Writerly things...
Sep. 19th, 2009 06:31 pmTwo writerly things have caught my eye today. Firstly, the good news that the wonderful folk over at ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
twelfthplanet have accepted a story of mine for their Spec Fic for Kids project. It's not an area I write in very often, so I'm over the moon that they liked it. It's actually a really old story that I reworked, one I wrote for my niece many, many moons ago. It'll be great to see it in print, and love the fact that Twelfth Planet are exploring such previously largely-ignored demographics as this. It's so good to see some SF aimed at people who aren't necessarily white adult males (yes, including me! I'm a member of an oversaturated market target audience, deal with it!).
Secondly, I notice a new horror market in Australia has just opened for submissions here:
http://www.blade-red.com/submissions/
I especially liked the guideline:
Try to avoid the overused cliches like senseless revenge, cookie cutter serial killers and predictable monsters.
Based on this, I think I might have to write a story for them titled "Senseless Revenge, Cookie Cutter Serial Killers and Predictable Monsters". The possibilities are already whirling dervishes in my twisted mind... *g*
twelfthplanet have accepted a story of mine for their Spec Fic for Kids project. It's not an area I write in very often, so I'm over the moon that they liked it. It's actually a really old story that I reworked, one I wrote for my niece many, many moons ago. It'll be great to see it in print, and love the fact that Twelfth Planet are exploring such previously largely-ignored demographics as this. It's so good to see some SF aimed at people who aren't necessarily white adult males (yes, including me! I'm a member of an oversaturated market target audience, deal with it!).Secondly, I notice a new horror market in Australia has just opened for submissions here:
http://www.blade-red.com/submissions/
I especially liked the guideline:
Try to avoid the overused cliches like senseless revenge, cookie cutter serial killers and predictable monsters.
Based on this, I think I might have to write a story for them titled "Senseless Revenge, Cookie Cutter Serial Killers and Predictable Monsters". The possibilities are already whirling dervishes in my twisted mind... *g*
