Shannon Barber
from Seattle is reading Paradoxia: A Predators Diary by Lydia LunchSeptember 13, 2013 - 4:09pm
Hey Jeff I really dig your thing in Shotgun Honey. I'm bookmarking that zine.
Dino Parenti
from Los Angeles is reading Everything He Gets His Hands OnSeptember 13, 2013 - 6:30pm
Just read it, Jeff. Great voice and tale to go with it. The twist is really subtle. Totally dug it--congrats.
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesSeptember 14, 2013 - 7:49am
Jeff, nice work at SH. Love those guys.
So this just happened. The Horror Society has put together its first anthology and given out its first Igor award (Congratulations, Doug Lamoreux!). But how about this table of contents: Rosalie Blackthorn, Jason Brock, Carson Buckingham, Weldon Burge, Mort Castle, Charles Colyott, Dan Dillard, Aaron Warwick Dries, Dean Drinkel, Scott M. Goriscak, Nicholas Grabowsky, T.E. Grau, Dave Jeffrey, Lisamarie Lamb, Doug Lamoreux, Christian Larsen, Joe McKinney, William F. Nolan, Mark Onspaugh, Lee Pletzers, Kevin Ranson, Ian Rogers, Henry F. Snider III, Julianne Snow, L.L. Soares, Richard Thomas, Robert Shane Wilson, and Mercedes Murdock Yardley. Thrilled to have a story in here ("Victimized"). Shooting for October 15 of this year!
Sound
from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael WehuntSeptember 14, 2013 - 12:13pm
The Poseidon issue is now available on Amazon. It's filled with great stories by the authors listed below for a very reasonable, low price. If you like what we've put out so far, support us by purchasing your copy here.
Contents:
The Sand Baby by Shona Snowden
The Sea Came by Linda Hallgren
Lions Of A Stony Shore by Kelsie Hahn
Flood Savings by Michael Chaney
The Odyssey Of The Penelope Anne by Ken Goldman
The Paredrae by Jason Metz
Of The Sea by Matthew Brennan
An Evening Breakfast by Douglas Gibson
Double Income, No Kids by Zachary Houle
The Parts Which Make Us Whole by Emma McMorran
Sound
from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael WehuntSeptember 14, 2013 - 12:15pm
By the way, Jeff. Great story there. Loved the ending.
And congrats, Richard!
Renfield
from Hell is reading 20th Century GhostsSeptember 14, 2013 - 2:56pm
Paredrae was a WAR story yeah?
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeSeptember 14, 2013 - 6:47pm
Paredrae was a WAR story yeah?
I remember liking that one.
Dino Parenti
from Los Angeles is reading Everything He Gets His Hands OnSeptember 14, 2013 - 7:03pm
Looks sweet. Congrats on another cool release, Matt.
SRead
from Colorado is reading StoriesSeptember 14, 2013 - 7:06pm
Very excited for another installment, Matt. Mine should get here Wednesday. :)
Sound
from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael WehuntSeptember 14, 2013 - 8:21pm
Yup, that was a WAR Story. So was Emma's story. I think there's been four WAR stories in Pantheon so far.
@Dino & Sread: Thanks! Hope you both like it.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersSeptember 16, 2013 - 1:20pm
When i wrote it, i needed it to be short because of the kind of story it was. I thought if i could get it short enough for Shotgun Honey, it would be perfect. So i actually had to cut about 150 words to get it short enough. I learned a lot from cutting those words, like how often you don't need the word "the" or how simple it is to cut out pronouns. Anyway, there you go.
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesSeptember 18, 2013 - 11:16am
congrats, stephen
JEFFREY GRANT BARR
from Central OR is reading Nothing but fucking Shakespeare, for the rest of my lifeSeptember 18, 2013 - 12:02pm
Stephen, sweet! SH is blocked in my office, I will read it tonight. Congrats!
