tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22274030758588572112024-02-21T02:20:57.373-08:00Van AlrikScience fiction writerVanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-32420281495010810842019-10-09T00:14:00.001-07:002019-10-09T00:14:26.436-07:00A Year of SilenceJust noticed it's been over a year since I last posted and thought I had better commemorate it somehow. So here's a poem:<br />
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Prolificity<br />
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by<br />
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Van Alrik<br />
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prolificity<br />
oh how hardly<br />
anon I knew thee<br />
and here I see<br />
where once ye be<br />
now only<br />
sterility<br />
yet maybe<br />
perchance we see<br />
presently<br />
the germ of thee<br />
from the skree<br />
the budding panacee<br />
of prolificityVanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-12855795756917794632018-10-06T23:15:00.002-07:002018-10-06T23:19:25.724-07:00The Church of Raw Is Live!<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This one went around the block a few times, but it's finally out in Thuggish Itch: Scientific: </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2y6E6D9" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2y6E6D9</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Turns out I did have a couple of other pubs (in the pre-hiatus hiatus...) which I've added to the Biblio page, so check them out.</span>Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-41150206766859697442018-04-16T22:01:00.001-07:002018-04-16T22:01:07.806-07:00Hiatus...EndingJust wanted to take a minute and draw attention to how long it's been since I posted anything. And no, I haven't published much in the interim. I think I had one additional publication, but I'll have to go check now to make sure. It's been a while.<br />
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However -- I have managed to keep submitting to Writers of the Future each quarter, and I got another Honorable Mention today. So that's why I'm here. Hopefully I'll be back before another two years pass.Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-79125487778256557102016-10-31T21:30:00.001-07:002016-10-31T21:32:09.677-07:00Life of Orpheus Is Live!I had a new story posted on Sci Phi Journal today: <a href="http://www.sciphijournal.com/life-of-orpheus-by-carl-grafe/" target="_blank">http://www.sciphijournal.com/life-of-orpheus-by-carl-grafe/</a>.<br />
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This was actually one of the first stories I wrote, so it has quite a bit of sentimental value for me. It's a little rough around the edges, but nice to see it in print. Plus, it has a really cool cover image:<br />
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It's been a while since I posted last, but I've actually been doing quite a bit of writing, just not a lot of posting. I'm probably posting more frequently over at @vjalrik on Twitter now (though still infrequent...), so I'll see if I can get a feed up on here. I'll have some more news coming up in the next couple of months!Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-75917918311707358452016-06-03T11:49:00.002-07:002016-06-03T11:49:32.157-07:00New Work-in-ProgressJust a quick note I've started a new novel. This one's meant to be a middle grade science fiction, and I have to admit I'm pretty excited about it. I'm updating my word counts in the bar at the top, so follow along!Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-38078028158644681642016-05-04T20:24:00.004-07:002016-05-04T20:24:57.158-07:00Since I Haven't Put the Cover Up Here Yet...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-72467812149626555282016-04-30T23:04:00.002-07:002016-04-30T23:04:16.161-07:00Managing Rejection Smashwords Edition Is UpNow available <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/633572" target="_blank">on Smashwords</a>!Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-3854565263111417912016-04-22T15:26:00.002-07:002016-04-22T15:26:46.951-07:00Managing Rejection Is Live!My first nonfiction book, Managing Rejection: How to Measure Success as an Aspiring Science Fiction Author, is now available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01ENRRHG0/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1461363589&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=managing+rejection&dpPl=1&dpID=51N5XBvdTzL&ref=plSrch" target="_blank">Amazon</a>.<br />
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It goes over some methods I developed for tracking short story submission performance. It's pretty cool, so check it out! I hope it proves to be as useful for other writers as it has been for me.Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-47644615324466084952016-03-14T21:30:00.001-07:002016-03-14T21:30:48.455-07:00Fiddling with Layouts and Other Chaotic NewsI went ahead and combined my old blog with my pen name blog, which naturally went completely smoothly without any problems of any kind.<br />
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Hopefully I'll be able to get all the bugs worked out...someday.<br />
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But for now, this is home, my one and only. I have some stories out making the rounds, working on some other things, and should have some news to post soon....Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-45258947412713070492016-02-03T20:16:00.000-08:002016-03-14T21:32:59.574-07:00Current Flash Markets<b id="docs-internal-guid-28688088-aa76-ab37-8d6f-124800aea214" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><br />
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Market Name"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">Market Name</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Flash Word Count"]" style="font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">Flash Word Count</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Acceptance Rate"]" style="font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">Acceptance Rate</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Mean Response Time (Median)"]" style="font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">Mean Response Time (Median)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"SpeckLit"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">SpeckLit</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"up to 100"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">up to 100</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.6176]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.6176</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"42 (43)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">42 (43)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Timeless Tales"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Timeless Tales</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"up to 2,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">up to 2,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.2857]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.2857</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"43 (55)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">43 (55)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Nature: Futures"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Nature: Futures</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"850 to 950"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">850 to 950</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.2]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.2</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"62 (61)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">62 (61)</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"The Colored Lens"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">The Colored Lens</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"up to 2,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">up to 2,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.25]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.25</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"20 (1)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">20 (1)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Bete Noire"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Bete Noire</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"100 to 2,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">100 