Lynda E. Rucker's Blog, page 19

Fantasycon 2012 and a little good magic

In 2010, I went to the best con I’ve ever attended, the World Horror Convention in Brighton, England. When I found out that the same team that was responsible for that awesome weekend would be running the British Fantasy Convention at the same hotel in 2012, I immediately put it on my wish list.

Well, the best laid plans, etc. etc., and as the date hurtled ever closer it became increasingly clear to me that for various reasons, I wasn’t going to be able to make it. I sucked it up, as you do; y...

review for “Where the Summer Dwells”

My story “Where the Summer Dwells,” available in the Sept/Oct issue ofF&SF, has received glowing reviews from Lois Tilton at Locus and Barbara Melville at Tangent. Melville calls it “dazzling” and “note-perfect.” But perhaps you are not yet convinced you should race out and purchase this issue! Let me remind you that it’s chock-full of excellent fiction by other folks; this issue has novelets by Andy Duncan, Chet Arthur, Richard Lupoff, Albert E. Cowdrey, Ken Liu, and Peter Dickinson and stor...

F&SF: Where the Summer Dwells

Look what the postman brought! That’d be a contributor’s copy of F&SF containing my story “Where the Summer Dwells.” The magazine should be out in a couple of weeks. Be sure to check it out!

Daily Science Fiction sale

I sold my apocalyptic fairy tale “Red at the End of the World” to Daily Science Fiction this week! I’m very pleased, as this is an odd little tale I love a lot and it’s not the type of thing I usually write. I tend to approach narrative in a traditional way; this story demanded to be written in a very different manner. I’m pleased the editors liked it enough to buy it and of course, I’ll link from this blog (and the “fiction” page) once it’s online.

Anthology Project for Women in Horror month

Breaking radio silence to point to this worthy-looking Kickstarter project. It ends in less than 48 hours, but even if you’re reading this after the funding period has passed (and it looks like they’ll reach their goal, but they’re going to go ahead with the project no matter what), check out their submission guidelines if you’re a writer and think about picking up a copy yourself if you’re a reader.

One thing I like about this project is that they aren’t restricting themselves to women contri...

on reading

I haven’t been getting much reading done this year, which annoys me. Not just because it’s something I love to do, of course, and not just because it’s sort of part of my job as a writer–but because, you guys, I’m running out of time! Seriously, I recently saw someone post something to the effect of “gosh, even if I read for six months straight I wouldn’t get through my to-read list” and I thought six months? SIX MONTHS? Give me a lifetime and I still couldn’t make it through all the books I...

guesting at comics buzz

I’m a guest blogger over at Comics Buzz today, reviewing Womanthology, an all-women-written and -produced anthology of comic art and writing. That there up above is a preview by project manager Renae de Liz which will help you to get an idea of its general breadth and awesomeness. “Embarrassment of riches” comes to mind; seriously, this book is packed with stuff, and if you like comics and especially if you are interested in indie comics and work by up-and-coming artists and writers, this wil...

women in horror: Charlotte Perkins Gilman

To make a long story short: my blogging intentions as well as lots of other writing I’d hoped to complete over the last month or so were swallowed by the monster of Real Life Obligations. Isn’t that one of the worst kinds of monsters? It’s right up there with guys like Tedium and Reduced Expectation. And you can’t ever slaughter any of them; the best you can hope to do is keep them at bay long enough to get on with the good bits of living. Like writing. I really do enjoy writing, most of the...

dc doing dastardly deeds

I'm still intending to finish writing up my women in horror project here, but in the meantime, some comic book goodness, or badness, as the case may be: In issue #309 of the Hugo-award-winning fanzine The Drink Tank, I write a short piece about my feelings toward the new, contentious Watchman prequel. A number of people speak and write therein with a range of opinions. Spoiler alert: I strongly disapprove of the prequels. (Well, I would champion creators' rights over those of The Man...

f & sf sale

The official Women in Horror month may be over, but I'll still be writing about women in horror over the next couple weeks as I finish up my little series here of women writers of horror fiction who influenced me in some way.

But I'm taking a moment out from that to mention my latest sale, from couple of weeks ago, of my story "Where the Summer Dwells" to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. This is particularly exciting as it's my first appearance in one of the so-called 'Big Three' d...