News for May 5th, 2010

The Christy Nominees list has been published! The Visionary category nominees are listed as follows:

• By Darkness Hid by Jill Williamson • Marcher Lord Press
• The Enclave by Karen Hancock • Bethany House Publishers
• Valley of the Shadow by Tom Pawlik • Tyndale House Publishers

Carole McDonnell is featured in two special sessions of the online CoyoteCon Digital Author Conference which is running throughout May. One is on May 15th: The Speculative Christian. To attend, you need to register for a free session ticket. Numbers are limited. Go to http://coyotecon.com/tickets/ to book in.

Terri Main, author of the forthcoming mystery/science-fiction cozy Dark Side of the Moon, is running a contest on her Facebook fan page. In the novel, set on the moon at the end of the 21^st century, lunar residents live in underground communities which look like small towns. The main character of the book, Carolyn Masters, a professor of history at the local university, has a new house. The house is automated with an artificial intelligence unit to manage the household chores, programmed to work best if it has a name. Go to http://www.facebook.com/darksidenovel . There is a status post where you can add a comment that includes your name for the house.