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Reply #50 on: October 23, 2007, 07:49:12 PM
Submitted "Union Dues: Freedom with a Small F" to Escape Pod.

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Reply #51 on: January 19, 2008, 10:18:00 PM
Completed "The Marionette" (the next Pleasant Hollow Story).

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Reply #52 on: January 27, 2008, 05:11:40 PM
Queries for status on "Emerald Treasure of the Thuggee Assassins" - 8900 words - at Paradox (submitted in August). Fully expected "we rejected that months ago the letter must've been lost..." instead I got "I read that and really liked it. It's in the short pile for the April issue, I'll get back to you very soon with a final decision!"

Reworked and submitted "Tout Bagay Enfom" - 5000 words - to Weird Tales

Completed and submitted "The Marionette" - 5000 words - to Tales of World War Z

Completed and submitted "Uthan and the Child of the Snow" -5000 words - to Brutarian

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Reply #53 on: March 08, 2008, 04:02:33 AM
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.

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Reply #54 on: March 10, 2008, 07:16:16 PM
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?



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Reply #55 on: March 10, 2008, 09:09:54 PM
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?

EP still gets the first series of UD stories first, yes. But when I heard the kids, Abby, Forrest, and Zack introduce Clonepod I immediately heard the voices of the characters in the Team Shikaragaki stories. They are also a brand new podcast and BIG fans of Escape Pod. I figured, like Steve did with my stories and helped me get established maybe I could help them draw a larger audience in less time and there would be another first class market for podcast fiction.

Don't worry though, more Union Dues are on the way here. "All That We Leave Behind" has already been accepted and I have at least two more in the wings.
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Reply #56 on: April 07, 2008, 05:57:41 PM
Completed "The Ballad of Old 666", 5500 words. Space opera this time, based on the real exploits of WW2 B17 pilots on a mapping mission over Bougainville.

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Reply #57 on: April 10, 2008, 04:38:56 PM
Final draft rewrite of "The Ballad of Old 666" is complete. 6500 words.

Union Dues story "Union Dues: The Ballad of Kitty Momoiro" should appear at Clonepod this week or next.

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Reply #58 on: May 01, 2008, 04:45:55 AM
Hey! Check out my interview at SciFi Dig! www.scifidig.com. Aaron and I talk about Giant Monster Movies, Chambara films, crazy TV shows, and writing!

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Reply #59 on: May 01, 2008, 05:19:13 AM
Union Dues story "Union Dues: The Ballad of Kitty Momoiro" should appear at Clonepod this week or next.

It hasn't.

I Twitter. I also occasionally blog on the Escape Pod blog, which if you're here you shouldn't have much trouble finding.


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Reply #60 on: May 01, 2008, 05:25:44 AM
Union Dues story "Union Dues: The Ballad of Kitty Momoiro" should appear at Clonepod this week or next.

It hasn't.

They are still sussing out the illustration. It will air soon, they promoed it on this weeks episode.

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Reply #61 on: May 29, 2008, 02:56:12 AM
The Ballad of Kitty Momoiro is live at clonepod.org

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Reply #62 on: June 05, 2008, 04:20:12 PM
Completed - Union Dues: Tabula Rasa (ugh... after a dozen drafts, six POV changes, and innumerable endings...)

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Reply #63 on: June 18, 2008, 08:11:44 PM
Complete first draft - Sweet Like Maple Sugar (6400 words)
Sold - Team Shikaragaki: The Saga of Tam Suji (6200 words) to Clonepod
Sold - Perchance to Fail (1400 words at $.15 a word)

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Reply #64 on: June 18, 2008, 08:28:56 PM
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?

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Reply #65 on: June 18, 2008, 08:32:17 PM
Yeah, I was wondering *who* bought that one :)

Congrats, man.


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Reply #66 on: June 19, 2008, 01:09:57 AM
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?

I can't say much other than, Perchance to Fail will appear in someone else's non-fiction book along with 6-10 other 1000/2000 word stories by me all illustrating specific themes and ideas. I wish I could say more, but I can't until the book is complete and in print.

Fun with Non Disclosure Agreements :)

Sweet Like Maple Sugar, on the other hand I can talk about!

It's the third story set in Pleasant Hollow following the zombie apocalypse. The first two were Lilies for Donald and The Marionette, both available to read free at Tales of the Zombie War (www.talezofworldwarz.com).

The Saga of Tam Suji is the second Team Shikaragaki story, it's also the happiest of all the Union Dues tales.
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Reply #67 on: June 19, 2008, 06:13:46 PM
So according to Heinlein, it will be the sleepiest of all the Union Dues stories.

Seriously though, can't wait for more Union Dues.
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Reply #68 on: June 19, 2008, 06:16:45 PM
So according to Heinlein, it will be the sleepiest of all the Union Dues stories.

LOL, yep!

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Reply #69 on: June 27, 2008, 05:07:12 AM
Wrote, recorded, edited new commentary - "Feeling uncreative? Write Porn!" for The Writing Show.


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Reply #70 on: June 27, 2008, 10:09:57 AM
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?



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Reply #71 on: June 27, 2008, 12:04:02 PM
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?

Clear the mind and as an exercise to be more descriptive and daring with your writing.

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Reply #72 on: June 30, 2008, 06:38:19 PM
I've always found writing erotica to be enjoyable.  I also think fanfic can be a good exercise in getting your writing juices flowing, plus it gets you new readers when you post it on fanfic sites.

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Reply #73 on: August 04, 2008, 06:51:39 PM
Got book deal.

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Reply #74 on: August 04, 2008, 06:56:12 PM
Wooo-Hooooo!!!!  Congratulations!!!!

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