200K words per year. That’s a couple of novel’s worth, or four novellas, or forty short stories, or some combination thereof. (Of course, many of those words will end up deleted, or archived forever, so there’s something to be said for surplus words.)
Monthly pictures of Leia at the $1/mo. membership tier.
Around the first of November I’ll be launching a Patreon account featuring the following rewards:
For regular readers, that might bring up the question: What private posts?
So as not to surprise anybody, as of November 1 or so, some of the existing posts on this blog (less than 10%) will become accessible only to Patreon members at the $3+/month tier. Some new posts (also less than 10%) will fall into the same category.
For those who can easily afford the three bucks a month, I’d encourage you to join my Patreon for the following reasons:
What do you think? My Patreon isn’t live yet, but I’ve been working on the various membership tiers. I’d be curious as to what kinds of benefits you might want, either as a reader of this blog or of my fiction.
Reminder: On October 1st I launched a book review contest, which is open until the end of year. Review The Sky Woman on either amazon or goodreads, and win $500, two tickets to WorldCon Dublin, or one of about twenty other prizes. Based on the number of entries in past contests on this blog, there is a significant chance that everyone who enters will win something.
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