Daily Archives: April 16, 2008
A Shareware Short Story: “How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story”
Posted on April 16, 2008 60 Comments
(Artwork: Bob Eggleton) Around the time I was editing Subterranean Magazine’s cliche issue in 2006, I wrote my own short story based on a science fiction cliche (“Aliens! And humans! Having sex!!”). The story, “How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story,” was not printed in the magazine itself, but was printed in […]
The Question Not Asked
Posted on April 16, 2008 35 Comments
SFSignal asks various science fiction and fantasy authors the question: Is the short fiction market in trouble? Personally, I would have asked: Does a market that generally pays its authors so little deserve to live? Because I think that’s a more interesting question, really.
My Whateveresque Appearance Schedule
Posted on April 16, 2008 18 Comments
Apropos to today being a Whateveresque registration day, I’ve been asked a couple times recently why I myself don’t spend a huge amount of time over on Whateveresque. Well, two reasons. First: I’m kinda busy, and I spend enough time on Whatever as it is. Second: Much of the point of Whateveresque is to give […]
My Biggest Book
Posted on April 16, 2008 32 Comments
Cleaning out my office closet gave me a reason to haul out the single largest book I own: The complete 1989-90 run of the Chicago Maroon, the student newspaper of the University of Chicago. I have a copy because this was the year I was editor in chief, and this is one of the perks […]
Whateveresque Registration Up Until 10pm (ET)
Posted on April 16, 2008
For those of you wanting to join the conversations over at Whateveresque, the Whatever reader forum, registration is now open through 10 pm Eastern time. That leaves just over 13 hours to sign up. Run! As always, help an administrator out in approving your membership request by choosing a member name that is recognizably NOT […]
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