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“Exit Interview” reviewed

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A web­site called Dia­bol­i­cal Plots has tak­en it upon them­selves to review pret­ty much any­thing and every­thing that Dai­ly Sci­ence Fic­tion pub­lish­es.  In the last week or so, they got to the August 2011 sto­ries, which include my short sto­ry, “Exit Inter­view”.

In short: they liked it.

When I was asked to review “Exit Inter­view” by Patrick Johan­neson (debut 8/3 and reviewed by Anony­mous), I was pleased as I clear­ly remem­bered read­ing it the day it arrived in my inbox–always a good sign. I enjoyed it as much read­ing it a sec­ond time.
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They also point­ed out that no less a lumi­nary than Mike Resnick — Mike Resnick! — has sold a sto­ry to Dai­ly SF. That’s some esteemed com­pa­ny to be in, methinks. (For those not in the know — Mike Resnick has been nom­i­nat­ed for more Hugo Awards than any oth­er sci­ence fic­tion writer.  Includ­ing Grand­mas­ters like Asi­mov, Clarke, and Heinlein.)

So.  How’s your day been?

They liked it

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That went well.
As they say, “That went well.”  The Face­book com­ments for my sto­ry “Exit Inter­view” were all very pos­i­tive. (Whew.)

You can click the lit­tle wee screen­shot to see ’em, if you want.

On tap for tonight: Write Club. (Fol­lowed up, almost cer­tain­ly, by a farewell to a cou­ple of our writ­ers, who are going to Guelph* and Chi­na, respectively.)

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* I think it’s Guelph, anyways.

Íslendingadagurinn

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This week­end my wife and I went up to Gim­li with my moth­er for the 122nd annu­al Ice­landic Fes­ti­val.  I had­n’t been to the fes­ti­val in many years — it’s on a long week­end in sum­mer­time, so it tends to attract wed­dings, fam­i­ly reunions, and oth­er events — but this year Mom called us up about a week and a half before the week­end and said, “Hey, you want to go?”

We said “Sure!”

Con­tin­ue read­ing “Íslendin­gadagurinn” →

Coming Soon

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If you want to have my short sto­ry “Exit Inter­view” emailed direct to your inbox, you’ll need to sign up for Dai­ly Sci­ence Fic­tion, and soon.  My sto­ry’s com­ing in ear­ly August.

(If you don’t sign up, all is not lost; sto­ries show up on their site about a week lat­er, and I will for sure post a link to it here, and on Face­book, and on Twit­ter, and prob­a­bly Google+ …)

Contract

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The con­tract for my Tesser­acts sto­ry arrived in my email inbox today, as well as the lay­out ver­sion of my sto­ry for me to proof­read. Awe­some. If you need me, I’ll be proofreading.

Hey, does any­one know — can you spell Ouroboros with a low­er­case “o”?
Update: Yes.