Renfield
from Hell is reading 20th Century GhostsSeptember 18, 2013 - 3:05pm
SH is blocked in my office
Your office is evil.
JEFFREY GRANT BARR
from Central OR is reading Nothing but fucking Shakespeare, for the rest of my lifeSeptember 18, 2013 - 3:32pm
SH is blocked in my office
Your office is evil.
That's why I work here. I love evil!
SConley
from Texas is reading Coin Locker BabiesSeptember 19, 2013 - 5:29am
I saw your story the other day, good job. My old job had Shotgun Honey blocked for a while too. I'm not sure why.
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesSeptember 20, 2013 - 12:10pm
I'm thrilled to finally announce the full TOC for EXIGENCIES, the neo-noir anthology of all new stories that I'm editing. I'm honored to have so many fantastic stories in this collection. Over 400 submissions made it VERY hard to narrow it down to 22. Out in early 2015 with Dark House Press.
Here you go: David James Keaton, “Queen Excluder;” Letitia Trent, “Wilderness;” Kevin Catalano, “Ceremony of the White Dog;” Usman Malik, “Going Home;” Faith Gardner, “My Mother’s Condition;” Axel Taiari, “Blood Price;” Pela Via, “After Lo;” Kenneth Cain, “Heirloom;” Amanda Gowin, “The Owl and the Cigarette;” Jason Metz, “Single Lens Reflection;” Joshua Blair, “Monster Season;” Rebecca Jones-Howe, “Cat Calls;” Brendan Detzner, “Figure Eight;” Sarah Read, “The Eye Liars;” Bill Johnson, “Searching for Gloria;” Barbara Duffey, “And All Night Long We Have Not Stirred;” Adam Peterson, “Everything in Its Place;” Marytza Rubio, “Brujeria for Beginners;” Nathan Beauchamp, “The Mother;” Heather Foster, “The Armadillo;” Alex Kane, “Fragile Magic;” and Mark Jaskowski, “Desert Ghosts.”
You may recognize a few names, yeah? :-)
Vonnegut Check
from Baltimore
September 21, 2013 - 5:27pm
I wrote something for Monday Night. It contains sentences and paragraphs comprised of misspelled words. You can read said misspelled words here, or you can buy the magazine here.
Word.
Michael J. Riser
from CA, TX, Japan, back to CA is reading The Tyrant - Michael Cisco, The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino IglesiasSeptember 22, 2013 - 10:33am
Really proud of this one as it does exactly what I want it to and nothing more or less, and that's in a lot of ways thanks to early readers here. It was done originally as part of the LR Scare challenge, and while it hasn't changed a ton, this subsequent draft ended up a lot better.
Thanks to all you cool cats and kittens.
Check it out here. It has lots of creepy stuff, dead stuff, and severed genitals, yet I hope manages to capture some much more important things underneath. It's a story that matters a lot to me.
voodoo_em
from England is reading All the books by Ira LevinSeptember 24, 2013 - 1:54am
Congrats RMS, nice non-conventional structure & bad spellings :)
Congrats Richard & everyone in Exigencies.
Vonnegut Check
from Baltimore
September 25, 2013 - 5:05pm
Thanks, Em. I thought that this story would be considered crass by most editors and thus perpetually rejected. It's nice to be wrong.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersSeptember 27, 2013 - 1:04pm
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesSeptember 30, 2013 - 2:05pm
Thrilled to announce that my story "Rapture" was just accepted for the Aphrodite themed issue of Pantheon Magazine, out in 2014 (April, I think). I also have a story, "Head Like a Hole" in the Dionysus issue, out this January, as well. I love what they're doing with these mythological figures. Thank you, Matt Garcia, for the continued support.
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesSeptember 30, 2013 - 2:06pm
oh, and in case you missed it, here is a sample of the interior art for THE NEW BLACK. if you recognize the style, it's Luke Spooner (L.A. Spooner / Carrion House) who did a lot of the Pantheon artwork. we did one object to open each short story, so 20 in all.
