August 5, 2010 | Posted by Mark No matter what the e-book/iPad/tech-geeks/get it all free cos it’s online folks may say… There is something very special about seeing your work in print. I ordered my copy of Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction #33 last week as it features my story “Bird Talk”, and received it in the post the other day. What a thrill [...]
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August 1, 2010 | Posted by Mark In a previous post I mentioned Alt Hist before in a previous post. My plan was to start a Facebook page (and associated Twitter feed) to provide a news and discussion forum for anyone interested in historical fiction, whether it be “realistic” or alternate history. At the time I saw this as possibly growing into [...]
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July 1, 2010 | Posted by Mark I am really enjoying using Feedbooks over the last couple of days. My first story, The Human Factor, has now had over 80 downloads, which I think is fairly awesome really. It does seem that Science Fiction seems to do quite well. My other stories, The Honor of Rome and Tale of Tiel, which are [...]
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March 18, 2010 | Posted by Mark “I realized that my hands were shaking. I did not like surprises.” My story “The Easy River to Success” has been published by Planet Magazine! So if you want a tale full of danger, magic and intrigue head please take a look. You will also find plenty of other stories and artwork to interest you.
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February 4, 2010 | Posted by Mark Issue 32 of Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction is now available! Here is the issue’s table of contents: Editorial New Friends and Old! Stephen Theaker Newton Braddell and His Inconclusive Researches into the Unknown: the Conclusion! John Greenwood Miss Lavender Goes It Alone A Diabolical Persistence in Error A Hard Bargain Sembawang The Quarterly Review Audio Doctor [...]
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September 12, 2009 | Posted by Mark I was wondering which short fiction markets are fantasy writers’ favourites and why? My favourites tend to be based on positive good experience with editors in the past – i.e. they give some more than form feedback when rejecting my work – and/or because I feel comfortable with the content of the publication. So for [...]
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September 3, 2009 | Posted by Mark I saw this over at Enter the Octopus and felt to get the word out – looks like an excellent – a number of short interviews with the likes of Peter Beagle, Karen Joy Fowler, Michael Swanwick, Mary Rickert, Jeffrey Ford, John Kessel, Delia Sherman, Ellen Klages, Gene Wolfe, Charles de Lint, and Fantasy and [...]
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August 4, 2009 | Posted by Mark I found this very interesting interview with Stephen Theaker on Facebook – gives a real insight into the work of an editor of a small fiction magazine: The Science of Fiction: The Editors: Stephen Theaker
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