In September, 2014, I sold a story, “Teardrop,” to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, one of the oldest and most respected venues for speculative fiction. F&SF, as it’s called, is presently edited and published by Gordon Van Gelder.
I mentioned to Gordon that I was flying in from California for the SFWA Author-Editor Reception. He invited me to a small dinner party he was hosting prior to the Reception at Little Town, a tavern a block and a half away from the Reception. He told me several writers who, like me, had recently sold stories to F&SF would be there. Little Town was also walking distance from the Wyndham Garden Hotel, so I was good to go.
Gordon was there, as well as his wonderful editorial assistant, Matthew Blackburn (a Princeton graduate, no less), Nick Wolven (who will publish a story in the same issue as me, the May/June 2015 F&SF), Marie Vibbert (who just published a story in Lightspeed), Alyssa Wong (who published a story in the May/June 2014 F&SF), and Leo Vladimirsky (who published a story in the March/April 2014 F&SF).
I had a chance to tell everyone about my experiences with Locus Magazine, the long-standing review trade magazine of the science fiction and fantasy field, and its founder and publisher, Charles N. Brown, who died in 2009. Charley was a hugely influential force in the field and I’m privileged to have known him. As I told Gordon, I miss him terribly! He did more to connect people in the field, especially writers, than anyone.
So there you have it, my friends. A good time was had by all. It was terrific for me to get revved up for the Reception with a light meal and conversation.
Next: The SFWA Reception, on October 6, 2014, at The Manhattan Penthouse. Also, I’ll write up what I told the dinner party about Locus and Charley.
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