![]() ![]() Potentially up to 19 stories, including a novelette, and more than half of the content will be original. – Another sale is a collection of science fiction short fiction to be published in 2015 by Cohesion Press. I am very pleased with the end product, thanks to Cohesion Press – 1 of these sales was the revised, Australian edition of my all-ages fantasy novel, Guardian of the Sky Realms. – 8 sales, a mix of speculative fiction genres If that was added to my short story sale statistics, I would be doing very well indeed (I am counting this as a single work). I should add that I have also sold a collection of science fiction stories to Cohesion Press which includes, potentially, 9 original short pieces (one a novelette). Also of note, is the higher percentage of sales per submissions – I have logged in 2014 a 1 in 10 success rate, which is significantly higher than previous years. 2014 has seen 8 sales, where there has been a tangible increase in semi-pro and professional publications. The average has fallen below one month per sale, because I have been less aggressive in submitting and writing stories instead, I have been focussing on quality. I was proud of that statistic, and more importantly, the more recent the sale, the higher the market payment. Until August 2014 I sold, on average, a story a month for about three years. Leave a comment My Year In Review: 2014Ģ014 has been a mixed bag for me, but on balance, good. Posted on Jby Gerry Huntman Posted in writing Tagged continuum, convention, friendship, publishing, writing. While the convention is still carrying on into Monday, I can say that it was an enjoyable, and professionally fulfilling experience. As usual, there’s an opportunity to meet some friends who I have up to that point only interacted through social media – a bonus! I attended a few panels in my interest areas, and spent a lot of time catching up with old friends, and making new. ![]() And, as usual, a bit of schmoozing – that is, a lot of the publishing business seems to generate in the corridors and lunch/dinner tables. I have to admit the publishing hat was most pleased – IFWG Publishing Australia managed to nab two 2017 Australian Shadows Awards (Best Edited Work, Best Collected Work) – the details can be found here. Early years saw me in the vendors space, selling IFWG books, but now that I have distributors to do that for me, it was a double bonus to turn up as a writer, and lightly as a publisher. While I wasn’t able to attend the entire Continuum 14 convention in Melbourne, I had a whale of a time.Īs a resident of Melbourne for a good number of years now, I have always wanted to attend my local speculative fiction convention, and for most of the years I have been here, I’ve managed to make it. ![]()
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