SRead
from Colorado is reading StoriesSeptember 30, 2013 - 2:36pm
Congrats, Richard! We get to be Dionysus buddies. :)
And I love Luke's art--very excited to hear he'll be working on The New Black. When I first saw you post it I was all "ooh bunny!!!" because I love bunnies, and then I saw the story title, and I was all "oh. shit. bunny."
Jack Campbell Jr.
from Lawrence, KS is reading American Rust by Phillipp MeyerSeptember 30, 2013 - 2:43pm
Yeah, that is a dark, disturbing bunny story. Very awesome.
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesOctober 1, 2013 - 9:27am
lol...@sarah. thanks. stoked on Dionysus! and yeah, that bunny. poor bunny. @jack - wonderful story, right? love it so much. it was the first one i went after when i started this anthology.
Dean Blake
from Australia is reading generationend.comOctober 8, 2013 - 5:44pm
Some great stuff posted above, especially the artwork.
Anyway, here's my whoring: I've got a new book of short stories out for kindle!
Here's the blurb on Amazon:
“SHORT STORIES FROM A GENERATION CONSUMED BY VANITY, SELF-INDULGENCE, AND A TWISTED UNDERSTANDING OF LOVE AND HEARTBREAK”
Australian author Dean Blake has once again demonstrated his mastery of the art of storytelling in this much-anticipated collection of short stories.
From a satirical tale of a group of teenagers who crave nothing but perfection to a horrific account of a young man who claims to eat people, Surface Children introduces its readers to a generation consumed by vanity, self-indulgence, violence, and a twisted understanding of love and heartbreak.
Addictive, funny, brave, and sometimes heartbreaking, Surface Children is said to be Dean Blake’s most significant work to date.
Michael J. Riser
from CA, TX, Japan, back to CA is reading The Tyrant - Michael Cisco, The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino IglesiasOctober 12, 2013 - 7:48am
Congrats Eddie, Fritz, and Dean. And of course Richard. "Casa de Perros" almost made it in Dionysus, but wasn't quite a right fit for the theme (I was reaching a bit)... it's been rejected with high compliments and invites to resubmit 3 times now. Bit frustrated with the little bastard.
Oh and Dean, that's a great title for the book, very cool.
Dino Parenti
from Los Angeles is reading Everything He Gets His Hands OnOctober 12, 2013 - 6:14pm
That's awesome, Dean--congrats!
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesOctober 14, 2013 - 11:50am
ah, sorry, michael. hope you're doing okay.
Mark Bradley Mason
from Kettering is reading The Ragged Trousered PhilanthropistsOctober 14, 2013 - 2:28pm
It is the early years of the twenty-first century in small town England. Jack Edwards is lost in a lifestyle merry-go-round of work, drink, drugs and the resulting comedown. He is desperately trying to lead a different life, a happy life and to be a good father to his six year old son, Tom, whom he worships.
One Christmas the chance comes to change everything. With the break-up of his marriage, Jack finally has the opportunity to escape and travel the world. The sole downside is leaving the only thing he ever loved, Tom.
Jack eventually makes the leap, heading to America and the legends he has read about and listened to his whole life. Through the many miles on the road, Jack discovers much about what it means to be happy and how the journey is not as straightforward as it seems.
Our Endless Covered Ways is the story of a man struggling with the idea of the future amid trivialities and narrow horizons of a limited life. The story will resonate with a generation alive with desire and anyone who ever dreamed of escape.
Gordon Highland
from Kansas City is reading Secondhand Souls by Christopher MooreOctober 14, 2013 - 2:38pm
Your very first post is to pimp your own book?? Bad form, man. Participate in some of the discussions awhile first; earn that privilege.
Mark Bradley Mason
from Kettering is reading The Ragged Trousered PhilanthropistsOctober 14, 2013 - 2:58pm
I thought this was the Official Whoring Thread, not the Official Philanthropy Thread. Oh, well.
