D. Thomas Minton
writes speculative fiction from his home in the mountains of British Columbia.
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“My Mask, Humanity” Get’s New Life
During my internet silence, I may not have been writing much, but I was fortunate to keep making some sales. Instead of dumping them all into a single post, I thought I’d spread them out a little (get some mileage … Continue reading
So I’ve Been Away for a Awhile. . . .
I don’t know if you noticed or not, but I’ve been away for a while. Not that I need to explain myself, but I want to. It’s a little therapeutic, I think. I last posted on Dec. 7 before leaving on a … Continue reading
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Creating vs. Analyzing
One of the things I like about National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, is I have to write fast to make it. Writing 50,000 words in 30 days means I need to average about 1,700 words a day, every day, … Continue reading
So Close, But Still a Success
National Novel Writing Month is officially over and for the first time I failed to make the target word count of 50,000 words by November 30th. I came up a few hundred words short (534 to be exact), but just couldn’t … Continue reading
Page Proofs for the End of the World
I got my page proofs for Wastelands 2, an upcoming anthology that will contain a reprint of my story “Dreams in Dust.” I’ve only gotten real honest-to-god page proofs a couple of times, but it’s always been exciting to receive them because they … Continue reading
Do We Really Get What We’re Reading?
While e-books have yet to replace print books in terms of sales (and incidentally, growth in sales seems to have slowed in recent years), they are a fixture in the marketplace and not going anywhere. Some people love them and some … Continue reading
After a Slow Start. . . .
My National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, got off to a slow start as I wrote less than 1,000 words over the first three days of November (I need to average ~1,700 words per day to reach NaNoWriMo’s 50,000-word target). This lackluster beginning … Continue reading
Hoodoo Now Available at Kasma SF
My new (but old) story “Hoodoo” went live today at Kasma SF. This story was originally printed in the shortlived and unfortunately overlooked Specutopia. I doubt more than a handful of people ever read it, which is unfortunate because I … Continue reading
Quarterreads Is Something Different
Have you ever noticed that most short fiction publications are variations on a narrow approach, especially if they are a revenue generating magazine? Most are simply extensions of the traditional publication model: a group of stories are assembled by an editor and sold as … Continue reading
“The Schrödinger War” Nabs Another Recognition
“The Schrödinger War” has been good to me. It was originally published in Lightspeed Magazine in September 2013, podcasted by Starship Sofa in 2014, and translated into Estonian this past month. It received good reviews from both Locus (and the always-difficult-to-please … Continue reading
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Tagged Lightspeed Magazine, Million Writers Award, Starship Sofa, The Schrödinger War
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