News for July 7th 2010

Two new releases this month from Splashdown Books: The Duke's Handmaid by Caprice Hokstad (Fantasy Drama - Third Edition) and Legendary Space Pilgrims by Grace Bridges (Science Fiction/Allegory/Space Opera). Visit www.splashdownbooks.com/bookshop.html for more details and special prices direct from the publisher.

Guild member Ellen Maze, vampire genre writer extraordinaire, is the guest of honour at WhereTheMapEnds this month - be sure and check out her interview here: http://www.wherethemapends.com/Interviews/current_interview.htm

TitleTrakk gives us a preview of James Rubart's next novel, Book of Days, due out next January and already eagerly awaited: http://titletrakkbooknews.blogspot.com/2010/06/jim-rubarts-book-of-days-coming-in.html 

Variance Publishing announces a new release, Eurostorm by Payne Anderson. Find out more about that on the Thrillerblog: http://variancepublishing.blogspot.com/2010/06/eurostorm-hits-stores-rick-makes.html

News for June 28th

The big news of the weekend is that Jill Williamson of Marcher Lord Press has won the Christy Award in the Visionary section for her fantasy By Darkness Hid. This is a huge moment in history and a step forward for independent publishing and speculative fiction alike!
Read Jill's reaction on her blog here: http://bit.ly/bU4d9P
Read a press release with a listing of all winners here:
http://ajast.com/ChristyAwards2010WinnerPR.pdf
And you can head over to Jill's Facebook page to congratulate her: http://bit.ly/bSODg1 or at the Anomaly forum: http://bit.ly/c6FCE0

Terri Main has published another short story to go with her upcoming novel Dark Side of the Moon. Read "Fireworks" here: http://darksidenovel.blogspot.com/2010/06/fireworks.html

TitleTrakk.com is running a survey on which Narnia book you would like to see made into a movie next. To add your opinion, go here: http://www.titletrakk.com/surveys-polls.htm

News for May 24th, 2010

Rick Copple has published an extensive article on description for writers. Check out "Describing Description Detail" at http://blog.rlcopple.com/?p=230.

New at TitleTrakk: Katie Hart gives us a look at "The Characters of Narnia":
http://titletrakk.com/articles/books/characters-of-narnia.htm

FRENZY, the final episode in the Dreamhouse Kings series by Robert Liparulo, is out now. For more information, reviews and more, go here: http://bit.ly/dj8dfA 

Marcher Lord Press has published free samples on Scribd of each of the latest releases:
To Darkness Fled by Jill Williamson http://scr.bi/aa6zqs
The Word Unleashed by Steve Rzasa http://scr.bi/99ZEdY
The Superlative Stream by Kerry Nietz http://scr.bi/d0mIN1  

News for January 13th, 2010

Terri Main says: I just uploaded an MP3 file in which I read the preface and first chapter of Dark Side of the Moon, a novel I have been working on for two years. I had fun cutting this file. It took me back to my days in radio. Hope you enjoy it, and if you do, I hope you pass the link along to your friends, I'll also post a note as new files are posted.

Here's the link:
http://www.wayfarersjournal.com/darkside.mp3

Fred Warren says: My first new story of 2010 is online now at Every Day Fiction. It's called "Half," a lighthearted bit of fantasy about two mercenaries pondering the contents of a wizard's cask–and whether they should partake. Here's hoping it gives you a chuckle. Cheers!
http://www.everydayfiction.com/half-by-fred-warren/

At TitleTrakk, there's a new review of Whirlwind by Robert Liparulo, #5 of the Dreamhouse Kings series. Reviewed by Jennifer Bogart.

News for December 16th, 2009

A.L. Marquardt says: My novella "A Reason to Hope" was chosen as one of the options for AFCW Book Club of the month selection for March, 2010 . Because I'm so excited, I'm offering my book at a 25% discount HERE. If you'd rather read it now and save a few bucks, a Kindle addition is available as well as other formats through Smashwords. Links to both is included in the page linked above.
I hope you enjoy it enough you'll vote for it, but I also recommend you give the others a try as well.

Grace Bridges says: There's an interview with yours truly about Splashdown Books over at C. Maggie Woychik's blog.


New genre reviews at TitleTrakk:

By Darkness Hid by Jill Williamson, reviewed by Lori Fox: "I highly recommend it to fans of fantasy, and even to someone who is unfamiliar with fantasy, and needs a good place to start."

Powers by John Olson, reviewed by Jennifer Bogart: "Powers has been widely described in press releases as the "highly-anticipated sequel to Shade”; this is clearly an understatement in my case."

News for September 11th, 2009

Today we bring you more of the latest reviews, first from TitleTrakk.com:

Green by Ted Dekker, reviewed by Vennessa Ng

Earth is Not Alone by John Knapp II, reviewed by Grace Bridges

Chaos and Renegade by Ted Dekker (graphic novels), reviewed by Heather R. Hunt

And now a roundup of recent posts at Yellow30 Sci-Fi reviews:

Forever Richard by Sue Dent, reviewed by Stefanie Lightwood

A Minstrel's Musings by Sarah Ashwood, reviewed by S.C. Macon

The Guardian by P. Robin Dixon Jr, reviewed by Stefanie Lightwood

The Shadow Seer by Fran Jacobs, reviewed by S.C. Macon

Outer Darkness by Bart Brevik, reviewed by Mark Randell