Latest Query Results
Got my first “form” rejection the other day. Really fast, which means the guy probably just didn’t like my query letter. I doubt he had time to read over my sample chapters. Maybe should work on the query letter more …
The Query Circuit Resumes
Sent out four new queries today … we’ll see what happens next …
Summer Festival of Writing
So I found a new (online) conference — The Jericho Writers Summer Festival of Writing. For around $40 a month, you get 3 solid months of writing webinars and mini-workshops. They’re based in the UK, so I don’t know all of the authors — but I do know Neil Gaiman! So far we’ve had some interesting…
What I’m Reading: Robert Heinlein
Robert Heinlein once wrote a book called The Number of the Beast, a fun frolic about a scientist who invents a time/space device and his family. However, unbeknownst to most of his fans, Heinlein also wrote a parallel novel called The Pursuit of the Pankera: A Parallel Novel About Parallel Universes. The two novels begin…
A New Era of Space Flight?
As you’ve (hopefully) seen, on April 30th, SpaceX successfully launched its first crewed ship, which delivered the two astronauts safely to the international space station. It was the first piloted space flight from US soil in nearly nine years and the first new spacecraft in nearly 40 years. Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken said the…