Some interesting development as of late: first, I got my act together and filled out the application form for SFWA, which turned out to be surprisingly easy to use. I quickly got a reply with my membership information. I am now an SFWA member and got to vote for the Nebula just before the deadline […]

Filed under: Words on February 16th, 2010 by silviamg
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My Mexican steampunk story “Distant Deeps or Skies” went up at the webzine Expanded Horizons. It is set in the Porfiriato, in Mexico City. This was the story that got me a semi-finalist place at Writers of the Future, but no cigar. It floated around, lonely, looking for a home before meeting the folks at […]

Filed under: Words on February 3rd, 2010 by silviamg
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My sci-fi noir story with a Mexico City touch “Biting the Snake’s Tail” is up at Futurismic. It was two years in the making. I wrote the first half of it after dreaming two parts of it: the detective walking through the rainy streets with the dog and the murder. In the original, the murder […]

Filed under: Words on February 2nd, 2010 by silviamg
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If you are looking for something to read, look no further: Innsmouth Free Press has put out its third fiction issue today with stories by David Conyers et al. You can read the stories online or download the PDF. Please download the PDF edition! I lovingly laid it out and now someone better look […]

Filed under: Words on February 1st, 2010 by silviamg
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