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<br>cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15514785429568086047noreply@blogger.comBlogger556125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-31227327111228223152020-01-01T17:12:00.001-07:002012-02-24T18:22:18.621-07:00Welcome!The Lost Genre Guild is a group of Christian writers with a penchant for the weird and wonderful. Here on the front page we aggregate news content from around the Web, while the other pages offer more information about us, our members and their books. We're glad you stopped by!<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://output40.rssinclude.com/output?type=js&id=227380&hash=f823feb5883d5c335c68bd776dfa3bca"></script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://output42.rssinclude.com/output?type=js&id=427594&hash=b42524325e0ac957f36220878bb0f7d7"></script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://output67.rssinclude.com/output?type=js&id=228082&hash=546f04775671b90417e4c2f4309d1a57"></script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://output82.rssinclude.com/output?type=js&id=227398&hash=033d3edcfbd1e1d6d1c451a9e6628aee"></script>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-76062808890589529062011-01-03T22:28:00.000-07:002011-01-03T22:28:43.627-07:00News Post 575At the New Authors' Fellowship, Ren Black has kicked off the Renegade Project, where YOU the reader get to choose how the story goes on. Comment to participate:<br />
<a href="http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/renegade-project-1/">http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/renegade-project-1/</a><br />
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Brandon Barr gives another sneak peek at his upcoming novel After the Cross:<br />
<a href="http://christiansciencefiction.blogspot.com/2011/01/after-cross-sneak-peek-part-2.html">http://christiansciencefiction.blogspot.com/2011/01/after-cross-sneak-peek-part-2.html</a><br />
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Author C.S. Lakin has a new website:<br />
<a href="http://www.cslakin.com/">http://www.cslakin.com/</a><br />
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Robert Treskillard reviews Sword in the Stars by Wayne Thomas Batson:<br />
<a href="http://www.epictales.org/blog/robertblog.php/2011/01/01/title-6">http://www.epictales.org/blog/robertblog.php/2011/01/01/title-6</a><br />
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Maurice Broaddus gives us the rundown of all his short stories for sale at Angry Robot:<br />
<a href="http://mauricebroaddus.com/?p=2611">http://mauricebroaddus.com/?p=2611</a><br />
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Janalyn Voigt interviews James Rubart:<br />
<a href="http://bookreaderscentral.blogspot.com/2011/01/meet-and-greet-james-l-rubart.html">http://bookreaderscentral.blogspot.com/2011/01/meet-and-greet-james-l-rubart.html</a><br />
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Marcher Lord Press has acquired Oxygen and The Fifth Man by Randy Ingermanson and John Olson - more at TitleTrakk:<br />
<a href="http://titletrakkbooknews.blogspot.com/2011/01/marcher-lord-press-acquires-oxygen.html">http://titletrakkbooknews.blogspot.com/2011/01/marcher-lord-press-acquires-oxygen.html</a>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-34369838884456593572011-01-02T20:37:00.000-07:002011-01-02T20:37:52.520-07:00News Post 574Yellow30 Sci-Fi has posted its list of the decade's best 25 small-press titles:<br />
<a href="http://yellow30scifi.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/the-top-25-books/">http://yellow30scifi.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/the-top-25-books/</a><br />
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James L. Rubart is the guest of honour at this month's Where The Map Ends interview:<br />
<a href="http://www.wherethemapends.com/Interviews/current_interview.htm">http://www.wherethemapends.com/Interviews/current_interview.htm</a><br />
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Residential Aliens ezine, edited by LGG member Lyn Perry, is nominated in the Preditors & Editors poll - go vote here:<br />
<a href="http://www.critters.org/predpoll/fictionzine.shtml">http://www.critters.org/predpoll/fictionzine.shtml</a><br />
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Kat Heckenbach has posted the latest in her series on fantasy art:<br />
<a href="http://kat-findingangel.blogspot.com/2011/01/inordinate-fondness-for-beetles.html">http://kat-findingangel.blogspot.com/2011/01/inordinate-fondness-for-beetles.html</a><br />
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Janalyn Voigt talks about appearing on Clash of the Titles:<br />
<a href="http://kdawnbyrd.blogspot.com/2010/12/clash-of-titles-janalyn-voigt-giveaway.html">http://kdawnbyrd.blogspot.com/2010/12/clash-of-titles-janalyn-voigt-giveaway.html</a><br />
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And for writers: an exhaustive list of questions to ask yourself about your story - great for getting it unstuck:<br />
<a href="http://thescriptlab.com/the-formula/story/development/26-story-questionnaire">http://thescriptlab.com/the-formula/story/development/26-story-questionnaire</a>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-69512634363854245582010-12-29T20:02:00.000-07:002010-12-29T20:02:10.487-07:00News Post 573This just in from Rick Copple:<br />
