Aphelion

doc wrote:Seanan McGuire, a regular contributor to Aphelion's features section, will have her novel "Rosemary and Rue" released by DAW in September.

There's a review of the book (including a link to an excerpt), here.

Just to note: Seanan's book is now available in a bookstore near you

I'll start looking at alternate polling software that might give us a better audit trail.

I really wish whoever was doing this would just stop, though. It only takes one bad element to destroy the array. *sigh*

Seanan McGuire, a regular contributor to Aphelion's features section, will have her novel "Rosemary and Rue" released by DAW in September.

There's a review of the book (including a link to an excerpt), here.

Another great new issue is online. Lots of shorts and novellas and poetry and such. I'm gonna take a moment here to draw your attention to something really special in the features section. For many months, we've been running a series of essays on writing by Seanan McGuire (which I hope you've been r...

The new issue of aphelion is online. There's a lot of great stores, poems, and features this month, so read and comment.

Enjoy!

"Subplots are like candy. Oh, sure, they may look colorful and sweet and tasty, but if you keep stuffing them in your face, then not only is your story going to get tremendously fat, but pretty soon it's going to find itself in a displeased-looking editor's chair with a thousand enormous plot holes ...

TaoPhoenix wrote:I got a note on this too.

The issue itself is there at:
http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/oldishs/ap132v13.htm

But The Fly apparently blinded our WebMaven as an audition for performing for President Obama.

Fixed this one too. Cut and paste FTL, man.

gordhaddow wrote:The link to 'Helldiver (Part 2)' needs rectifying. Haven't tried any of the other sections yet.
Gord

Oh, hell's bells. I could have sworn I fixed that one earlier.

Thanks. Fixed.

Also fixed. That was a good old fashioned assumption on my part. The gallery was put together months after most of the covers ran, and I probably didn't remember it was yours and simply assumed that any original art of unknown provenance was Dan's.

The webmaven apologizes for the error.

Actually, I just forgot to update that widget when I flipped the issue. Thanks!

The June issue went online at 8:00am on June 11. Lots of fiction, poetry and more features than any 3 issues usually have, so be sure to check it all out!

Enjoy!

Gosh, thanks!

I actually haven't written any fiction in quite some time, but this one prompted me with an irresistible idea, and I was quite pleased with the result.

Feels good to shake the dust off. Maybe I'll do it more.

Just in case people missed them the first time around: Thoughts on Writing #4: People Are Going To Be Mean To You Thoughts On Writing #5: People Are Going To Be Mean To You: Take Two If you've *not* been reading Seanan McGuire's essay series on writing, you really should go back and take a look. It'...

"I need to go to the store," he said, shrugging his shoulders for emphasis. I think of all the various ways that sentence has been presented, that's the most awful. :) Thinking on it further, I think Nate's idea is the best. It might even work better to reverse their order, as well. (Bear in mind t...

Yes, I'm with you that rhythm is important. And I believe I see where you're coming from with accepting the idea of shrugging while one is speaking. Of course, people do that and more while having a conversation. However, I see the crux of the matter as being a technical issue rather than whether I...

*shrug* I still disagree that it's incorrect. No, you cannot shrug with your voice. You can however, shrug while speaking, which is all the notion conveys. It is, as noted, easy to get carried away with these notions, which isn't good either. As I said earlier, its important to consider the rhythm o...

There were also some technical issues, particularly with dialogue, pacing, and descriptive language: eg (and this are not directly from the story): "I need to go to the store," he shrugged. That kind of construction is simply incorrect. Better to go with he said with a shrug. Stepping in to strongl...

The numbers are fine. For them to not be ok, there'd have to be some target number that we were falling short of. Like all numbers, without context, they don't mean much.

Having said that, bringing new people into the community is always a good thing.

I don't know what you're talking about concerning "non-paying market scams" but my offer was based on not realizing that it costs $1,200 a year to run this work. It is easy to say not to worry about it when you're not the one paying the bill. I wasn't suggesting that money was to be asked of those ...

I recently posted this in my own blog, and thought I would share it here for anyone who was interested in how I present the zine to people: What is Aphelion? Aphelion is an original fiction fanzine that has been published on the web since 1997. It was started by Dan Hollifield when the webzine he'd ...

As usual in this discussion, people are getting way far from centre. I know I seem like a grumpy guss every time I do this, but let's establish some perspective: Aphelion is a fanzine. It's not going to be a 501(c)3 organization, because it has no revenues, nor is there any interest on our part to e...

unforgibbon wrote: Thanks again; the skewering brings back fond memories of when this forum was a rather more lively arena of disparate--and noisy--viewpoints.

Only thing stopping it from being again is all you folks reading this and not posting. Read a story, drop a note. Argue amongst yourself.

I have a marketing idea I'll be posting about presently. (Well, ok, I'm *stealing* a marketing idea that I'll be posting about presently. But it'll be fun.)

The new issue of Aphelion went online at midnight, May 5th. In this issue, we remember our dear friend Tom Deitz, who has left us all too soon. This edition of Aphelion is dedicated to his memory. Also, the usual assortment of short fiction, serials, poetry, and not one, not two, but four feature ar...

After far too long, the back issues update has been updated, through the current month. Feel free to go back and revisit those thrilling days of yester....month. http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/oldishs/ Hoping to soon have time to actually develop the new author index that Tao so slavishly compiled ...

Generally, I just assume that people are reading everything, but since I've seen only a little discussion, I figured I'd just drop a nudge for everyone to check out the features section. We've been running a superb series by Seanan McGuire on the art and craft of writing, which everyone here should ...

I think it is approriate that we recognize Nate for all the work that he's doing on the zine. I don't see any reason to change the working forumla, though. The original purpose of the contests was to draw people to the forums. The forums should remain the home for that endevor.

The April 2009 issue went online at 10:00pm on April 6th, 2009.

There's long fiction, short fiction, poetry, and features. Lots to read, and lots to comment on. Enjoy!

I think the important thing to take away from this particular essay is this:

Lack of knowledge about a subject can be either an obstacle or an opportunity. When given the chance, make it an opportunity.

The March 2009 issue hit the stands on March 11, 2009 at 7:38am.

It has long ficiton, short fiction, a new Mare Inebrium story, a writing essay, reviews of manga and movies, and a whole bunch of poetry.

Spring is springing. Enjoy!