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Blind Spot publishes French and English SFF in translation (they go both ways), pays $.08/word. Details and more updates:

http://aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html

Retro Future Wants Love-Themed Pulp SF. All the details plus more market news: http://aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html.

Scout wants near-future hard SF, pays $.08/word. More details and other updates: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html

Helios Quarterly wants SF, Fantasy, and Horror about *secrets*. All the details and more publishing news here: http://aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html

Thoughts in Passing

Now that the kids are in school (the littlest one for only three mornings a week), I'm struggling with the eternal question: how do I budget my time? Writing is one of those things where almost every aspect of it will expand to fill up however much time you give it. The famous productivity metaphor of putting the big rock in the bucket first doesn't work as well when instead of rocks and sand you have seven fire hoses! We'll see how it goes.

What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:

Presentations and novella revisions, mostly. I also heard back about my tiny part in a project that was tabled a while ago--because they needed to pay me because it's going ahead! That was a delightful surprise, like finding $20 in your winter coat when you take it out of storage. You'll hear more about this once it's out.

Book Smugglers wants stories of gods and/or monsters, pays $.06/wd. All the details and more new markets:
http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html

New market list updates! Brave Boy World anthology wants SF with trans male protagonist, pays $100. All the details and more new markets: http://aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html.

Deep Magic is a new publication of family-friendly SF and fantasy, and they pay better than pro rates! More details and all the new writing market listings at

http://aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html

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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 5/15/2016.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2016.html#041516

Random Thoughts

Part of the trick to getting the most out of writing time is to have fallow non-writing time when the subconscious can ponder and process and imagine without having other engagements--whether those are good (joys, projects) or bad (worries, stress, illness). When you're a parent, that becomes a *real* trick!

What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:

Registration is open for the class I'm teaching on formatting and submitting short stories! By the end of this class, students will have submitted their short story and will possess a set of skills and tools to assist them in the future. More information and registration at The Loft Literary Center: https://www.loft.org/shop/product_detail/4/adult_class/366/submit_it_now_fantasy_and_science_fiction_short_stories/.

Writing is going well. I'm halfway through the half-dragon/half-succubus urban fantasy side project, and I'm at about the same point in the contemporary fantasy/thriller in Belize main project. These are different wordcounts, though, because the urban fantasy will end up around 60,000 words and the Belize fantasy will be about 100,000 words. So naturally, now that I'm deep into two novels at the same time, I feel like I should get a few more short stories written and out. And of course, I always have the big backlog of editing to do.

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I will no longer be posting the full market listing update on Livejournal, but you can read it at http://aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html. To get new updates emailed to you, subscribe to Aswiebe's Market List Update.

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Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk & Eco-Speculation anthology wants diverse, optimistic environmental science fiction and fantasy.

The anthology will focus on times of environmental crisis and the people inhabiting these tipping points, fighting to effect change and seek solutions, even if it’s already too late. But these are stories of hope, not just disaster! Turn your lens to those crucial moments in a world’s history when great change can be made by the right people with the right tools. Remember: hope can spark in even the grimmest of situations.

The basics: environmental-themed, science fiction and fantasy, 500 - 7,500 words, $.06/wd, reprints okay, submissions will be open for 1 month after Kickstarter funds in April. Guidelines at https://sunvaultantho.wordpress.com/submissions/.

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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 3/15/2016.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2016.html#021916

Random Thoughts

A writing to-do list is a powerful tool, but only if you include actual due dates and actually check the to-do list. In possibly related (and not so random) news, my apologies for skipping January's newsletter. January had a lot going on in my personal life.

What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:

Taxes and paperwork and other less-fun-than-writing things have been eating my writing time, as have some large photography projects, but I think I'm almost out of the weeds!

"In Their Image" is now available to read or to download as a podcast over at Escape Pod as part of their monthlong Artemis Rising II event. Read it for philosophy and fluffy pink murderbear aliens! Readers compare it positively to Speaker for the Dead.

