News for September 26th 2010

An interview with Donita K. Paul, in which she talks about her new books:
http://www.christian-fiction-book-reviews.com/

At Speculative Faith, E. Stephen Burnett talks about real magic and fantasy:
http://www.speculativefaith.com/2010/09/magic-fantasy-a-christian-worldview/

And a follow-up from Rebecca LuElla Miller:
http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/standing-up-for-magic/

Scott Roche and Zach Ricks, two of the founders of Flying Island Press, have a podcast interview at 
http://deadrobotssociety.com/2010/09/23/episode-145-piloting-the-flagship-of-flying-island-press/
(starts at 09:40)

Got an ereader? Two LGG member books are now available in multiple formats:
The Muse by Fred Warren
Alpha Redemption by P.A. Baines

News for July 21st 2010

Karina Fabian explains how she managed to write 8300 words on her novel...in one day!
http://fabianspace.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-novels-journey-fueling-full-speed.html
 
Chawna Schroeder interviews Jill Williamson:
http://chawnaschroeder.blogspot.com/2010/07/nine-questions-for-jill-williamson.html


Two differing reviews of Nightmare by Robin Parrish at TitleTrakk, one from Eric Wilson and one from Jennifer Bogart.

And the finalists in the Speculative category of the Carol Awards (ACFW's Book of the Year):

Kirk Outerbridge - Eternity Falls (Marcher Lord Press)

Donita K. Paul - The Vanishing Sculptor (Waterbrook Press)

Steve Rzasa - The Word Reclaimed (Marcher Lord Press) - See Steve's reaction here

Stuart Vaughn Stockton – Starfire (Marcher Lord Press)        

Fred Warren - The Muse (Splashdown Books) - See Fred's reaction here

Jill Williamson - By Darkness Hid (Marcher Lord Press)

News for April 7th, 2010

International Thriller Writers has a feature on Jeremy Robinson and his new novel Instinct, with insights on his career so far: http://www.thrillerwriters.org/2010/03/instinct-by-jeremy-robinson.html

Fred Warren says: Two short stories published this month. "The Silver Tree," a science fiction tale of a young girl in a technologically-backward colony who makes an unusual discovery, appears in issue #8 of the speculative fiction print journal Kaleidotrope (www.kaleidotrope.net). "The Chamber of Doors," a fantasy story about a traveling scholar who steals a piece of fruit and discovers a unique flavor of justice, debuts in the April 2010 issue of Bards & Sages Quarterly, available as a PDF download or in print at http://www.bardsandsages.com/quarterly.html.

Seasons in the Mist is a great new time travel novel from Deborah Kinnard: http://www.sheafhouse.com

There's a new review of Karina Fabian's Magic, Mensa & Mayhem by Agnes Dee at The Genre Review: http://thegenreview.com/?p=722

Also new reviews at Splashdown this week:

DragonSpell by Donita K. Paul

Rooms by James Rubart

News for October 9th, 2009

Hello again from your LGG newsgatherer, this time reporting in from Dublin, Ireland - a place close to my heart, today also because I can actually get a wireless connection here! Blogging in France is a very difficult thing to do unless you actually want to try and do it with a cellphone, which is also a little beyond my technical skills.

So today there'll be a round-up of news from the past couple of weeks that I haven't been able to post before now. Please excuse the delay but I think it's better late than not at all.

The CSFF Blog Tour for September focused on The Vanishing Sculptor by Donita K. Paul, and you can read the tour's top review here, written by Rachel Starr Thomson.

Lyndon Perry is continuing his series of short interviews at Residential Aliens, check out the latest additions:
2 Questions for Frank Creed
2 Questions for Rachel Starr Thomson
2 Questions for Sue Dent

And LGG member Terri Main has been interviewed by Bryan Polivka here: http://www.polivkavox.com/2009/09/confessions-of-twitter-prof.html


For writers:

Creative Trust’s Kevin Kaiser (Ted Dekker’s agent) is opening up his agency for one day to unsolicited submissions.

You can read more about it here: http://kevinskaiser.com/2009/09/15/are-you-the-next-ted-dekker-part-2/

You should only submit a query, synopsis, and sample if suspense is a big part of your novel.

Submitted by Robert Treskillard (aspiring author of the Merlin Spiral Trilogy — http://robert.epictales.org