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[x] Compose ten or so questions for interview (A) [x] Brainstorm questions and conversational openings for interview (One) [x] Read a few serial novel submissions [x] Follow-up with a a couple of...
View ArticleThings delayed, and things… not.
So we decided that we weren’t satisfied with the way the cover of the Print edition came out. When we get this really wonderful art from our contributors, we consider it our responsibility to do...
View ArticleA time and a place for everything…
…and therefore I will spare you the extensive rant about the 15 zillion different e-book formats. Suffice to say, I don’t think we have the time to produce a copy of each issue in enough formats to...
View ArticleWorldCon is HOW soon?
Today was a day to tie up loose ends, and look ahead to future issues. I emailed one of the issue 7 contributors about a small detail; otherwise, Issue 7 is pretty much ready to go. I just have to make...
View ArticleWork whiplash
After progress seemed hard to come by for quite a while, today was a nice burst of productiveness. The final edits were sent out, and we’ve heard back from most of the contributors. A couple just got...
View ArticleKeep moving forward
The pdf edition of Issue 8 is pretty much done. I got the entire thing reformatted to 8.5″ x 11″. But I realized that I hadn’t properly sized the cover to 8.5 x 11, so I couldn’t do the merging of the...
View Article10 miles behind me and 10,000 more to go
Really made a ton of progress today on the editing! All the Issue 9 content is complete except 2 stories, and those are both half-finished; Kay will wrap up one of them tomorrow, and I’ll do the other....
View ArticleTo go inside or go insane
Today has been a very strange day. Kay’s mother is in town, so Kay took our son and her mother to western MA yesterday. I’ve been alone all day, which has enabled me to be very productive… but it’s a...
View ArticleWhen it comes to knowin’ which way the wind is blowin’
Okay. The Print edition is well and truly done. Except for one bio I still don’t have. Everything else is done, and I truly mean everything. I think we’re going to have to start enforcing deadlines on...
View ArticleYou don’t know what it means to win
This is what happens when we really focus. With the goal of getting just about everything for I9 wrapped up a week early – thereby enabling us to get as far ahead on Issue 10 as possible before...
View ArticleSeize the moment, try to freeze it and own it
We are caught up on reading again. It wasn’t easy, as the past two days have brought a slew of submissions. We’re past our highest previous submissions total by about 12% already! And the end of the...
View ArticleWanna be creative but the man won’t hear it
We have very little time today to work directly on actual issues of CG today; it was our last non-work day before we leave for WorldCon so we had to make the most of our time to get ready. We went...
View ArticleNo one knew the circumstance but they say that it happened pretty quick
Maybe this is going to be the norm, and I shouldn’t be surprised, but it has. the proof of Issue 10 has already been shipped. This morning I woke to find an email from Createspace, informing me that...
View ArticleCrossed Genres cover listed on BoingBoing
The cover for Issue 9, Free At Last by Brianna Wu, was listed on BoingBoing this morning! Thanks to Cory Doctorow for posting it!
View ArticleOpen up the throttle and stir a little dust
As I mentioned in a post earlier, Issue 9′s cover art was featured in a post on BoingBoing. It drove a lot of traffic to the site, which was a nice surprise – we didn’t know about the post until it’d...
View Article399,993 to 7
A quick note on swear words, because I’ve been asked a few times but I haven’t addressed it here: We don’t object to submissions with swear words. But there has to be a legitimate rationale for any...
View ArticleCome inside this digital domain
Tomorrow is the LAST day to get your SFF+Horror submissions in! So many little-yet-important things accomplished today: - Kept up with reading Issue 11 submissions - Created new CG ads for Project...
View ArticleI got something that tells me what it’s all about
All editing for Issue 11 is done. We’re still waiting to hear back from a few writers, but the toughest part is finished. Phew! We also got an updated version of the cover art. We’d thought it was...
View ArticleRighting wrongs and singing songs, being mighty all day long
What a weekend. I got my second migraine of the week on Saturday, and our son hasn’t been feeling well, so I didn’t get to anywhere near as much as I’d wanted to. We did get the proof copy of issue 11...
View ArticleIf you’ve got the feeling jump across the ceiling
The second proof has been ordered and is on its way – I forked over a bit extra for faster shipping. Keeping my fingers crossed that this one has been lightened enough. Today was a fairly slow day for...
View ArticleMy mother feared I was abnormal
(what do you expect at almost 1am?) We just got an email from Julie Dillon, the cover artist for Issue 12. She sent us an updated preview, which is in the home stretch now. We’re just… oh wow. Slfksj....
View ArticleI like my rules, baby, etched in stone
We got back some of the edited content with comments, all of which were pretty reasonable. So I was able to take some of it and get it formatted and inserted into the document for the print edition....
View ArticlePlease don’t point and stare, we’re just technologically impaired
We had a little blackout tonight. A fierce rainstorm knocked out the power on our block. It was only about 10 minutes, but it did knock us offline. Fortunately our son was already asleep and didn’t...
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I played around as well I was able
So much to do… so much to talk about… I’m barely awake after staying up past 1am to deal with the website issues and then actually get the new issue released. But there is much to blog about, so here I...
View ArticleSometimes you think you’re gonna get it
Editing happened! We’re not finished, but progress was made. Hurrah! Today was Mad Communication Day. I must have sent a good 20-25 emails covering various subjects for the magazine. Mostly about Issue...
View ArticleYou’ve got a real type of thing going down
Whew! What a weekend! The site was down for about 24 hours. This was due to some unforeseen (and still not completely explained) issues when moving the site to a new server. Our webguru Matt worked his...
