Hugo Awards: The Results

Well, it’s over and I’m late with this (sorry). The winners of each category are: Best Novel: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins; Fourth Estate) Best Novella: “All Seated on the Ground” by Connie Willis (Asimov’s Dec. 2007; Subterranean Press) Best Novelette: “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press; […]

RIP: Bernie Mac

I know he has absolutely nothing to do with speculative fiction, but he passed away recently due to complications with pneumonia and I felt like mentioning it. He was a hilarious man and he will be sorely missed. It came as a shocker to me because I would have never thought it could happen…but it […]

YWO Store Now Open!

YWO, a website for young writers that I co-own, has officially opened its very own merchandise store here. We have shirts, hats, and loads of things. We’re also going to be doing non-YWO stuff, like shirts with funny phrases and what not. Check out our RPG Line for starters. Lots of things are going to […]

New Features

I’ve decided to add some new features to this blog and discuss a couple things you may have noticed.First, on the right there you’ll see some contributors. Those folks are people who have been most generous in offering their talents for blogging while I’m away in a couple weeks. I appreciate their help. If you’re […]

New Fiction Markets

Two new SF fiction markets, which look like they’re going to be awesome. First we have Federations from John Joseph Adams: Genres: Science Fiction only. Original fiction only, no reprints.Payment: 5 cents per word ($250 max), plus a pro-rata share of the anthology’s earnings and 1 contributor copy.Word limit: 5000 words. (Stories may exceed 5000 […]

Application Sent

Well, I just send my application/resume to Cat Rambo to be a slush reader for Fantasy Magazine. Keeping my fingers crossed because I’d really like to work with her. We’ll see what happens I suppose. If I’m lucky she’ll go “wow, that guy is really cool” and choose me, but that relies on certain things […]