Bryan Thomas Schmidt's Blog, page 37
March 8, 2012
Eleven SFF Series I Read And Was Surprised To Love
I read a lot of books for my author interviews on SFFWRTCHT and blogs like GraspingForTheWind.com, www.SFSignal.com, and Ray Gun Revival, as well as my own blog. In fact, reading for those dominates my reading time. I rarely squeeze in books for fun or learning anymore. Most of the time, I'm excited to read the [ Read More ]
March 5, 2012
Write Tip: Transitions & Seeding – Essentials For Plausibility
Recently I came across a situation that reminded me how important transitions and seeding story details are to good fiction. These are things which most pros do without even thinking about it, but up and coming writers, learning craft, probably have to be more deliberate about. I will not specify where I encountered this but [ Read More ]
March 4, 2012
First Blurb For Novel 2: THE RETURNING (Saga of Davi Rhii 2)
Just in from my friend/mentor and one of my favorite authors, a blurb for my second novel: "THE RETURNING has romance, assassins, tension, both modern and classic science fiction notions, and very smooth writing. What more could you want? Bryan Thomas Schmidt keeps impriving. As good as THE WORKER PRINCE WAS, THE RETURNING is better." [ Read More ]
March 3, 2012
Announcing SPACE BATTLES TOC & My New Custom License Plate
Well, I know my writers have been patiently but yet anxiously waiting for an announcement, so here it is. These are the stories accepted for the anthology SPACE BATTLES: Full Throttle Space Tales #6, in a series from Flying Penn Press. Releasing around April 18, edited by myself and headlined by Mike Resnick and Jean [ Read More ]
March 2, 2012
Happy Birthday, Doctor Seuss…Some Thoughts On Lessons Of Childhood
Well, it's Theodore Geisel's birthday again and with the movie release pending for The Lorax, it has me thinking once again about my childhood. Seuss' The Cat In The Hat is one of the first books I ever remembering owning. I got it for my birthday as a young child. (I can't remember which one my [ Read More ]
More Rungs On The Ladder: The Returning, DMG & I Get A Locus Mention
Well, I got my first publishing related mention in Locus. Sometime last year I was listed in a photo caption for Rainforest Writer's Village despite not actually being there for the picture (so that doesn't count). The announcement of the sale of my second novel showed up yesterday with mention of my editor, Randy Streu, [ Read More ]
February 27, 2012
Write Tip: Cat Rambo's Developmental Editing Checklist
One way to be sure your manuscript is ready to submit is to make sure you get a good developmental edit. Now unless you're making a lot of money already, paying someone may be out of the question. Most submissions editors will reject anything that's not at least ninety percent there. They do line edits, [ Read More ]
Write Tips: Cat Rambo's Developmental Editing Checklist
One way to be sure your manuscript is ready to submit is to make sure you get a good developmental edit. Now unless you're making a lot of money already, paying someone may be out of the question. Most submissions editors will reject anything that's not at least ninety percent there. They do line edits, [ Read More ]
February 25, 2012
Now Available: Rivalry On A Sky Course (ebook)
Today, I finished and uploaded my first ebook to Barnes & Noble and Amazon. A prequel short story to The Worker Prince, Rivalry On A Sky Course tells the tale of Davi Rhii and his friends, Yao Brahma and Farien Noa, at the Borali Military Academy when a fellow cadet starts a rivalry with Davi and [ Read More ]
February 24, 2012
Acknowledgements: The Returning
These are the acknowledgements I wrote to my second published novel, fourth novel I've written. It thanks a lot of online and real life people who deserve to share any credit for my success. Acknowledgements Writing your fourth novel and first sequel is an interesting experience. And as I finished each chapter, I turned it [ Read More ]
