An Appearance and Upcoming Release

L-R: Watts, me, Lomer, and Lomer's booth babe, Teresa.

I have no blog today. I’m on my way to SuperMegaFest this weekend, where I’ll be signing copies of all my books, and even hosting a panel titled Anthologies and the New Writer with authors Rob Watts and Stephen Lomer. We’ll be talking about how to find markets, how to submit, and warning signs that the market you’re looking at is an anthology mill or disreputable publisher. Also, Billy Mumy and Angela Cartwright from Lost in Space will be at the event, so maybe when you’re done being astounded by our author brilliance, you can go meet them, too.

Now, if you're on the fence about going, let me remind you that it takes a lot these days to get me to leave my house. I can't promise it'll happen again.

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​In other news, my longish short story, “Gibtown,” is being released in Carnival of Nightmares, coming out October 16, though luckily it’s available now for preorder here: https://www.amazon.com/Carnival-Nightmares-Creepiest-Show-Earth-ebook/dp/B07J1YWL3S/. And my best writing friend Rob Smales’s story, “The Biggest Little Show on Earth,” is also in it, so you get double the bang for your buck. (Did I write a blog on how it might not be a great idea to submit to the same submission call as your BWF? When I got my acceptance email, I didn't tell anyone, because I hadn't heard from Rob if he'd gotten in or not—and it turned out he was waiting before saying anything because he hadn't heard from me. Fun times.)
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On a related note, “Gibtown” is probably one of my personal favorites of stories I’ve written, so I’m very excited for this release!
 
That’s all the news here. If you have no plans this weekend, why not stop by SuperMegaFest at the Sheraton Framingham and say hi?