{"id":34341,"date":"2023-09-22T09:13:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T13:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=34341"},"modified":"2023-09-22T14:31:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T18:31:15","slug":"hildy-silverman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2023\/09\/22\/hildy-silverman\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Hildy Silverman for a Georgian feast in Episode 207 of Eating the Fantastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest installment of Eating the Fantastic took me to this year’s Shore Leave at the Delta Hotel Baltimore Hunt Valley in Hunt Valley, Maryland, which sadly was the last time I or anyone else will be attending a convention at that location. To find out why, give a listen to my intro before this episode’s chat.<\/p>\n

My guest this time around is Hildy Silverman, perhaps best known for having been the Editor-in-Chief of Space and Time Magazine<\/em> from 2005 through 2018. But she’s also a writer of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and the interstitial spaces between. Her short stories have appeared in such anthologies as The Dystopian States of America<\/em>, Bad Ass Moms<\/em>, Release the Virgins<\/em>, Baker Street Irregulars<\/em>, and most recently, Three Time Travelers Walk Into<\/em>. <\/p>\n

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In 2013, her short story “The Six Million Dollar Mermaid,” which appeared in the anthology Mermaids 13: Tales from the Sea<\/em>, was a finalist for the WSFA Small Press Award. In 2020, she joined the Crazy 8 Press authors collective, which publishes novels and anthologies by its membership. She is a past president of the Garden State Speculative Fiction Writers and has frequently pontificated with me on the science fiction convention circuit.<\/p>\n

We discussed the kindergarten incident which taught her all she ever wanted to do was write, how to keep writing when the whole world is telling you to stop, what she learned early on from such literary lions as Sue Miller and Jayne Anne Phillips, the lunch that changed her life, why she loves writing for themed anthologies (and how to do it right), what made her decide to take over as editor and publisher of Space and Time<\/em> magazine, how to beat the odds of the slush pile, the ways being an editor helped her become a better writer, how she’s managed to collaborate without killing her writing partner, and so much more.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how you can join us at Tibliso Georgian restaurant<\/a> — <\/p>\n

1) Subscribe at Apple Podcasts<\/a> — or wherever<\/a> you choose to consume your podcasts — where I hope you’ll be tempted to sample a few of the 206 previous episodes.<\/p>\n

2) Listen via the RSS feed of http:\/\/eatingthefantastic.libsyn.com\/rss<\/a> on the device of your choice.<\/p>\n

3) Or simply use the embed below.<\/p>\n