The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia

Many writers seem to get hung up on irrelevant details though – recently, I've been getting a lot of questions about my formatting requirements, what exactly do I mean by urban fantasy, etc etc. And the process of selection is just like that – but generally, if I think the story is good, I'll buy it. Keep in mind that some slots are allocated in advance – to solicited reprints and originals. Usually, there are more good stories than I have openings, so I retain the stories I like until everything is in, and then make my final selections.

The stories that I select are chosen by a highly idiosyncratic method – if I love it, I buy it there's no telling in advance of what I'm going to love. This is my third solo urban fantasy anthology, and I'm starting to feel that I finally have some idea of what I'm doing. I'm currently working on BEWERE THE NIGHT, another urban fantasy antho I'm doing for Prime. I, of course, can only talk about my approach. Putting together an anthology is an interesting proposition – and I suspect that methods differ widely from anthologist to another. We also discussed a 'What is Urban Fantasy' post, which she touches on as well.Īll You Need To Do To Get Published is Haunt Your Editor's Dreams With all her recent work with anthologies I invited her to discuss her process for selection. Since then Sedia put out the outstanding The Alchemy of Stone and is now working on her third anthology after the World Fantasy Award winning Paper Cities and the just released Running With the Pack. I've been following Ekaterina Sedia's work for the last couple of years ever since a friend told me about The Secret History of Moscow. Some are definitely better than others and generally if you have an editor who holds to a certain level you'll end up with a quality selection even if you don't love every story. The creation of anthologies have always intrigues me. Cover Unveiled for The House of Discarded Dreams b.REVIEW | Health Agent by Jeffrey Thomas.New Procurements (My mail person must hate me).MEME | Book Habits Meme, Summer 2010 Edition.VIDEO | Steampunk Panel from School LJ at BEA 201.Contest for Brent Weeks / Greg Bear flip Chapbook.GUEST POST | Ekaterina Sedia on Anthology Editing.Cover Unveiled for Ghost Story (Dresden Files 13).MISHMASH | New cover to Cherie Priest's Clementine.FREE FICTION | Ian Tregillis's What Doctor Gottlie.

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The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia