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- Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:44 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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- Sun May 23, 2010 5:42 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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For all of us eagerly anticipating the fame and fortune of our first novel, a little musical entertainment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZoJ5OKmEJY
And for aspiring mystery writers, try this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LBfECGdGUc -- the line at 3:10 had me laughing out loud.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZoJ5OKmEJY

And for aspiring mystery writers, try this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LBfECGdGUc -- the line at 3:10 had me laughing out loud.
- Sun May 23, 2010 1:58 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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- Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:03 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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- Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:11 pm
- Forum: Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Topic: Science Fiction and Fantasy on TV.
- Replies: 179
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FLASH FORWARD (based on a WOTF winner or judge's work, is it?) Yes, Robert J. Sawyer is a WOTF judge. There are a lot of detail differences between the book and the TV series (although once the season got rolling, fewer than I at first thought -- different POV characters), but still a fun ride. Saw...
- Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:30 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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- Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:44 pm
- Forum: Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Topic: Science Fiction and Fantasy on TV.
- Replies: 179
- Views: 98359
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:53 pm
- Forum: Problems and Troubleshooting
- Topic: This is how you format your PAPER Contest entry!
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- Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:02 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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- Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:26 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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- Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:40 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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Hah, I remember the first time I went skiing. It was with a group from work (all youngish software developers at a start-up). Did a bit of practise on the bunny slope, figured I had the hang of it, and started down an more-or-less easy run with the rest of the gang. Halfway down there was a flattish...
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:25 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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- Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:07 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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- Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:53 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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- Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:01 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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- Sat Dec 12, 2009 2:42 pm
- Forum: Art & Illustration
- Topic: Videos&Art to inspire SF / FANTASY ideas? Post YOURS ?!
- Replies: 182
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Lots. Maybe the movie that makes 3-D the future of Movie-going, if you believe the spin. Well, Popular Science and Popular Mechanics and most of the rest of the usual suspects have been hyping the movie for its film-making technologies. We'll see if that leads to too-high expectations in the audien...
- Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:41 pm
- Forum: Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Topic: Science Fiction and Fantasy on TV.
- Replies: 179
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As a SF writer, if I have to choose between awards and academic recognition, and selling a lot and being popular with fans, I choose the latter. Or as Jerry Pournelle put it when one of his and Niven's bestsellers (might have been Lucifer's Hammer , not certain) missed out on the Hugo (yeah, hardly...
- Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:03 pm
- Forum: Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Topic: Science Fiction and Fantasy on TV.
- Replies: 179
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- Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:33 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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Alastair, I'd consider this a *BIG* triumph. Stan has pretty high standards, in terms of spec fic content and technical accuracy. I am not surprised at all that you made the sale, having become more familiar with you and your background since Kris'n'Dean earlier in the year. Boat drinks, my friend!...
- Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:29 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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But you're known at Analog now, known to Stan Schmidt. I wouldn't undervalue that. Our are you just speaking monetarily? Matt No, not just monetarily, although it is that. WOTF winners get noticed by editors too, and the annual workshop and awards are valuable for both their educational and network...
- Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:59 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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Not enough congrats to Alastair for getting into Analog yet. So I'll add mine. I can't imagine what that would be like, seeing that contract instead of a rejection slip. Haven't you been close at Analog before this, Alastair? Ha ha, thanks. It was a bit of a surprise (to put it mildly). I knew the ...
- Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:21 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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- Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:22 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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- Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:19 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
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I'm pumped. I just sold a story to Analog ! This is my first pro-level sale (and so the race is on -- will I win WOTF before I disqualify myself?) and to a market that some pro writers try for years before getting into -- not that I haven't been trying for years myself. (I haven't even heard from St...
- Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:29 pm
- Forum: Art & Illustration
- Topic: Videos&Art to inspire SF / FANTASY ideas? Post YOURS ?!
- Replies: 182
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- Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:53 am
- Forum: Art & Illustration
- Topic: Videos&Art to inspire SF / FANTASY ideas? Post YOURS ?!
- Replies: 182
- Views: 157722
My angel is a centerfold... Angel is a centerfold... Heh. On that note, I discovered this video for the Beach Boys' The Little Girl I Once Knew over the weekend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZWFItQPf_k It does have a writerly tie-in, the images are from book covers. And I wonder if any of them w...
- Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:39 am
- Forum: Art & Illustration
- Topic: Videos&Art to inspire SF / FANTASY ideas? Post YOURS ?!
- Replies: 182
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Well, that's it then. Print media has finally surrendered to video. Not. Cute (and appropriate characters for the clip - I love Big Bang Theory ). I'm sure we'll see this tech turning up in greeting cards real soon, but it has a ways to go. I remember when National Geographic did the first-ever holo...
- Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:29 pm
- Forum: Art & Illustration
- Topic: Videos&Art to inspire SF / FANTASY ideas? Post YOURS ?!
- Replies: 182
- Views: 157722
- Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:41 pm
- Forum: Art & Illustration
- Topic: Videos&Art to inspire SF / FANTASY ideas? Post YOURS ?!
- Replies: 182
- Views: 157722
There was another thread that extolled the virtue of paper for its longevity. Guess they never heard of gold CD-R: http://www.cddimensions.com/Gold-CD-R-Media/products/199/ Tested to 300 years, . Simulated tests to 300 years -- unless they have a time machine. Scuff the surface of a CD and it's pre...