Three moderators are cheering for more Union Dues. I hope Steve is reading this.
while i love union dues, i would also love to hear those other shorts, maybe Ronin on the High Seas, that sounds interesting. Tho before you submitt any other shorts ya really should send out a little Union Dues. They are very fun to listen to
But, since I don't do wizards, or dragons, or elves, orcs, gnoles, gnomes, or other fantasy mechanics, they will probably never find a home.
But, since I don't do wizards, or dragons, or elves, orcs, gnoles, gnomes, or other fantasy mechanics, they will probably never find a home.
Au contraire. You're not familiar with Lian Hearn's "Tales of the Otori" series? That's the first example I could think of off the top of my head,(*) but Asian-inspired fantasy is a big seller right now.
And hell, if you can't sell it in prose, adapt it to manga. Dark Horse and other publishers are getting into American manga in a huge way.
(*Actually, the first example I thought of was Barry Hughart's "Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox," of which the first book, Bridge of Birds, is one of the best fantasy novels I've ever read. But it's much older, and didn't sell well at all. I suspect he was too far ahead of his time.)
I will check out both titles. That said, the BOB stories are as much fantasy stories as The Hidden Fortress or The Seven Samurai are fantasy movies. I am intrigued by culture as Magic, for example, in the third story [...]
The problem with the Burden of Bushido series is that the market I'd written them for dried up.What exactly do you mean with dried up?
Quote from: jrderegoThe problem with the Burden of Bushido series is that the market I'd written them for dried up.What exactly do you mean with dried up?
Do you mean that it couldn't be published in an audio form?
Forgive me if these seem silly questions, I was just curious what you meant.
Was Egon correct in his terse reply to Janine when she supposes out loud that he reads a lot?
Was Egon correct in his terse reply to Janine when she supposes out loud that he reads a lot?
While I don't agree that "Print is dead", it's much less expensive to set up and publish via the web than deal with the costs of print and layout and distribution. One of the reasons there are so many markets out there for Speculative Fiction is that the web has made publishing much less rigorous to get involved with. The web also allows for insane specialization of genre and subgenre... for example, I have the Hotel Nocturne stories which are sort of traditional vampire tales, all centered around a grand hotel built very high up in the Arctic Circle. Because of the six-months of darkness/semidarkness the hotel caters to vampires. So far so good, right? I go looking for markets for these stories and so many horror markets say "no traditional monsters, or no vampire stories", but I find one, a good one, it even pays, I get all ready to final edit and format one of the tales and start to pour over the guidelines again.
Was Egon correct in his terse reply to Janine when she supposes out loud that he reads a lot?
While I don't agree that "Print is dead", it's much less expensive to set up and publish via the web than deal with the costs of print and layout and distribution. One of the reasons there are so many markets out there for Speculative Fiction is that the web has made publishing much less rigorous to get involved with. The web also allows for insane specialization of genre and subgenre... for example, I have the Hotel Nocturne stories which are sort of traditional vampire tales, all centered around a grand hotel built very high up in the Arctic Circle. Because of the six-months of darkness/semidarkness the hotel caters to vampires. So far so good, right? I go looking for markets for these stories and so many horror markets say "no traditional monsters, or no vampire stories", but I find one, a good one, it even pays, I get all ready to final edit and format one of the tales and start to pour over the guidelines again.
Man, when is the golden Star Trek age going to come when we don't need money and everyone spends their days doing what they love, not what they need to survive. Then we could all read/listen to the fascinating tales you and others have created because you can offer them up freely. Will these works get lost and forgotten if you can't find a market for them?
Err...did I get oddly poetic with that? Sorry.
The vampire stories sound so interesting. And I am also a Union Dues fan.
JR, do you intend to do all the Union Dues tales in first-person POV? (not that I mind)
Completed the first draft of "Lilies for Donald". 4600 words. Horror. Zombies. Sent drafts to my first readers. One already told me I made her physically ill.
I guess that's a good start.
Had an editor request for first 5 chapters and synopsis following my query for my novel "Tears of Amaterasu".
Sent requested materials out today.
How do you find time to write so much? Are you just really fast?
Between the job, the family, and looking for a better job, I have a hard time snatching an hour here and there, and a productive writing session usually requires at least two hours: Got to get in the groove, you know?
