In Praise of Anthologies

Posted on May 19, 2012 by K.P. Hornsby

Despite having recently had a story accepted at Trust & Treachery, I used to cruise past anthology listings at Duotrope with little more than passing interest. If I happened to have a story that fit a themed anthology, I’d add it to my ever-growing list of potential markets, but often as not, I’d skip past them. Continue reading →

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Novella Follow-up

Posted on May 15, 2012 by K.P. Hornsby

I wanted to say thanks again to everyone who’s been reading ‘Antiquity’ and to say that it’s now posted in 5-chapter blocks for (well, if not convenience, for fewer pages under that category). I’m going to post the whole thing next week as one enormous document and Continue reading →

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To Be Continued…

Posted on May 8, 2012 by K.P. Hornsby

With May well underway, a lot of my favorite television shows have either wrapped up for the season, or are about to. I’ll admit it with a measure of fondness and frustration that I recall some of the best-and-yet-worst season cliff hangers…Captain Picard gone AWOL with the Borg, Agent Mulder trapped in a blazing boxcar of smallpox-stricken aliens, Malcolm Reynolds discovering that River Tam had the makings of a pilot (oh, wait, that was an actual ending, and now I’ve just made us all feel bad…). Continue reading →

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Update!

Posted on April 26, 2012 by K.P. Hornsby

Well, it’s not much of an update – just a note to let fans/newcomers know that I’m working hard at wrapping up Antiquity (newcomers, check out the “novella” tab!), and I wanted to apologize for the lack of new content here on the main page. I’ve been hard at work getting more short stories revised and submitted, and am putting together the beginnings of new novella once Antiquity is finished. Thanks for reading!

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Potlatch Convention

Posted on March 4, 2012 by K.P. Hornsby

I recently had the good fortune of attending the Potlatch convention, held this year in Seattle. Connected to Clarion West, this convention offers sci-fi and fantasy writers the chance to participate in a workshop/critique session, discussion panels on various topics, and the opportunity to meet both published authors and other beginners in the genre. Continue reading →

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