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Nathaniel Morgan
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Date Joined Sep 2007
Total Posts : 71
| Posted 9/6/2007 9:45 PM (GMT -5) |   | |
Hello all,
I was pointed towards this forum by my friend Firlefanz. We know each other from other writing forums and workshops.
I primarily write fantasy and literary fiction, with the rare soft Sci-Fi piece. I’m slowly writing less and less Lit-Fic due to disgruntlement with the market.
I’m not sure how to describe my fantasy. Perhaps if Hemingway and Ray Bradbury mind-melded, then did tequila shots with , Ursula K. LeGuinn, Robert Heinlein and Mark Twain the result would be something like what I write. If that sounds like an utter mess, then I’ve hit close to the mark. 
Perhaps someone who has read my work can better describe it.
In real life I'm a single father of two, living on about 20 acres in Central Texas. I'm permanently 29 and refuse to get any older. I retired from a suit and tie job in the big city to spend more time with my kids, and to pick the grapes, peaches and pecans that grow on my land and watch my kids swim in the river out back.
In my youth I held every job imaginable: upper level administration for a large company, EMT, Martial Arts instructor, Engineering and Logistics consultant for a large scale engineering firm, Professional MMA Fighter, carpenter, vet-tech, etc.
My Hobbies are: Travel, Backcountry Hiking and Camping, Martial Arts, Gunsmithing (AR family and Rem 700's), 3-Gun, Painting, Anthropology, Music (Classical Guitar, Metal, Folk, Blues etc.), Exercising and generally bouncing around the world learning things and getting into trouble.
In addition to my native Texan I speak conversational Spanish(Tejano). I also speak a smattering of other languages so feel free to give me a try if you speak something other than English. I never regret looking a new word up.
I'm still waiting on that first pro sale. | | Back to Top | | |
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crystalwizard
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Date Joined Nov 2006
Total Posts : 5069
| Posted 9/6/2007 11:50 PM (GMT -5) | | I have to start attending cons next year, but I have every intention of attention Fencon this year. I've got a story entered in the contest.
There's no website that I know of for the book signing. One of the members of a fantasy list I'm on works at that Hastings and mentioned it.
Here's what she said:
Hastings Bookstore
2900 W. Washington St.
Stephenville, TX 76401
The signing is scheduled for Saturday, October 20,
2007, from 11-2 at the Hastings Bookstore in
Stephenville, TX. It’s really easy to find--it sits on
the main drag, which is Hwy 67/377, which cuts
southwest from Dallas to Brownwood.
A couple of the authors who will be there are Rachel Caine and Carole Nelson Douglas.
I'm sure they'd love to have anyone who can get there show up. It should be a lot of fun. | | Back to Top | | |
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Firlefanz
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Date Joined Mar 2007
Total Posts : 1246
| Posted 9/7/2007 2:27 AM (GMT -5) | | | | |
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MichaelEhart
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Date Joined Jul 2005
Total Posts : 2341
| Posted 9/7/2007 2:35 AM (GMT -5) | | Welcome!
Read me in 2007!
"The View From the Shotglass Floor" Ray Gun Revival, Feb 2007
"Voice of the Spoiler" The Sword Review, June 2007
"Servant of the Manthycore" The Sword Review, July 2007
"Darkling I Listen; and for Many a Time" Fear and Trembling, coming soon!
"Weaving Spiders Come Not Here" The Sword Review, August 2007
"Six Zombies Doing That Mick Jagger Strut" Damned in Dixie, Summer 2007
"Nothing But Our Tears" The Sword Review, September 2007
"Night of Shadows, Night of Knives" Magic and Mechanica, Fall 2007
"The Scarlet Colored Beast" The Sword Review, October 2007
"The Stars by Law, Forbidden" Unparalleled Journeys II, November 2007
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H.P. Lovesauce
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Date Joined Jul 2007
Total Posts : 585
| Posted 9/7/2007 8:59 AM (GMT -5) | | Welcome! I always enjoy observing Type A's from a safe distance.
Your fantasy sounds like an intriguing combo--I'm eager to read some.  | | Back to Top | | |
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Firlefanz
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Total Posts : 1246
| Posted 9/7/2007 9:53 AM (GMT -5) | | | | |
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Gustavo
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Date Joined Aug 2007
Total Posts : 1330
| Posted 9/7/2007 10:50 AM (GMT -5) | | Welcome Nathaniel! Always great to have members with Litfic backgrounds!
If there are more conventions in Texas, keep me posted, since I'll be in Mexico City for a few months beginning Monday, and maybe I'll be able to get away for one. | | Back to Top | | |
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Nathaniel Morgan
Neophyte
Date Joined Sep 2007
Total Posts : 71
| Posted 9/7/2007 1:57 PM (GMT -5) | | Charles and Michael: Thanks for the warm welcome.
Michael: I'm BaneBlade on Firles forum.
H.P. Lovesauce: Wow, I did a good job with that introduction if you think I'm type A. I'm actually a bit of a hermit when I'm not travelling. I need my solitude when writing.
