Tag Archives: Reviews
Tangent Recommends Two of My Stories for 2013
Every January Tangent releases its recommended reading list for the previous year. Tangent is one of the two major science fiction review publications (the other is Locus), so a lot of people see its reviews and its recommendations. Last year, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dreams in Dust, Portraits from the Shadow, Reviews, The Schrödinger War
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Some Nice Words about “Portraits from the Shadow”
I don’t usually seek out reviews of my work, but someone pointed me to Tangent’s review of the issue of Intergalactic Medicine Show containing my story “Portraits from the Shadow.” I was gratified to see the reviewer, Michelle Ristuccia, had … Continue reading
Diabolical Plots Recommends “My Mask, Humanity”
I’ve had several of my stories reviewed over the past year. Sometimes the reviews are decent, sometime they’re only okay. (I’ve been fortunate that I’ve yet to receive a really scathing one.) I don’t try to put a lot stock into them, but it … Continue reading
Thanks for the Kind Words
I’ve gotten used to people I don’t know critiquing my stories. It’s happened numerous times now with several of my stories. Usually I’ll stumble across the review—sometimes they have nice things to say, and other times it seems like they … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Science Fiction, My Mask Humanity, Reviews
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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
Savaging the Classics
As my fiction starts to appear in pro-rate magazines, it’s also starting to gather reviews. I’ve had a few stories reviewed by some of the larger speculative fiction publications, like Locus and Tangent. They’ve been mixed, which I don’t think is particularly … Continue reading
Challenge the Way We Think
I came across a quote from Stephen Sondheim that I really liked: “If people have split views about your work, I think it’s flattering. I’d rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.” So true, so true… I … Continue reading
Dissecting “Observations on a Clock”
I’m still fairly new to the writing game, so it still surprises me when I see my story mentioned by people I don’t know. Michael Haynes runs a feature on his website called short story dissections*, wherein he takes a published … Continue reading
A Little Love for Thief
Rusty Keele runs a site called Best Science Fiction Stories. Every few days, he features a story that has caught his eye, and last Monday he featured my story “Thief of Futures.” Considering the number of speculative fiction stories published every … Continue reading
Thief Gets a Dose of Vinegar
As a writer, I never know what will happen to one of my stories once it’s out there. I expect people to read it, discuss it, and critique it as a piece of literature and (to a lesser extent) as commentary about … Continue reading
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