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The Edge of Propinquity and Wily Writers Together

The Edge of Propinquity and Wily Writers are teaming up for a cross website submission call. I will be the Wily Writer guest editor and will be choosing one story for the Wily Writers site and one for the Edge of Propinquity site. That's two stories – two different points of view on the same event, $50/each.

They can be written by one author or by two. Example story idea: The event is hunter killing a werewolf. One story would be from the hunter's point of view. The other would be from the w...

Getting It

It's been a busy couple of weeks. Rewrites, new fiction, editing and new contracts. Oh, and getting ready for two books to come out. It feels odd to have both a horror collection and a finance book (link soon) coming out within weeks of each other. The "Murder and Mayhem Tour" promises to be an absolute blast. Seanan is awesome and gets my weirdness.

This last weekend I was at Crypticon and, as an author and a vendor selling books, I did not get it when people told me, "I don't read anymore. ...

New Dream Girl

Now that the news is officially out, I can announce that I am one of the new staff writers for the Geek's Dream Girl website. My job is, starting in July, to produce a monthly column of a female's POV on professionally writing for the RPG industry. I've even got the next year's topics mapped out. This column should be useful and interesting to males and females alike.

From the slushpile

Jennifer's Apex Slush Pile Scorecard for 2010
(The other submission editors have their own scorecards.)

208 total submissions

208 total submissions read.
206 total rejections.
02 total submissions currently kept for round-robin editorial evaluation.
07 total submissions kept for round-robin editorial evaluation.
00 published in Apex Digest

00 submissions to go.


Some good stories but not good enough to send up the line. yuki_onna is an exacting editor that needs something special. Most stories start...

Crypticon Schedule

I will be in the Dealers Room at the Apex table for most of Crypticon. I have two readings:

Friday, 6:30pm
Saturday, 11am with Wily Writers

I will also be hosting a one hour book signing with nihilistic_kid on Saturday from 1pm until 2pm in the Dealers Room at the Apex table.

Come by, say hello, buy books at Apex convention prices.

The Edge of Propinquity - Issue 54

Issue 54: June 2010

Welcome to the Edge of Propinquity. Issue 54 is now published. This month we have the loss of thing dear, a story finally told, the exile of a loved one, the crossing of a line and the final release of an old soul.

Four Visitors - Duality, Part Three - by Rick Silva AKA shaharazad
Solstice - Spring, Part Six - by Ivan Ewert AKA ivan23
Mnemosyne - Missing Volumes - by Nick Bergeron
Sparrow Hill Road - Last Dance with Mary Jane - by Seanan McGuire AKA seanan_mcguire
Guest Author...

Final Close Encounters of the Urban Kind Reading

Where: Third Place Books, Lake Forest

When: 6:30pm, June 12th (it's this Saturday)

What: Final scheduled reading of the anthology Close Encounters of the Urban Kind .

Who will be there: Shannon Page, Rosemary Jones, Erik Scott de Bie, Nathan Crowder, Alma Alexander and Jennifer Brozek

Come listen to the authors read and then buy a copy of the anthology for the authors and editor (me) to sign. It's good karma: support your local authors, support you indie bookstores and support small press publishers.

Something Fun - Librarians Do Gaga

Here's something fun after that serious post. This is Librarians doing Lady Gaga's Poker Face but with their own unique twist. I got this from shelly_rae .



I tell you, there are some hot ladies in this video.

The Danger of Being a Slush Reader in the Horror Genre

Apex Magazine is open again for submissions with Cat Valente as the fiction editor. I am one of four slush readers. I also read for The Edge of Propinquity. TEoP is my zine—lock, stock and barrel. So, I read a lot of slush.

There are dangers of being slush reader, especially in the horror genre. I'm not talking about the danger of reading boring stories or reading clichés or even reading something so badly written all you can do is roll your eyes and wonder "why me?" Those are all part of bei...

Taking the Reins

As of today, I have three editorial interns, one chief proofreader and a personal assistant. This is not a sudden thing. Well, it is but it's been needed for a while now. The editorial interns will work with me on various projects, learning what it takes to create an anthology from start to finish; the proofer is my last line of defense against typos, and my PA is already proving herself invaluable. She also doubles as my marketing person.

I almost feel like a corporation or something. It's co...