Can you believe it? I’ve written enough short stories and flash fictions over the past five years to fill a full novel-length book! And so what did I do? I made a book, naturally.<br />
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Introducing Ethereal Worlds, an anthology of 23 space-opera-style science fiction and fantasy stories written and appearing in magazines between 2006 and 2010. Two of the stories have never appeared anywhere before, and one is set to come out in ResAliens around the beginning of 2011.<br />
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More info at <a href="http://blog.rlcopple.com/?p=302">http://blog.rlcopple.com/?p=302</a> <br />
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Terri Main has created a new webpage for her novel Dark Side of the Moon, complete with a moon map and much more:<br />
<a href="http://www.darksideofthemoonnovel.com/">http://www.darksideofthemoonnovel.com/</a><br />
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Check out the new Spirit Blade blog from Paeter Frandsen:<br />
<a href="http://spiritblade.blogspot.com/">http://spiritblade.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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I was looking around for more news items to fill up a post and then I realised there's quite a lot, ahem, about me. Kinda embarrassing, but I'm glad to have my friends at NAF and Splashdown. Yesterday, Diane Graham pulled a sort of virtual "this is your life" on me at <a href="http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/a-little-more-grace/">http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/a-little-more-grace/</a>, and today brought more of the same plus a review of one of my novels: <a href="http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/anvil-review-faith-awakened-by-grace-bridges/">http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/anvil-review-faith-awakened-by-grace-bridges/</a> - Both links have two pages to look at AND you have the chance to win a bundle of Splashdown books all at once, so get over there.<br />
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The NAFsters didn't stop there, though. Keven Newsome reviewed Alpha Redemption by P.A. Baines at <a href="http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/an-unexpected-review/">http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/an-unexpected-review/</a>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-121852093665026262010-12-24T02:16:00.000-07:002010-12-24T02:16:27.440-07:00News Post 572<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Have you checked out the <a href="http://lostgenreguild.blogspot.com/p/member-directory.html">Lost Genre Guild's member directory</a>? It's wonderful to see all the names and fields of interest. Are you on it? If not, you should think about joining. Click the About tab for information on how to do that.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The Splashdown Books newsletter is out. <a href="http://splashdownbooks.blogspot.com/2010/12/splashdown-newsletter-1.html">Check it out here</a>, and sign up for future updates if you want to keep up to date with exciting new stuff from the Lost Genre.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Updates from Laser & Sword ezine: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The Great Search, Part Fifteen (<a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-great-search-part-fifteen/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.<wbr></wbr>us/the-great-search-part-<wbr></wbr>fifteen/</a>) Against Revelator's adviace, the Sword and the Dark Mystic meet at last.</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The Emerald Avenger v. The Corruptibles (<a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-emerald-avenger-v-the-corruptibles-part-fourteen/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.<wbr></wbr>us/the-emerald-avenger-v-the-<wbr></wbr>corruptibles-part-fourteen/</a>): Two crooked police officers take a most unusual trip downtown.</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Day of Dread, Part Seven (<a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/day-of-dread-part-seven/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.<wbr></wbr>us/day-of-dread-part-seven/</a>) Kendall officers Snyder a way out.</span></div>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-10936708081723694632010-12-22T13:44:00.000-07:002010-12-22T13:44:23.731-07:00News Post 571Mike Duran has started an intriguing discussion on the apparent dichotomy of theology and speculation:<br />
<a href="http://mikeduran.com/?p=10873">http://mikeduran.com/?p=10873</a><br />
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He's also been interviewed about his upcoming book, The Resurrection, at I Smell Sheep.<br />
<a href="http://ismellsheep.blogspot.com/2010/12/interview-with-author-mike-duran_20.html">http://ismellsheep.blogspot.com/2010/12/interview-with-author-mike-duran_20.html</a><br />
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Here's a podcast interview with Jeremy Bishop on his debut zombie apocalypse novel Torment:<br />
<a href="http://freedomtrainonline.com/?p=1231">http://freedomtrainonline.com/?p=1231</a><br />
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R.L. Copple's new short story Dragon Stew is now available from Smashwords for $0.99:<br />