How do you find time to write so much? Are you just really fast?
Between the job, the family, and looking for a better job, I have a hard time snatching an hour here and there, and a productive writing session usually requires at least two hours: Got to get in the groove, you know?
I am a telecommuter so I write during my lunch hours, sometimes a little longer than that (if I am in the groove). I write after Cindy and the kids go to bed, sometimes I write before they get up. I have a writer's job, I create and edit telecommunications training materials, so I am always working on the "craft" of writing even if I am not writing fiction for 45 hours a week. Plus, I have a stunningly tenacious work ethic.
I schedule writing time (usually 3 hours) on Saturday, though with Cindy working weekends it's been hard to do that and I've moved it mostly to late nights.
I spend a very long time thinking about what I am writing so that when I sit down to work on it I am already in the groove.
Plus, I type well over 60 words per minute.
Being laid off works for you.
Are you telling us Pseudopod turned down a zombie story, because it was too graphic?? I could really stand a little more graphic detail in my pseudopod.
Sold "The Ballad of Kitty Momoiro" to Clonepod. They are interested in the whole Team Shikaragaki series. I will post when it goes live. It's a good podcast, sort of just like Escape Pod.
Sold "The Ballad of Kitty Momoiro" to Clonepod. They are interested in the whole Team Shikaragaki series. I will post when it goes live. It's a good podcast, sort of just like Escape Pod.
Does EP still get all of the UD stories first? Did they turn this one down?
Union Dues story "Union Dues: The Ballad of Kitty Momoiro" should appear at Clonepod this week or next.
Union Dues story "Union Dues: The Ballad of Kitty Momoiro" should appear at Clonepod this week or next.
It hasn't.
Sold - Perchance to Fail (1400 words at $.15 a word)
Sold - Perchance to Fail (1400 words at $.15 a word)
$210?
1400 * 0.15 = 210
Is my math wrong? 'Cause that's a nice sale right there. That's... well, that's four tanks of gas in your average car, but still, good stuff.
Is PtF a Union Dues, or something independent? SLMS doesn't look like a Union Dues title, IMO, but maybe it is too?
So according to Heinlein, it will be the sleepiest of all the Union Dues stories.
Wrote, recorded, edited new commentary - "Feeling uncreative? Write Porn!" for The Writing Show.
Wrote, recorded, edited new commentary - "Feeling uncreative? Write Porn!" for The Writing Show.
Is that a commentary on the quality of porn or a suggection to help clear the mind?
Wooo-Hooooo!!!! Congratulations!!!!
;D ;D ;D ;D
(Can I ask if it was with Swarm?)
Got book deal.
Wooo-Hooooo!!!! Congratulations!!!!
;D ;D ;D ;D
(Can I ask if it was with Swarm?)
Swarm got scooped.
Wooo-Hooooo!!!! Congratulations!!!!
;D ;D ;D ;D
(Can I ask if it was with Swarm?)
Swarm got scooped.
Gah! Details...? :)
Wooo-Hooooo!!!! Congratulations!!!!
;D ;D ;D ;D
(Can I ask if it was with Swarm?)
Swarm got scooped.
Gah! Details...? :)
When I've got a contract in front of me I will divulge all... but to head off some potential questions -
It will be released as two volumes of Union Dues stories
They have a physical distribution network as well as online space (amazon, etc...)
They want the books available in major bookstore chains
They are about to release their first novella
They want to release both paperback and e-book versions (possibly Kindle as well)
I should see a contract in a month
Is there going to be any artwork? More than just the cover I mean. I'd really like to see how you see the characters.
Coming soon to Escape Pod -
Union Dues: Tabula Rasa
Coming soon to Escape Pod -
Union Dues: Tabula Rasa
Ooh, I thought we had reached the end of UD on EP.
Coming soon to Escape Pod -
Union Dues: Tabula Rasa
Ooh, I thought we had reached the end of UD on EP.
How? I haven't heard any Big Sweeping Ending stories. Did I miss one?
Completed/Submitted - Union Dues: All About the Sponsors.Woo-hoo!
Whew... 3 years in the making.
Completed/Submitted - Union Dues: All About the Sponsors.Woo-hoo!
Whew... 3 years in the making.