Set Goal, Polish Story and Submit!!
| 24 September 2011
Well, here is my second post of the week. I am job hunting and coming up with more for my son than for me. I really want to work out of my house and free lance. I am writing the posts to establish a consistent discipline of writing. I have seen some jobs on blogging parenting and family. This is a possibility but my passion is scifi and the future in a positive light.
Googling scifi ezines I have decided to dive in. I have put this off far too long. I am finishing an alien story and I have this at the top of Paying Ezine Fiction Markets. I have been told you can't make a living off scifi but when you push (as I did at the World Scifi Convention in August) what one man considers a living is far removed from other men. Considering people who live on $30K a year and less, why can't I give this a goal. Here is the scoop:
ALIEN Q
Webzine with free access. SF/Cyber. Pays $50 for One-time Rights, up to 2k words. Interested in all alien stories. E-mail subs only in .doc or .txt formats. Reply Time: 2 weeks. Submissions to: Art Bacon & Verna Mitchell, Editors, 11231 San Fernando Road, San Fernando, CA 91340
Not bad for a newbie, $50. I can start here and then try:
Clarkeswork Magazine
Fiction Guidelines
Word Limit: 1000-8000 words (preferred length is 4000)
Pay Rate: 10¢ per word up to 4000 words, 5¢ per word after
Genres: Science fiction and fantasy
Language: English
Rights: We claim first world electronic rights (text and audio), first print rights (author must be willing to sign 100+ chapbooks), and non-exclusive anthology rights for Realms, the yearly Clarkesworld anthology.
I get $400 for a 4000 word story. That is worth fighting for.
OK, now my goal is to get my "Independent Trader" done and sent off.
How about 1 month. I kinda want my critique-rs to see the whole think, but waiting a whole month more may be too much. I will judge when I get the first (on my revision) critique on Monday. Stay tuned, dear readers.
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