mojoe

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   by mojoe 11y ago

   I will certainly look in to this.
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   by mojoe 11y ago

   Yes, I'm currently self financing everything. All the individuals on the 'about' page are volunteers. You can see a little bit of a finance breakdown on the 'subscribe' tab ( http://compellingsciencefictio
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   by mojoe 11y ago

   Nice! I appreciate the effort. Based on feedback here I'll be changing styles tonight.
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   by mojoe 11y ago

   Send me an email at joe@compellingsciencefiction.com with a little info about yourself! I'm sure we'll get along great. I'm very respectful of volunteers' time.
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   by mojoe 11y ago

   I'm getting an invalid cert.
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   by mojoe 11y ago

   I would certainly consider it, I'll check out their terms. Thanks for pointing them out! We want to get our stories out to as many readers as possible, so we're looking at many different channels.
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   by mojoe 11y ago

   I appreciate the compliment, I've spent many weekends on this. There is plenty of room for improvement, so please email me at joe@compellingsciencefiction.com if you have suggestions!
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   by mojoe 11y ago

   Thanks! It's an expensive hobby :)
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   by mojoe 11y ago

   I'm sorry I missed your question the last time around. Yes, you retain the copyright, I just buy 'first world electronic print rights.' This means that I'm buying exclusive rights to publish electronically for a period o
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    Thanks for the suggestion, I will certainly review the link you sent! I don't have any volunteers who have front-end design experience, so there is a lot of room for improvement.
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    We definitely have an epub version, it can be downloaded right now by patrons of Compelling Science Fiction on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/compelling We're currently discussing additional methods of distribution o
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    Two months ago I posted about a new online science fiction magazine I was creating: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11151062 I'm happy to report that the first issue is now live! I'm looking forward to hearin
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    Show HN: The first issue of Compelling Science Fiction(compellingsciencefiction.com)

    311 points by mojoe 11y ago|70 comments
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    Cool list! I don't think I've ever seen them all in one place before. I cannot stress enough what an incredible force for good Asimov had (and hopefully continues to have) on society. I remember reading "the World of Carbon&q
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    This method is one of the ways statisticians combat the problem of multiple comparisons. Misapprehensions about multiple comparisons ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_comparisons_problem ) have been coming up fa
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    Holm–Bonferroni method(en.wikipedia.org)

    1 points by mojoe 11y ago|1 comments
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    So just to be clear, this particle is not predicted by the standard model? I'm no physicist, but that seems like a huge deal.
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    I have absolutely no experience as an editor. I'm a data scientist who wants to support good science fiction -- my linkedin is in my profile if you're curious. I'm looking for relatively hard SF, no horror, no fantasy. There
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    Thank you, this is very helpful. I will be adding much more information to the submissions page based on the great advice I've received on this thread!
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    I will be publishing electronically both on compellingsciencefiction.com and through ereader markets like Kindle. I just opened the submissions page yesterday though, so we don't have any published material yet. I have no plans for phy
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    I appreciate the encouragement -- I have received some great feedback from this thread!
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    I've never been called hollywood before :) If you look at my HN profile, you can see my submission history and my linkedin. I appreciate your feedback, I clearly need to add detail to the submissions page.
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    You're right, I need more roadmap details on the site. I will add detail this evening.
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    Coding (data science applications) is my day job as well! Please send me a note when you self-publish your novel, I'll buy a copy. My email address is in my profile.
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    I definitely like near-future stories that are character driven -- If computers/tech are crucial to the plot (and especially if the software/technology doesn't quite yet exist in the real world) I'd definitely be interes
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    Thank you for your advice, you're absolutely right. I will add some more personal information to the site this evening.
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    It is a risk to trust stories to someone who doesn't have a public track record. I'm guessing that the majority of my initial submissions will come from authors who know me in person, and know that I'll pay them and publicize
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    Getting some social proof is a great idea. I have some author friends in real life, so maybe having endorsements from them on social media will help instill confidence. I think the first few months will be the hardest, but eventually we&#x2
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    I will! We just launched, and have a handful of submissions so far.
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    by mojoe 11y ago

    4-5 pieces per month, posting them for free on the site but charging a subscription for kindle and other e-reader versions. Since this is a hobby all proceeds can go back to paying more authors and buying ads to promote. If that model doesn