At about 5 pm today I received a phone call from a representative at Createspace, in response to the Science in My Fiction books that were lost. This was kind of surprising in and of itself, since Createspace doesn’t make a phone number readily available – most communication has to go through email. The woman […]

On September 23, I placed an order through Createspace for 80 copies of the print version of the Science in My Fiction contest winners. These copies were to be re-shipped to the winners, the judges, and the people who pledged to the kickstarter drive. As of this past Friday (10/15) we still hadn’t received them. […]

Sorry for the lack of posts. I can say in all honesty that it’s because I have been busting my ass on CG. Yesterday I finalized the print, pdf, Kindle and prc editions of Issue 13. Who’s awesome? That’s right. Actually we have to wait for the proof of the print edition to arrive before […]

WOW so much to tell! First and foremost: the print edition of Issue 12 has been finalized! Today was another example of speediness by the printer: Submitted at 11:58 am, proof ordered at 3:26 pm, proof shipped at 4:46 pm. Less than 5 hours total. Brilliant. I gotta say: DAMN I am so pleased with […]

Despite the annoyances of the day, a lot was accomplished. The primary annoyance was with Adobe Acrobat, which we can’t afford. Kay had one of those ideas that’s so clever we both wondered why we didn’t think of it sooner. Rather than waiting until we had all the stories edited and formatted, we’re going to […]

Maybe this is going to be the norm, and I shouldn’t be surprised, but it has. the proof of Issue 10 has already been shipped. This morning I woke to find an email from Createspace, informing me that the cover image as submitted didn’t have enough “bleed” at the edge for printing. I thought that […]