The Spanish translation of my story “Selected Program Notes from the Retrospective Exhibition of Theresa Rosenberg Latimer” is now available on Cuentos para Algernon. It was released yesterday (March 9); translation is by the incomparable Marcheto. This marks the fourth language for this story, which has already been translated into […]
Some of you will remember the online survey of SFFH reading habits I posted in December and January. More than 700 people responded to that survey, for which I am very grateful. I've only now finished tabulating some of the data, and I'd like to present some preliminary results. As […]
I've heard many expressions of disappointment, frustration, and sometimes despair about story rejections. As a veteran of many story rejections myself, I totally get it. But sometimes I think new writers (or maybe I should say newer writers, since I'm relatively new myself) have an unrealistic notion of how long […]
I’m delighted to report that Analog Science Fiction & Fact is going to buy my story “Life of the Author Plus Seventy”. I mailed the signed contract yesterday. “Life of the Author” is another lawyer-SF story, something Analog seems to enjoy. It’s also, like my previous lawyer story in Analog, […]
My odd little story, "Financial Strategies for Innovative Researchers" is now available at Mad Scientist Journal. Enjoy!
I’m very pleased to report that Strange Horizons has bought my story, “Hear the Enemy, My Daughter”. SH is just about the perfect market for this piece. The first draft was written with the support of my Kickstarter project. (Yes, it takes me a long time to move from first […]
My fantasy novelette "Serkers and Sleep" is now up on Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Rated PG-13, probably, for described violence, implied sexuality, and scary stuff. Enjoy!
I’m pleased to say that I’ve sold my story “The Age of Three Stars” to Daily Science Fiction. This is the first of my post-Clarion stories to find a home. I wrote the first draft in the winter of 2009-2010, sitting in a coffee shop in East Greenwich while waiting […]
First Contact – Digital Science Fiction Anthology 1 is now available on Kindle. Expect other formats on Smashwords by the end of the week, and a print edition by the end of the month. First Contact includes my story "The Tortoise Parliament", along with stories by Ian Creasey, Ed Greenwood, […]
My story “Keeping Tabs” will appear in the Fourth Quarter 2011 (October) issue of Abyss & Apex magazine. This was my Week 2 Clarion story, a real stretch for me in voicing. I’m thrilled.
I’m pleased to say that Digital Science Fiction, a new online anthology, just bought my short story "The Tortoise Parliament".
Here is my personal fiction report for 2010: I wrote 80,700 words of new fiction this year. This figure is a little misleading, because it doesn’t include rewrite work. Still, it’s worse than either 2009 or 2008. I completed: 10 first drafts 4 second drafts 4 third drafts […]
I just learned that Sam Montgomery-Blinn at BULL SPEC is going to buy my flash story, “Less Than Absent.” Happy to appear in a feisty new market!
My story “Tenure Track” (which I wrote during week 6 of Clarion) is now available for free on Cosmos Online. Enjoy!
I’m happy to say that Cosmos Online will publish my SF story "Tenure Track". This is my first sale of a story actually written at the Clarion Writers Workshop. It was my final (Week 6) story, written in an usual (to say the least!) style. I’ve also sold both of my Clarion […]
Here (a little late) are my monthly statistics for August: 7,800 new words of fiction written this month. 1 24 first drafts currently in progress. 2 9 first draft currently "ripening" before second draft. 3 4 second drafts currently in progress 1 second draft currently in […]
Here are my monthly statistics for July: 14,600 new words of fiction written this month. 1 25 first drafts currently in progress. 2 7 first draft currently "ripening" before second draft. 3 4 second drafts currently in progress 0 second drafts currently in the hands of […]
Skip the other stuff and just turn to page 57. 🙂 Deleriously happy.
My short story "Lineage," which is part of Clockwork Phoenix 3, is now available in its entirety at The Fantasy Book Critic. This is part of a promotion that includes a free givaway of two copies of CP3. So you can read my story for free and enter to win […]
My tiny collection "Six Drabbles of Separation" is now live on The Drabblecast #172, as part of Trifecta XIII, labeled Stories from the Apocalypse. If you want to hear my six pieces by themselves, they begin at 11:33 on the recording (about 1/3 of the way through), and continue for […]
You can now read my story "Conflagration" on The Newport Review web page. Enjoy!
I’m pleased to report that The Drabblecast just bought my flash story, "Six Drabbles of Separation." Drabblecast is a seriously cool venue, and what’s even cooler is that the story is the result of an intensive collaborative process between editor Norm Sherman and me. I had sent several 100-word drabbles […]
I’m very pleased to announce that the online literary journal Newport Review will publish my story "Conflagration" in its Spring/Summer issue. "Conflagration" was one of my two Clarion submission stories. The other was "Liza’s Home," which is in the current issue of GUD. And while I encourage y’all to shell […]
Redstone Science Fiction is a new online SF mag that will publish stories of 4,000 words or less and pay pro rates (5 cents/word). They open for submissions on March 15.
