This episode completes our Sarah-fiction double-feature with guest Sarah Hollowell (@sarahhollowell). Sarah reads her story, "Several Emails Regarding a Ceiling Fan and a New Kitten," and we talk about some of the differences between genre-focused writing workshops and creative writing programs at colleges. Also: rejection. It's a thing that's going to happen to you as a writer.
On this episode, we make a passing reference to pay rates without actually explaining what they are. Accoring to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, SFWA (SIFF-wa), pro rates for short fiction, as of this episode's airing, are $0.06/word or above (although these rates are being raised later in 2019). Anything below that rate but above $0.01/word is considered semi-pro, and anything below that is considered token pay.
Things mentioned in this episode:
Duotrope (paid) and The Submissions Grinder (free)
RIP to Shimmer Magazine
"Crow's Eye," by Sarah Hollowell
Alpha, the Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Workshop for Young Writers
Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer
The art of Galen Dara
"Every Fat Person, Healthy or Not, Deserves Respect," by Sarah Hollowell for The Huffington Post
Texts from A on Frolic (as of this airing, this series is now appearing weekly)
"Hello, Wild Things, and Good Luck," by Sarah Hollowell
Michael with a B
Join us again on May 17th, with guest R. K. Duncan!
2019 Awards Eligibility Mini-sode
Episode 11: C. L. Polk - "Memory and a Monkey"
Episode 10: Sharon Hsu - "Grown-Up Business"
Episode 9: Premee Mohamed - "The Broken Astrolabe of Tychon Silkentongue"
Episode 8: Alexandra Rowland - "Windfall"
Episode 7: Amanda Hackwith, "A Gift of Claw and Hunt"
Episode 6: Tyler Hayes - "Ferryland"
Episode 5: Valerie Valdes - "Handyman"
Episode 4: Kate Lechler - "4PM at the Three-Eyed Dog"
Episode 3: R. K. Duncan - "The Night School"
Episode 1: Sarah Gailey - "Meet Cute"
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