Story Accepted for Songs of the Dying Earth (doin’ a little dance)
Gardner Dozois and George R.R. Martin just took my story “The Final Quest of the Wizard Sarnod” for their anthology Songs of the Dying Earth. It’ll be out from Tor in the US, and HarperCollins Voyager in the UK, with two limited editions from Subterranean Press and several foreign-language sales in the works. Other contributors include Robert Silverberg, Kage Baker, Liz Hand, etc. You can find more information on the Subterranean Press page for the two limited editions here, including the very cool cover art. (They still haven’t put my name in the contributor list, but I would imagine that’ll be corrected soon.)
A couple of thoughts. First, it’s really a pretty diverse and wonderful world when I can be in both this anthology and something as different from it as Black Clock 9, edited by Steve Erickson. (For more info, click here. Other contributors include Lethem and Evenson.)
Secondly, I’d just like to thank both Dozois and Martin for the experience. There was a rewrite involved before acceptance, and I learned a lot from their comments. It’s a good day when you can pick up some additional insight into your fiction and get an acceptance in the bargain. Dozois gave me my first professional fiction sale back in the early 1990s, and I’ve been reading Martin since I was a kid, so it’s also important to me for that reason.
June 10, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Congrats! I look forward to reading it :).
June 10, 2008 at 3:34 pm
GREAT NEWS!! Congrats, Jeff!!! I´m very glad to know they accepted your story!
June 10, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Hey–and thank *you* for reading a draft. – Jeff
June 10, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Well done! That’s quite the lineup.
June 10, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Congrats, sir.
June 10, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Congrats, Jeff! That’s super!
June 10, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I put my copy of the Vance tribute on order just this week, but the Black Clock news might be even better. Good company you’re in there.
June 10, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Thanks all!
James–I’m now accepting far fewer solicitations for stories than in the past. In part so I don’t get into the habit of writing to demand (which I think is fine in small doses for me, but not large ones) and in part so I can concentrate on a series of stories that while surreal are not always fantastical, and which I plan on sending to various lit. mags, like Conjunctions. I want to branch out a bit. And pivoting toward the lit. mags will also teach me new things.
Jeff
June 10, 2008 at 4:53 pm
I.e., Black Clock is potentially the start of a new trend for me. And I love Erickson’s work, so it was pretty cool to get in, especially with a story as warped as the one I sent in.
June 10, 2008 at 5:09 pm
My pleasure!
June 10, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Congrats!
June 10, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Congrats, Jeff! I’ve long been a fan of the Dying Earth setting (Vance or otherwise), and I’m looking forward to this antho.
June 10, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Congrats! That ltd ed from Subterranean looks awesome as well.
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