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FOUR SCIENCE FICTION Kickstarter Campaign

Four Kristine Kathryn Rusch Science Fiction Novellas…

Campaign starts Tuesday at noon. Four Science Fiction.

Wow, is there some good sf reading in this campaign. Not only do you get the four novellas with every award, but you can get six of Kris’s other sf novellas. You can also get all (or choice of three) of 18 Diving Series books, and some great Kris short stories as stretch rewards.

Also brand new focused Pop-Up classes as stretch goals. That’s right, brand new.

And two of the best Special Workshops on science fiction we have ever done. Maybe the best ones. Here are descriptions of the two special workshops.

Workshop #1…Kirk’s Chair and Apples in Space

This is a special three-week workshop on details in space, how to write them, how to make sure a reader understands them. And why there are no seatbelts in science fiction. (There is a very good reason.)

You want to write science fiction, this is the craft and information flow workshop for you. 

And there is a short story to write for the third week’s assignments.

Workshop #2…How to Create Your Own Short Story Market.

With the collapse of the four major digests as viable markets (Asimov’s, Analog, Queen, and Hitchcock’s), there is a real need for this class. This is a special three-week workshop on how to create your own short story markets. (Not talking about starting a magazine, talking about how to create ways to get your stories out to readers and make money from your own short fiction.)

Since Kris can no longer sign a contract with the four major digests because of their non-negotiable contract terms, she has been working on ways to build up her own short story markets and feels she has enough ideas and information to share it here.

And there is a short story to write for the third week’s assignments.

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These special workshops will only be offered through this Kickstarter. Plus you get the four Kristine Kathryn Rusch science fiction novellas in electronic form.

Both three-week classes will be offered starting August 12th and August 26th. Your choice. They will not interfere if you are taking other workshops at the same time.

Great science fiction reading by the top writer working in science fiction, great workshops for writers. Hope you can join us.

Four Science Fiction.

 

6 Comments

  • Mark Kuhn

    Okay, I fired from the hip (I’m good at that) and then read further down. I tried to do some digging online, but there’s not much out there, but am I correct (or close?) in assuming that contracts will only be negotiable if you have an agent?

    • dwsmith

      LOL, Mark. Agents never deal with short fiction. It is below them and not enough money there to scam.

      No, this is simply they are demanding you wave Moral Rights, which means they can then do anything they want with your story and. you have no recourse. Too ugly for words. Kris was the top writer at Asimov’s and close to the top at Queen, they would not budge and the new owners are jerks and are trying to scam writers. Extreme caution. Very sad.

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