to 2,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.1818]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.1818</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"51 (57)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">51 (57)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Unlikely Story"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Unlikely Story</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"up to 2,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">up to 2,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.1162]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.1162</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"49 (33)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">49 (33)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"500 to 2000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">500 to 2000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0804]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.0804</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"79 (76)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">79 (76)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Fantasy Scroll Mag"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Fantasy Scroll Mag</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"up to 1,500"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">up to 1,500</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0559]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.0559</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"36 (30)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">36 (30)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"On Spec"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">On Spec</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"up to 1,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">up to 1,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0526]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.0526</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"202 (203)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">202 (203)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Unsung Stories"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Unsung Stories</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"up to 2,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">up to 2,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0508]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.0508</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"29 (25)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">29 (25)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"T. Gene Davis's Speculative Blog"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">T. Gene Davis's Speculative Blog</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"250 to 2,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">250 to 2,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0444]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.0444</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"14 (12)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">14 (12)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Drabblecast"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Drabblecast</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"500 to 2,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">500 to 2,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.043]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.043</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"11 (5)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">11 (5)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Plasma Frequency Magazine"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Plasma Frequency Magazine</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"up to 2,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">up to 2,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0375]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.0375</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"15 (11)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">15 (11)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Blue Monday Review"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Blue Monday Review</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"up to 2,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">up to 2,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0363]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.0363</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"49 (60)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">49 (60)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"DarkFuse Magazine"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">DarkFuse Magazine</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"99 to 999"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">99 to 999</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0339]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.0339</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"119 (150)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">119 (150)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Orthogonal"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Orthogonal</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"5 to 1,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">5 to 1,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0328]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.0328</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"40 (42)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">40 (42)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Spark: A Creative Anthology"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Spark: A Creative Anthology</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"up to 1,500"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">up to 1,500</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0323]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.0323</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"103 (100)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">103 (100)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Fantastic Stories of the Imagination"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Fantastic Stories of the Imagination</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"up to 2,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">up to 2,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0179]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.0179</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"12 (5)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">12 (5)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Strangelet"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Strangelet</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"up to 2,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">up to 2,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0093]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0.0093</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"25 (23)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">25 (23)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Devilfish Review"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Devilfish Review</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"up to 500"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">up to 500</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"82 (104)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">82 (104)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"up to 2,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">up to 2,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"1 (1)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">1 (1)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Pinball"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Pinball</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"up to 2,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">up to 2,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"19 (20)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">19 (20)</span></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Three-Lobed Burning Eye"]" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; wrap-strategy: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Three-Lobed Burning Eye</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"500 to 1,000"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">500 to 1,000</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">0</span></td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"35 (23)"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: white;">35 (23)</span></td></tr>
