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The State of Short Fiction
jimhines.livejournal.com - 1/29/2009
The State of Short Fiction
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I have too many friends writing too many books. davidjwilliams just saw the mass market release of his novel Mirrored Heavens [ Amazon | Mysterious Galaxy ] . His cat Spartacus introduces the book over on Dave's blog , mentioning that "Iron Man meets Jason Bourne" and concluding "...my ...

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January 29, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker — Much stuff to do... Publishers Weekly on How Do You Go About Getting Blurbs? SF Signal on Shrewd Writing Advice From Some of Science Fiction's & Fantasy's Best Writers. Nick Mamatas has a post on the recent racism and other fiasco entitled MY GOD, WHAT HAVE THE NEGROES DONE!!! Jim C. Hines on The State of Short Fiction. Jennifer Pelland on The Privilege Pyramid. Penguin Con has a writing workshop with Jim C. Hines and Catherynne M. Valente. More on e-piracy from P.N. ...

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