88. Martin Shoemaker talks about Hard Sci-fi that he calls Neo-Apollo

Martin Shoemaker is a winner published in volume 31, with his story "Unrefined," a sub-genre he refers to as Neo-Apollo, a concept based on the next era of space exploration after the Apollo generation where humanity is struggling to reach the stars. He now has well over 60 publications including 3 novels. "Today I am Carey" is a ground-breaking novel following his award-winning short story, "Today I am Paul." Martin was ready to give up writing several years ago on January 1. A reject came back on December 31, the day before his "deadline", so he still had one last day before officially giving up on writing. So he submitted the story to Writers of the Future and forgot about it. A few months later, he received a call that he was a finalist and that Jerry Pournelle really liked his story. So he continued writing and submitting and did not give up. He submitted 13-14 times before finally winning. Martin is incredibly enthusiastic to help others trying to break into the writing business, helping with the Writers of the Future Forum found at www.writersofthefuture.com. Martin is now Assistant Editor Galaxy's Edge Magazine and is able to pay it forward, providing an avenue for new writers to get a start. Discover Martin at shoemaker.space He can be reached at [email protected]