View ArticleAin’t no big deal, it’s innocent
Sadly, the official announcement has to wait one more day. Not planned, but today wasn’t quite as expected. I almost finished the Kindle edition of issue 12 today… another hour or so tomorrow should do...
View ArticleYesterday’s sunshine is faded
Annoyingly, we’ve decided that we need to order a 3rd proof copy of the print edition. There are a few tiny problems that, if it was just one of them, we might leave it (as much as it would irk us),...
View ArticleThere’s a name for it, there’s a phrase that fits
Yesterday the general public got its first glimpse at a sneak peek of the LGBTQ issue’s cover art. Or at least, those who visited Tor.com did. Pablo Defendini and Richard Rhorer delivered on their...
View ArticleWell then, friend, it seems to me you pick and choose
Issue 12 is pretty much complete. Everything’s been double-checked, all the templates have been prepped as far as they can be. I even wrote up the little descriptions for the new items in the store (a...
View ArticleThis is the story of how we begin to remember
It’s very hard to struggle back into a rhythm of work after being flung out of it for so long. To anyone who says 5 days isn’t a long time, I say: clearly you have never truly been in this kind of...
View ArticleWhy wait any longer for the world to begin
Sorry for the lack of posts. I can say in all honesty that it’s because I have been busting my ass on CG. Yesterday I finalized the print, pdf, Kindle and prc editions of Issue 13. Who’s awesome?...
View ArticleThe extent to which you resist
Well, since my post earlier today, a few more people have pitched in with contributions or purchases. Thank you! We’re still not quite where we need to be yet, but we’re getting closer! Please help us...
View ArticleInsert image of Fail Whale here
This blog has become severely neglected recently. I’m very sorry for that – this season does create chaos. I’ll be so glad when it’s over. But I would anticipate updates staying sporadic until January....
View ArticleI ain’t been nuttin’ but bad
(I can’t listen to christmas music unless it’s been originally subversive, or subverted from the classic stuff. Dr. Demento saves me during this time of year.) A quick note to start: This is the last...
View ArticleYou can spin the dreidel with Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock
What an exhausting weekend. Fortunately it was a good one this year for us. Not terribly stressful. Worked off a lot of tension and energy playing the new Wii (our 3-year-old son’s pretty good at it....
View Articleof joy and hope and dreams
Amazing how things can just come together and make us giddy with their beauty and awesomeness. Last night we approved the final version of the anthology, and ordered 100 (!) copies. Yikes! Early next...
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‘Cause the time is close at hand
When we got back from shopping this afternoon, Kay and I found two big boxes waiting for us. They contained this: That’s 100 copies of the anthology! We’re so very excited to have them in hand. They...
View ArticleBut there is no joy in Mudville
(NOTE: This post was supposed to go out on Tuesday the 19th. I have no idea why it was saved as a draft instead. Better late than never, I suppose.) Just a few quick things tonight: Several hours worth...
View ArticleSaying what I’m doing…
Blog posts have been thin recently largely because of a bit of burn-out on our parts; getting issue 15 and Crossed Genres Year One ready for release on the same day, plus all the long-term stuff we’ve...
View ArticleHigh adventure that’s beyond compare
A fast bullet-points post today, because we’re very busy and I’m exhausted. 1) Sunday is the LAST DAY to submit to the ANTIHERO issue! Thus far subs have been pretty solid – we’re well over last...
View ArticleHer joys must be high as her sorrows are deep
Wow what a night! This post may be long as there’s much to talk about! First, as I posted late last night, Issue 17: ANTIHERO has been released! This issue is amazing; please read, view and enjoy!...
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Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light
This will be a long post – brace yourselves! We’re getting down to the wire for submissions to the Gadgets & Artifacts issue. Tomorrow (Friday) is the deadline! We’ve got a fair number of...
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Julie Dillon to illustrate cover of contest winners!
(Originally posted at Kickstarter) We’re thrilled to announce that artist Julie Dillon has agreed to create artwork for the cover of the print edition of the Science in My fiction contest winners!...
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Issue 19 TOC, and more!
Here’s the Table of Contents for issue 19: GADGETS & ARTIFACTS! FICTION: “Last Tango in Gamma Sector” by Michael R. Underwood “Conflicts” by Timothy T. Murphy “The Crate” by Daniel José Older...
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A Festival of Skeletons – cover sneak peek!
We’ve just ordered a batch of Advance Reader Copies of RJ Astruc’s A Festival of Skeletons! We’re very excited – we’ll have them in hand to distribute to reviewers within 2 weeks, hopefully sooner....
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Crossed Genres Quarterly 3: Cover art sneak peek!
Crossed Genres Quarterly 3 combines CG Magazine’s issues 31-33: Heroes & Heroines, Sidekicks & Minions, and Villains. The Quarterly also has exclusive stories and articles. Q3 will be released...
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Crossed Genres Magazine Quarterly 4: Cover sneak peek!
Crossed Genres Quarterly 4 will be available in print and ebook on January 1. This is the last publication of Crossed Genres Magazine! Here’s a sneak peek at the cover art, titled “The Very Ugly...
View ArticleHugo nomination deadline this Sunday! CGP eligible works/people
This Sunday March 11 is the final day to nominate for the Hugo Awards! Here’s a list of elibigle CGP work & contributors: Best Novel Broken Slate by Kelly Jennings Best Short Story All stories in:...
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Cover reveal: CG Magazine anthology, “Ancient Discovery” by Julie Dillon
We’re very pleased to to show you the cover for the first CG Magazine 2.0 anthology, due out mid-July! “Ancient Discovery” by Julie Dillon Julie Dillon is a two time Chesley Award-winner, a World...
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