Getting Past Being Joe Blow Neopro
by Tobias S Buckell
1 hour, 17 minutes
Unabridged SF-Related Essays on Writing
2003
Science fiction and fantasy author Tobias S. Buckell talks about a much-ignored period in the working writer's career: after one makes that first major professional story sale, but before he or she has turned that exception into the rule. Buckell discusses "the benefits, the experience, and the dangers of being a Joe Blow Neopro," along with "some strategies to move out of this stage in of our careers."
These six columns originally appeared in Speculations in 2003, when Buckell was still a neopro. His advice is likely worth reading because his first novel, Crystal Rain, comes out this month from Tor Books. Columns included:
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1 hour, 17 minutes
Unabridged SF-Related Essays on Writing
2003
Science fiction and fantasy author Tobias S. Buckell talks about a much-ignored period in the working writer's career: after one makes that first major professional story sale, but before he or she has turned that exception into the rule. Buckell discusses "the benefits, the experience, and the dangers of being a Joe Blow Neopro," along with "some strategies to move out of this stage in of our careers."
These six columns originally appeared in Speculations in 2003, when Buckell was still a neopro. His advice is likely worth reading because his first novel, Crystal Rain, comes out this month from Tor Books. Columns included:
- An Introduction
- Putting in the Time
- Original Source Creativity
- Professionalism
- Taking it Up a Notch
- Plan Your Career Now
Categories: 1-2 hours, 2006 Release, 21st Century AD, Alex Wilson (Reader), Essay, Free, Nonfiction, Podcast, SF Related Nonfiction, Speculative, The Longer Stuff, Tobias S Buckell, Writing
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Ogg Vorbis (.ogg); Q2; 39.3MB
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AAC (.m4a); 64kbps; 35.5MB
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Tobias S. Buckell is a 'born Caribbean' speculative fiction writer. His sometimes island flavored work often turns up in various magazines and anthologies, and his debut novel Crystal Rain [new window] will be published by TOR in February 2006.
He is a Clarion graduate, Writers of The Future prize winner, and a John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer Nominee. Publishers Weekly has called his pieces 'somber' and 'affirming,' and Locus says some of his work is 'interesting for its non-western setting.' Website [new window]
Alex Wilson is a writer and stage/film actor from northern Ohio and now based in Carrboro, North Carolina. He starred in the North American Premiere of Richard Taylor's musical Whistle Down the Wind and recently filmed The Third Cord with Emmy-nominated director Jack Lucido. His animated comics-parody film All's Fair in Love and Police Actions was recently selected as an iFilm Pick. He is the founder of Telltale Weekly and Spoken Alexandria. See his website for more. [new windows, all].
Posted by alex at February 1, 2006 1:25 AM
