As most people on Chrons know, last year some of us brought out an all-women SF anthology called DISTAFF. Well, some bright spark thinks we did so well with it, we ought to have another go! And since many of us are on some kind of lockdown thanks to Covid-19, planning and writing a story might perhaps help pass the time and give us some respite from the worry we're undoubtedly all feeling.
We've been discussing this in Writing Group, but that's only accessible to members with over 100 counted posts. We want to make sure that everyone knows about it, though, since the anthology is open to all female-identifying Chronners, hence this thread.
Here's where we are at present:
Here's the website Juliana created for the DISTAFF anthology, in case anyone wants to have a look. She'll be revamping the website entirely at some point so it's about SFF Sisters as a continuing project instead of just one book. (Because some of us are already thinking of the third anthology in two years' time -- Distaff: The Reweave!). Distaff
If you're interested, and not yet signed up to us on the Writing Group thread, let us know. And if you have signed up but you have questions/comments, let us know, too.
Welcome aboard!
We've been discussing this in Writing Group, but that's only accessible to members with over 100 counted posts. We want to make sure that everyone knows about it, though, since the anthology is open to all female-identifying Chronners, hence this thread.
Here's where we are at present:
- The genre this time is fantasy, but we're defining that widely and we'd encourage anyone who prefers to write SF to have a go -- for instance, why not try using the hook of magic realism to blend science with magic?
- The author must be a female-identifying member of the SFFChronicles forum
- The working title for the anthology is Femmes Fae-Tales and while we won't restrict the anthology to stories about the Fae, it would be good to justify the title if we had at least a few tales in which they appear!
- Word count is 3k - 15k and these limits are hard. Anything below 3k will automatically be rejected; anything above 15k will automatically be rejected
- No franchise material will be accepted -- as Juliana put it: "Play in your own sandbox!"
- Your story must be family friendly
- The main character(s) in your story must be female -- there can be males in the story, but they must play secondary roles
- If at all possible, we'd like each story to pass the Bechdel test and preferably within the first few pages -- that is, two female characters talking to each other about something other than a male
- We want all the stories to be ready by 30th June 2020 (unless as a group we decide to extend the deadline) -- this will allow us time to peer edit/critique before we get into more formal editing later this year/early next
- We'll start a conversation thread for sharing the finished stories and discussing anthology issues once participants are confirmed
- This is a collaborative project; everyone will be expected to chip in with help in some way. We have a list of the most crucial tasks, some of which have not yet been filled. If you were not part of DISTAFF, let us know how you feel you can help.
Here's the website Juliana created for the DISTAFF anthology, in case anyone wants to have a look. She'll be revamping the website entirely at some point so it's about SFF Sisters as a continuing project instead of just one book. (Because some of us are already thinking of the third anthology in two years' time -- Distaff: The Reweave!). Distaff
If you're interested, and not yet signed up to us on the Writing Group thread, let us know. And if you have signed up but you have questions/comments, let us know, too.
Welcome aboard!
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