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<br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These were identified from searches during 1/23-1/27/2016 for currently open science fiction flash that were listed as semi-pro or better (at least $0.01/word) with at least 5 submissions in the past year. I defined flash liberally with stories up to 2,000 words (and capped at that point for markets accepting longer work), and I considered a market a flash market if their guidelines limited submissions to that range, specifically mentioned that they accepted guidelines with upper bounds within that range, specifically mentioned (favorably) accepting "flash," or had word count guidelines such that it could be expected that at least 50% of submissions would fall within that range. There are certainly other listed markets that accept flash, but since they don't explicitly say they do, I'd say submitter beware.</span><br />
<br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I considered including temporarily closed markets in this list as well, but The Grinder is always in flux anyway, so by the time those markets re-opened this analysis would be out of date and many new flash markets would likely be available. As of last week, these were the solid options. I'll update it when this list starts feeling stale....</span></span></b><br />Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-15559394898184449802016-01-20T20:38:00.000-08:002016-03-14T20:12:48.720-07:00Zertanzten Is Live!Read it at <a href="http://www.bdlit.com/zertanzten.html" target="_blank">Black Denim Lit</a>!Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-2027154834118795662016-01-13T22:18:00.001-08:002016-01-13T22:18:40.977-08:00Why Heinlein's Rules Are Almost Impossible to FollowIt's been a while since I wrote anything on here, but I've been busy.... Hopefully I'll have something worth showing for it soon.<br />
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I've been reading <a href="http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/" target="_blank">Dean Wesley Smith's</a> posts on <a href="http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/heinleins-rules/" target="_blank">Heinlein's Rules</a> for writing, and I was wondering, since the rules really are pretty straightforward, just what is it about them that makes them so "amazingly hard" to follow? Anyone can write a story, finish it, and send it off to an editor. Not rewriting should be even easier: just don't do it. So as I've thought about it all (and by default), I think the hardness really comes down to Rule #5: "You must keep it on the market until sold."<br />
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Assume that a fledgling writer is determined to follow Heinlein's Rules to the letter. So continuously writing -- let's assume short stories for simplicity -- and these short stories are completed at a constant rate and immediately put on the market. Think of a simple <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compartmental_models_in_epidemiology" target="_blank">compartmental model</a>, with two compartments, <i>Submissions</i> and <i>Publications</i>, where the former is, as one might expect, the number of submissions the writer has out at a given time, and the latter is the total number of acceptances from those submissions. A new story moves into the submissions compartment at rate alpha (α), is accepted at rate sigma (σ), and is rejected and thus immediately resubmitted to another market at rate gamma (γ). <br />
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The impossibility occurs as a result of the generally low acceptance rates at most markets, even for established authors, which, if the writer is holding fast to Heinlein's other rules, leads to an ever increasing pool of stories to submit. Imagine a new writer, albeit a talented one, who writes and submits α = 1 new story each week and consistently achieves a 5% acceptance rate (σ = 0.05), leaving 95% with rejections to resubmit (γ = 0.95). This writer writes stories that are appropriate for any and all markets, and takes only 15 minute to make any formatting changes and compose a cover letter for each submission. Assume the writer splits his or her time 50/50 between writing and submitting, spending 10 hours on each per week, and that each market responds after an average of 10 weeks. At that rate, the writer would run out of time to submit new stories within 10 months (and only have one or two publications to show for it).<br />
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At this point, there are only three possibilities. One, the writer stops or slows writing new stories until enough previously written stories are sold to allow time for new stories. This violates Heinlein's Rule #1 and perhaps Rule #2. Two, the writer "retires" some stories that have received multiple rejections to make room for newer, better stories. This I believe to be the most common response in actuality, but, alas, it violates Rule #5. Three, and this is the only possible way to consistently keep up with the first four rules while also obeying the fifth, the writer must increase his or her acceptance rate. Seeing how it should be assumed the writer is already doing everything in his or her power to write the best story possible and submit it to the most appropriate market, this also appears to be by far the least likely option for a writer. Further considering that the acceptance rate would have to be 100% to keep the number of submissions from spiraling out of control, it is easy to see why Heinlein would consider this "amazingly hard."<br />
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Other choices of α, σ, and γ will lead to the same results. So while Heinlein's Rules are certainly worth aspiring to, and the longer writers can hold to them, the higher the number of publications they can expect, at some point the goal must by mathematical necessity collapse. Heinlein may have considered them hard, but to any writer with a lower than 100% acceptance rate, they are ultimately impossible. <br />
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So don't get too down on yourself when you're struggling to keep up your submissions: take a break, maybe consider putting that last rejected story in the trunk for a while, or just make sure your next story is unrejectable.<br />
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<br />Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-46459177843676365612015-10-05T20:44:00.002-07:002015-10-05T20:48:40.756-07:00Pro Markets Acceptance RatesI like to look at <a href="http://thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/" target="_blank">TheGrinder</a> periodically to see which science fiction short story markets have the highest acceptance rates, so here they are as of the beginning of October for your convenience.<br />
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Market"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<strong><a href="http://www.sfwa.org/" target="_blank">SFWA</a> Markets</strong></div>
