I got my first Asimov magazine and in it there is a novella and a couple novelettes. Not knowing the difference between all these varieties I fired up the old searching fingers and consulted the great internet for some answers. Dearest Google, what the hell is the difference between a novel, novella, novelette and short
MonthSeptember 2009
‘The Last Question’ by Isaac Asimov
I recently read a good short story in the July/August edition of Interzone Magazine called ‘Silence and Roses’ by Suzanne Palmer but it’s not online anywhere for you to read it. So if you can’t buy that edition of the magazine then visit her website here just to say hello. Instead, here’s a brilliant short
My First Rejection!
Just before I left for work I saw a London postmarked envelope that didn’t appear to be a bill, so I opened it. Only my first rejection! I’m so chuffed! OK, I’m gutted that they didn’t say yes but you gotta take positives from it. The submission found its way to the correct person. I
Fly my pretties!
I’ve only gone and posted the bloody thing to some right old proper people! Over the weekend I put together 5 packages and popped them in the post this afternoon so they are winging their way to 5 agents in London as I type…be safe my pretties, don’t be scared of the dark and when
Self-Sustainable and Carbon Neutral Car Travel.
One part of writing Railroaded I really enjoyed was trying to come up with new technologies, or at least butchering emerging new technologies. It’s set in a UK with higher sea levels so global warming has really affected the country and they combat that by becoming carbon neutral, this means the whole transport infrastructure needs