| Holiday Wish - Help Ed Bryant |
[Dec. 28th, 2008|09:49 am] |
It has come to my attention that noted writer and critic Ed Bryant needs our help. Due to financial complications surrounding recent heart bypass surgery, a limited income, and some assholes who took advantage of his kindness, he has been struggling to buy the insulin needed to keep him alive (Ed is a Type I diabetic) and nearly lost his home to foreclosure.
To that end, a third party trust fund has been set up for Ed at the Colorado Fund for People with Disabilities. The PayPal donation button below goes to an account administered by the Colorado Fund. Please consider helping Ed by donating funds to the third party trust using this button.
More information can be found at http://www.friendsofed.org. |
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| The Tel-Aviv Dossier |
[Dec. 1st, 2008|09:00 pm] |
If you're a fan of Lavie Tidhar's weird fiction, he's got a limited edition novel coming out called The Tel-Aviv Dossier (co-written with Nir Yaniv) that is up for pre-order at Horror-Mall.com.
They're only printing as many as are pre-ordered. So don't miss out!
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| Win a short story critique from me! |
[Nov. 2nd, 2008|10:06 am] |
I seldom do story critiques outside of my work with Apex, so this is a chance to see what it is like to have a story ripped apart from a Kentucky hillbilly who happens to run a publishing company. :)
Here's a link to the raffle items:
http://www.apexbookcompany.com/cart.php?m=product_list&c=7
10% of all proceeds goes to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (a program that gives books to kids). Horror and Dolly go hand in hand, folks. |
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| Visit me at Scarefest 2008 |
[Sep. 12th, 2008|09:49 am] |
Come see editor-in-chief Jason Sizemore and submissions editor Mari Adkins this weekend at Scarefest 2008 held in Lexington, KY. Apex Book Company will have a booth in the convention hall and will be selling books, mugs, shot glasses, and whatever else they can find for monetary gain.
For more information about Scarefest, visit their website at http://www.thescarefest.com/. |
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| Robby Sparks - Next Stop, Hollywood |
[Aug. 25th, 2008|10:33 pm] |
From Robby Sparks...
"My local newspaper (Florida Today) has begun its annual "90 Seconds to Fame" film contest. My film "Deer Santa" is available for viewing and voting! The movie even got a blurb in an accompanying article (See link below). The first round of voting began today and will run through the week. The top three films move on to the next round. The winner(s) will be shown at the Melbourne Independent Film Festival here in Melbourne, Florida. So enjoy the film, don't forget to VOTE, and please spread the word :) |
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| I Brag Because I Can |
[Jun. 8th, 2008|10:39 am] |
Mary Robinette Kowal has tuckerized me in her new novel! See, MRK is on her way to becoming a world-famous writer. I will now be able to ride her coattails to success.
Thanks to Mari Adkins for the kickin' rooster image.
Right now I am addicted to Grand Theft Auto 4 on the Xbox 360. It's a far superior game compared to the previous GTAs. Those games were just too damn hard. And I have no patience for playing games that require any skill! |
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| 3rd Place or no place at all |
[May. 21st, 2008|03:03 pm] |
I'm semi-pleased to announce that "Unwarranted Serendipity" placed third in the diemonday.com contest. I win 50 bucks.
I'm pleased because I already had the story written and the only work I had to do was to submit the story.
The "semi" part is because I wanted to win. :)
A few people have asked me what I have on the burner in terms of fiction. Right now I have 10 stories circulating. I'm stlil trying to break into a "professional" level publication. But then, aren't most of us? I did get invited into a small anthology...but that's still hush-hush. The big deal here is that it's the first time someone has sought me out for an anthology.
I was recently asked to write 14 flash stories for a musician's CD booklet to accompany the music. This one pays pro-level rates. Ka-ching!
I'm considering putting together a pitch for a Sizemore horror collection. Though would it be arrogant of me to do so even though my only real claim to fame is Apex Publications and not my writing? Hmm. I think I might give this one a shot.
Enough self-indulgent musings for now. |
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| Mr. Bush |
[May. 15th, 2008|04:33 pm] |
Thank you, Mr. Olbermann.
Olbermann: Bush interview unforgiveable May 14: Countdown’s Keith Olbermann gives a Special Comment on President Bush’s recent Politico interview. Pres. Bush suggested that electing a Democrat as president means “another attack on the United States.” He also shows his empathy for the death of U.S. soldiers… by giving up golf. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24635229#24635229 |
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| Rallying the troops: Unwarranted Serendipity |
[May. 14th, 2008|09:53 am] |
I'm way behind.
1st - 106
2nd - 93
3rd - 35
Yes, I'm in third place.
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mabfan wanted to know a little more about the contest, so here we go.
debtaber pointed it out to me a couple of weeks ago. Basically, diemonday is a humor blog targeted at those folks needing a bit of levity during their workday. They are kicking off the site with a short story contest for work-related stories. The contest was free to enter with great prizes (first gets $200, second $100, third $50, and fourth a sponge gun).
Well, I happened to have a nice piece coming out in a book I'm publishing later this summer by the wonderful Alethea Kontis (she invited me to submit something, so that helped my mind reconcile the self-publishing conundrum). I asked Alethea if she minded I entered the story in the contest. She waved her wand and said "Let it be so."
They story is a fictionalized and highly exaggerated retelling of my first fan convention experience (and meeting Alethea for the first time).
While I'd be delighted to win $50 or even the cool sponge gun (my little girl would go nuts with such a toy), I have my eye on the big prize: $200.
So please vote for me! Voting ends Sunday night.
http://diemonday.blogspot.com/2008/05/unwarranted-serendipity.html |
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