Sunday, January 25, 2009

News

My writing has slowed down to a crawl but that's okay. I'm working on two short stories:

Dreaming: For the Apex anthology

Digging up the past: For the Devil's Food anthology

Last week I listed all the current anthologies within Duotrope and went through them one at a time. A couple sparked a minor creative thought but quickly petered out. The Apex anthology gave me an idea that grew and the Devil's Food anthology gave me an interesting idea which prompted a little bit of research, which led into a full blown idea.

I'm going to work slowly on both. We'll see how it goes.

Next: The preliminary ballot phase for The Stoker Awards has been announced. I'd like to congratulate Alexandra Sokoloff for being nominated in the "Superior Achievement in a Novel" category for "The Price" along with such mainstay notables as Stephen King, Jonathon Mayberry, and Brian Keene.

All AHWA members have just been mailed a member's badge to place on their websites and blogs. It has been created by the very talented David Schembri. David is also the Art Director for AHWA own magazine Midnight Echo. I purchased the first issue of the magazine in print so I can testify to David's genius. If you happen to be in the market for artwork for anything, do yourself a favour and contact David to discuss how he can bring your visions to life at rsc55468@bigpond.net.au.


4 comments:

  1. Best of luck with the short stories. I'm happy to say I'm working slowly on a few myself.

    The badge looks good. I think I'll have to add it soon.

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  2. Good luck with the stories.

    I'm delighted with the prelimary ballot for the stokers as it includes the brilliant Michael Stone & Joel Sutherland - two writers to watch out for. I'm going to have to add Alexandra Sokoloff to my 'to buy' list - her books look haunting.

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  3. Good luck with the pieces you're working on, BT. May I ask - what is the Apex anthology you refer to? I suppose I could just go Google it, but since I'm here... :op

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  4. Good luck with the short stories! The Devils Food anthology sounds : )

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