Two Opportunities at Fantasy Mag
We’re looking for people in two areas. Web Interns and Review Managers. Interns first:
Web-Savvy Intern for Online Magazine
Fantasy Magazine, an online genre entertainment publication, is looking for interns to work primary in Web Production with some crossover into editorial and multimedia development.
Interns will learn or hone their skills in web design and production, content management, and email marketing. There will also be opportunities to help us develop new content, from non-fiction features to podcasts and video.
We’re looking for candidates with the following qualifications:
- Strong HTML skills. Ability to hand-code AND work with WYSIWYG editors.
- Knowledge of CSS.
- Experience with blogging software. Wordpress a big plus. Also relevant: Blogger, Moveable Type/Typepad, LiveJournal, and similar.
- Experience with social media and social networking.
- Comfortable working exclusively in an online environment.
- Interest in or experience with podcasting and video blogging a big plus.
- Ability to learn quickly and complete tasks with little supervision.
The position will require 10 - 15 hours per week (from mid-August to mid-December), very flexible, with some weekend work and online meetings required. We’re open to candidates from any location as long as you are available during some part of American east coast business hours. We do offer college credit. The position is unpaid.
To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to this gmail address: fantastictempest. Please put your cover letter in the body of the email and attach your resume in rtf, doc, or pdf format. A link to an online resume is also acceptable. If applicable, please include links to web projects you’ve worked on.
We will only contact candidates if we intend to interview them.
Seeking Review Manager
Fantasy Magazine is looking for one or two people to join our existing review manager in keeping track of and overseeing reviewers and review material plus seeking out and vetting new reviewers. We’re looking for candidates with the following qualifications:
- Highly organized and able to take initiative.
- Willing to manage reviewers and, if need be, stay on them to turn in assignments.
- Comfortable working in an online environment.
- Experience with GoogleDocs, Wordpress, or similar programs.
- Comfortable communicating with editors, authors, and publicity personnel to request and coordinate review materials.
The position will require 5 - 10 hours per week, very flexible, with some weekend work and online meetings required. We’re open to candidates from any location as long as you are available during some part of American east coast business hours. The position is currently unpaid but by 2009 will have a small monthly stipend.
To apply, please send a letter of interest with a summary of qualifications to this gmail address: fantastictempest. We will only contact candidates if we intend to interview them.
If you know someone interested in either of these opportunities, please send them here or forward the text. Thanks! Tags: Fantasy Magazine, Job Opportunities
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My actual thoughts on Gardner Dozois
There’s been a lot of chatter in the threads dealing with the William Sanders rejection letter fiasco to do with my post last week where I said “The fact that Gardner Dozois brought up the specter of a lawsuit makes me wonder what’s hiding in his rejection letters.” Some people (generally people who already dislike me, but perhaps also some who I respect) feel that I was, in a roundabout, backhand way, calling Dozois a racist, sexist, bigot. I have two things to say to that.
The first is: if I felt this way about Dozois, I would actually just say it. I’m pretty damn blunt. And I’m not afraid to call out racism where I see it, even if the racist happens to be an editor. If I had actually felt that Dozois was racist, it would not have been a sidelong comment.
The second is: when I said “it makes me wonder” and elsewhere in the post “I’m extremely wary” I meant just exactly that. When people don’t address the elephant in the room, and that elephant happens to involve bigotry, my spidey sense starts to tingle. I do wonder what that means about them. I particularly wondered what it meant about Dozois, because I wouldn’t have thought he’d have anything in particular to worry about regarding rejections in the wild. His talking about lawsuits and copyright made me rethink that.
However, it turns out that my assumption about why Dozois wasn’t addressing the elephant in that Asimov’s thread was wrong. According to people on that board, he was attempting to follow the rules of that space. He also posted elsewhere that the issue of professionalism and ethics is very important to him. His priorities are not my priorities. And much as I may disagree about priorities, I don’t feel that makes him a racist.
There’s a difference between not addressing bigotry and being a bigot. I do definitely feel that not addressing is wrong–it should always be addressed. Not just in this situation, but in the SF community at large. But calling someone out for not addressing is and should be different from calling them a bigot. (Heck, he may be addressing it in places I don’t see. I just don’t assume people do because, in my experience, people don’t.)
If Dozois himself feels that I called him a racist or similar, then I’m definitely sorry about that. (The if is only because I don’t actually know how he feels on the issue.) If people I know and respect feel I did that, hopefully they don’t anymore. I don’t particularly care what certain other parties think on the issue. They get pissed when I wake up in the morning instead of dying in my sleep. At that point you just can’t win.
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How I Feel Today
Tempest and Stephen, originally uploaded by saw76.
I feel like smiling because my life is so awesome. Also because I love that other dude in the picture a lot (in a platonic way, people!) and he always makes me smile. Yay me.
What makes you happy in your life? What makes you smile? I want pictures!
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Post A Rejection Letter Friday
I already posted LeGuin’s. I’ll post one of mine this evening, because the one I want is on my home computer. In the meantime, post one of yours! In comments, in your blog, anywhere. Link back to nostalgiaforinfinity, just cuz :)
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*sniffle* I’m ready to talk about Doctor Who now
Have at, open thread. Discuss the season finale and stuff. Spoilers in comments, etc etc. I’ll just be in the corner crying.
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Um, Thanks
I just realized a bit ago that lately I’ve been asking you fine folks for a lot of money for fundraising. Between the IAF auction and the Write-a-thon and the SH fundraiser, all in the past two months. Hopefully I won’t be involved in any fundraising for a while as I sort out other stuff. But I wanted to just say to everyone: Thank you. Thanks for giving money or support or time to these various projects. Thanks for spreading the word. Thanks for being great friends. I really, really appreciate it.
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Hey, I’m Famous!
While checking out Gothamist I saw their post about the Mermaid Parade today. Upon seeing the post’s picture, I thought “Hey, that looks just like the shot I took at last year’s parade.” Turns out, it is! It is a great picture and the mermaid in question had a great costume, so I’m quite pleased. I’ve wondered a few times if any of the pictures I put in the gothamist pool made it into posts I missed. I’m glad I got to see this one :)
It’s sad that I am not at the parade this year, but Nora and I are at a writing retreat this weekend. Ah well, maybe there will be another one next year…
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Those Who Forget The Lessons Of History…
Okay, I know I wrote this over a year ago, but have certain people forgotten about it already? Refresher course:
“I didn’t know (or care) if [the people who submitted to my markets] were black, white, purple, or polka-dot” (Resnick) or “I don’t choose stories based on race or culture or gender, I just choose the best stories” (an editor friend).
I really, really hate this excuse - for several reasons. The first of which is that it gives the appearance of being reasonable, thereby shutting down further discussion or debate. In writing, only the story should matter, not the writer! It also assumes that the submission pile represents an adequate and accurate cross-section of writers and stories. Therefore, by picking the best, the editor is automatically being fair.
The appearance of fairness, though, is false.
“I just choose the best stories” isn’t valid anymore, people. It is not. Stop saying it. No, really.
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Something You Need To Do
Dudes, don’t allow Ellen Kushner to buy up all the awesome necklaces based on my story! You know she’s collecting them for some nefarious purpose. Don’t be scared to outbid her. I’ll use my special rune casting skills to block any attempts at retaliation.
You only have a few hours to derail her evil scheme!
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Bid on this necklace or I will smack you around
Don’t make me be the one to buy it, because I love it. YOU need to buy it and give it to someone you love.
You love me, don’t you??
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