Adventures in SciFi Publishing discussion

Lots of topics discussed in this podcast panel at ICON in Cedar Rapids, IA, 2013, with Ellen Datlow, Gregory Frost and Nancy Kress.

■Funny stories of what not to do when submitting stories
■Blending Horror and Humor without losing either element’s effect
■Self-editing
■Scene breakdowns
■When a story goes off the rails
■“Do not psyche yourself out of writing the start of the story because you don’t know the right place to start it, because trust me it won’t be the right place even if you think it is. You’ll get to the end of the story and you’ll find out, oh, this is what I needed to put in in order to aim the story at the ending I discovered. ” – Gregory Frost (39:40), who has a story in Supernatural Noir, edited by Ellen Datlow.
■Strengthening your editing skills for others
■A funny story of a Robert Silverberg rejection “letter”
■Rewriting stories
■How to get on an editor’s blacklist
■How a writer should face rejection

Episode sponsored by Utopiates Audio Drama on Kickstarter.