May 08 2009
Careful With Your Insults
What if you really do have two left feet? Maybe you got a foot transplant and the doctors screwed up. We must be careful with our insults.
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Are you a writer? If so, read my series on the games writers play to get themselves to write. 
Scott’s Mutter-Twitters- scottwcarter: [Mutterings] Interview With Me in Local Newspaper http://ping.fm/gYJ75
- scottwcarter: A little dated but a great run down of how much more money a publisher puts into a book beyond the advance: http://tinyurl.com/yawx7cu
- scottwcarter: One of the rare rejections that made my day: "Your voice here is so earnest and sad and convincing." It was from THE NEW YORKER.
- scottwcarter: RT @Patrick_Alan: It's Thursday and @KristineRusch is still at it. Now with the Business Rusch. http://bit.ly/drucrx
- scottwcarter: Good article on eBooks and Barnes and Noble specifically. "Quick Change in Strategy for a Bookseller" http://nyti.ms/c1pqKH
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Buy My Books
My first book, The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys, is now available for purchase. If you plan to buy the book, please do so as early as possible -- it encourages bookstores to stock the book and helps an author's career.
My short story collection, The Dinosaur Diaries and Other Tales Across Space and Time, is now available for purchase. It contains eighteen stories -- one original to this collection, and seventeen that appeared in places like Analog, Asimov's, Realms of Fantasy, and Ellery Queen. Read more about it here.
My first story collection, A Web of Black Widows and Other Stories of Love and Loss, is now available from PS Publishing. Order now -- it's a limited print run!
Recent Short Stories
My second story featuring interstellar private investigator Dexter Duff, "The Android Who Became a Human Who Became an Android," has appeared in the July/August issue of Analog.
Two cat stories in a row! My story, "A Problem with Polly," has appeared in the anthology Cat Tales II: Fantastic Feline Fiction.
My collaboration with Ray Vukcevich, "A Stray," has appeared online at Fantasy-Magazine.com. Free reading!
My story, "The Bear Who Sang Opera," has appeared in the July/August 2009 issue of Analog.
My story, "Stone Creek Station," has appeared in the anthology, Beneath the Surface. Buy it here.
My story, "The Dinosaur Diairies," has appeared in the magazine, Realms of Fantasy. Buy a copy at your local Borders bookstore. You might also consider subscribing.
My story, "Motivational Speaker," has appeared in the DAW anthology, Mystery Date. Purchase it from Amazon today.