Aswiebe's Market List Update 2012-02
Feb. 16th, 2012 05:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 03/15/2012.
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Editor's Note
I linked to this article on increasing writing productivity in the last Aswiebe's Market List Update: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/25-ways-to-improve-your-writing-in-30-minutes-a-day
This month, I've been using the techniques emphasized in it, and they have made a huge difference in my writing productivity. The main change for me has been visualizing what I'm about to write, in detail, before I write it. Watching the movie version, if you will. I've always had a general plot scrawled somewhere before I start writing, but this is organic plotting on a very detailed level. This has the benefit of getting me excited about certain parts of the scenes (the "candy bars") immediately before I write through to them.
This has had three observable effects that boost my productivity:
1. Procrastination Block Begone! That "don't wanna write just yet" feeling? Gone. The visualizing takes care of it, without triggering procrastination itself.
2. I drop into what people call "flow" or "the zone" pretty much instantly.
3. I just plain write faster. My writing speed has about doubled.
Try it for a week yourself, and see what you think!
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
"Gone Huntin'" has been published by The Washington Pastime. It's a heartwarming literary story, a bit of a departure for me! Read it here for free: http://www.washingtonpastime.com/drupal/node/88
The man stamped his feet hard against the stoop when he stepped outside of his cabin. It was an hour yet before sunrise and cold enough that his breath frosted the air, hanging white against the dark of the trees. Even through the layered flannel shirts and down jacket he was wearing, he felt the bite of winter.
Shouldering his rifle, thermos in hand, he walked through the woods to his stand. Birds' sleepy chirps fell silent when he walked by, twigs snapping under his boots. There was just enough light for him to make out the path. When he reached his stand and climbed up the ladder, he saw fresh claw-marks from the black bear that roamed in the area on one of the trees nearby. They shone white against the dark tree bark. He was glad for his rifle.
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
- Abra Staffin-Wiebe
Things Shiny or Useful
* Book Marketing Ideas - everything but the kitchen sink! [marketing, publicity, social media] - http://www.authormedia.com/2012/01/16/89-book-marketing-ideas-that-will-change-your-life/
Featured Market
Wily Writers is a new, pro-paying market for science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Issues are themed. They publish a text and a podcast version.
The basics: science fiction, fantasy, or horror, 1,000-4,000 words, $.05/word, accepts reprints.
Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name | What they want | Pay Per Word – Fiction | Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) | Website |
| Professor Challenger ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/31/2012 | Themed to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's LOST WORLD character | $0.0500 | http://www.edgewebsite.com/books/professorchallenger/pch-guidelines.html | |
| Steampunk Cthulhu ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 07/31/2012 | Cthulhu-themed steampunk | $0.0300 | http://www.freewebs.com/batglynn/steampunkcthulhu.htm | |
| West Pigeon Press | All spec-fic | $0.0300 | http://www.westpigeonpress.com/submissions/ | |
| Mark of the Beast: New Legends of the Werewolf ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/01/2012 | Horror themed to werewolves | $0.0300 | http://scottdavidaniolowski.blogspot.com/2011/12/werewolves-of-london-and-other-places.html | |
| Institute for the Forsaken | Horror | $0.0200 | http://www.razorthinstudios.com/iotf/guidance-councilor/ | |
| Steampunk Revolution ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 03/01/2012 | steampunk, reprints only | $0.0100 | http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2012/02/01/ann-vandermeer-call-for-submissions-steampunk-revolution-antho/ | |
| Scape | Speculative YA (broadly defined) | $0.0100 | http://scapezine.com/guidelines/ | |
| GPS Annual Writing Contest - ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 05/15/2012 | All spec-fic | $75.00 | http://geekpartnership.org/evt_writingContest.htm | |
| Artifacts and Relics: Extreme Sorcery ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 06/30/2012 | Heroic fantasy featuring a powerful relic. | $50.00 | http://heathenoracle.weebly.com/submission-guidelines.html | |
| Abandoned Towers | All genres - unique | $10.00 | http://abandonedtowers.com/submissions/ | |
| A Cappella Zoo | Magic realism, slipstream | $0.00 | http://www.acappellazoo.com/home2 | |
| Loco-Thology ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/30/2012 | SF/F themed to leaps | $0.0100 | http://loconeal.com/submissions/anthology-submission/ | |
| Wily Writers | All spec-fic, themed issues | $0.0500 | http://www.wilywriters.com/blog/?page_id=1234 | |
| Bloodstones ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/15/2012 | Urban fantasy horror | $0.0200 | http://www.ticonderogapublications.com/index.php/guidelines/bloodstones | |
| Old Weird South, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 03/01/2012 | Fantastic/supernatural themed to the American South | $50.00 | http://www.qwpublishers.com/anthology-the-old-weird-south/ | |
| Nine | All genres of imaginative fiction | $40.00 | http://readnine.com/submissions | |
| Zombie Jesus and Other True Stories ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/31/2012 | Alternate history horror | $20.00 | http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Alternate_History_Horror.htm | |
| Dreaming of Djinn ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 03/01/12 - 10/15/12 | Romantic Orientalism speculative fiction a la 1001 nights. | $0.0200 | http://ticonderogapublications.com/index.php/guidelines/dreaming-of-djinn | |
| Kazka Press Short Fiction | SF/F | $0.0200 | http://www.kazkapress.net/short-story-call/ | |
| Menial: Skilled Labor in SF ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/31/2012 | SF themed to skilled labor | $20.00 | http://crossedgenres.com/submissions/menial-skilled-labor-in-sf/ | |
| Bizarrocast | Bizarro fiction | $5.00 | http://bizarrocast.blogspot.com/ | |
| Mad Scientist Journal | "scientific papers" by mad scientists | $10.00 | http://madscientistjournal.org/submissions/ | |
| Kazka Press Flash Novels ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 04/30/2012 | SF/F | $250.00 | http://www.kazkapress.net/?page_id=755 | |
| Spacesuits and Sixguns - DEAD MARKET | fun modern pulp | $0.0300 | http://www.spacesuitsandsixguns.com/ | |
| Trabuco Road - DEAD MARKET | literary slipstream spec-fic | $0.0300 | http://www.trabucoroad.com/guidelines.html | |
| Aberrant Dreams - DEAD MARKET | SF, F, and Supernatural Horror | $0.0300 | http://www.aberrantdreams.com/content/content/submission-guidelines | |
| Cthulhu Sex Magazine - DEAD MARKET | Blood Sex or Tentacles | $0.0200 | http://www.cthulhusex.com/sinfo.asp | |
| Aether Age, The - DEAD MARKET | Shared world fantasy | $0.0050 | http://www.aether-age.com/p/guidelines.html | |
| Edge of Propinquity, The - DEAD MARKET | modern day hidden world – themed | $50.00 | http://www.edgeofpropinquity.net/library.asp?id=61 | |
| Sounds of the Night - DEAD MARKET | Sensual but not erotic SF/F | $12.00 | http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/soundsGL.htm | |
| An Electric Tragedy - DEAD MARKET | Any spec fic | $3.00 | http://www.anelectrictragedy.com/submissions.html | |
| Dark Fiction Spotlight, The - DEAD MARKET | dark fiction | $0.00 | http://thedarkfiction.com/?page_id=9 |
Aswiebe's Market List
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Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
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