Hi! I'm a full-time rancher, part-time snowplow driver, occasional musician and 1/4 of Montana's SFWA population.
Thanks for dropping by!
| Sadly, no. I am a really slow crafter of short stories and need time for them to perk even after writing. I suppose I should whip up a few for eventualities just like this, but ...
However, you've got a shot. I truly did LOVE your novel. It has potential. SueO2 |
| Thanks for the tip, Sue! Yeah, I'll have to get something ready. How about you? Do you have something ready to go?
Justin |
| Justin, dust off that novel you wrote, find a short story in it that highlights or embellishes a part of it and submit it to: Baen' contest
I love Baen publications and believe your story fits their tastes well. Of course you can't submit the WHOLE novel, but you can send a teaser with a well-chosen short. (Think Bujold's Mountains of Mourning in her Vorkosigan series. SueO2 |
| I've been struggling with a synopsis and query letter for my MG novel, and hope that a literary agent, publisher, and plenty of children will like my goofy sense of humor too. Thanks for the vote of confidence.
I once sat across the aisle on the bus from a guy with an electric bass, who substituted for the regular bass player in the band Foreigner. They were one of his favorite bands growing up, he knew all their songs and was thrilled to get to play with them. We talked about orchestrations of rock music, which he thought could never be done right. I think the failures tried to imitate rock music, rather than adapt creatively to a new medium. Is that synopsis of yours for adult SF? Louis L'Amour said that he experienced most of what his characters went through, and you're working outside in that cold (along with your diverse skills and interests) I'm sure it lends realism to later scenes, the way your experience in plays enriches the dialog. By the way... what do you think of Gary Paulsen? As I recall, a guy named Paul played bass in a punny rock band from Liverpool. He wrote, too. |
| ROFL!
Yep, electric bass. And you're right about the lakes. It was -36 Friday night, but warmed up to a balmy -20 this morning. Thanks for the words about my sales. I had a pretty good run of luck this fall. And yes, I do write novels occasionally. I actually managed to a YA novel to usborne Publishing last fall - which i'm still a l biut in shock over - and have a non-kid's mss ready to start shopping around, provided I ever get the blasted synopsis finished! Thanks again! |
| Your 10k lakes are probably frozen over this time of year, so I imagine you were fishing for electric or accoustic bass last night through a hole in the ice. I hope you warmed up with the blues, in the lemon lite.
Congrats of course on the 06 sails, especially the Asimov's windfall. You've sold a number of pieces to Boy's, but I think you've been after the big SF mags for a while and it must be satisfying to finally get a story through their eds. Do you have any book-length MSS currently making the rounds, or are you still concentrating on Bermuda shorts? |
| Thanks you guys! |
| Congrats, Justin! You had quite a 2006. |
| Congrats on the YBSF nod, that is AWESOME!!!
Chris |
| Happy New Year! |
| Happy new year, Justin! |
| On a full moon, Rocky Mountain winter, (yes, I'm an REO fan!) Wishing you all a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year! |
| Merry Christmas to all. May it be filled with family, friends, laughter and joy.
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| Justin--I just saw.
How totally, totally, very intensely COOL! Congrats! |
| Justin - too bad you won't get to Omaha! |
| NE? That's where I am. Congratulations on your GOLDEN AGE antho story. I thought it imaginative.
Best, Trent Walters |
| Off to Nebraska for a week. Our calves are shipping out this morning, and I'm going along to take care of them until the sale. Columbus, NE, here I come! :) |
| Way to go, Justin! I just now saw that you've made a sale to Asimov's. |
| Congratulations, Justin! Wow, just wow! :) |
| So, I hear I have to come on over here for Justoberfest. Now in the auspicious month of Justober.
Hope there's plenty of brewskies! I'm thirsty. Clyde. |
| Thanks, you guys!
Yeah, it's funny how things can turn around sometimes. |
| #500567: Yeah! Was it you, Justin, who were about to throw in the towel awhile back until everyone browbeat you back into writing? Heh heh heh. |
| I'm sure the quality has always been high, but you've just reached critical mass, mate.
