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antickmusings.blogspot.com - 1/21/2009
Eliminating Old Writers To Make Room For New Writers
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I spent the early evening finishing off a review for ComicMix (which should be posted tomorrow), and didn't manage to post anything during the day. So, since I do want to have something date-stamped every single day on this blog, I dig into the archives again, for things I said other places at ...

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Enter the Octopus — Chuck Dixon’s stupid gun mistakes every writer makes “Crotchety Old Fan” to guest blog at Cordwainer Smith website Win a copy of “Fragile Things” by Neil Gaiman Charles A. Tan on magazine/anthology redundancy Eliminating old writers to make room for new writers? ...

January 22, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker — It's the season for horror awards: Congrats to those who made it to the preliminary Stoker Ballot. Kelly Link is now the 5th juror for the Shirley Jackson Awards. As far as marketing is concerned, check out What An Independent Publicist Can Do For You and 7 Publishing Myths. Andrew Wheeler on not Eliminating Old Writers To Make Room for the New. Erik Mona on his Sword & Sorcery Vision Quest. J.M. McDermott's 2008 Year's Best list. Paul S. Kemp on his annual ...

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