For those of you who follow this blog on a regular basis (the twelve million or so ardent GWC fans), I’ve been hinting that Geoff found a home for his short story “On the Many Uses of Cedar”. Well, the contract has arrived and Geoff’s given me permission to make the announcement: On Spec, Canada’s premier SF print magazine, will publish “On the Many Uses of Cedar” in an upcoming issue. Exciting business.

On Spec has published such writers as Robert J. Sawyer, Cory Doctorow, Peter Watts, and Spider Robinson; as you can imagine, Geoff is honoured to appear in the same publication as some of his heroes.

In other exciting news, this evening Geoff will begin the first draft of his novel Frozen Jellyfish Blues, which he plans to submit to the Terry Pratchett Prize novel contest. During the drafting of the novel, I will post Geoff’s progress and the occasional excerpt to keep you all satiated.

News from the front!

Well, the front lines of short fiction publication. Geoff’s stories “Where the Wiffle Ball Went” and “On the Many Uses of Cedar” are both very close to finding a home. More concrete details will soon follow.

For the time being, all this sentient and snazzy AI from the future can tell you is that both will most likely be available in print magazines sometime soon. Print! Real dead trees and ink! Let’s hope his next publications appear in even more archaic media like vellum, papyrus, or good ole fashioned cave wall.

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