Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
It doesn’t look as if another year passed by from the last time I have posted about a blogversary. Sure, if 2021 was challenging, 2022 has been harrowing. So much went the wrong way that some of us started actually…
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It looks strange to celebrate a blogversary after a year like 2021. So many things happened in the last twelve months, and if I had thought 2020 was the worst on the record, I was badly mistaken. 2021 was challenging…
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…at least for what I can remember. My late grandmother, who lived through two World Wars, a Spanish flu, a Great Depression, the Holocaust, and some other niceties, would not probably be that impressed with 2020. But for me –a…
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The second submission period for Frozen Wavelets closed on 16 December. It had started on 2 December –so, roughly two weeks. We have just finished dealing with the shortlisted pieces, sending out the last acceptances, so it seems a good…
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December is traditionally for me not only the end of the year but also The Earthian Hivemind‘s blogversary (it started in December 2013, Day 16). Over the years, things have changed a great deal in terms of space given to…
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This week I am attending Milford Conference, the yearly gathering with other writers from the SFF community that takes place at Trigonos, Snowdonia (North Wales). As usual, things are both intense and pleasant, with the morning devoted to writing or…
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Frozen Wavelets is temporarily closed for submission (we’ll reopen at some moment in Fall 2019), but it doesn’t mean there aren’t other good outlets you can’t submit your microfiction in the meantime. I’ve put together a quick list – all…
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The first submission period for Frozen Wavelets (the upcoming speculative flash fiction and poetry zine hosted by this blog) closed on 15 July. It had started on July 1. As I am not only a writer myself but a professional…
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I am thrilled to host this month an interview with Kelly Matsuura, the Publisher of the Insignia Series, anthologies of Asian SF and Fantasy. Who is Kelly Matsuura and how did she become a writer? I am Australian and grew up…
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If you believed (as I did) that historical fiction is by nature more the domain of long novels than short stories (or flash fiction), be ready to be surprised. As a matter of fact, there are a few publishers around…
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