We have one local fiction publication, associated with the university. They veer towards literary work, and I, um, don't, so I don't go knocking there a lot.
And Dakota is right, as usual -- Utah has a wide variety of publication options. BYU publishes The Leading Edge, a great little spec-fic 'zine. (The name of the 'zine she couldn't remember off the top of her head.) Also, CONduit, the con held in SLC over Memorial Day weekend, has a spec-fic writing contest. Life, the Universe, and Everything (at BYU) may, as well.
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I am presently in Ft Riley Ks going to the sand box in a few months. I have 20 years and I have the best job for some one like me, 21B Combat Engineer. There are people who read in my unit especially who read: Sci-Fi, fantasy, etc. As for writing no, they just don’t care. Posts: 856 | Registered: Nov 2006
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I get it now HAHA, Zoot was the name of the keeper of Castle Anthrax in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Good one. I had to much to drink last night and watched the movie it just now hit me. Posts: 856 | Registered: Nov 2006
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I am 52 and I am here to add to the diversity.
I was born in Chuquicamata, Chile and still retain my Chilean citizenship, as well as my US. I was raised in Panama and graduated from high school there. I acquired various science degrees from Arkansas, Florida and Oklahoma. I've lived in 3 countries, worked in 15 and have lived in 10 or 12 states of this country.
I currently live just north of Houston, Texas. There is no local market here; Texans don't read. Well, kinda.
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"There is no local market here; Texans don't read."
But Mike, surely you knew that Texas schools gave up books for high school football! I'm not sure what year it was, but by 1976, when I moved there, books were already only a distant memory.
Oh, yes - the main question . . .
I'm 50. Currently stationed in South Florida. Born in Western New York, lived in Mississippi, Texas, Wisconsin, Germany . . .
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Lets see. Born in Mildenhall Sussex in 61 to a british mother and a USAF Yank father. Lived in Grand Forks ND for a few of my baby years but then back to UK in 67 where I was brunged up in Cochester Essex. Worked as a keeper at Colchester Zoo after I graduated. Moved to California by myself in 82 to work at Lion Country Safari in Irvine. Now live in Murrieta in socal with wife and 2 kids 18 & 19. Been interested writing for last decade but was opposed to being too influenced by convention. Not so much now though, learning from the experiance of others gives you a massive head start and really does not prevent you from being original.
Think I'm starting the mid-life, why the hell am I so emotional about everything, stage of life. (no corvette yet)
Oh and my name is Tracy so you can tell right there that my father was American. Growing up and going to school in England with a girls name is not a fate I would wish on anyone.
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I try not to strike people, especially if thet're bigger en me. But strange... yeah I hear that one a lot, from the polite ones.
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well... I'm from Utah, and the west side, and in my bubble of an existance it is weird. Not that you should dislike it for any reason, just strikes me as odd. And notice I am the one being struck.
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Lived my whole life in FLA. I do a lot of traveling been to almost every country in Europe, some in Asia, and South America . There is a large writers market here mostly high school students and grads. OMAGAOFTHEALPHA Posts: 26 | Registered: Mar 2007
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I'm just outside of Chicago, IL - I'm sure there's a great local market. I am new at this and haven't gotten that far yet.
I'm celebrating one of the anniversaries of my 29th birthday tomorrow. It's a single-digit anniversary, and that's enough about that.
I have two kids, two cats, a husband, and a mini-van. In a way, it's rather like one of the circles of Dante's Inferno, but then again, it's the greatest gig on earth. Depends when you ask me.
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I'm 21. I live in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK.
There have been a number of zines circulating throughout the city, for which I've written, and a number of newspapers and magazines, for which I've done the same. I started a column at the Leeds Guide when I was 19, due to an invitation from the Deputy Editor via a referral from a local author named James Nash (who helped me an awful lot with my first novel-length ms). Then, aged 20, I was headhunted, of a kind, by Bent magazine, and left for pastures new.
I'm doing my MA in Writing for Performance and Publication, starting up a new alternative arts journal and taking a senior position at a local publishing company run by local cult author R. L. Royle.
I do far too much, go out clubbing 2-4 times a week, and exploit all the free holiday opportunities I can get through my job (which has been 3 so far this year, with another holiday to Key West coming up in 12 days).
When I write on here, it's usually 4am (as it is now) and I really should be getting on with something else ;-)
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I have lived in Utah all of my life. I am currently living in Tooele with a rather large writing community. There are three writers groups that I know of and am a member of one. I was exited to get more invoilved and even start to go to a reading group with a friend. But my DH pulled a fast one on me and we are moving to Orangeville in less than a month. I hear there is a writers group at CEU I hope the rumors are true.
I am 38 and the SAHmom of 6; 1,4,6,10,13,15 I write when I get the time.
BTW, KDW I am going to LTUE SO I'll introduce myself... I cant wait!
Spaceman.... my best friend just moved to AZ (Bullhead City) can you give me any info on AZ groups? you mentioned AZ authors...
