Congrats to Daily Science Fiction for becoming the newest SFWA qualifying venue!

Congrats to Daily Science Fiction for becoming the newest SFWA qualifying venue!  This also means I'll be eligible to join SFWA.  Yay me!  Becoming eligible for SFWA had been one of my long-term goals, and it took me just over a year.  So now what?

Daily Science Fiction now offering Kindle collections

Daily Science Fiction is now offering Kindle collections of all the stories they published in a given month.  My story, "Blessed are the Sowers," appears in the July 2011 edition, along with a lot of other excellent stories.

Novel #2, Shadow Knights

After bombarding a number of publishers with my recent flurry of short fiction, I've resumed work on my second novel, tentatively titled, "Shadow Knights."  I figured it was time to give those folks a breather so they can cut all those checks to me, or more likely, send some big dudes over (some of whom may be ninjas) to kick my ass.  

Wait... what about my first novel, "Dragon Rising," you ask (ok, you didn't really ask).  Dragon Rising was intended as a teen level novel, but I'm having trouble restraining my unrelenting thirst for blood and sex, and as a result, I'm having trouble keeping it in the "teen appropriate" range.  There's a story to be told, but I may need to retool Dragon Rising for an adult audience (Which is a shame, since I think I have a real talent for juvenile humor.  I had included a character named the Dread Lady Dick Puncher.  Still makes me giggle.)

Anyway...  Shadow Knights has always been my "baby."  I know all of you are familiar with my bio (ok, no you're not).  I spent a great deal of time as an undergrad and graduate student researching Native American history and culture.  Shadow Knights is a fantasy novel set in an alternate North America and the characters are Native Americans.  I've borrowed words, names, and cultural practices from a variety of Native American nations (and I worked in some Sanskrit words, just to mix it up).  I've also created a world with a modern economy based entirely on magic (e.g. no electricity, no internal combustion engines, no computers).

There's lots of sex, mayhem, and shit getting blown up (some of my favorite things).  And yes, there's a fair amount of juvenile humor. Can't wait, right?

Oh!  Speaking of sex, mayhem, and blowing shit up, I just learned my upcoming story, "Blessed are the Sowers," is going to get a "for adult audiences" warning from Daily Science Fiction (appearing July 28th for subscribers, a week later for everyone else).  I think that's awesome!!!   The exact language of the warning the editors wrote is pretty cool, and I think I'm going to make it my tag line once the story goes live.

RLR

Sign up for Daily Science Fiction if you haven't already.

If you'd like a free spec-fiction/sci-fi/fantasy short story emailed to you daily, sign up at http://dailysciencefiction.com​/  DSF is up for SFWA status, and if they are approved, I'll be eligible to become a Science Fiction Fantasy Writers Association member myself, and my cousin, Mishell Baker, will be able to upgrade her SFWA status.  The majority of the DSF stories are 1000 words or less, and you receive them in your inbox daily, M-F.

"Blessed are the Sowers" coming July 28th

I've been told my story, "Blessed are the Sowers," is scheduled to be published by Daily Science Fiction Thursday, July 28th.  I'd estimated my publication date to be a little sooner than that, so I'd sent an email to Daily Sci-Fi asking about the date.  I'm always a little nervous (being a "nobody" at the moment) to email a publisher, but they got back to me quickly.

Also, I'm waiting to hear back about a couple of contests I've entered, so hopefully some more good news soon.

RLR

"Blessed are the Sowers," to be published by Daily SF (my first pro rate sale!)

I just learned today that Daily Science Fiction (http://dailysciencefiction.com/) is going to publish a flash piece of mine titled, "Blessed are the Sowers."  This will be my first "pro" rate sale (meaning I get 5 cents a word.  So... probably $50.)  Woohoo, I'm RICH!!!!!  [CORRECTION: it's 8 cents a word, BIG TIME BABY!] This time I can take my wife to dinner without having to punch the waiter in the balls and make a dash for the exits!

And to think, just today I was a bit bummed to have another story of mine savaged (somewhat deservedly) by an online writers group I'm part of (critters.org)

I'm not sure when "Blessed..." will come out, but I'll put a link up when it does.