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Hopefull Monster News
It’s a been a busy few weeks for members of my writer’s group, Hopefull Monsters. Colum Paget sold his story “The Unfortunate Necessity of Regular Upgrades” to Kasma SF. Kasma is a fantastic up-and-coming small market that has published good stories from some good writers, including Robert … Continue reading
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Tagged Colum Paget, D.J. Cockburn, Michael Vella, Richard Zwicker
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It’s a Small (Genre) World and Some New Places to Visit
It’s a small genre world, and I found something cool at the same time. How’s that for an opening teaser? Now let me back up and explain…. Yesterday a reader named Joachim Boaz left a comment on a post I had written … Continue reading
Colum Paget Wins the James White Award
Colum Paget, Hopefull Monster’s man in Britain, has won the James White Award! The James White Award is one of the major speculative fiction awards for “amateur” writers, so the competition is tough. This year, Colum’s story “Invocation of the Lurker” … Continue reading
A Hopefull Monster Gets Shortlisted
It’s not often you get to say you know someone who has been shortlisted for a significant writing award, so it’s a pleasure to congratulate fellow Hopefull Monster Colum Paget for making the shortlist for the James White Award. The contest is … Continue reading
IN SITU Release Delayed Again
Recently, fellow Hopefull Monster Colum Paget wondered if the IN SITU anthology was becoming the next Last Dangerous Visions. I certainly hope not, but news I received last week isn’t encouraging. This anthology was original due out in February 2011. … Continue reading
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Tagged Colum Paget, Dagan Books, Hoodoo, Publishing
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A Little Shameless Promotion
Fellow Hopefull Monster, Colum Paget’s story “Love in a time of Bio-mal” is now available for free reading at Electric Spec. If you like slick, dark cyberpunk, you won’t be disappointed with this story or with most of Colum’s writing. … Continue reading
Must be the Season
Tracie McBride, our Hopefull Monster down under, has had a run of sales recently and commented that it “must be the season for acceptances”. I guess she was right. The day after she said that, I sold “The Last Horse” to Aoife’s … Continue reading
Title Me Thus, Sayeth Gomorrah
Titles fascinating me, partly because I find them extremely challenging to write—either a title comes to me in a shot of inspiration, or no amount of wringing the ol’ grey-matter brings one—but also because they come in so many forms, from … Continue reading
Fellow “Monster” Sells a Tale
I belong to a writing group called Hopefull Monsters (yes, the extra “L” is not mistake—at least that’s our story and we’re sticking with it). We’re all aspiring writers obsessed with speculative fiction. We’re sprinkled around the world, so I don’t think any … Continue reading
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