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I've met a few other SF/F people in the Tooele area, and I look forward to your introducing yourself, I am destiny. See you next year, then.
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Hmmm. . .I don't think I saw this the first time around. . .I am a native Floridian who now hails from BYU Provo as I scramble to get a degree before my mission.
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Hey, Antinomy, I'm from Columbus, Ohio. Home of the Buckeyes. Though, I have to admit, I'm not into football (I know, I know, that's heresy in these parts)
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Looks like two Canadians now. :-) I'm 52, living in mid-Western Ontario where we get monumental lake-effect snow, although we're now in a glorious autumn, warmer than usual. We live in a 130 year old stone house which we're slowly restoring. I'm the writer. My husband is a glazier by day, an historical cooper when the house doesn't demand his time.
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25, Orlando FL, but soon relocating to Washington D.C. for school. (Hopefully GWU) English major, and writer hopeful. Posts: 18 | Registered: Sep 2007
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41, Chesapeake VA, happily married with 3.5 year old son. Don't care about markets; I have a long way to go writing my WIP. In fact I've been taking an unplanned break to gobble vast quantities of fiction.
Survivor, your post sounds liek a story!
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Three Canadians. I'm from everywhere western Canada. But I now live in Sri Lanka. I blame my husband for that.
The non-fiction market locally is small, and yet I've managed to be published in three local mags with regular columns and am the assistant editor of one of them (the geek one). Fiction markets locally are completely available, although very small, as long as you're willing to pay. There is zero question of local publishers publishing anything without payment up front first. I don't consider the local fiction market my primary target.
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I current live inside the beltway in Northern Virginia.
As for ethnic (which this thread doesn't actually ask for) I was born in a state where inter-racial marriage was still considered "void and prohibited," although my parents' marriage (Chinese-White) was legal since they got married in a state that viewed inter-racial marriage as legitimate. The state of my birth legalized inter-racial marriage when I was two months old. I was four before the U.S. Supreme Court made inter-racial marriage legal country-wide by their ruling in LOVING v. VIRGINIA (1967).
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PS: if you Canadians are speeking of Omeaga he is there doing work for my Empire. he dose not conder himself Canadian, he dosent even consider himself human.
i shall drop him a line and ask of him to post here. if you wish
quote:I live in Independence, MO, right outside of Kansas City. I've been here for most of my life. I'm 25 now and I've written a fantasy novel (hopefully will finish it soon and start shopping for a publisher). I've also written a few short stories. Nothing published yet, I've been married for a year and a half, and I have a new baby. So, very busy, but I try to keep my writing going.
That was in January. I'm 26 now. My 2-year anniversary is this month and my baby boy turns 1 as well.
I've finished my novel, given up on short stories, and still haven't published anything. But I'm still trying. I've also finished a first draft on a new novel.
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Fourth Canadian, teenager. Lived pretty much all over the country, from the plains to BC to Quebec and back again. Just haven't been to the territories.
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(( As for ethnic (which this thread doesn't actually ask for) I was born in a state where inter-racial marriage was still considered "void and prohibited," although my parents' marriage (Chinese-White) was legal since they got married in a state that viewed inter-racial marriage as legitimate. The state of my birth legalized inter-racial marriage when I was two months old. I was four before the U.S. Supreme Court made inter-racial marriage legal country-wide by their ruling in LOVING v. VIRGINIA (1967). ))
Wow. Cool info. Especially since I'm the same, 1/2 Chinese, from my dad's side. My mom was from Arkansas, another state that probably had some funky laws back in the day.
On the diversity thing, I'm 39, living in Montana.
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Hey Jamie, we're twins. You can google "Loving Supreme Court" I think and find a list by state of when which laws were changed. If you're 39 now, then you were probably conceived after the whole thing was legalized.
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I never really could tell the exact difference between you and Omega. Making the banning tendencies on this forum seem a little... inconsistent.
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the difference between Omega and i is i am the last Christain Werewolf. he is a Peagan (i think that is how it is spelled) 2 he is not as vilont in action as i when it comes to winning.he also is slow at politics. other than that there is not much different personality wise.
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When it comes to entertaining yourself(s), remind me, which of your personalities is it that likes to watch tv, and which is the one that likes to watch movies?
Because I know both of your personalities like to troll our forum.
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LISTEN HUMAN... ARE YOU CALLING ME A SCITISOFRINIC?
I AM NOT A MULTIED PERSONILITIED FOOL WHO DOSE SUCH A THING...
I HAVE IN ALL MY YEARS ON THIS PLANET NEVER ONCE THOUGHT OF SUCH A THING AS FUNNIE OR WOULD I EVER. IF I WAS NOT A CIVILISED WEREWOLF I WOULD HUNT YOU DOWN AND END THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL
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-- Utah has a wide variety of publication options. BYU publishes The Leading Edge, a great little spec-fic 'zine. (The name of the 'zine she couldn't remember off the top of her head.) Also, CONduit, the con held in SLC over Memorial Day weekend, has a spec-fic writing contest. Life, the Universe, and Everything (at BYU) may, as well.