Excerpt:

When I stepped off the shuttle and breathed in the dry grass scent of Trade City, I was still confident I could launch the first human church on Landry’s World. My fellow passengers had been politely non-interested when I explained the mission my church had sent me on. A few had shaken their heads as they glided away. I thought maybe they objected to a female preacher. Or maybe it was because I’m an ex-marine. I’m an “ex-” a lot of things: ex-marine, ex-atheist, ex-drunk, ex-wife, and ex-mother–that last because I was a poor enough mother that when my kids grew up, they washed their hands of me.

In other exciting news, my teaching proposal has been accepted at The Loft, a Minneapolis literary center. I will be teaching a class this summer on submitting fantasy, science fiction, and horror short stories. From submission formatting to market research to actually submitting a story, this class will walk students through the process of sending out their short story. By the end of this class, students will have submitted their story and will possess a new set of skills and tools to assist them in the future. I'll make another announcement when the class schedule is set and available for sign-up.

And last but certainly not least, I'm going to be launching a newsletter (not about writing markets) in the next couple of weeks. Every three to four months, I'll tell you about wonderful and bizarre things, including new publications, free reads, newsletter exclusives, and giveaways. Social media may come and go, fade out of use, or randomly hide things (ahem, Facebook, ahem!), so I really encourage you to join my newsletter group if you want to keep in touch. And signing up gets you a free novella-length ebook! You can join at my website OR (special offer!) by simply clicking "Reply" to this email and changing the subject line to "Subscribe News." If you're interested, do it now!

Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html

* Are these really words?: http://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/are-these-really-words-%28yes%29/worser http://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/are-these-really-words-%28yes%29/worser

* ISBW Writing Rules (podcast): http://murverse.com/isbw-358-periscope-test/

* Writing Excuses 11.2: How To Get The Most Out Of A Conference, with Kathy Chung (podcast): http://www.writingexcuses.com/2016/01/10/11-2-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-a-conference-with-kathy-chung/

* Writing Excuses 11.03: Layering The Elemental Genres (podcast): http://www.writingexcuses.com/2016/01/17/11-03-layering-the-elemental-genres/

Featured Market

Ghosts on Drugs anthology wants, well, humorous stories about ghosts on drugs.

The only rule is that a tale include some version of at least one ghost who's on some version of at least one drug.

And both key terms are broadly defined—e.g., a ghostwriter hooked on cough syrup could fit, and a dead ancient god with an inhumanly intense craving to be worshipped again could too.

[...]This book is designed to be playful and fun, so we're especially seeking stories that are a mix of comedy and other genres—e.g., comedy & fantasy, comedy & SF, comedy & horror, comedy & thriller, comedy & Western, comedy & adventure. That said, we'll consider a great tale of any genre, or combination of genres.

The basics: humorous, any genre, 250-10,000 words, $.15/wd for the first 2,500 words and then $.06/wd, no reprints, due by 5/01/2016. Guidelines at http://www.ghostsondrugs.com/.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet. There are too many new updates to post here--you can see them on the Aswiebe's Market List website.

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

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Aswiebe's Market List
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Aswiebe's Market List Details
* Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
* If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
* To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
* Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
* To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.
* To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
* You can also get market list updates through social media by following my RSS feed, Livejournal, Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ account. But social media sites come and go, so the email newsletter is probably the most reliable method.
* Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.

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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 1/15/2016.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2015.html#121315

Random Thoughts

Writers often divide the elements of a story up into categories: plot, character, theme, subtext, symbolism, setting, action, and so forth. The strictness of those divisions, however, is at least somewhat artificial. As I write, I'm going to try to remember the ways I can make one category do the work of another.

