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Eric and I have been notified that Boundary will be in the Science Fiction Book Club magazine as a featured item. This weekend I'll be writing a draft of the blurb which will go with the book. This is fun -- my first hardcover and my first SFBC appearance!

In other exciting writing news, I just received my first "Advance Reader's Copy" -- of Boundary, naturally. ARCs are produced generally as trade paperbacks; this looks SO COOL!

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james-nicoll.livejournal.com

I'm not convinced the short story route is much easier than heaving manuscripts through the transoms of publishing companies. There are not all that many SF magazines left and the general long-term trend for their sales numbers is down. This means a new short story author is competing for a very limited number of slots and if they do get in, their story will only be seen by a few people[1]. And then, if they do get a novel sale on the basis of their shorts, they may find the skills that worked at 20,000 words don't apply at 200,000 words.

You can also use the web, but while I can think of people whose careers started that way, they are the exception.

If it's any consolation, while the market for short stories in F&SF is dire, the market for all other kinds of short stories is even worse, for reasons that go back to the 1950s.

1: For example, have you ever heard of Howard Waldrop? He's one of the best F&SF writers around and has been for ages but he sticks most to the short lengths. At times, at least part of his sustanance has come from a hunter-gather life style.

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seawasp

You can also use the web, but while I can think of people whose careers started that way, they are the exception.

I sorta fit that category, in my own wierd way.

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james-nicoll.livejournal.com

So do I, actually. I am the first person ever to get the job I have who did not have prior experience in the publishing industry and I am fairly sure it was my various online stunt reviews that did it for me.