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Kelly McCullough weighs in on his opinion of rejections, so I thought I’d share his thoughts from the SFNovelists blogroll. http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/11/11/rejections-as-a-way-of-keeping-score/ Seems like McCullough has a similar approach. We both have spreadsheets to keep track of submissions and rejections, and both of our numbers are in the hundreds. I would…

Here’s a fun video of Neil Gaiman explaining some of the story about the upcoming Coraline movie, how he first envisioned the story, and how it moved from being a book to a huge, 3D stop-motion film.  Loving all the glimpses of how crazy and eerie the movie looks to…

It hit me the other day (pun not intended) that getting rejected for a story is like being on the losing end of a snowball fight. Those first few hits really sting. The ice dribbles down your collar and you feel cold and disoriented.  Get hit by enough of them…

One of science fiction’s classic novels is now coming out in graphic novel form. Orson Scott Card‘s Ender’s Game. And now, for a limited time, you can read the entire first issue for free through this link:  http://marvel.com/digitalcomics/titles/Ender~apos~s_Game.2008.1?utm_source=tor&utm_medium=book&utm_content=Ender’s_Game_1&utm_campaign=Ender’s_Game_1 The art here is crisp and colorful and definitely brings Card’s world…

I know Michael Crichton’s work was somewhat divisive as to who liked it and who didn’t, but he still made his mark in numerous genres and leaves a big hole after succumbing to cancer at the age of 66.  This was a surprise to me, and a sad one. I’ve…

Not that I think this contest is going to be anyone’s big break to fame and fortune, but it might prove an interesting challenge. medGadget is running a genre writing contest–not just science fiction, but the niche of medical science fiction.  Here’s their description: The competition is designed to present…

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A pretty impressive endeavor. Jeff Vandermeer accomplished it with his latest novel, partly due to a bunch of schedule complications that enforced this timeline, but he decided to share some of his tips and tricks in getting a polished novel to the editor in just two months. I don’t know…

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This article raises an interesting question. When you construct a “system of magic,” does that turn the idea of magic into more of a science? I.e., if, in your novel, magic has rules and variables that it must adhere to in order to work properly, is it no longer magical?…