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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 12/15/2015.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2015.html#112115

Random Thoughts

Many writers feel like time is a limitation on their writing ability. With two small kids at home, you can bet I'm one of them. I often try to squeeze in a little distracted, multitasking writing-related work wherever I can: on the bus, at the library while the kids play, waiting for preschool to open, and so forth. Recently I realized that sometimes this leaves me feeling more burnt-out--and less productive--when my actual dedicated writing time comes around. The moral of the story? I'll let you know if I figure it out. It seems finding balance is a constant, ever-changing struggle.

What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:

Thinking about 2016! I've got several things in progress.

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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 11/15/2015.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2015.html#101515

Random Thoughts

Someday, I'm going to get around to properly organizing and sorting my social media using all those useful tools out there. Today is not that day. Ironically, I bet that social media would have lots of good suggestions, too.

What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:

The Journal of Unlikely Academia's newest issue is all about unlikely academia! Librarians, monsters, teachers, metaphysics, and more. It includes my story, "And Other Definitions of Family," about a xeno-anthropologist who takes a very intimate approach to field research.

Excerpt:

She didn't have a client appointment scheduled, but they all knew she welcomed drop-ins. She checked the peep-cam. Optimal lighting, background soundscape, clothing level, hairstyle, and pheromone spray all depended on the client's species. Her eyebrows lifted involuntarily when she saw the bat-like Bitocktee male at her door.

"You are the female human who rents out her reproductive system?" his translator chirped.

Read more (free!) in The Journal of Unlikely Academia online or sign up for their free newsletter to download the issue as an ebook.

Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html

The Five Free Tools of Social Media Success for Writers [social media]: http://services4authors.com/2015/09/16/the-five-free-tools-of-social-media-success-for-writers/
A Map to Get Out of Writer’s Block [motivation]: http://nybookeditors.com/2013/03/a-map-to-get-out-of-writers-block/

Featured Market

Apex's Christmas Invasion is a flash fiction contest all about, well, Christmas invasions!

That’s right. This year our flash fiction contest is all about Christmas invasions. Whether your invaders are robots, aliens, or sentient Christmas ornaments is completely up to you, but if you want to win, you must write us a story no longer than 250 words that deals with an invasion and Christmas.

The basics: SF/Fantasy/Horror, less than 250 words, winners receive $.06/word. Guidelines at http://www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontpage/46103937-apexs-annual-flash-fiction-contest.
Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.

Name	What they want	Pay Per Word – Fiction	Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest)	Website
Apex's Annual Flash Fiction Contest - due 10/15 - 11/16	ONE-TIME theme: Christmas invasion	$0.0600		http://www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontpage/46103937-apexs-annual-flash-fiction-contest
Stiff Things ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1/2016 OR UNTIL FILLED	Erotic horror	$0.0300		http://www.cometpress.us/books/stiffthings/guidelines.html
Division By Zero ANTHOLOGY SERIES	All spec-fic	$0.0100		http://www.mifiwriters.org/submissions/
Space and Time Magazine	All spec-fic, especially mixed genre	$0.0100		http://spaceandtimemagazine.com/wp/submissions/
Cyclopean	Spec-fic	$0.0100		http://www.cyclopeanpress.com/#submissions
What Dwells Below ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/1/2016	Horror themed to sewers		$25.00	http://www.sirenscallpublications.com/open_subs.htm
There Will Be War ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY DUE UNTIL FILLED	Hard SF, adventure, and space opera themed to war		$100.00	http://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/the-evils-of-the-day-accepting-submissions-for-there-will-be-war/
Book Smugglers Novella Initiative ONE-TIME OPENING - DUE 5/30/2016	Spec-fic novellas		$100.00	http://thebooksmugglers.com/2015/09/book-smugglers-publishing-announcing-the-novella-initiative-and-open-call.html
2016 Climate Fiction Short Story (Arizona State University) ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 1/15/2016	The future as impacted by climate change		$1,000.00	https://climateimagination.asu.edu/clificontest/
Eldritch Press (Online) - DEAD MARKET (no short stories)	All spec-fic	$0.0300		http://www.eldritchpress.com/submission-guidelines.html
Insatiable (White Cat Publications) - DEAD MARKET	Paranormal romance	$0.0300		http://www.whitecatpublications.com/?page_id=1995
West Pigeon Press - DEAD MARKET	All spec-fic	$0.0300

Aswiebe's Market List
* Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
* If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
* To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
* Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
* To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.
* To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
* You can also get market list updates through social media by following my RSS feed, Livejournal, Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ account. But social media sites come and go, so the email newsletter is probably the most reliable method.