Gordon Highland
from Kansas City is reading Secondhand Souls by Christopher MooreOctober 14, 2013 - 3:05pm
This thread is, yes, but there's a large community forum that it would help to ingratiate yourself with first, or they'll see you as a spammer. I'd suggest maybe an introduction thread.
Mark Bradley Mason
from Kettering is reading The Ragged Trousered PhilanthropistsOctober 14, 2013 - 3:29pm
I understand your point. We'll agree to disagree. Positivity for someone's achievement would be good. God knows it's hard enough to get recognized.
Dwayne
from Cincinnati, Ohio (suburbs) is reading books that rotate to often to keep this updatedOctober 14, 2013 - 5:24pm
Hey Mason, congrats and it is good to see anyone get any traction, but I think you might have misunderstood Gordan. It isn't a slap on the wrist (or I don't think it was, not trying to speak for him), it is an observation. We are a fairly tight knit group, and love or hate one another everybody knows everybody. Sort of like a small town, but online. So when we see someone posting that as there first post we doubt that it is them. I didn't even think you were you; I thought it was a spam bot or someone abusing the affiliate system until I read on and saw you said stuff.
If you put up an intro thread, even if it just says "Hey, I'm Mark Bradley Mason, I like puppies and ice cream, I put some stuff up over the OWT," we all think of you as a writing human instead of a spam bot/affiliate abuser and everyone is happier. More of us will look at your work which you want and we won't feel put off by (in this case) non nonexistent spam.
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesOctober 15, 2013 - 2:38pm
Imagine walking into a party and the first words out of your mouth are, "HEY, I have a novel on Amazon, Goodreads, Barnes & Noble," then walking out. That's essentially what you did. Not "Hi, I'm Mark, man it's cold outside. Where's the beer? Oh, I love Bell's. Man, that's a cool tattoo. Oh, what? Why yes, I'm a writer, too. Just had a novel come out."
Welcome to LR.
I dig that cover, especially the title letters kind of melting. Sounds cool.
Meanwhile...peep this. Can't comment yet. But I love the artwork that Written Backwards is doing (see Chiral Mad 2, above)
Sound
from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael WehuntOctober 15, 2013 - 2:48pm
Looks very cool, Richard. Been trying to get into a few print anthos myself, but I don't really know where to look for them. Any way to somehow look for them easily on Duotrope or some other site?
Renfield
from Hell is reading 20th Century GhostsOctober 15, 2013 - 3:00pm
The calender thing on Duotrope is okay but I hear of more anthos through twitter and such by keeping a sharp eye out. Not that it's helped me land any great anthologies, but it's a start. Also on Duotrope if you go into the "Exclusions" section on the search you can search for just anthologies.
Sound
from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael WehuntOctober 15, 2013 - 3:06pm
Ah, cool. Thanks Ren.
Devon Robbins
from Utah is reading The Least Of My Scars by Stephen Graham JonesOctober 15, 2013 - 3:38pm
I never hear about anthologies until they're already put together and getting whored out. Maybe one day we'll learn the secret.
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesOctober 15, 2013 - 7:35pm
yeah, Duotrope includes anthologies. ALSO, join some of the groups on Facebook, here are links (not that I need MORE competition):
Richard is everywhere! Great job, you're kicking ass!
And I have a story at Shotgun Honey, one of the best online crime mags going today:
The Weight by Jeff Barr
Hey Jeff I really dig your thing in Shotgun Honey. I'm bookmarking that zine.
Just read it, Jeff. Great voice and tale to go with it. The twist is really subtle. Totally dug it--congrats.
Jeff, nice work at SH. Love those guys.
