Well, lots of growing pains today with the A/V. After fixing video lag and mic issues, I recorded... a few times before there was minimal background.
But! Enough letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. The new workflow is now fully launched, and I'll just get better as I go.
Today's piece offers some reflection on #SFF industry, Clarkesworld, and its latest issue. Corporate monopoly is a bigger threat than "AI" to the future of short fiction. Investment is key!
Oh, that was very generous of you, Stephen. Thank you for taking the time with it. And sorry to have missed the morning VOY! Now that I'm not split between multiple workflows, we shall co-watch something fun soon, I'm sure. 🤗
@MLClark You got me to thinking about submitting to Clarkesworld, but I don't want to take print space away from someone who's building a career.
(Not to be so arrogant as to think I'd make a sale ...)
Oh, don't for a second let that stop you! But I highly recommend reading the publication first, to get a sense of the style and interests before diving in.
You know I'm always rooting for you to put some fiction on the roster, but I also know how hard it can be to decide where to invest one's energy. Please don't let specific market trends hold you back. 👍🏻
@MLClark "You know I'm always rooting for you to put some fiction on the roster ..."
Well, there *was* the B5 cookbook ... and lots of political content back in the day ...
@MLClark For the record, I never fibbed any of my own political content.
Although one client once insisted I add a falsehood to a flyer I was creating for him. We argued, I added the line, but I made it clear I'd never do it for him again. That was when I knew my mentor had turned to the dark side.
I've noted it before, but it really takes a lot of work to move through so many professional worlds filled with people whose flaws do so much harm, and still come out with one's own open-hearted, ever-questing spirit intact.
You've walked through many shadows of the Valley of Unkindness, my friend - and walked through them well, if I may say so.
@MLClark Someone once called it the Curse of Self-Awareness.
In the end, one has to live with oneself. Some people are perfectly happy with being morally bereft.
I thought about that watching the junior senator from Alabama fibbing during the #SOTU rebuttal, even though she's supposedly a devout Christian. She wore a crucifix which, suprisingly, didn't spontaneously combust.
@MLClark BTW, I'm looking very forward to the next VOY episode, "Living Witness." I remember thinking at the time it was one of the best episodes of the series.
Good! I'll catch up on today's VOY this evening, so we're on the same page. :)
@MLClark I just watched your #SOTU (State of the Universe). It's been a long time since I had a briefing on the SF industry, so thank you. I referred it along to a SFWA friend.
BTW, I like the background traffic. It tells us about you and where you live.