So creating opportunities for authors has been a huge part of what I got into this to do, thus, when I didn’t have the editorial credibility quite yet, I looked toward Kickstarter and put together Beyond The Sun, somehow being lucky enough to get four of my writing heroes as headliners. Science Fiction and Fantasy should be fun.
It’s not as good as the books that followed in some ways, but the reviews have been solid and it’s a fun read, and above all, when creating anthologies, I want to create fun reads.
ROGER ROGER SPACEBATTLES FULL
Space Battles: Full Throttle Space Tales #6, the end result is a book I’m proud of. There were at least three that made into into the final book after such collaboration. It’s as much of a challenge sometimes attracting writers to trust a new editor as it can be for writers to get a shot, and I wound up short on submissions and thus late on deadline, but this did give me a chance to work with some writers to improve their stories. So anthologies and editing had natural appeal.Īnd the first anthology opportunity proved to be a challenge for sure, but also a whole lot of fun. Doing that work was life changing and has forever shaped by beliefs, my life, my goals, and my art, and I continue to long to find ways to do more of that work in the future. So addictive that when one camp I was working with moved cross country, I created my own nonprofit and started doing the work in other ways, taking it across the world to Ghana, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, and other places, usually places where such training is too expensive or too elite for the poor, and focusing our work on artists denied those opportunities. And it’s such a joy helping them polish and refine their work, giving them a venue and audience, and watching them shine.
There’s no greater gift you can give an artist than a chance to share their voice, I think. I’ve interviewed a lot of editors, and I think most of them said some combination of the above as well.īut for me, it also stems from years spent working with nonprofits to help artists from different backgrounds and cultures come together and create art and be heard.
After all, I could get a chance to work with my heroes and legends as well as up and coming and new writers who are legends yet to be, and in the process, have fun and make some really interesting books, giving great, diverse stories life. For me, editing combined all these loves, so it seemed a natural fit. I became an editor for three primary reasons: 1) I love reading stories 2) I love working with and discovering new writers 3) I like helping others.
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