Electric Spec

  • The rules of the first page critique game are in detail on the Electric Spec blog, and it basically boils down to ‘send in the first 200 words (ish) of a story that you want some feedback on and they’ll comment publically on their blog’. The comment is always erudite and helpful and I shall…

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  • I’ve just seen the announcement on the Electric Spec blog that Volume 4, Issue 2 is out. And so is Issue 8 of Crossed Genres. Hopefully I’ll get around to reading them soon.

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  • I haven’t reviewed Electric Spec before. I first heard of them via the first page contest they were holding on their blog. The editors’ comments on the work submitted to them were very thoughtful and interesting. They publish quarterly and are a paying market. The first issue of this year came out on February 28.…

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