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The new online ezine Beneath Ceaseless Skies has posted its first issue today.  Go check it out.

As I prepare to submit “The Shaper’s Daughter” to one of the SF mags, I am contemplating how to write the cover letter. I remember reading that you should keep your cover / submission letter short and simple and allow the story to sell itself. I’ve looked around for where I read that, but haven’t been able to find it. In the process, I’ve noted that there isn’t, or at least I haven’t come across, much in the way of advice for writing cover / submission letters for magazines. Queries (to agents and editors), on the other hand, are much easier to find. Maybe I just haven’t worked out the proper search terms for this sort of advice.