Bryan Thomas Schmidt's Blog, page 17
June 10, 2015
Announcing Bi-Annual Open Reading Periods Coming Soon
As most of you know, I am a very busy anthologist, with 8 projects in various stages of contract and development through 2017. Most of these have their allotment of writers already, but as I develop new projects, I hope…Read more ›
May 16, 2015
My Schedule: ConQUEST 46 May 22-24, 2015
As usual, I am attending our local Convention, ConQuest Memorial Day weekend. I am moderating and participating on some great panels. Here’s a list. ConQuesT 2015 BRYAN THOMAS SCHMIDT‘S SCHEDULE MAY 22 • FRIDAY 5:00pm – 6:00pm W World Building – Religion and Magic *Count Basie Ballroom A (Kansas City Marriott Downtown, 200 [ Read More ]
April 10, 2015
Guest Post: Music As Magic by Peter Orullian
By Peter Orullian It’s not new. This music as magic thing. Many fantasy writers have done it. So, the thing is how. And that’s where I’m hoping folks will dig my approach. See, I’m a musician. I’ve no idea if my fellow fantasy writers who’ve attempted music magic systems are also musicians, but there’s [ Read More ]
April 6, 2015
On My First Best Editor, Short Form Hugo Nomination
So I got nominated for a Hugo for Short Form Editing. Wow. Found out two weeks ago and it surprised but thrilled me. I didn’t campaign. A group of people deemed me worthy and nominated me. Since nominating people you think are worthy is how the system works, I didn’t say a thing, except thank [ Read More ]
November 5, 2014
MyOryCon Schedule
Well, I am off Thursday for my second trip to OryCon in Portland, Oregon at the Lloyd Center Doubletree. It’s a fun con with lots of friends in attendance and a fairly laid back atmosphere. Jennifer Brozek and I will be having our SHATTERED SHIELDS Book Launch in Suite 1570 Saturday night, too, and then [ Read More ]
November 4, 2014
Why Everyone Should Be A Blindsider
I don’t talk about my past very much on this blog for lots of reasons, mostly because it’s not all that tied to what I do now, and there tends to be a group who look down on me for my religious work, etc. and also because I don’t really like being seen as prideful [ Read More ]
September 9, 2014
Announcing: The Tentative Table Of Contents for MISSION: TOMORROW (BAEN 2015)
Hot off the press!! Ladies and Gentlemen, I present the (tentative) Table of Contents for Mission: Tomorrow, coming from Baen Books in 2015. 18 stories, 100,938 words of great Science Fiction. All original except Silverberg and Gunn. Concept: Science Fiction writers imagine the future of space exploration in a world no longer dominated by NASA. What might [ Read More ]
July 31, 2014
GlitchCon Schedule August 1st-3rd, 2014
Well, another Con has arrived. From Friday through Sunday, I’ll be in Springdale, Arkansas at the Holiday Inn Conference Center for GlitchCon with the lovely Claire Ashgrove, my best bud and editing partner in Finish The Story, Jonathan Maberry and David Farland and several others. Here’s a full schedule of programming. See participants at [ Read More ]
May 31, 2014
Why I Am An Editor
I became an editor for three primary reasons: 1) I love reading stories; 2) I love working with and discovering new writers; 3) I like helping others. For me, editing combined all these loves, so it seemed a natural fit. After all, I could get a chance to work with my heroes and legends as [ Read More ]
May 30, 2014
ConQuest 45 A Success
Well, ConQuest 45 – Noir has come and gone, and I am calling it a great success. This is the one Con I try to make annually, because it’s local and put on by my local fan group, which is a great group of people. Glen Cook has been attending as a dealer for years, [ Read More ]
