Nicky Drayden's Blog, page 9
September 30, 2011
Blogger Zombie Walk!
For those of you who have a special place in your hearts for zombies, there's a Blogger Zombie Walk going on today via the magic of the interwebs! Fifty brave souls have chosen to participate, putting up some sort of zombie themed post on their blogs. Leo Godin is one of them, and has highlighted [...]
September 9, 2011
Please, Nobody Pinch Me
So my writing life's been pretty rosy lately–I've got a couple new short stories out (including my all-time favorite, not for the faint of heart), made some short story sales and got a reprint in this squid anthology, received my first four-figure Amazon.com royalty check (four figures if you count the decimals), and have a [...]
July 14, 2011
Why Ebooks Will Mean the Demise of Semi-Pro Zines (and why this is not a bad thing)
I just released volumes three and four of my short story collections, and having sold a total of over 300 ebooks now, I am from hence forth declaring myself an Expert on Ebook Publishing. And not only that, I have also sold two copies of my ebook in the UK, so I can now call [...]
June 22, 2011
Writer’s Life Gone Loco
So things have been a little crazy these last few weeks. I am now an assistant editor for not one, but two SFF magazines. ArmadilloCon is ramping up and I actually have to start planning Registration stuff now. I’ve been tracking the sales of my ebooks like a nut. And yet more exciting super secret [...]
Writer's Life Gone Loco
So things have been a little crazy these last few weeks. I am now an assistant editor for not one, but two SFF magazines. ArmadilloCon is ramping up and I actually have to start planning Registration stuff now. I've been tracking the sales of my ebooks like a nut. And yet more exciting super secret [...]
May 31, 2011
In which my story is the best someone has ever read, plus Amazon sales
I just got a heads up (thanks, Sam!) of a great review at Diabolical Plots of my story "Wrath of the Porcelain Gods" which the reviewer says is "the best story I've ever read." Okay, so there was a little bit of a qualifier that came before it, but still it's a mighty compliment, and [...]
May 28, 2011
30th Sale Plus Slush, Slush, Slush!
I am pleased to announce that the story I wrote at Viable Paradise has found a home. "Of In-laws and Close Encounters" will be appearing in Issue 5 of Untied Shoelaces of the Mind! After several days of struggling with a "serious story" that was clearly not going to work, this whimsical tale popped into [...]
May 20, 2011
Zombie Podcast
My zombie love story "You Had me at Rawwwr" is up at Drabblecast. This one's a favorite of mine, and I'm glad to see it get a little TLC. Photo by Aidan O'Sullivan, Creative Commons
May 15, 2011
Procrastination a Day in May
Well, the good thing about failing miserably at Story a Day in May is that it makes writing a short story every week seem a lot more doable. Only a minuscule amount of new fiction was written last week. But the good news is that I've got several pretty decent story ideas to develop, plus [...]
