Ian Sales - Adrift on the Sea of Rains

[iansales]

9 out of 10. Thanks

 

[Nerds_feather]

9 out of 10. Thanks

For the record, I've yet to give out a 10 out of 10, though a couple of the other reviewers have. I think we're up to 3 now (2 comics and 1 film).

 

[Ursa major]

Congratulations on winning the 2013 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction for Adrift, Ian.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Well done, Ian.

 

[Extollager]

I hope this story will become more readily available to US readers.

 

[iansales]

Thanks, Ursa and springs.

Extollager, it is readily available to US readers. You can buy it on Kindle on Amazon. com, or in paperback from http://shop.whippleshieldbooks.com/

 

[Extollager]

Ian, I meant available to non-Kindle American readers and at a price that doesn't involve large overseas postage costs. In other words, it needs to be picked up by an American publisher or included (with royalties to you!) in an anthology. I'm saying this not just on my own behalf but on behalf of American public and university libraries.

 

[iansales]

Ian, I meant available to non-Kindle American readers and at a price that doesn't involve large overseas postage costs. In other words, it needs to be picked up by an American publisher or included (with royalties to you!) in an anthology. I'm saying this not just on my own behalf but on behalf of American public and university libraries.

Ah, right. Sadly that's not something I have control over. Though, to be fair, I self-published it in the first place because I was pretty sure it wasn't commercial enough for an existing small press or genre imprint. Happily, winning the BSFA Award shows there's a market for it - and while it's considerably larger than I expected, it's probably still too small to interest a US publisher.

 

[Boneman]

Congratulations on winning the 2013 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction for Adrift, Ian.

Seconded! Or Thirded... or whatever. Many congrats - must feel great to be recognised by peers this way. Hope it turns into Sales... (I'm surprised Ursa missed that one).

 

[Ursa major]

But if I had mentioned sails, you might have said it was a wind up.


* Wanting to push the boat out, Ursa goes off to think of other sea-related puns. *

There's bound to be a few caulkers out there....

 

[alchemist]

Congratulations, Ian!

 

[ctg]

Congratulations Ian. Well done.

 

[iansales]

But if I had mentioned sails, you might have said it was a wind up.


* Wanting to push the boat out, Ursa goes off to think of other sea-related puns. *

There's bound to be a few caulkers out there....

smack