Links
Aswiebe's Market List
About Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin-Wiebe's main website
Abra Staffin-Wiebe's blog

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.

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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 10/15/2015.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2015.html#091515

An Iota of Interest

One of the pieces of writing advice that is often heard is, "Focus on one project. Finish what's in front of you first." That's all well and good until you're deep in the weeds of editing and your writer's soul is crying out for something! anything! more creative to do.

What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:

Gritting my teeth and plowing through edits on my main project. Of course, this has left my creative side running in circles like an insane gerbil. As a sanity-preserving measure, I've started up a side project to write on for half an hour on those days when I don't expect to get to the writing part of "writing." It's a fluffy urban fantasy about a half-dragon, half-succubus in a magic traveling hotel. I don't even plan to submit this to any major book publishers unless my writing group (unexpectedly) adores it. However, right now it's just what I need to write. A little. Sometimes. When I can't write on another project.

Things Shiny or Useful

Shinies will return next month.

Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html

Featured Market

Metaphorosis wants fantasy and science fiction, broadly defined.

Nothing is out of bounds; we don’t want to set limits on imagination. However, we’re less likely to be interested in military SF, time travel, vampires, or zombies.

Vegan bonus points!

The basics: SF/Fantasy, any length, pays $.01/word, no reprints. Guidelines at http://magazine.metaphorosis.com/guidelines/.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 9/15/2015.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2015.html#081915

An Iota of Interest

Every moment is the beginning of something. That thought helps me when I'm stuck in the middle of the writing process.

What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:

Weeell, the Jack Sparrow "faces of writing" sums it up pretty well. I moved from the writing draft stage to the editing stage. Picture not inserted here because of copyright, but you can see it here: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/462041242997659735/

Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html
* 225 Hashtags for Writers [marketing]: http://publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2015/04/225-hashtags-for-writers.html

Featured Market

Farstrider Magazine wants fantasy of all kinds, especially lighter fantasy. The current submission period closes 8/31/2015.

We are a Fantasy magazine, and we welcome submissions of all types that can fall under that umbrella. We may become more selective over time, but as we get started here I'd like to cast as wide a net as possible and see what mysterious and unique stories can be pulled out from the deep. Of course, we still have our preferences. We are partial to lighter stories of whimsy and wonder, and would love to see stories with a sense of humor along the lines of Terry Pratchett, Gail Carriger, or a World of Warcraft quest about lost dwarven ale. These are the stories that will likely rise to the top, but don't let that keep you from submitting something outside the boundaries of this guideline if it is one that you are particularly proud of.

The basics: Fantasy, 1,000 - 4,000 words, pays $.03/word, no reprints. Guidelines at http://www.farstridermag.com/submit.html.

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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 8/15/2015.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2015.html#072515

An Iota of Interest

Gender balance is a tricky thing, especially in a historical setting. When women don't have much ability to choose their lives, they make less interesting characters. If you're writing science fiction or fantasy, though, a disruptive event (like an apocalypse) can make anything possible. Of course, a character's past will change how they act. And that makes the story a lot more interesting. For more about this, you can see my upcoming guest post at http://catherineldf.livejournal.com/ within the next few days.

What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:

I'm done with conventions! Deep sigh of relief. I have a couple of other things coming up in a few months, but nothing immediate. This feels verra nice. Mostly I'm working on beating a novel proposal into shape, coming up with an elevator pitch, and struggling with title possibilities. Titles are my nemesis. The best I can hope for is "not eye-gougingly horrible."

Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html

* How Do We Talk About Strong Female Characters [characterization]: http://www.tor.com/2015/06/16/how-do-we-talk-about-strong-female-characters

Featured Market

New from Escape Artists (the people who brought us Escape Pod, PodCastle, and Pseudopod), Mothership Zeta wants science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories that are fun.

The robot who fights a dinosaur, not the robot who explores its lack of humanity and deactivates itself. The nagini who goes on an adventure, not the nagini who is tortured and drowns herself. The blonde woman who kills monsters, not the blonde woman who gets ripped apart by monsters. Fun doesn’t necessarily mean “funny,” and stories can have conflict and darker elements, but we want stories that leave the reader satisfied, usually in a positive way. Bittersweet is okay, tragic is not. (Unless you’re Cabin in the Woods. A killer unicorn buys you some credit.)

The basics: funny SF/F/H, 6,000 words max, pays $.06/word, no reprints. Guidelines at http://mothershipzeta.org/submission-guidelines/. They're currently closed for submissions, so plan ahead!

Name	What they want	Pay Per Word – Fiction	Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest)	Website
Cicada	YA comics, fiction, and art, all genres including SF/F, themed issues	$0.2500		http://www.cicadamag.com/submitwork
Clarkesworld Magazine	likes language	$0.1000		http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions/
Urban Fantasy Magazine	Urban fantasy	$0.0600		http://urbanfantasymagazine.com/submission-guidelines/
Steampunk Universe	Multicultural steampunk with differently abled main character	$0.0600		http://alliterationink.tumblr.com/post/123390010225/special-call-for-submissions-steampunk-universe
Mothership Zeta (Escape Artists) Podcast	SF/F/H that is fun	$0.0600		http://mothershipzeta.org/submission-guidelines/
Pseudopod (Podcast)	Horror	$0.0600		http://pseudopod.org/guidelines
Gernsback Writing Contest (Amazing Stories) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1 - 7/31	SF, themed	$0.0600		http://amazingstoriesmag.com/gernsback-writing-contest/
Shattered Prism	All spec-fic	$0.0600		http://shatteredprism.com/guidelines.html
Solarpunk	Optimistic near-future SF	$0.0300		http://www.solarpunkpress.com/submit/
Phantom Drift - ONE-TIME CLOSURE UNTIL 01/01/2016	New weird, slipstream, fabulism	$0.0200		http://www.phantomdrift.org/#!/sitepage_4
Orthogonal SF	Spec-fic, especially indefinable and experimental		$100.00	http://www.orthogonalsf.net/?p=41
Apex Publications	SF/F/H novels and novellas		$100.00	http://www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/apex-books-guidelines
Odd Tree Press	All spec-fic		$20.00	http://oddtreepress.com/submissions/
Allegory	SF/F/H - some general quirky		$15.00	http://www.allegoryezine.com/submissions.htm
Flash Forge	Horror, bizarro, weird, etc.		$10.00	http://riotforgestudios.com/flash-submissions/
Witches (Fey Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/30/2015	Fantasy or dark fantasy, themed to witches		$5.00	http://www.feypublishing.com/submissions.html
Vine Leaves Literary Journal	All genres, vignettes		$3.76	http://www.vineleavesliteraryjournal.com/submission-guidelines.html
MicroHorror ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/1 - 10/31 - DEAD MARKET	Themed.		$5.00	http://www.microhorror.com/microhorror/
vMeme21 - DEAD MARKET	Multimedia and mundane SF - also has shared-world project - READ MANIFESTO	$0.0500		http://www.vmeme21.com
Tales of the Unanticipated (TOTU) - DEAD MARKET	SF/F/H and unclassifiable	$0.0150		http://www.totu-ink.com/guidelines.phtml

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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 7/15/2015.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2015.html#061515

An Iota of Interest

I've found it gives me an advantage to do a detailed scene outline immediately before writing the scene. For one, it separates the "trying to find good words" from "trying to figure out what happens." Divide and conquer. For another, if I find myself falling into part of the scene as I outline it, that's the best time to switch over to actually writing it.