Here are my monthly statistics for February: 5,500 new words of fiction written this month. 1 22 first drafts currently in progress. 2 1 first draft currently "ripening" before second draft. 3 5 second drafts currently in progress 0 second drafts currently in the hands of […]
Issue #5 of GUD Magazine, which includes my story "Liza’s Home", is now available for purchase. A beautiful print edition with a bad-ass cover costs $12, while a PDF (including an additional copy sent to a friend!) is $3.50. The Kindle and Fictionwise versions aren’t available yet, but they will […]
First, the good stuff: Small Beer Press will soon release A Life In Paper, a collection of short stories by the French fabulist Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud, translated by Edward Gauvin. Edward was my classmate at Clarion, and is a gifted literary SFF writer as well as a skilled translator. Putting Châteaureynaud […]
I have my monthly writing/submission stats for both December and all of 2009. First, December: 8,400 new words of fiction written this month. 1 21 first drafts currently in progress. 2 5 first drafts currently "ripening" before second draft. 3 3 second drafts currently in progress […]
has released the final table of contents for Clockwork Phoenix 3. My story "Lineage" is in position 12, between ‘s "Where Shadows Go at Low Midnight" and ‘s "Murder in Metachronopolis". (I love these titles!) Also he’s added stories by and to the list, making the total fifteen. Still really, […]
The recent fracas about the lousy pay rates in some short fiction markets has led to a discussion of what constitutes a "good" market to which to apply, or a "good" credit to put on a cover letter. If you’ve been following my compulsive numerical analysis of things like honorable […]
just told me that he’s buying my story "Lineage" for Clockwork Phoenix 3. Any of you who haven’t already read the previous CP anthologies, go out right now and get them, and you’ll know why I’m so thrilled. Thanks, Mike!
Monthly stats for November: 4,800 new words of fiction written this month. 1 21 first drafts currently in progress (some untouched for a long time) 4 first drafts currently "ripening" before second draft. 2 3 second drafts currently in progress 1 second draft currently in the hands of "trusted readers." […]
For those who haven’t seen it yet, John Joseph Adams new online SF magazine Lightspeed will begin taking submissions on January 1st. Submission guidelines are here.
Monthly stats for October: 10,182 new words of fiction written this month. 1 20 first drafts currently in progress (some untouched for a long time) 3 first drafts currently "ripening" before second draft. 2 4 second drafts currently in progress 2 second drafts currently in the […]
I’ve broken down the 531 honorable mentions in this year’s Year’s Best Horror by market. You’ve seen me do this before with Year’s Best SF and the late lamented Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror. I think it’s probably the most accurate way of guaging the relative "status" and "quality" of different […]
The October 2009 issue of Odyssey: Adventures in Science now appears to be available for purchase. The theme of the issue is "Cast of Humans." It contains my 290-word flash story, "The First Day of Spring." Odyssey is a science magazine for children in grades 5-10. I think my story […]
GUD (Greatest Uncommon Denominator) has bought "Liza’s Home", which was one my submission stories for Clarion. It’s slated for Issue #5 (Fall, 2009). I shall be shamelessly urging you all to buy it. I’ve previously commented on what a nifty magazine GUD is, so you can imagine how delighted I […]
Here are my monthly stats for August: 7,600 new words of fiction written this month. 1 19 first drafts currently in progress (some untouched for a long time) 4 first drafts currently "ripening" before second draft. 3 second drafts currently in progress 1 second draft currently […]
As I’ve done in the past, I’ve tallied up all the "honorable mentions" in the 26th annual Year’s Best Science Fiction, and reported the ones attributed to periodicals below. This is sort of my "state of the markets" survey. Asimovs 55 F&SF 53 Postscripts 38 Jim Baen’s Universe 25 Interzone […]
Here are my monthly stats for July. 24,000 new words of fiction written this month. 1 AND: 30,000 words of workshop critique written this month 2 19 first drafts currently in progress (some untouched for a long time) 3 first drafts currently "ripening" before second draft. […]
I’m happy to announce that Odyssey Magazine has bought my flash fiction story, "The First Day of Spring." Odyssey: Adventures in Science is a magazine for "young adventurers" aged 10-16. Each monthly issue has a theme. My story, which concerns the beginnings of prehistoric agriculture, will appear in the October issue, whose theme […]
A quick post in the middle of crit-work at Clarion. Here are my monthly stats for June: 6,200 new words of fiction written this month. 1 BUT: 5,000 words of workshop critique written this month (in the last three days, actually) 19 first drafts currently in progress (some […]
I hope to post periodic updates on my Clarion experience here, although not every day. What I’d most like to do is share the best writing advice that I hear from the instructors, and the insights that arise from the crit process. I’ll parallel-post on my other LJ, and if […]
Here are my monthly stats for May: 6,200 new words of fiction written this month. 1 19 first drafts currently in progress (some untouched for a long time) 2 first drafts currently "ripening" before second draft. 2 second drafts currently in progress 1 second draft currently in […]
Issue #8 of Niteblade (June, 2009) is now up and available for public reading. My story "The Never Fair" is in it, together with Marge Simon’s nifty illustration. You can also purchase the whole issue as a PDF for $3.50, or make a donation to the zine.
My twitterfic is up on Nanoism and Twitter. That is all.
Thaumatrope is going to publish a twitterfic of mine on December 5, 2009. Save the date. Buy popcorn.
I’ve just learned that my story, "The Never Fair" (3,100 words) will appear in the June issue of Niteblade. Nice for a dad to get a gift on Mother’s Day…
Here are my monthly stats for April: 9,100 new words of fiction written this month. 1 17 first drafts currently in progress (some untouched for a long time) 2 first drafts currently "ripening" before second draft. 2 second drafts currently in progress 1 second draft currently […]
Here are my monthly stats for February: 6,300 new words of fiction written this month. 1 14 first drafts currently in progress. 2 1 first draft currently "ripening" before second draft. 3 0 second drafts currently in progress 1 second draft currently in the hands of […]
Kenneth Schneyer 