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I heard from the editor of Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show that they are now a SFWA approved professional market, retroactive to issue #1. I mail my application for associate membership tomorrow morning. Two more sales for full membership. www.ricknovy.com

My story “Oh, Mallary!” is now live and available for free at The Martian Wave. www.ricknovy.com

I finished my redraft of Neanderthal Swan Song friday evening. The revision I finished in spring of 2005 was around 74,000 words. The one I finished this year ended at around 114,500 words. The question came up about how I managed to write 50% more when I killed a subplot…. Continue reading →

Book Review: James Maxey’s Bitterwood I recently had the opportunity to acquire my first uncorrected proof of a novel before its release. The novel is Bitterwood, by James Maxey. I thought I’d share my reaction to this book with you. If you like dragons, this story will be a treat…. Continue reading →

My story Chaos Theory went live at Darker Matter on June 1st. You can read it for free right here. www.ricknovy.com

Wow. I finally found a home for the most travelled and the second-oldest story in my inventory. Sells in its 23rd market. It’s been on the market constantly since October of 2004. Here’s where it’s been: Weird TalesZahirThe IconoclastShort Stuff MagazineApexAlien SkinShimmerStory House CoffeeSon and FoeCabinet Des FeesThe PedestalFlash MeLone… Continue reading →

See if this quiz can accurately detect your accent. I’m originanlly from Wisconsin and live in Arizona, so I think this quiz averaged my accents together. http://www.youthink.com/quiz.asp?action=take&quiz_id=9827 What American accent do you have? (Best version so far) Midland (“Midland” is not necessarily the same thing as “Midwest”) The default, lowest-common-denominator… Continue reading →

A bit of a disagreement within SFWA has lead to Monday, 23 April, being dubbed International Pixel-Stained Tehnopeasant Day. It stems from a disagreement about posting work in the internet for free. I’ll not go into the sordid details. If you really want to know, you can google it. What… Continue reading →

Heard friday that the new online magazine “Darker Matter” wants my story “Chaos Theory” for issue 4. Heard today that online magazine “The Martian Wave” wants my story “Oh, Mallary!” I’ll post when they are available as both are free publications. www.ricknovy.com