What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:

'Tis convention season! I'll be appearing at two Minneapolis conventions, 4th Street Fantasy Convention (June 26th-28th) and CONvergence (July 2nd-5th). I'll be appearing on panels at both, and I have a reading at CONvergence!

4th Street Fantasy's panel schedule is not yet finalized, but I know for certain that my schedule includes moderating "Surviving Yourself: Self-Care for Creative Types."

My schedule at CONvergence has me on the "Using Folklore as Inspiration" panel. I will also be performing an excerpt from my post-apocalyptic steampunk novel, A Circus of Brass and Bone, at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, July 3, 2015. There will be donuts!

Things Shiny or Useful

Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html

* The entire case records from a Victorian asylum are now online [research]: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-entire-case-records-from-a-victorian-asylum-are-now-online

* StoryWonk podcast - Five Minutes [motivation]: http://forum.storywonk.com/index.php?/topic/338-the-journeyman-writer-21-five-minutes/

* #WhereIWrite [motivation]: http://www.whereiwrite.tv/

Featured Market

sub-Q Magazine wants F/SF interactive fiction and webtoons:

Yes to:

Stories that can be told only on a device (using choice, audio, and/or animation)
Fiction, poetry, and webtoons/sequential art welcome
Twine, TADS, Inform7, custom HTML5 welcome
Limit 3500 words or five minutes of first playthrough
F/SF and horror
90% pleasure, 10% heartbreak
Showing the reader things they’ve never seen before
Cross-browser QA-testing appreciated
Mobile compatibility appreciated*
Smart and fun
Affirming the human race deserves to live

The basics: interactive SF/H, 3,500 words max, pays $.09/word ($.06/text + $.03/interactivity), reprints okay. Guidelines at https://sub-q.com/about/submissions/.

Name	What they want	Pay Per Word – Fiction	Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest)	Website
Untethered: A Magic iPhone Anthology - ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/01/2015	All genres except horror (dark fantasy okay) and erotica		$100.00	http://www.cantinapublishing.com/submissions/untethered/
Sub-Q	Interactive fiction	$0.0900		https://sub-q.com/about/submissions/
Clockwork Phoenix 5 (Mythic Delirium) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/26/2015	All spec-fic	$0.0600		http://mythicdelirium.com/?page_id=2277
Imaginate	All genres, themed to photo prompt	$0.0500		http://imaginatezone.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html
Unlikely Story (FKA The Journal of Unlikely Entomology)	All genres,three themed issues yearly: 1 bugs, 1 cryptography, 1 something else	$0.0600		http://www.unlikely-story.com/?page_id=62
Alternate Hilarities 4: Weirder Science (Strange Musings Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/30/2015	Funny SF	$0.0100		http://www.strangemusingspress.com/p/blog-page.html
Myriad Lands ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/01/2015	Non-Western fantasy	$0.0500		http://www.stokesinternet.com/guardbridgebooks//Submissions.html
Weird City	Themed: strange things in densely populated places		$50.00	http://weirdcitypress.com/submission-guidelines/
Creepy Campfire Stories (for Grownups) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/13/2015	Scary campfire-type stories	$0.0400		http://www.emppublishing.com/about.html
Manor House	All horror and dark fantasy		$20.00	http://www.manorhouseshow.com/#!fiction-writers/c3cg
Fearful Fathoms ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/1 - 8/31/2015	Body of water-themed horror	$0.0100		http://www.scarletgalleonpublications.com/#!publications/c1m85
SNAFU: Future Warfare ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/13/2015	Military SF/horror	$0.0315		http://cohesionpress.com/about-2/submissions/snafu-future-warfare/
Slaypunk ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/1/2015	Dark fantasy, horror, and sci-fi, themed to monster slaying.		$25.00	https://embypress.submittable.com/submit/39050
Monster Waiting in the Woods, The (Emby Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/1/2015	Dark fiction, horror, SF, themed to monsters		$25.00	https://embypress.submittable.com/submit/39051
Snowpocalypse ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/8/2015	Horror, fantasy, and SF themed to endless winter.		$25.00	http://www.blackmirrorpress.com/our-anthologies.html
Lovecraftian Visions (Robot Cowgirl) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/31/2015	Lovecraftian		$50.00	http://robotcowgirl.com/lovecraftian-visions/
Futuristica Vol. I (Meta Sagas) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/31/2015	SF with diverse characters.	$0.0600		http://metasagas.com/submissions/
Muffled Screams (Wicked Tales) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/31/2015	Horror, themed	$0.0100		http://wickedtales.ca/submissions/anthology/
Witches, Warlocks, Demons, & Evil-Doers ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/1/2015	Dark fantasy about harm caused by supernaturals or magic		$25.00	https://sirenscallpublications.wordpress.com/2015/06/09/opensubmissions-witcheswarlocksdemonsandevildoers/