TomW |
| Hey Justin,
Did you once say something to me about knowing your talent peaked and having no hope of making a pro sale? *scratches head* congrats. :) -Michael Greenhut |
| Thanks, everybody! I'm still a little blown away by this one. |
| Awesome sales of late, Justin! Congrats!!!! |
| JUSTIN RULZ!!! |
| Sounds like October's a good month for you...Way to go, Justin! |
| congrats on the story *and* novel! |
| Dude, you're on a roll! |
| Congrats! *more confetti* |
| Way to go Justin!! That's awesome. What's the name of the story?
-a lurker, who's noticed many of your rejections over the years |
| Thanks, you guys!!!! |
| Wonderful news! Congratulations on the novel sale! |
| Huge congratulations! |
| Congratulations, Justin!
(And we can say we knew him when!) |
| Outstanding news about the novel sale -- congratulations! |
| Me too! Huge congrats, Justin!!! |
| Let me add my congrats, too. That's awesome. :-) |
| Thanks, everybody!!! |
| Way to go, Justin! You RAWK!!! m/ m/ |
| Justing! Awesome! You rock!
:-) Woohoo! |
| Whoot for the novel sale, Justin. |
| Wohoo! Congrats on the novel sale! That's very exciting. |
| Congrats, Justin! Well done. |
| Awesome! Huge congrats on the novel sale. |
| Confetti, Justin! I bet you're over the MOON! :) |
| Congratulations on the novel sale! |
| Thanks, Lisa! |
| Here it is:
"Stanchfield, Justin, "Gypsy Wings," Aeon SF 5." Congratulations! |
| Okay, I'm bumming a favor...
I heard that I might have an honorable mention in the YBFH antho for my story that was in AEon 5, but I have no way to check short of buying it off Amazon, and frankly, I just can't stand the suspense that long! ;) So, please, pretty please, pretty please with sugar on top, could someone with a copy of this year's antho sneak a peak in the HM section? |
| -Grin-
Thanks, ET! It's funny. I'm not afraid of heights in any way. I'm a pilot, a rock climber, I've shingled countless roofs and generally like high places. BUT, let my feet get above my head and I'm scrambling like a cat tossed over the fence to get right-side up, and usually land square on my rear-end. In that rig, thougth, it was really easy to flip, and to be honest, I had a blast doing them. Look out cirque de soleil, here I come! |
| Congrats on the double back flip, Justin. And the rest, too. :) |
| Thanks everybody! |
| Good on ya, Justin. Well done on the Boy's Life sale.
Clyde. |
| What a great day! It's so nice to see good things happening for good people. You deserve it, Justin! |
| Sounds like a great day!
I keep missing our county fairs. Someday I'll have to go to one again. |
| Yay, Justin! Congrats to you, family, and friends! |
| A good day yesterday at the Beaverhead county fair. - Yes, I really do live in a county called Beaverhead - Shealan won Best of Class for her embroidery project, Colter ran around like a maniac, having a grand time as only a four-year old can, and I managed a double back flip on the trapeze rig at the carnival. For the record, I can't even manage a forward flip on the trampoline at home!
Even the short video I helped the kid who worked for us all summer took Best in photography for his class, whicch I thought was really cool. He put a lot of work into it, and despite his cast, (me, his dad, Shealan, his brother...) it turned out pretty well. And then, came home to find an email that Boys' Life is accepting a story. Yep, it was a good day. |
| Congrats, Justin. |
| Thanks! I missed seeing that I was the featured author. Teach me not to pay attention! |
| Congrats, Justin!
And I sent you your dues! |
| Hey Justin, I see you're DDP's Featured Author! Congratulations! |
| Just a quick note to say my story "Badger Pass" is now up at TQR.
http://www.tqrstories.com/index.php?option=com_content&task;=view&id;=70&Itemid;=64 Also, I had a nice review of my story in the current Interzone at BestSF.com (I can't remember the URL) "In the River" was singled out as one of the two best in the issue! |
| Dues! Dues! Dues!
