No Mongoose in the Mimosa

Leap Year Magic promotion: On Wednesday February 29, the Kindle version of The Princess, the Knight, & the Knave will be available at Amazon.com for free. Instead of $2.99 to download this 61,000 word (about 220 paperback pages) young adult fantasy novel, the price on Feb 29 will be $0.00 for one day only--and worth every cent. Yes, $0.00, that's almost as good as free. Put it on your calendar. Download a copy. Give as gifts to your friends. Give it to people you don't like: that'll show them. Here are some other sites that feature my short fiction for free reading: Words and Music His Brother was an Only Child Hire Education (Just Up for March Issue) The Unicorn Dilemma should be available in March at New Myths . Perchance to Bleam coming soon to Futures:Nature . or you can pony up  to buy one the following Kindle ezines: Heir Apparent Anthology  (read the reviews) June 2011 Daily Science Fiction OG's Speculative Fiction And finally, the Kindle v...

After I discovered how difficult it is to get anyone to read a novel manuscript from someone whose publishing credentials only included textbooks, I knew I had to get some experience in the following: 1. Writing a query letter with the ever dreaded pitch. 2. Writing a synopsis. 3. Fiction publishing credits. I decided that the best way to get some fiction credits was genre short stories, and that is what eventually led me to Baen's Universe Annex section of Baen's Bar. When I first joined Baen's Bar as DrCrispy in May of 2009, I wasn't sure exactly how it worked. It took me a while to find the rhythm, but basically here's what a member does now: 0. There is a Universe Slush forum and an associated Universe Slush Comment forum under Baen's Bar. 1. A barfly (member) reads stories posted on the Baen Universe Slush and offer critiques or comments if so inclined on the Universe Slush Comments forum. 2. A barfly may also submit his own stories for consider...