Gustavo: I have a link to some Texas conventions I'll look for. I envy you I haven't been to Mexico in a few years.
Firle: :P Thanks. ;) | | Back to Top | | |
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Daniel Arenson
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Date Joined May 2007
Total Posts : 80
| Posted 9/7/2007 5:15 PM (GMT -5) | | | | |
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Mike Lynch
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Date Joined Mar 2007
Total Posts : 330
| Posted 9/8/2007 12:57 AM (GMT -5) | | | | |
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Nathaniel Morgan
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Date Joined Sep 2007
Total Posts : 71
| Posted 9/8/2007 2:48 PM (GMT -5) | |
ScrewMoonshine said...Welcome to the boards! Might I ask what your gnawing point with the literary market is? I've been trying to crack into those mags for some time now, with very little success. Robert Orme
Moonshine:
I suppose my disgruntlement stems from a few issues.
1. There is a bad joke going around that literary fiction magazines and journals are only read by writers with literary degrees who have yet to publish a sucessful mainstream novel, and by professors of said literary programs. The result being that a large portion of thier reader base is writers who are submitting to them.
2. The majority of literary fiction is centered around New York and LA. Most of the editors and publishers live in the Northeast.
My literary fiction has a strong sense of place. My voice and the voices of my characters are often distinctly Southwestern. I write about the world that I know and grew up in.
I might have more luck if wrote as Faulkner did, as he is quite popular among that crowd. But that isn't my story to tell.
My stories about people travelling outside the U.S. tend to be better recieved.
3. There is a certain perspective, philosphy, and political leaning among editors of lit fic journals, that my stories tend to inflame. I find this odd since I don't tend to be preachy about politics, or try to forward any particular idealogy.
One critique partner disliked a scene I wrote about a small farm in Mexico. Her complaints centered around a scene that detailed the butchering of chickens. She said something about being a vegetarian but understanding that not everyone was. Then she complained that the scene nauseated her. This baffled me because it wasn't graphic or detailed in the least. It was merely a backdrop for more important things that were happening in the story. So I asked her to be more specific. She said it was the fact that I had a young child, who she had grown attached to, doing much of the butchering. She felt that I had used the child for shock value (apparently it worked), and that it was uneccessary. It never occured to me that someone wouldn't realize that children help with ALL the chores on a farm. They are not sheltered from those particular jobs. As a child I often helped my father butcher meat, and then hang it in our smoker. | | Back to Top | | |
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ScrewMoonshine
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Date Joined Aug 2005
Total Posts : 885
| Posted 9/9/2007 12:03 PM (GMT -5) | | Nathaniel Morgan said...
One critique partner disliked a scene I wrote about a small farm in Mexico. Her complaints centered around a scene that detailed the butchering of chickens. She said something about being a vegetarian but understanding that not everyone was. Then she complained that the scene nauseated her. This baffled me because it wasn't graphic or detailed in the least. It was merely a backdrop for more important things that were happening in the story. So I asked her to be more specific. She said it was the fact that I had a young child, who she had grown attached to, doing much of the butchering. She felt that I had used the child for shock value (apparently it worked), and that it was unnecessary. It never occured to me that someone wouldn't realize that children help with ALL the chores on a farm. They are not sheltered from those particular jobs. As a child I often helped my father butcher meat, and then hang it in our smoker.
Wow, that's one of the most unusual criticisms for a story I've heard of. Strange, too. I'm a purebred sheltered suburban boy, and it doesn't surprise me at all that children living on a farm help butcher animals. If I'd given the matter a moment's thought, I daresay I'd have expected that they would.
Robert Orme
Out now:
"On the Tree Top" in Ultraverse vol.3 #5 (www.ultraverse.us)
"The Scab, the Man, and the I.V." in Mount Zion Speculative Fiction Review #3 (www.mountzionpress.com)
Coming soon:
"Time in a Capsule" in Unparalleled Journeys II (www.journeybookspublishing.com/)
"Replacing Someone" in Aoife's Kiss #26, September 2008 (http://samsdotpublishing.com/aoife/main.htm)
"More Than One Way to Protect" in Lords of Justice (www.carnifexpress.net/blogs/) | | Back to Top | | |
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Nathaniel Morgan
Neophyte
Date Joined Sep 2007
Total Posts : 71
| Posted 9/9/2007 5:23 PM (GMT -5) | | |
Robert,
I found it strange as well. I find it hard to believe anyone could be that naive. Perhaps there was some other issue I wasn't picking up on. I simply didn't place much stock in the complaint.
I'ld be intersted to hear your take on the market as well. Here, in another post, or via PM if you prefer. I've certainly noticed feedback on rejections seems to be a lot less frequent than in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy markets.
Where have you submitted to?
I've been bounced by:
The Atlantic Monthly, Georgia Review, and Glimmer Train (broke my rule about not submitting to places with reading fees on this one) recently. I'ld have to check my files to see where some of the earlier ones went...
Edited to Add: Hi mike. Hi Dan. Thanks for the welcome. | | Back to Top | | |
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