<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/34373">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/34373</a><br />
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Digital Dragon Magazine has created new landing pages for its two current serials, so you can easily catch up and follow along:<br />
<a href="http://www.digitaldragonmagazine.net/thenorthstar.php">The North Star by Bryan Thomas Schmidt</a><br />
<a href="http://www.digitaldragonmagazine.net/cometborn.php">Comet Born by Grace Bridges</a><br />
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Jennifer Hartz is running a contest to win copies of her upcoming book Future Saviour: Conception<br />
<a href="http://jenniferhartz.com/2010/12/21/christmas-giveaway-contest/">http://jenniferhartz.com/2010/12/21/christmas-giveaway-contest/</a>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-58525315897553725382010-12-20T05:00:00.000-07:002010-12-18T23:49:12.518-07:00News Post 570News of the day!! Marcher Lord Press is going to reprint Sharon Hinck's Sword of Lyric trilogy: The Restorer and its sequels. With Kathy Tyers already on board at MLP, this is definitely another huge step - congratulations to all concerned!<br />
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Jaime Wright interviews Jim Rubart, author of Rooms:<br />
<a href="http://thejaimereports.blogspot.com/2010/12/interview-with-james-rubart-author-of.html">http://thejaimereports.blogspot.com/2010/12/interview-with-james-rubart-author-of.html</a><br />
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The 2010 Pluto Award Winner has been announced:<br />
<a href="http://yellow30scifi.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/2010-pluto-award-winner/">http://yellow30scifi.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/2010-pluto-award-winner/</a><br />
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A guest post by C.S. Lakin at Speculative Faith, concerning fairy tales:<br />
<a href="http://www.speculativefaith.com/2010/12/guest-blog-c-s-lakin-part-3/">http://www.speculativefaith.com/2010/12/guest-blog-c-s-lakin-part-3/</a><br />
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A new review of the new edition of Sue Dent's <i>Never Ceese</i>:<br />
<a href="http://christianscifiandfantasyreview.webs.com/">http://christianscifiandfantasyreview.webs.com/</a>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-54004861614703052010-12-17T15:15:00.000-07:002010-12-17T15:15:49.377-07:00News Post 569Greg Mitchell is posting a new short story to go with his storyworld The Coming Evil - part one is here (see his blog's main page for the others, also already posted):<br />
<a href="http://thecomingevil.blogspot.com/2010/12/coming-evil-holiday-spirit-part-one.html">http://thecomingevil.blogspot.com/2010/12/coming-evil-holiday-spirit-part-one.html</a><br />
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Jeremy Robinson is a guest on the Dead Robots Society podcast at<br />
<a href="http://deadrobotssociety.com/2010/12/16/episode-156-chatting-with-jeremy-robinson/">http://deadrobotssociety.com/2010/12/16/episode-156-chatting-with-jeremy-robinson/</a><br />
(warning: strong language in the first part) Jeremy comes in at around 14:00 and talks about his inspiring journey as a writer through self-publishing and independent publishing through to the mainstream. He talks a lot about marketing, and he's making a living from his writing so we'd do well to heed him.<br />
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Karina Fabian announced a new website tie-in to her latest fiction project:<br />
<a href="http://fabianspace.blogspot.com/2010/12/zombie-death-extreme-website-is-up.html">http://fabianspace.blogspot.com/2010/12/zombie-death-extreme-website-is-up.html</a><br />
The site itself, Zombie Death Extreme, is here:<br />
<a href="http://www.zombiedeathextreme.com/">http://www.zombiedeathextreme.com/</a><br />
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This week's updates from Laser & Sword magazine:<br />
<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Great Search, Part Fourteen(<a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-great-search-part-fourteen/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.<wbr></wbr>adamsweb.us/the-great-search-<wbr></wbr>part-fourteen/</a>): Markum and Janus get into a fight as the villains face increased risk of exposure:</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Emerald Avenger v. The Corruptibles, Part Thirteen (<a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-emerald-avenger-v-the-corruptibles-part-thirteen/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.<wbr></wbr>us/the-emerald-avenger-v-the-<wbr></wbr>corruptibles-part-thirteen/</a>) A police car is pulled over and the occupants arrested.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Day of Dread, Part Six (<a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/day-of-dread-part-six/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.<wbr></wbr>us/day-of-dread-part-six/</a>) There's a ringer on A.L. Snyder's jury.</span></div>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-12697720706215207372010-12-12T09:00:00.002-07:002010-12-12T09:00:01.041-07:00News Post 568Fred Warren has a story published in the new WWC magazine Other Sheep, which definitely looks worth checking out. More details here:<br />