</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Accept"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<strong>Accept</strong></div>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Nature"]" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 110%; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">Nature</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.1728]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.1728</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Daily Science Fiction"]" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 110%; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">Daily Science Fiction</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.1088]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.1088</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Unlikely Story"]" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 110%; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">Unlikely Story</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0877]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.0877</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"AE"]" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 110%; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">AE</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0825]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.0825</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Interfiction Online"]" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 110%; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">Interfiction Online</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0789]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.0789</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Escape Pod"]" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 110%; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">Escape Pod</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0645]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.0645</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Flash Fiction Online"]" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 110%; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">Flash Fiction Online</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0534]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.0534</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Beneath Ceaseless Skies"]" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 110%; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">Beneath Ceaseless Skies</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0524]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.0524</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Cricket"]" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 110%; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">Cricket</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0434]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.0434</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Orson Scott Card\u2019s InterGalactic Medicine Show"]" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 110%; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0333]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.0333</td></tr>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Lightspeed Magazine"]" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 110%; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">Lightspeed Magazine</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0278]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.0278</td></tr>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Clarkesworld Magazine"]" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 110%; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">Clarkesworld Magazine</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,0.0079]" style="padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.0079</td></tr>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Star Citizen Jump Point Magazine"]" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 110%; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;">Star Citizen Jump Point Magazine</td><td data-sheets-value="[null,2,"NA"]" style="padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">NA</td></tr>
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Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-8538333413852695442015-09-21T19:12:00.000-07:002015-09-21T19:12:02.676-07:00Timely Lilies, Lilacs, and Death Is Live!I published <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B015NG402Y" target="_blank">my first short story</a> today. It's a little darker than my novels have been, but very Tin Baxter. I entered it in Amazon Select to see how things are different, and I'll try to report back anything noteworthy. But for now -- <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B015NG402Y" target="_blank">STORY</a>!Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-1428922831676407522015-09-14T20:25:00.000-07:002015-09-14T20:25:18.122-07:00Character for Veracity Now Live on Smashwords!Up there now: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/555665">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/555665</a>. Guess this means I'd better get back to work and start another one.... I'm thinking gothic horror this time, with some light detective dissolution thrown in. I should have a formal announcement on what's coming up next month, so <b>watch out!</b>Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-46484038072267460612015-09-02T19:33:00.000-07:002015-09-02T19:35:18.663-07:00Character for Veracity Is Live!My second novel, Character for Veracity, is now available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B014TZ218A?ref=aw_sitb_digital-text" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and soon from <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/555665" target="_blank"><span id="goog_939477018"></span>Smashwords<span id="goog_939477019"></span></a>. Time to celebrate!<br />
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<br />Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-84307529924361872872015-08-18T09:13:00.001-07:002015-08-18T09:13:16.688-07:00The Trivial Thing in Trade PaperbackMy first book in hard copy: <a href="http://www.createspace.com/5678901" target="_blank">check it out!</a>Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-10873071843030691782015-08-11T16:51:00.001-07:002015-08-11T16:51:26.715-07:00Here Is the Cover for Character for Veracity!Getting close now.... I've been hanging on to this for a while so glad to have a minute to load it up. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-74118761927264558202015-08-05T21:58:00.002-07:002015-08-05T21:58:47.554-07:00Character for Veracity is 82% done!Winding down to the end now. Definitely not ending up as I expected, but it's starting to take on more of a dark Treasure Island feel, which I'm liking. Just need to wrap up a few loose ends and it'll be up, I'm thinking by the middle of the month!Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-12286736849206987302015-07-28T20:06:00.000-07:002016-03-14T20:12:48.736-07:00Hiatus!Taking a break from the blog to pursue writing under a pen name. I started self-publishing under it at the beginning of the year and so far have found it more gratifying than the submit-and-re-submit-and-re-submit grind. I may post another 6 months statistics at the end of the year, and at some point I'd like to compare my earnings from self-publishing with my 3 years of attempts in traditional small market publishing, but there won't be much else for a while. I don't plan on submitting any more stories for the rest of the year at least, but we'll see what happens....Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-79205589444724087342015-07-28T19:51:00.002-07:002015-07-28T19:51:31.791-07:00Character for Veracity Is 68% Done!Over two-thirds of the way done now. Not going to finish by the end of July, but making good progress. Cover reveal should be coming soon....Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-30432762279178316922015-07-20T21:23:00.000-07:002015-07-20T21:23:55.469-07:00Character for Veracity Is 51% Done!Over halfway done! This one has definitely gone a lot more smoothly than The Trivial Thing. I think I'm starting to get the process figured out.Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-75078530535271764192015-07-16T11:43:00.001-07:002015-07-16T11:43:19.944-07:00Character for Veracity Is 35% Done!Over a third of the way there (and only halfway through campnanowrimo.org...).Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227403075858857211.post-26517477102170585232015-06-30T11:40:00.000-07:002016-03-14T20:12:48.750-07:00Sunset in the Westerwald Is Live!I have a poem up in <a href="http://betenoiremagazine.com/" target="_blank">Bete Noire Magazine</a>'s Issue #19. This one addresses the dissonance between the Americanized fairy tale stories we're all familiar with and the Germanic originals. It's available on Smashwords, <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/549469" target="_blank">here</a>!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfftIBNyu6DPzkcXLtnppF3VsytrYgOs7zzRbO83bZdE1Go6Arn8TPSFbU5gf25z2K78QdLlysIwpuLe2aTcmuTPXOkKRq_Tlouv5Poe2k89HVNBhBxUSw1Ov694cZ4VMrBlXz8yHvygM/s1600/148c8cb67e39cf7b66925f1692310df6c0c835e9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfftIBNyu6DPzkcXLtnppF3VsytrYgOs7zzRbO83bZdE1Go6Arn8TPSFbU5gf25z2K78QdLlysIwpuLe2aTcmuTPXOkKRq_Tlouv5Poe2k89HVNBhBxUSw1Ov694cZ4VMrBlXz8yHvygM/s320/148c8cb67e39cf7b66925f1692310df6c0c835e9.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br />Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427068010027575431noreply@blogger.com0