Some facts and figures from my 2012. Goodreads: I read 115 books this year, for a grand total of 38,888 pages. Purely electronic books/magazines don’t add to the page count, nor to things only partially read (that is, abandoned) so the true figure is probably over 40k pages. As I mentioned before, this is a [...]
Writers, if you use the site Duotrope, the time is at hand to get ready for some changes. They are switching to a paid format beginning Jan 1, which several others have written about. What that means in practical terms is: Go back up your data now. On the submission tracker page, click the large [...]
Busy month at Chez Joel. Early in the month was an all-consuming business trip, and mid-month was Paradise Lost 2, a reunion of sorts for Viable Paradise grads. On top of that was determined progress on a final pass through my novel which is going slower than expected, but it’ll get done. As I mentioned [...]
Spending a weekend with Jay Lake has a funny way of making one aware of all the un-submitted stories you’ve got lying around. Duotrope shows 13 in the active list, and as of last weekend, only 4 of them were out. Some really are just sitting there. A few need a light clean-up. A few [...]