In July 2013, I served as the “editor-in-residence” for the Codex Writing Group, which meant basically I was asking a month-long AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) interview. With Codex’s permission, I’m re-posting the Q&As here on my blog. The questions were all provided by members of Codex.

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What do you feel is the secret ingredient that makes Lightspeed unique among its peers?

If there’s one unique ingredient to Lightspeed, it would have to be … well, ME, I guess. Really that’s the main thing that distinguishes the magazine. Ultimately we’re not that dissimilar from Clarkesworld in terms of business/publication model, so given there’s another magazine that’s so like Lightspeed in most respects, really the only thing that could make Lightspeed unique is how I run the ship. And what I think I bring to the table is an editorial vision that is a nice blend of commercial and literary that allows LS (and my anthologies) to be both commercially and critically successful. I wish there was a less egotistical way of answering that question, but that’s about all I can come up with.

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