A new role and a new sale
Edmund Schubert, the editor of Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, called me the day before I left for the World Fantasy Convention to offer me a position as assistant editor. After thinking about it for a day, I accepted. I’ll mainly be helping to read stories submitted to the magazine, choosing which to pass along to Edmund.
Since IGMS has been a very good market for me, I’m excited by the opportunity to work behind the scenes.
On returning from the convention, I found an acceptance letter from Analog for my novelette “That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made.” It’s the seventh story I’ve sold to Analog, and it’s the most Mormon (Mormonest?) story I’ve sold anywhere. The main character is a Mormon branch president who must deal with the consequences of having alien members of his congregation—specifically gigantic plasma beings living inside the sun—who are part of a culture with different laws and traditions.
I’ve occasionally heard people say that Analog won’t buy stories with religious themes (unless they’re anti-religious), but that has not been my experience.
Congratulations! Great news on both fronts!
Awesome! and Congratulations!
Hooray! Congratulations :)
That is awesome Eric, great work!
Hey! That’s made of awesome.
Fantastic!
Wow, I didn’t realize you’d made seven sales to Stan. That’s mighty impressive! Hope the new role at IGMS proves satisfying and worthwhile for you. Sounds like another positive step for your career in the field.
Hoorah! Congratulations! What’s next? I know: Neuter Kimball t-shirts. Mark me down to purchase the first one.