Heard back from the editor/publisher of the proposed THOUGHTCRIME EXPERIMENT anthology today to say that he was passing on AND THEY WILL NOT BE STOPPED, the scifi story originally accepted for publication in the 2050 anthology that vanished without trace. He did offer to send me some critique for the piece so I might take him up on it.
He also said that if I wanted to send him something else with a lighter tone to it he’d be eager to see it. I had to tell him that I didn’t really do light-toned stories …
On the writing front apart from finally getting back to work on Guerra, adding a couple of K to it, I’ve also been considering starting on another time travel story with a view to having it as backup for the Time’s Edge antho.
I’m a little concerned that the first one I wrote for it, minus blindfold, might not be genre enough for it and I’ve been toying with another idea and that is to do with time travel via chemicals which basically open up the doors to your perception rather than anything technological. I have sketched out the basic premise and whilst it is more scifi it is certainly still a very “Logan” story, whatever that might be…
Tags: Publishing News, Times Edge, Writing Updates
Ohhh I realize which one you mean now. I’ve seen it on Duotrope. I’ll have to remember he doesn’t like dark stuff and send one of my “normal” genre pieces if I decide to submit anything…