So this just happened. The Horror Society has put together its first anthology and given out its first Igor award (Congratulations, Doug Lamoreux!). But how about this table of contents: Rosalie Blackthorn, Jason Brock, Carson Buckingham, Weldon Burge, Mort Castle, Charles Colyott, Dan Dillard, Aaron Warwick Dries, Dean Drinkel, Scott M. Goriscak, Nicholas Grabowsky, T.E. Grau, Dave Jeffrey, Lisamarie Lamb, Doug Lamoreux, Christian Larsen, Joe McKinney, William F. Nolan, Mark Onspaugh, Lee Pletzers, Kevin Ranson, Ian Rogers, Henry F. Snider III, Julianne Snow, L.L. Soares, Richard Thomas, Robert Shane Wilson, and Mercedes Murdock Yardley. Thrilled to have a story in here ("Victimized"). Shooting for October 15 of this year!
The Poseidon issue is now available on Amazon. It's filled with great stories by the authors listed below for a very reasonable, low price. If you like what we've put out so far, support us by purchasing your copy here.
Contents:
The Sand Baby by Shona Snowden
The Sea Came by Linda Hallgren
Lions Of A Stony Shore by Kelsie Hahn
Flood Savings by Michael Chaney
The Odyssey Of The Penelope Anne by Ken Goldman
The Paredrae by Jason Metz
Of The Sea by Matthew Brennan
An Evening Breakfast by Douglas Gibson
Double Income, No Kids by Zachary Houle
The Parts Which Make Us Whole by Emma McMorran
By the way, Jeff. Great story there. Loved the ending.
And congrats, Richard!
Paredrae was a WAR story yeah?
I remember liking that one.
Looks sweet. Congrats on another cool release, Matt.
Very excited for another installment, Matt. Mine should get here Wednesday. :)
Yup, that was a WAR Story. So was Emma's story. I think there's been four WAR stories in Pantheon so far.
@Dino & Sread: Thanks! Hope you both like it.
Newest Community Spotlight!
Support your local writers.
My story went live at Shotgun Honey today:
http://shotgunhoney.net/2013/09/oddjobs-by-stephen-conley.html
When i wrote it, i needed it to be short because of the kind of story it was. I thought if i could get it short enough for Shotgun Honey, it would be perfect. So i actually had to cut about 150 words to get it short enough. I learned a lot from cutting those words, like how often you don't need the word "the" or how simple it is to cut out pronouns. Anyway, there you go.
congrats, stephen
Stephen, sweet! SH is blocked in my office, I will read it tonight. Congrats!
Your office is evil.
That's why I work here. I love evil!
I saw your story the other day, good job. My old job had Shotgun Honey blocked for a while too. I'm not sure why.
I'm thrilled to finally announce the full TOC for EXIGENCIES, the neo-noir anthology of all new stories that I'm editing. I'm honored to have so many fantastic stories in this collection. Over 400 submissions made it VERY hard to narrow it down to 22. Out in early 2015 with Dark House Press.
Here you go: David James Keaton, “Queen Excluder;” Letitia Trent, “Wilderness;” Kevin Catalano, “Ceremony of the White Dog;” Usman Malik, “Going Home;” Faith Gardner, “My Mother’s Condition;” Axel Taiari, “Blood Price;” Pela Via, “After Lo;” Kenneth Cain, “Heirloom;” Amanda Gowin, “The Owl and the Cigarette;” Jason Metz, “Single Lens Reflection;” Joshua Blair, “Monster Season;” Rebecca Jones-Howe, “Cat Calls;” Brendan Detzner, “Figure Eight;” Sarah Read, “The Eye Liars;” Bill Johnson, “Searching for Gloria;” Barbara Duffey, “And All Night Long We Have Not Stirred;” Adam Peterson, “Everything in Its Place;” Marytza Rubio, “Brujeria for Beginners;” Nathan Beauchamp, “The Mother;” Heather Foster, “The Armadillo;” Alex Kane, “Fragile Magic;” and Mark Jaskowski, “Desert Ghosts.”
