no shit there i was ← Alex Acks: Sound and Nerdery

No Sh!t, it’s a Kickstarter, and have I got a book for you. 1

Apr

11

2016

IT’S MY FIRST KICKSTARTER EVER LOOKEE LOOKEE! That’s right, everyone. The No Shit, There I Was speculative fiction anthology is THIS CLOSE to becoming a reality. A reality in which you get 24 amazeballs stories that I would wrestle a roid raging great white shark for, no shit. I’m excited and a little bit terrified, and I ...

No Shit, There I Was, thinking about successful stories

Feb

10

2016

I made a little list yesterday, about some basic problems I noticed repeatedly in my slush pile. Things worth fixing that’ll help a story survive the savaging of the slush jackalopes, at least. But what about the stories we liked and loved? And I’m not talking here about just the ones I sent acceptances for. ...

No Shit, There I Was, with lessons from the depths of my own slush pile 5

Feb

9

2016

I’ve now sent the last of the responses for the anthology; if you haven’t gotten an email of some sort from me and submitted a story, please query immediately. This is the first time I’ve ever truly dived into a slush pile, and it was a really cool experience. I ended up enjoying way more stories than I ...

No Shit, There I Was at the Rejectopocalypse 4

Jan

30

2016

So no shit, there I was, poised to send a flood (118) emails to writers who submitted to my anthology. I’ve got a lot of mixed feelings right now, let me tell you. Part of me is excited because this is one step in a long process of putting an anthology together, and it also ...

Hey you. Yes you. I want you to write a story for my anthology. 4

Aug

13

2015

What fresh hell is this? Only the freshest of hells, my darlings: No Shit, There I Was. And yes, that sure is my name as the editor. See, this one time at this one con, I was sitting in the bar with other writers, and we were doing what writers do, which is drink and ...

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