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An Iota of Interest

Life changes. People change. What works best for your writing routine may change as well: setting, optimal time of day, writing medium, etc. Even if you think you've figured it out, try different things from time to time.

What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:

"And Other Definitions of Family" will be appearing in Unlikely Story's June issue, The Journal of Unlikely Academia.

Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html

* Never Happen: The Real Deal on TV Cops [research]: http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/triv198.html

* The vehicle of language [editing]: http://laphamsquarterly.org/travel/vehicle-language

Featured Market

Defying Doomsday is a pro-paying anthology of "apocalypse-survival fiction with a focus on disabled characters."

(One of) the protagonist(s) must be a character with disability, such as physical impairments, chronic illnesses, mental illnesses and/or neurodiverse characters etc. We will consider stories with characters experiencing all kinds of disability and hope that submitting authors will be creative with the possibilities.

We feel strongly that disability or chronic illness (etc) should have an impact on the character’s life and during the post-apocalyptic event. For example, a character with a deadly peanut allergy in a world where peanuts have been wiped out by a plague isn’t going to quite cut it. However, we are not looking for issue stories or stories where disability is the sole focus of the narrative.

The basics: SF only, 3,000-7,000 words, pays $.07/word, no reprints. Guidelines at http://defyingdoomsday.twelfthplanetpress.com/submissions/.

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Editor's Note
This month I was able to attend the annual AWP conference, which "provides community, opportunities, ideas, news, and advocacy for writers and teachers of writing." It's primarily aimed at literary fiction writers, academics, and publishers of literary fiction. As you know, I write speculative fiction: fantasy, science fiction, and horror. I went to the conference not sure how much it had to offer me. It was good. The literary fiction genre has certain conventions that make certain writing challenges more visible. Pointing out solutions is easier. And the solutions apply across genres!

In general, getting multiple perspectives is very useful. Don't wear genre-blinders!
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Editor's Note
After I finished launching my post-apocalyptic steampunk novel, I took a couple of months off from writing to try and catch up on all the writing-related things that I was (and still am, alas!) so very far behind on. Critiques! Editing! Marketing! Transcribing! Researching! Learning!

Ahem. Sadly, I am still not actually all caught up, though I did manage to get a few more short stories that had been benched for edits into circulation. I didn't start any new writing projects, though. For the longest time that seemed to be fine. Sure, I could tell that my brain was spending a few extra creative cycles on "unlikely but horrible things to worry about," but mostly I was fine. I found this worrying. If I no longer need to write, the question becomes whether I should. That's complicated.
However! Last Saturday, it happened. I felt the need gathering in a tense ball of mustwrite-haveto-nowdamnit between my shoulder blades. I found myself zoning out in the middle of talking to people, because there was an almost gravitational force pulling my attention toward my next story project.
No need for soul-searching after all. Hurray!
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