There seems to be some doubt:

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Starting tomorrow, I’ll be contributing a week-long series of guest posts to the Futurismic blog, using my experience of commercial copywriting to lay out a few simple techniques that SF writers, magazines and publishers can use to communicate more effectively with their audience and increase their readership.

Paul’s introduction to the series is up today: http://futurismic.com/2009/01/10/introducing-guestblogger-gareth-l-powell/

My five posts will follow next week, one per day, starting tomorrow. If you’ve been wondering how to increase the response you get from your letters, adverts or emails, they could be just the ticket.

The January issue of Interzone is out now, and it features a 5000 word short story from yours truly, entitled Memory Dust. This is my third sale to the magazine and I hope it’s as well received as the previous two.

Interzone is available, as they say, from all good stockists – but why not subscribe instead?

Click here for a full table of contents.

Andy Bigwood’s cover art for the forthcoming Future Bristol short story anthology is now online at his site: http://www.deviantart.com/print/4885642/.

The anthology will be published in April by Swimming Kangaroo books, and features the following stories and writers:

> Isambard’s Kingdom by Liz Williams
> The Guerilla Infrastructure HOWTO by John Hawkes-Reed
> After The Change by Stephanie Burgis
> A Tale of Two Cities by Christina Lake
> Trespassers by Nick Walters
> Pirates of the Cumberland Basin by Joanne Hall
> Thermoclines by Colin Harvey
> What Would Nicolas Cage Have Done? By Gareth L Powell
> The Sun In The Bone House by Jim Mortimore

I’ve cancelled my MySpace account but you can still find me on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn…

I’ve managed to avoid making any resolutions this year. Don’t get me wrong, I have plenty of things I want to get done in 2009, I’ve just decided to try to stay flexible instead of tying myself to a set of arbitary goals. However, if forced, I’ll admit the following items are on my task list:

1. Complete enough material for a second short story collection
2. Complete at least the first two chapters of each of the three novels I currently have outlines for
3. Research and compile a viable proposal for the non-fiction book I want to write

I’m already nearly halfway towards achieving the first item on the list, and the other two are within reach, if I can find the necessary time and discipline over the next twelve months…