Sale – Whatever Venuti Commands
I just sold a story “Whatever Venuti Commands” to The Fifth Di….
Author Archives: Rick Novy
Espantalho de Sao Paolo
I read through and made corrections to the manuscript for the short story I finished last week, “Espantalho de Sao Paolo.”  Yesterday, Asimov’s magazine announced they now accept electronic submissions, something writers have wanted for a long time I made use of the new e-sub form and sent the story… Continue reading
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Fully Trained
I survived my week of Census training and now they’re ready to release me to the world. Confidentiality issues prevent much detail in the specifics of what I’m doing, but I was named as one of two Group Leader Assistants. No difference in pay, just an extra code to remember… Continue reading
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So Far, So Good
When I decided to pull 24 of my short stories out of circulation and trunk them, fully half of them were out in submission to a market. Today I received a response on the second of those–a rejection. So, 14 now in the trunk, 10 still out. In the mean… Continue reading
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Something a Little Different
It’s been a busy past couple of days. Friday I got sworn in as an official Census worker, and tuesday I start my 4 days of training as an enumerator. Pay is okay. If I work 20 hours in one week, I will earn around what I make teaching two… Continue reading
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Shell Game? Found the Ball
Yesterday I mentioned that I shelved a story I had been struggling with for the past month and picked up something I shelved last summer. I pushed my way through the story and now I have a first draft. The title is “Espantalho,” which is Portuguese for Scarecrow. It’s a… Continue reading
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How to 86 Your Literary Career
By pissing on everyone. Read and learn what not to do. Watch this wannabe writer destroy her chances of publishing anywhere but Publish America.
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Shell Game
This is the second day since I trunked two dozen short stories in an effort to kickstart my productivity. I thought since I had no trouble creating eBooks for the 21st-Century Author that I would have momentum on my side when I returned to fiction. That seems not to be… Continue reading
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A Difficult Choice
After some reflection of where my writing career is going, I’ve made some decisions that involve a difficult choice. I just went through my spreadsheet of short stories that are currently in the market and I culled sub-par material. That was a difficult process because some of these stories have… Continue reading
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eBooks for the 21st-Century Author Revision
For anyone interested, I did an additional copy edit on eBooks for the 21st-Century Author. That is now the version posted in the free stuff area.