There seem to be a lot of posts containing advice for writers in my RSS reader at the moment, so I thought it would be nice to share them with everyone. Let’s see …
First up we have Jeff Vandermeer reposting the start of his “Evil Monkey Guide to Creative Writing” at his recently-relocated blog.
Futurismic blogger and rising science fiction novelist Tobias Buckell is too modest to plug things from his own blog when he writes here, but I have no such shame; he’s got links to some extensive notes on plotting that were taken at the Taos Toolbox writer’s workshop .
Finally, Jetse de Vries is e-submissions fiction editor for Interzone the lessons he’s learned from reading the slush pile , and discusses the value of “trunking” stories that you just can’t seem to sell .
[Cross-posted to VCTB ]
If you write short fiction with an eye to getting published, you’re probably hungry for advice on how to make your manuscript survive the slush-pile process. So give thanks to Doug Cohen, fiction editor for Realms of Fantasy Magazine this insightful essay where he looks at the openings of genuine slush-pile survivor stories, and analyzes what it was about them that saved them from the default rejection note . Of course, not all parts of the writing process are quite so easily explained – witness Jim van Pelt talking about where story ideas come from . [Cross-posted to VCTB ]
download the Rand Corporation’s 1964 report document “Habitable Planets for Man” as a PDF file for personal use , a piece of work[SlushGod ] [image by SideLong ]
There’s a good in-depth interview with William Gibson on the College Crier website , where Gibson talks about the ideas and motivations that have informed his writing over the years.
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