Somehow, 2024 is over, so here's my retrospective for the year. If you're looking for my 2024 Awards Eligibility Post (AKA, everything I wrote or translated that was published in 2024), you can find it here! This post is broken into the following sections: Annual Statistics My Progress In Praise of Zine Fests My Struggles … Continue reading 2024 Annual Wrap-Up Post
Advice on Publishing Translations
It is truly thrilling to see more and more short fiction publishers accepting translations as publishers work to diversify the publishing industry. That said, I've encountered or observed a few hiccups along the way that can cause headaches for editors, translators, and authors alike, so I'd like to share my advice regarding some common problems. … Continue reading Advice on Publishing Translations
2022 Annual Wrap-Up Post
Happy New Year, everyone! I've already shouted about my publication successes for 2022 in my 2022 Awards Eligibility Post, so in this post, I thought I'd share some statistics about my submissions, a brief writing retrospective, and some random trivia about my stories, published this year, and my goals for 2023. (If you're curious how … Continue reading 2022 Annual Wrap-Up Post
Coming soon: A new short story!!!!
In VERY exciting news, I have a new story sale to announce! The wonderful team over at a new place called The Dread Machine has picked up my story "Mother's Love" (aka the blood squid story)!!! The Dread Machine launches on 31 October 2020 + publishes original and shared world fiction + does podcasty things. … Continue reading Coming soon: A new short story!!!!
So You Want to Kickstarter A Genre Fiction Anthology: More Stats and Qualitative Info You Should Know
This is a quick follow-up to my previous post about my analysis and findings regarding Kickstarter-funded multi-author anthologies. If you have questions, comments, or requests for additional data analysis, please let me know! Quick Methodology/Scope Summary Please see my previous post for the full methodology breakdown. I sampled all successfully funded Kickstarter multi-author anthology projects … Continue reading So You Want to Kickstarter A Genre Fiction Anthology: More Stats and Qualitative Info You Should Know
So You Want to Kickstarter A Genre Fiction Anthology: Stats You Should Know
Since it's been a while since I've done an analysis of Kickstarter-funded anthologies (aka back before I started this blog), I decided it was time for a new one. If life permits, I will try to make this an annual analysis. This post is long and very stats-heavy, because these are the kinds of questions … Continue reading So You Want to Kickstarter A Genre Fiction Anthology: Stats You Should Know
Story: San Cibernético
"San Cibernético" was my first published short story. It first appeared in the anthology The Internet Is Where The Robots Live Now, which was published on 12 November 2018 by Paper Dog Books.
Taro was almost to the Deep Belowdecks, almost free of Section RR, almost safe, when the científicos found him. Three of them sprung from a grimy hallway and tried to pin him down with rough, red-gloved hands.
"Just come with us quietly, and you won't have to worry about a thing, cariño," one of them said, her voice lilting and friendly.