tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post8996964013967073434..comments2024-03-26T14:48:15.857-07:00Comments on Rocket Stack Rank: Nurturing New SF Short-Fiction Talent in 2015Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-23477991389862323972016-02-20T07:43:47.324-08:002016-02-20T07:43:47.324-08:00I'm still puzzling over why new writers' s...I'm still puzzling over why new writers' stories average 1,000 words shorter online and 2,000 words shorter in print.Greg Hullenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-59935114624416082432016-02-20T01:10:03.339-08:002016-02-20T01:10:03.339-08:00Interesting stuff. As you note, it may be that oth...Interesting stuff. As you note, it may be that other venues are also doing well on this front – I have names on my Campbell longlist from Strange Horizons and Uncanny, for example. It was good to see that all of the “Big 6” are taking chances to some extent. I'm not surprised at John Joseph Adams coming out well. I suspect that one of the underlying aims of tor.com as a site is to find and develop potential new authors for Tor editors, so their apparent risk-taking is quite understandable.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035397577227908678noreply@blogger.com