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What Should I Use for a Query Letter (Long Fiction)
I am a devotee of the Church of the QueryShark. QS is an agent who has a compendium of information regarding the Art of the Query. I strongly suggest that you check out the enormously helpful catalog and examples of novel-length query letters. HERE. Many of the things I will paraphrase here is information I…
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How Long Does It Need to Be? (Short Fiction)
In many of these posts, we will be referencing the guidelines of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) guidelines. For writers of SF/F, this is the industry standard. You can find this website online HERE. In other posts, we will talk about the professional organizations available to speculative fiction writers. However, back…
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How Much Will I Get Paid? (Short Fiction)
In many of these posts, we will be referencing the guidelines of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) guidelines. For writers of SF/F, this is the industry standard. You can find this website online HERE. In other posts, we will talk about the professional organizations available to speculative fiction writers. Short story…
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What Should I Use for a Query Letter? (Short Fiction)
So, you finished a story. AWESOME! You’re reading to submit it to a market. You have checked the submission guidelines. Awesome! Do the guidelines request you to address specific things in your cover letter? Sometimes this includes past publishing credits, or nationality if there is some sort of submission requirement. It may ask for wordcount…
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What Do All These Words Mean? (Short Fiction)
Here we will compile a codex, if you will, of publishing terms so you can review them. Some of them lead to bigger conversations that many people have spoken eloquently on. We will link to appropriate external resources for more in-depth discussion as we can. Standard Manuscript Format (SMF) – The way a story…
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How Long Does It Need to Be? (Long Fiction)
It’s important to identify that the processes of Short Fiction and Long Fiction are, in many cases, completely and radically different. With that in mind, let’s look at some suggested lengths. The length of your novel (we’re talking novels here) is really going to be dictated by one or two things — first is the…
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When Will I Get Paid? (Short Fiction)
Let’s assume that you’ve received an acceptance from a market. Awesome job! You will then receive a contract, which we discuss in other posts. This contract will outline payment (per word, no payment, etc), it will also outline the timeline for being paid. Some examples: On Acceptance – When you sign the contract, you will…
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The Blue Tigress Dreams
“Did you know that at Rilltide, there are six names for mold? It all depends on what the color is and where you find it.” I am very pleased to let folks know that my short story “The Blue Tigress Dreams” is now available in the Summer 2015 issue of The Colored Lens. It is…
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Scander and the Red Briar Prince
“Once upon a long ago, two cities vied to be the Heart of the World…” I am very pleased to let folks know that “Scander and the Red Briar Prince” is now out in the Summer Issue of the Rose Red Review. It is…not quite a real story. It is a story about a story,…
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Minotaur
I am happy to announce that my story “Minotaur: An Analysis of the Species” will appear in the Journal of Unlikely Academia tentatively this July. Minotaur is an anthropological evaluation of the minotaur, using first-hand accounts and data collected through surveys provided to representatives of the minotaur species. They are a brood parasite and live…
Sean R. Robinson 