Send me more dues! Bwahahahahahahaha! |
| He didn't do it, Marcy! Quit hounding the man!!!
(Heh.) |
| Justin,
I have a question about the SFWA dues increase. Can you email me? rockwell UNDERSCORE menez AT yahoo DOT com Thanks, Marcy |
| Somebody, please, stick a red-hot poker into my mind's eye!!! AAAIIIEEEEE!!!! |
| But I did shave my legs... and my knuckles. |
| I told you to shave that chest! |
| But I was only the Runner Up. If I had just scored higher in the evening gown competition... ;) |
| I've seen a picture of Justin wearing a tiara...
:-) (Google image search!) |
| Yeah, you just have to wonder how Opie could have a daughter that looks like that! |
| I haven't seen any of her movies, but I've seen some pictures. Amazing eyes. |
| No! She's mine! |
| Uh-oh. Stand back, everybody... |
| Hey, Justin--
Mind if I date your daughter? (Heh.) |
| Congratulations on the HM, Justin. And fie on bad proofreaders!
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| That's a great story. The only celebrity I ever get confused with is Ron Howard! |
| Hey, I didn't complain!
It was Utopiales, a massive SF "festival" in Nantes - the other guests were Brian Aldiss, Terry Pratchett, Tim Powers, Jeffrey Ford, Lucius Shepard, Norman Spinrad and about a million other bigger than me (not to mention a huge number of French writers and writers from all over Europe and even South America), so I was just grateful to be there at all! One of the organisers, for some reason, confused me with Terry Pratchett... I ran into Pratchett half an hour later and said, "Someone thought I was you, which is really stretching credibility to the limit," and he said, "Yes, the managed to insult both of us in the same sentence!" |
| If someone would pay MY way to a convention in France they could call me *almost* anything they wanted to. Erm, did you report that con anywhere, Lavie? Or - maybe it wasn't a Con, but work-related... |
| I was a guest at a convention in France (paid for and everything) but the programme, the panel signs and even my badge all had my name misspelled.
Sigh. :-) Lavie. |
| Well, it's just off enough to warrant extra attention. Kinda like its owner....
:-) law |
| Strangely enough, no one ever misspells my name...go figure. |
| Good grief! RoF has some great stories, but who proofs that thing? They do a terrible job. |
| Sorry about that, Justin. I know how you feel.
My last name was spelled wrong in my latest Realms of Fantasy story. Ugh. |
| Well, it was an Alternate Reality story.
Coincidence? I think not... |
| Hey, that could be your "evil" alter ego's pen name! And you're only just discoving the clues painstakingly put into place by your nemesis... The plot thickens!
Clyde. |
| Oh noes!! poor jason, he's such a staunch fellow! |
| ROFL! |
| Poor Jaso--uh, Justin.
;-) law |
| Oh man, that hurts.
Cliff |
| I don't know whether to laugh or cry...
The good news is that my story "Gypsy Wings" from AEON 5 received an honorable mention in the Year's Best SF. The bad news, they misspelled my name! Either that, or some bastard named Jason Staunchfield has been doing some heavy duty plagerism. ;) |
| Hey, Tom!
Nope. Haven't heard squat back. If you want to send some info to Silver Leaf, by all means, let's do it. |
| Hey, Justin. What's up? Heard anything from those pesky agents/publishers? Have you tried Silver Leaf Press (see Ralans)? If not, how about I send them some stuff?
TomW |
| Full account to follow, though it will be the con-lite report, since I came late and had to leave early. But, for a first-time con virgin, I had a blast.
Although I am fully convinced Frank is some futuristic super-human trivia machine sent back from the future to torment we lesser mortals! *G* |
| Don't feel bad, Justin. Frank kicks everybody's ass at Star Trek Jeopardy.
:-) |
| Justin: When and where can we look for your FULL Con report...? ;^>
Terry |
| Back from Miscon. Much fun was had, but I'm afraid I shall be known from now on as that guy Frank Wu kicked ass upon at Star Trek Jeopordy. ;)
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| *sigh*
That was me. I forgot I wasn't logged in. Terry |