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Bascomb James
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Ten Writing Prompts for Covalent Bonds – Geeks in Love

4/29/2015

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As some of you may know, Red Moon Romance has an open call for geek love stories.  The anthology is called,  Covalent Bonds – Geeks in Love.  I am not a romance writer but I’m definitely a geek and my geekiness compelled me to generate ten geek romance titles and story prompts.   

Yes, I know romance stories are about the relationship, but my inner geek says that geek romance stories need to have some science in them to make them realistic. 

I hope you find these prompts and titles amusing and/or helpful
  1. Boxers and Briefs - lawyer representing boxing/MMA pugilists
  2. Benchmark - romance in the standards lab. Is the atomic clock accurate enough? http://t.co/n5NsNAOuHW  http://t.co/MuWWUpABFD http://t.co/ElFYaIy2sU 
  3. Mechanical Stimulation - psychologist and a mechanical engineer working on feedback controls for artificial limbs.
  4. What the Frack! - geologist and an environmentalist.
  5. (un)Zipping Your Genes - biochemist and a molecular biologist (look up topoisomerase)
  6. Three Sheets to the Wind - Yacht racing/marine engineer and female racing captain
  7. Backstory - research librarian and a historical fiction novelist square off
  8. Shake and Bake – love in NASA's food science lab
  9. The Woollies – large animal zoologists with differing opinions about bringing back the woolly mammoth.  http://bit.ly/1OlgONE 
  10. Bring the Rain - weather control engineer and an environmentalist

Red Moon Romance  http://bit.ly/1JiSqc6
Submission window closes December 15, 2015.

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Update for Far Orbit: Apogee

4/3/2015

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I wanted to give everyone an update on the Far Orbit: Apogee anthology. The submission window closed on April 1st and everyone who submitted a story should have received a response from me. If you haven’t heard anything, please send me a note.

I want to thank everyone who took the time to submit their stories. The response to our story call was outstanding! We set Far Orbit and a World Weaver Press records for the number of submissions to a single anthology.

The quality of the submissions was very high and it was a pleasure to read so many imaginative and well-written tales. Like most anthologists, I had the difficult task of saying, “No, thank you” to many high quality stories that didn't quite mesh with my vision for the anthology. I really wish I had a place to put those stories.

During the open call, I made a concerted effort to respond quickly to your submissions. The average response time was 24 hours with a range of 2 hours to 4 days. I tried to keep the response times short so that authors could submit multiple stories during the open reading period. Several authors took advantage of this policy and the anthology will be stronger because of it.

So what happens next? 
  • April and May. We’ll be making final story selections, editing the stories, and issuing story contracts.  
  • June.  I’ll be writing story intros, volume intros, and cover blurbs
  • July.  The first “final” draft goes to World Weaver Press for their production workup (cover art, copy editing, generating advance reader copies, book building, marketing, promotion, and distribution).  
  • November.  Publication of Far Orbit: Apogee.  
  • January, 2016.  Open call for the third Far Orbit anthology – Far Orbit: Perigee


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