Forums Are Back!
We’re back online over at the AW Forums – welcome back, AWers!
Miscellany
Random bits and stray thoughts that otherwise defy categorization.
Forums offline for maintenance!
The AW forums are down right now, folks, and will be down for a few more hours. We’ll update you when we have some news! Thanks for your patience.
Why I Chose to Write
By Kathryn O’Neill It’s taken me years to finally admit it to myself—but I think I may be a writer. First, I was impressed by grainy black and white film images of people pounding furiously at their typewriters or staring desperately at a blank sheet that was about to be torturously put through the wringer, … Read more
Offer from Wooden Horse Publishing
Happy Monday, AWers – got this press release over the weekend, with a request that I share it with all of you: These are difficult times for writers – and for the media, which employs them. Magazines, especially, fight for mindshare and to stand out on crowded newsstands in order to survive. Writers, who wish … Read more
On Researching an Agent
Alternative Title: Why Aren’t You Reading Query Shark? Query writing is hard – that’s why our SYW forum for queries is lovingly titled “Query Letter Hell.” But I think writers (myself included) get so wrapped up in writing 1 to 3 perfect paragraphs that capture our novels in the prettiest nutshell possible that we lose … Read more
A few August 31 Fiction Deadlines
Hadley Rille Books: A Quiet Shelter There is an upcoming anthology of speculative fiction about service or companion animals. The deadline is August 31, and the pay is $10 for a story or $5 for a poem, all USD. The minimum word count for fiction is 1000 words; the maximum is 4000. That makes the … Read more
Announcing the First Absolute Write Speculative Fiction Short Story Anthology!
We’re looking for a few great (short) stories from AWers: We really can’t include stories longer than 10,000 words Stories should have strong SpecFic elements (science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, horror, paranormal, etc.) Stories must be written within the last year No reprints, please. We want to showcase fresh new material We will pay 2¢ … Read more
Oncoming Contest Deadlines, Fee-Free Edition
Redstone Science Fiction’s “Identity Crisis” contest is accepting submissions until August 15. There’s no entry fee, and winners get 5 cents per word (4,000 word maximum). The contest’s prompt is an essay titled “Identity Crisis: Who Are We, If We Can Choose Who We Are?” which, along with the publication’s submission guidelines, can be found … Read more
AW Forums back online
We’ve lost some data, and some new member registrations. Feel free to contact me if you’re having problems with your registration. And welcome back!
Forums Are Temporarily Down!
It’s looking like the AW forums are going to be down overnight, at least, folks. Sorry about the inconvenience — we’ve got some fairly crunched up database stuff to sort out — but don’t panic. Better yet – go write something! We can all compare notes as soon as we’re up and running again. Feel … Read more