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 February 16th, 2010

After a quiet weekend, it's time to jump back into the fray with all your favourite LGG happenings!

T.W. Ambrose, editor of the Digital Dragon Magazine, announces that his short story The Pilgrimage won first place in the Preditors & Editors poll for Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Story of 2009. Check out what he's got to say about that here.

An enterprising Englishwoman has made an independent spin-off movie as a companion to the legendary Lord of the Rings trilogy. LGG member Peter Grant explains the background at his blog, where you can also view the 70 minute movie in its entirety.

At the New Authors Fellowship, Keven Newsome comments on Paul Baines' unpublished novel Alpha, which deals with space travel and the ability of an artificial intelligence to discover God.

For writers: The Wordplay blog has an article about a fascinating approach to improving your writing by reviewing your own work. Check out this unusual idea right here.

And lastly today we have two new LGG member reviews for The Muse by Fred Warren: one by Kat Heckenbach, and one by Greg Mitchell. Thanks guys!

News for January 8th, 2010

Amy Deardon, winner of the 2009 Pluto Award, is interviewed at the International Christian Fiction Writers' blog, and talks about her book set in Israel. There's a giveaway if you leave a comment over there before the 16th Jan.

Splashdown Books announces its newest author, Caprice Hokstad, whose two fantasies will be republished with new covers. For more information read this post at Splashdown's blog.

Supernatural author Tosca Lee is interviewed this month at CFOM (this is NOT a permalink but will work for a month, after that check the archives).

Also at CFOM this month is Sarah Salter's review of the movie adaptation for Ted Dekker's Thr3e.

News for June 8th, 2009

Frank Creed recommends this article by Brenda Nixon: "An author with whom I worked a book signing in Ohio. Brenda's a Facebook friend and super-hard-workin' lady." Check it out here: Selling Books - The Difference between Marketing and Promotion

A review by Grace Bridges about the new Star Trek movie has been posted at TitleTrakk.com: "Star Trek is a movie that delivers the fun and the action, and all the characters we love."



Jeremy Robinson says:
Feels like this day took forever in coming, but PULSE is finally here and available everywhere books are sold! This is my first major release and you should be able to find the book on Amazon and in Barnes&Noble, Borders, Waldenbooks, Books-A-Million, etc, along with most indie bookstores.
PULSE is my most action-packed and science based thriller to date, but is also jam packed with archeology, mythology and special ops craziness. Below is more information about the book, including the summary, author endorsements and links to the trailer and audio ad. PLEASE forward this to any thriller reader you know and help spread the word!

Click here for more information about Pulse by Jeremy Robinson!

Guild Member Lands Screenwriting Job for Apocalypse V!

Frank Creed reports:
The screenwriter for Apocalypse V has been chosen--and he’s one of us. The Lost Genre Guild is a community of Christian sci-fi, horror, and fantasy (speculative fiction), writers, and Mr. Mitchell’s been an active member for years. The end-of-days film saga will be influenced by a talented Christian artist. Greg’s Christian near future science-fiction short story Ex-Communicator will also be included in the upcoming Underground Anthology (The Writer’s Café Press).

Greg Mitchell himself says:
Well, I've been sitting on this news for awhile (since Christmas, when all this started) and I'm near ecstatic to finally be able to share it all with you.
I am officially writing "Apocalypse V" for Cloud Ten Pictures!!
Wait.
"What's Apocalypse?" you ask. For shame. For. Shame.
Allow me to educate thee.

Learn more from Greg Mitchell’s Apocalypse V announcement at:
http://thecomingevil.blogspot.com/2009/05/apocalypse-v-cat-is-out-of-bag.html

Of Narnia and Rayguns!

In movie news, Narnia fans can be very relieved that Fox has picked up where Disney left off: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader will not be abandoned. More details on that here at the Narnia fan site.






Also, congrats to Ray Gun Revival on its 50th issue! You can get it here. Contents include:

The Silver Dollar Saucer by Lou Antonelli
Susie Earthshine, Space Substitute by Jeff Schnaufer
Terror Ride To Work by Robert Evans
No Remorse by George S. Walker
The Taming of the Shill - A Dean the Space Rogue Story by Andy Heizeler
Calamity's Child, Chapter Six: Rites of Passage - Dante's Fourth, by Gaslight, Part One by M. Keaton (Serial Fiction)
Thieves' Honor: Episode Five: The Game - Shooter by Keanan Brand (Serial Fiction)
Deuces Wild, Season Two by L. S. King (Serial Fiction)
This Raygun For Hire: The Great Author Affair by John M. Whalen (Serial Fiction)

Genre Videos and Upcoming Releases

Here are three genre videos for your viewing pleasure. First is Jeremy Robinson's latest video blog in which he talks about his podcasting activities and marketing by authors and publishers.
Then comes a video made by Ezlo from the Lost Genre forum. It's actually a short supernatural movie based on a story by Ezlo.
Finally, in a rare captured moment, J.R.R. Tolkien tells how he came to begin writing about Hobbits.

Jeremy Robinson Video Blog #6


Matters of Life, Death, and Headaches by Andrew Bunk


Tolkien on Hobbits


Marcher Lord Press has announced the release list for April 1st. Here's what Jeff Gerke said about the new lineup:

The books comprising the second release list of Marcher Lord Press are Starfire by Stuart Stockton, By Darkness Hid by Jill Williamson, and The Dark Man by Marc Schooley.

Starfire is one of those kinds of books I created Marcher Lord Press to publish. Because of Stuart's subject matter the book is all but unpublishable at traditional Christian houses. It's a far-future, non-earth, non-human science fiction novel. Not a humanoid in the bunch. But it's terrific and needs to be published. If the regular houses can't do it, let's create a house that can. Oh, wait, that's what I've done! :D

Starfire is the story of Rathe, a member of a race of talking, machine-using dinosaur people. (No, really.) Rathe is trying to make his mark in his military unit while concealing the secret of his quick advancement through the ranks. The empire he serves is at war with an enemy that is on the brink of discovering the secret of a lost civilization--a civilization whose Starfire weapons system will assure victory to whichever side seizes it first. A mysterious follower of an all but forgotten God warns Rathe not to use the weapon as he has planned to.

By Darkness Hid by Jill Williamson is a wonderful fantasy with dual protagonists. Each is something other than what he or she appears, and both are learning the dangers of who they are. Both hero and heroine find they are capable of bloodvoicing--a powerful and feared form of telepathy. While our heroine strives to keep her identity hidden, our hero must learn who he truly is. Though when the world finds out, it will likely mean his death. Meanwhile, a different kind of voice is calling...

The Dark Man by Marc Schooley is the first novel I acquired for the second list. This book is so imaginative it defies all categorizations (except "Amazing"). It's a near future urban thriller about a master of disguise whose job it is to infiltrate the last remaining Christian cells and bring them down. But this futuristic Saul has a Damascus Road experience and becomes a figure like Paul. With helicopter gunships. And a dead mother who may not be dead. And a child's wooden box puzzle that kind of talks. A lot.

The impulse that launched Marcher Lord Press is very much alive in these new selections. Incredible imagination, masterful writing, and subtle (or not so subtle) Christian content.