You may recognize a few names, yeah? :-)
I wrote something for Monday Night. It contains sentences and paragraphs comprised of misspelled words. You can read said misspelled words here, or you can buy the magazine here.
Word.
Got another one up at Deimos eZine's fourth issue, The Pursuit of Love and Labor.
Really proud of this one as it does exactly what I want it to and nothing more or less, and that's in a lot of ways thanks to early readers here. It was done originally as part of the LR Scare challenge, and while it hasn't changed a ton, this subsequent draft ended up a lot better.
Thanks to all you cool cats and kittens.
Check it out here. It has lots of creepy stuff, dead stuff, and severed genitals, yet I hope manages to capture some much more important things underneath. It's a story that matters a lot to me.
Congrats RMS, nice non-conventional structure & bad spellings :)
Congrats Richard & everyone in Exigencies.
Thanks, Em. I thought that this story would be considered crass by most editors and thus perpetually rejected. It's nice to be wrong.
New Spotlight Article featuring our War King, TomorrowHill (aka Chris Lewis Carter)!
Thrilled to announce that my story "Rapture" was just accepted for the Aphrodite themed issue of Pantheon Magazine, out in 2014 (April, I think). I also have a story, "Head Like a Hole" in the Dionysus issue, out this January, as well. I love what they're doing with these mythological figures. Thank you, Matt Garcia, for the continued support.
oh, and in case you missed it, here is a sample of the interior art for THE NEW BLACK. if you recognize the style, it's Luke Spooner (L.A. Spooner / Carrion House) who did a lot of the Pantheon artwork. we did one object to open each short story, so 20 in all.
Congrats, Richard! We get to be Dionysus buddies. :)
And I love Luke's art--very excited to hear he'll be working on The New Black. When I first saw you post it I was all "ooh bunny!!!" because I love bunnies, and then I saw the story title, and I was all "oh. shit. bunny."
Yeah, that is a dark, disturbing bunny story. Very awesome.
lol...@sarah. thanks. stoked on Dionysus! and yeah, that bunny. poor bunny. @jack - wonderful story, right? love it so much. it was the first one i went after when i started this anthology.
Some great stuff posted above, especially the artwork.
Anyway, here's my whoring: I've got a new book of short stories out for kindle!
Here's the blurb on Amazon:
“SHORT STORIES FROM A GENERATION CONSUMED BY VANITY, SELF-INDULGENCE, AND A TWISTED UNDERSTANDING OF LOVE AND HEARTBREAK”
Australian author Dean Blake has once again demonstrated his mastery of the art of storytelling in this much-anticipated collection of short stories.
From a satirical tale of a group of teenagers who crave nothing but perfection to a horrific account of a young man who claims to eat people, Surface Children introduces its readers to a generation consumed by vanity, self-indulgence, violence, and a twisted understanding of love and heartbreak.
Addictive, funny, brave, and sometimes heartbreaking, Surface Children is said to be Dean Blake’s most significant work to date.
You can check it out here: http://amzn.to/176WGY2
very cool, congrats, dean.
This just went up on Danse Macabre
http://dmdujour.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/eddie-macnamara-steak-and-lobster/
http://pantheonmag.com/one-homecoming-jason-lairamore/
something for you guys to read - part one!
Congrats Eddie, Fritz, and Dean. And of course Richard. "Casa de Perros" almost made it in Dionysus, but wasn't quite a right fit for the theme (I was reaching a bit)... it's been rejected with high compliments and invites to resubmit 3 times now. Bit frustrated with the little bastard.
Oh and Dean, that's a great title for the book, very cool.
That's awesome, Dean--congrats!
ah, sorry, michael. hope you're doing okay.
It is the early years of the twenty-first century in small town England. Jack Edwards is lost in a lifestyle merry-go-round of work, drink, drugs and the resulting comedown. He is desperately trying to lead a different life, a happy life and to be a good father to his six year old son, Tom, whom he worships.
