yeah, for a popular audience, something like 'veteran writer and editor Mike Resnick remarked...' would work, too.
OTOH, Ruhan may have a point about waiting for publication...OTOOH, when have any of Mike's projects ever failed to publish? (I'm sure someone can give me a date on that...;-) ) On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, wrote: > ** > You know Rob, is the "King" pf promotion. If you don't promote yourself > who will. > > And all it takes is to say"*he is one of the youngest*" That should do > it. > > Wayne > > In a message dated 3/5/2013 12:26:53 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > "The youngest writer who ever crack the pro-market" was Mike Resnick's > words. > But I agree with Steve that if it is in the news we need to be > cautious. I am also > not sure about timing if there is a newspaper report, maybe we'd > better wait until the > story is actually published? > > --Ruhan > > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 11:16 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been out of town and not checking in so apologies for being late on > > this. > > > > First, many congratulations to Muxing. Writing a sellable story at any > age > > is terrific and that's a wonderful venue given the superb company he's > being > > equated to. > > > > I agree that an announcement out to be sent to the D&C. Probably the > local > > news channels as well. They deal with shy, young achievers regularly and > > could probably get past any reluctance to be on camera. I don't know what > > timing would be best. We know what a huge deal a sale is, but the media > > probably would want to see the result in the actual magazine. > > > > Just be careful about making claims. Muxing may be the youngest writer to > > sell to a professional magazine, but I don't know if that's true. A quick > > Google brings up several names of younger writers who have published sf > > novels, but those could all be self-published. The lines are blurry and > you > > don't want to claim anything that might get shot down later. > > > > I don't want to take anything away from Muxing but by sheer coincidence, > > there was another piece of next generation news on Saturday. The FIRST > > Robotics competition was held at RIT. > > > http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013303010055&nclick_check=1 > > The girl in the second picture on the side is Maura Sutherland, daughter > of > > local sf writer Jim Sutherland, who's been entering robotics competitions > > for several years. > > > > They're way ahead of us. > > > > > > > > On Sunday, March 3, 2013 3:41:53 PM UTC-5, David Ennocenti wrote: > >> > >> Yes, the media should be contacted. This is definitely newsworthy. > >> Dave > >> > >> On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 12:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hey, > >>> > >>> You know maybe you should contact some of the various local media > >>> outlets. They could do a story on Muxing. They do it for local school > >>> sports kids all the time. So why not point out to them that here in > >>> Rochester we have the youngest person to ever be paid to write a > science > >>> fiction story. I think it would be good for Muxing, and can show > people > >>> that young people only need to use their imaginations and can gain real > >>> accomplishments. > >>> > >>> It's an idea. > >>> > >>> Wayne > >>> > >>> In a message dated 3/2/2013 9:12:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > >>> [email protected] writes: > >>> > >>> Hi, Wayne, > >>> > >>> That would be an honor for Muxing! I have talked to Muxing > >>> about this and he was excited. Thanks. BTW, Muxing is > >>> not very good in talking in public (probably never did this before) > >>> so maybe he would need some help in panels and stuff. > >>> > >>> Ruhan > >>> > >>> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 1:54 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > That should be so he can do some panels and stuff > >>> > > >>> > Wayne > >>> > > >>> > In a message dated 3/2/2013 1:50:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > >>> > [email protected] writes: > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'r-spec%[email protected]');>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- eric scoles | [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
