We couldn't understand 'em 'cos they spoke a forrin tongue

I am champing at the bit to learn Korean*, but continue to stick to my resolution not to study it until I've finished the novel. In the meantime I continue to absorb an eccentric vocabulary. Onew from SHINee's adorable combination of randomness and clumsiness is jokingly referred to as "Onew Condition" - 상태, "Onew Sangtae". At the Sydney Aquarium yesterday, a display had been switched to Korean, so I had a crack at sounding out some of the the Hangul, and suddenly realised it was telling me the conservation status of the platypus - its 상태. Hee hee hee!


* Also German, French, and (properly) Ancient Egyptian, Sumerian, and Akkadian. Wouldn't mind a crack at Mandarin, Latin, and Classical Greek, and I'd like to at least be able to sound out Hebrew, Russian, and Japanese. The list's got way less insanely ambitious thanks to my meds.

Liberating Earth - an all-female Faction Paradox anthology

I'm editing Liberating Earth, a fantasy and science fiction anthology, for Obverse Books - and I'm looking for female writers. You don't need to be an established author, and you don't need to be a Faction Paradox expert, to pitch your story.

Here are the submission guidelines. Questions welcome (in comments or in email!).

( Submission Guidlines )

The crucial information

Pitches: email an outline of your story, up to 1000 words (if you have not yet been published, please also include the first 1000 words of your story) to korman@spamcop.net, in Word (.doc, .docx) or RTF format, or as plain text in the body of your email.
Story length: 7,000-8,000 words
The money: £25
Deadline for pitches: end of June 2013
Deadline for final drafts: end of December 2013