One Christmas the chance comes to change everything. With the break-up of his marriage, Jack finally has the opportunity to escape and travel the world. The sole downside is leaving the only thing he ever loved, Tom.
Jack eventually makes the leap, heading to America and the legends he has read about and listened to his whole life. Through the many miles on the road, Jack discovers much about what it means to be happy and how the journey is not as straightforward as it seems.
Our Endless Covered Ways is the story of a man struggling with the idea of the future amid trivialities and narrow horizons of a limited life. The story will resonate with a generation alive with desire and anyone who ever dreamed of escape.
https://www.facebook.com/#!/OurEndlessCoveredWays
http://www.amazon.com/Endless-Covered-Ways-Bradley-Mason/dp/1612962564/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_tnr_1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Endless-Covered-Ways-Bradley-Mason/dp/1612962564/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_t_1_4N28
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/our-endless-covered-ways-mark-bradley-mason/1116968588?ean=9781612962566
Your very first post is to pimp your own book?? Bad form, man. Participate in some of the discussions awhile first; earn that privilege.
I thought this was the Official Whoring Thread, not the Official Philanthropy Thread. Oh, well.
This thread is, yes, but there's a large community forum that it would help to ingratiate yourself with first, or they'll see you as a spammer. I'd suggest maybe an introduction thread.
I understand your point. We'll agree to disagree. Positivity for someone's achievement would be good. God knows it's hard enough to get recognized.
Hey Mason, congrats and it is good to see anyone get any traction, but I think you might have misunderstood Gordan. It isn't a slap on the wrist (or I don't think it was, not trying to speak for him), it is an observation. We are a fairly tight knit group, and love or hate one another everybody knows everybody. Sort of like a small town, but online. So when we see someone posting that as there first post we doubt that it is them. I didn't even think you were you; I thought it was a spam bot or someone abusing the affiliate system until I read on and saw you said stuff.
If you put up an intro thread, even if it just says "Hey, I'm Mark Bradley Mason, I like puppies and ice cream, I put some stuff up over the OWT," we all think of you as a writing human instead of a spam bot/affiliate abuser and everyone is happier. More of us will look at your work which you want and we won't feel put off by (in this case) non nonexistent spam.
Imagine walking into a party and the first words out of your mouth are, "HEY, I have a novel on Amazon, Goodreads, Barnes & Noble," then walking out. That's essentially what you did. Not "Hi, I'm Mark, man it's cold outside. Where's the beer? Oh, I love Bell's. Man, that's a cool tattoo. Oh, what? Why yes, I'm a writer, too. Just had a novel come out."
Welcome to LR.
I dig that cover, especially the title letters kind of melting. Sounds cool.
Meanwhile...peep this. Can't comment yet. But I love the artwork that Written Backwards is doing (see Chiral Mad 2, above)
Looks very cool, Richard. Been trying to get into a few print anthos myself, but I don't really know where to look for them. Any way to somehow look for them easily on Duotrope or some other site?
The calender thing on Duotrope is okay but I hear of more anthos through twitter and such by keeping a sharp eye out. Not that it's helped me land any great anthologies, but it's a start. Also on Duotrope if you go into the "Exclusions" section on the search you can search for just anthologies.
Ah, cool. Thanks Ren.
I never hear about anthologies until they're already put together and getting whored out. Maybe one day we'll learn the secret.
yeah, Duotrope includes anthologies. ALSO, join some of the groups on Facebook, here are links (not that I need MORE competition):
Horror: http://www.facebook.com/groups/384615034930975/ (for pay only)
Fantasy/SF: http://www.facebook.com/groups/440107622678110/
Crime/Thriller/Myster: http://www.facebook.com/groups/493431704005291/
the Chiral Mad 2, for instance, i just stumbled upon. a friend got in, and then i saw they were still open.
Thanks, Richard.
Thanks for posting those links, Richard.