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| Posted By : Ramon Rozas - 4/2/2008 3:39 PM | |
Hello to everyone! My name is (obviously) Ramon Rozas III, and I thought I should introduce myself here since I have been lurking on this board for approx 6 mos (came here originally from a mention at EDF's forum)(where I also lurk). As you can tell, I'm not a big poster, but I love reading comments! I am also a refugee from the Rumor Mill.
I hope to learn tips here (and already have, actually) to help me get better at writing - both *writing* and *selling* the writing. I've appeared in EDF (which is a wonderful venue, BTW), Carnifex Press' Clash of Steel 2: Assassins, Aoife's Kiss and Leading Edge Magazine. As is common, I have a SF novel I am trying to get someone interested in. Finally, I'm web illiterate, so please don't hold my posting errors against me!
So, hello, and I look forward to more interesting discussions! |
| Posted By : RHFay - 4/2/2008 3:46 PM | |
Hello, Ramon!
It sounds like you've actually made a pretty good start in selling your stories. If you haven't already, check out Duotrope's Digest and Ralan's Webstravaganza, both useful market listings:
http://duotrope.com/
http://ralan.com/
As you may already know, and has been said repeatedly here, the best advice regarding writing is to keep writing. Write as often and as much as you can. Keep churning out stories, and then submit those stories. Constantly work at honing your craft.
"I'm going to do what the warriors of old did. I'm going to recite poetry!"
Richard H. Fay - Azure Lion Productions
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| Posted By : G.L. Douglas - 4/2/2008 5:00 PM | HI, Ramon, glad you surfaced from lurkerdom. Sounds like you're moving forward with marketing your work. Congrats!
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
(Please visit my website: http://www.alpharising.net) |
| Posted By : MichaelEhart - 4/2/2008 5:27 PM | Welcome!
Click here to buy my book!
The Servant of the Manthycore from DEP
Illustrated by Rachel Marks, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock
Read me in 2008!
"Without Napier" Every Day Fiction, TBA
"Night of Shadows, Night of Knives" Magic and Mechanica, Ricasso Press, Spring 2008
"To Destroy All Flesh" Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, Spring 2008
"Only His Name" Every Day Fiction, March 30
"An Exorcism Straight, Hold the Elvis" They Are Not What They Seem, Janrae Frank, ed., TBA
"The First Trial of Jermaish the King" Flashing Swords #10, May 2008
Still in print!
"The Stars by Law Forbidden" Unparalleled Journeys II, Journey Books, 2007
"Six Zombies Doing That Mick Jagger Strut" Damned in Dixie, Tenoka Press, 2007
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| Posted By : Thirdy Lopez - 4/2/2008 6:13 PM | Welcome, Ramon.
Aurelio Rico Lopez III aka "Thirdy" has had fiction featured in COLD FLESH (Hellbound Books), THE BLACKEST DEATH I, II, and III (Black Death Books), SPORTY SPEC: GAMES OF THE FANTASTIC (Raven Electrick Ink), STAR-SPANGLED ZOMBIE (Maniac Press), RAW MEAT (Sideshow Press), SHADOW BOX (Brimstone Press), TRIP THE LIGHT HORRIFIC (RAGE machine Books), DEAD MEN (AND WOMEN) WALKING (Bards and Sages), and THE BOOK OF SHADOWS VOL. I (Brimstone Press). His poems have appeared in Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, Dark Animus, Goblin Fruit, Scifaikuest, Electric Velocipede, Sybil's Garage, The Horror Express, Down In the Cellar, and elsewhere. |
| Posted By : C.L. - 4/2/2008 6:42 PM | Hi! 
Icon and Art by Selina Fenech www.selinafenech.com |
| Posted By : Jordan Lapp - 4/2/2008 7:51 PM | | Howdy Ramon!
He's modest, but his story " Security Question" is the second most read story of all time at EDF with over 19,000 reads, and 39 comments.
To give you an idea of how many people have linked to it, that ONE page has a Google PageRank of 5. As a means of comparison, SFReader's main page has a PageRank of 3 (the scale is exponential, and higher is better).
Sorry if I embarrassed you, Ramon 
Jordan Lapp Managing Editor
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| Posted By : Gustavo - 4/2/2008 8:11 PM | Welcome aboard! Yeah, the loss of the Rumor Mill probably increased lurkerdom tenfold...
Visit my livejournal! http://bondo-ba.livejournal.com/
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| Posted By : Jared Evers - 4/2/2008 8:21 PM | | Hi there, and good to meet you! |
| Posted By : Ramon Rozas - 4/2/2008 9:01 PM | | Thank you for your best wishes!
Jordan, thanks for the boost. I was very happy with the reception "Security Question" got; I just wish I could take full credit for promoting it! I appreciate EDF having the faith to print something at the very edge of what you usually take (I think SQ is 999 words and EDF's limit is 1K). |
| Posted By : Steven the Git - 4/3/2008 8:17 AM | Hi Ramon and well done on a popular story.
“Hello, I am William Burton, Head of Recruitment and Integration for the Agency for Peaceful Regulation and Definitive Cooperation of Extraordinary Existence.”
spinetinglers.co.uk Bakemono will not stop! |
| Posted By : ScrewMoonshine - 4/3/2008 12:38 PM | Welcome aboard, Ramon! "Three Rules to Live By" was certainly a fun quickie story. It's been several months since I read it, but just taking a look at the table of contents for Assassins instantly reminded me of which one it was.
Robert Orme
Out now:
"Time in a Capsule" in Unparalleled Journeys II (www.journeybookspublishing.com/)
"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:
"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/) |
| Posted By : Ramon Rozas - 4/3/2008 3:17 PM | Mr. Orme - hey, I think we will be sharing a TOC in the 9/08 Aoife's Kiss. My SF short "Camera Obscura" should be in that issue.
Thank you for remembering "Three Rules" - it was my first publication credit ever! I still remember how I felt the day I got Armand's email. |
| Posted By : Jack Windsword - 4/3/2008 4:07 PM | | Howdy!
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| Posted By : Dean - 4/3/2008 9:02 PM | Welcome ,Ramon! I read Security Question a few minutes ago. not bad !
.........and if I claim to be a wise man.... it surely means that I dont know. (KANSAS,1977) |
| Posted By : Camille Alexa - 4/3/2008 10:23 PM | Hi!
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| Posted By : ScrewMoonshine - 4/5/2008 12:39 PM | Ramon Rozas said...
Mr. Orme - hey, I think we will be sharing a TOC in the 9/08 Aoife's Kiss. My SF short "Camera Obscura" should be in that issue.
Most excellent! I look forward to that.
Robert Orme
Out now:
"Time in a Capsule" in Unparalleled Journeys II (www.journeybookspublishing.com/)
"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:
"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/) |
| Posted By : von Darkmoor - 4/7/2008 6:38 PM | Hey, welcome Ramon, nice to have ye. You know, I've been wondering why I knew your name ever since reading "Security Question" - thanks for putting that question to rest - I read CoS: Assassins back in June of 2006 and listed your story as one of the enjoyable reads in the antho. The story stuck with me, just your name escaped. Glad to see you're still writing and finding acceptance.
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Jason M. Waltz
Managing Editor, Flashing Swords Press (site soon to come)
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