Tuesday, October 19, 2010

We Have Linkage

I've got a mess of links for you this morning. They're scattered across the genres and range from market news to interviews and a few things in between. It always amazes me how much good information is out there for writers.

Over at Book Life Now http://booklifenow.com/ they're running a series of essays on gaming and writing that many will find quite interesting. But scrolling down the page I also found two essays by Larry D. Sweazy about writing the West that will be helpful to our Western writers.

Over at Razored Zen, Charles Gramlich has an interview with Elaine Ash, one of the editors of the Beat to a Pulp anthology. http://charlesgramlich.blogspot.com/2010/10/beat-to-pulp-round-one-interview.html

For those of you who couldn't make it to Bouchercon, James Lincoln Warren has posted a recording of the short story panel over at Criminal Brief. http://criminalbrief.com/?p=14332

Here's another update in the Iron Dave plagiarist saga http://thewriterandthewhitecat.blogspot.com/

BareBones has posted two more installments in their Richard Matheson series

Part 3 The Mystery Digests http://barebonesez.blogspot.com/2010/10/richard-matheson-original-stories.html I think the best reason for using a pen name is included in this essay!

Part 4 Fantasy/Sci-fi http://barebonesez.blogspot.com/2010/10/richard-matheson-original-stories_17.html

With a hat tip to Brian Lindenmuth we have news that Realms of Fantasy is closing its doors unless someone is willing to purchase the zine for the awesome price of $1. Yep, that's one dollar, but if you read closely the zine is in debt and I expect the buyer will be responsible for any unpaid bills. http://www.rofmag.com/2010/10/18/a-note-from-the-publisher/

And finally, Issue #2 of Basement Stories has hit the virtual streets. http://www.basementstories.org/index.html They're also open for subs for issue #3 until November 1 for shorts under 6000 words. The pay is 3cents a word. They're also looking for poetry, non-fiction, and artwork which they also pay for at varying rates. This is a sci-fi/fantasy zine but they're willing to look at other work that is well written. Be sure to read an issue to see what they're looking for.

5 comments:

Fred "Ace Carter" Zackel said...

The second best reason for using a pen name is so your writings aren't at the end of the alphabet. Consider all the great mystery writers whose names end in the letter "C." Christie, Chandler, James Cain, Coben, John Connolly, Mike Connelly, Bill Crider, Bob Crais, Charteris, Cornwell, M. H. Clark, Max Collins, Stpehn J. Cannell, Chesterton, Chittenden ... Well, I could go on. Buyers get tired in bookstores. So a smart writer at the end of the alphabet uses a pen name.

~ Ace Carter

Charles Gramlich said...

Got a report on Bouchercon from some folks who went last night.

sandra seamans said...

You've got a point, Fred. I nearly missed Stuart Woods because he was on the bottom shelf next to the wall in our library. Smacked my head every time I bent over to look at those end of the alphabet authors. We have a really small library.

I've been scooting around the blogs checking out the goings-on, Charles. It sounds like everyone had great time!

Larry D. Sweazy said...

Thanks for pointing out the Booklife interview, Sandra.

sandra seamans said...

Welcome to Corner, Larry! We have quite a few Western writers who stop by here so anything I can find that helps them, I'm happy to link to.