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in which M.E. Ray becomes a writer
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I have resubmitted all my stories, except ‘Detention’. I’ve considered rewriting it, but I may just stick with it as is. I think the website/podcast will be interesting to do. I’m researching the best way to get quality submissions. I’m hoping the higher payrate will help, but you have to get [...]

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I’ve finally decided to take a swing at my own online science fiction magazine, now that I’ve got a little experience with the conventions of the field.
I’ve made a list of things that I need to do:
1) Choose an appealing name
2) Make sure I can get the domain name (I can’t believe that sciencefiction.com and [...]

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The first story of my modern era, “The Ancient Bridge”, was accepted by Sams Dot Publishing and will be published October 2010 in Beyond Centauri, a YA Science Fiction & Fantasy quarterly. It’s a coming of age story with swords, lost causes, and bandits.
Hypersonic Tales, the e-zine that has accepted “Service”, is running a [...]

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I tell myself that I have been generally useless for about a month. I haven’t written anything new and am determined to begin anew, but I have been active.
- I spruced up the middle of Alchemy. The freshly edited version of it went to and was passed on by Fantasy and Science Fiction, [...]

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I mailed Alchemy to Fantasy & Science Fiction. According to Duotrope it has the fastest turnaround time for submissions of the Big Three. That way I can send it on to the next more quickly ‘if’ it’s rejected. It’s my best story so far and someone will publish it eventually (w/fingers crossed).