<a href="http://frederation.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/story-published-pilgrimage-in-other-sheep/">http://frederation.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/story-published-pilgrimage-in-other-sheep/</a><br />
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A.M. Roelke scored an interview about her upcoming release, The Space Station Murders:<br />
<a href="http://sameenassphere.wordpress.com/guest-author-blogs/a-m-roelke-2/">http://sameenassphere.wordpress.com/guest-author-blogs/a-m-roelke-2/</a><br />
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Jane Lebak's short space story A Rock for Christmas is now online:<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/glNNM9">http://bit.ly/glNNM9</a><br />
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Peculiar People are looking for submissions of a very specific nature for their collaborative Orphan Plane project, where children are sent to begin a new life in space. Open till January 9th. Details here:<br />
<a href="http://www.peculiarpeoplebooks.com/orphan-plane.htm">http://www.peculiarpeoplebooks.com/orphan-plane.htm</a><br />
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The CSFF Blog Tour now has a page on Facebook:<br />
<a href="http://on.fb.me/hn3LQv">http://on.fb.me/hn3LQv</a><br />
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John Otte discusses the latest movie adaptation of Voyage of the Dawn Treader:<br />
<a href="http://leastread.blogspot.com/2010/12/voyage-of-dawn-treader.html">http://leastread.blogspot.com/2010/12/voyage-of-dawn-treader.html</a><br />
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And here's a new review of A Star Curiously Singing by Kerry Nietz:<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/gm4nEa">http://bit.ly/gm4nEa</a>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-46713813986688389972010-12-09T05:00:00.006-07:002010-12-09T21:01:20.149-07:00News Post 567Bryan Thomas Schmidt is posting excerpts from his upcoming space opera, The Worker Prince - said to recreate a Star Wars type feel. Here are the first two:<br />
<a href="http://bryanthomasschmidt.blogspot.com/2010/09/this-is-first-chapter-of-my-forthcoming.html">http://bryanthomasschmidt.blogspot.com/2010/09/this-is-first-chapter-of-my-forthcoming.html</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanthomasschmidt.blogspot.com/2010/12/novel-excerpt-worker-prince.html">http://bryanthomasschmidt.blogspot.com/2010/12/novel-excerpt-worker-prince.html</a><br />
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Millard Jones is giving away a copy of Eternity's Edge by Bryan Davis. Go here to enter:<br />
<a href="http://onehundredelectricians.blogspot.com/2010/12/giveaway_07.html">http://onehundredelectricians.blogspot.com/2010/12/giveaway_07.html</a><br />
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New short stories online:<br />
Spaced Out by R.L. Copple<br />
<a href="http://skaggsworld.com/fwg/2010/12/04/spaced-out/">http://skaggsworld.com/fwg/2010/12/04/spaced-out/</a><br />
El Nino: A Christmas Mystery with Carolyn Masters, by Terri Main<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/fPWx4Q">http://bit.ly/fPWx4Q</a><br />
The Fairy Princess and the Troll, by Brandon Barr<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/emFdY6">http://bit.ly/emFdY6</a><br />
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From the Blogosphere:<br />
At Speculative Faith: E. Stephen Burnett shares Lacy's story of how Lord of the Rings opened her spiritual eyes:<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/fBOAq2">http://bit.ly/fBOAq2</a><br />
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P.A. Baines is interviewed by Lena Nelson Dooley, with a chance to win his book:<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/i2PIEm">http://bit.ly/i2PIEm</a><br />
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Kat Heckenbach started a blog series on art she's doing for speculative fiction:<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/geMI35">http://bit.ly/geMI35</a>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-71457298760841426252010-12-08T17:18:00.000-07:002010-12-08T17:18:27.463-07:00News Post 566<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Here's an interview with Karina Fabian on her recent release <i>Neeta Lyffe: Zombie Exterminator:</i><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/eHuxds">http://bit.ly/eHuxds</a><br />
And more from Karina in a guest blog on zombies:<br />
<a href="http://naomi-jay.livejournal.com/341037.html">http://naomi-jay.livejournal.com/341037.html</a> <i> </i><br />
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Teen author Jacob Parker is the focus in this homeschooling article:<br />
<a href="http://anotheronceintimeh.blogspot.com/2010/12/imagination-uncapped-homeschooled.html">http://anotheronceintimeh.blogspot.com/2010/12/imagination-uncapped-homeschooled.html</a><br />
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Doctor Who's sonic screwdriver may be getting closer to reality, as demonstrated by UK scientists:<br />
<a href="http://aol.it/eIxEDJ">http://aol.it/eIxEDJ</a><br />
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This week the CSFF blog tour is in full swing, with the focus on The Charlatan's Boy by Jonathan Rogers. Here are some of the posts, and they include links to more:<br />
<a href="http://askandrea.adamsweb.us/csff-tour-the-charlatan%E2%80%99s-boy-by-jonathan-rogers/">http://askandrea.adamsweb.us/csff-tour-the-charlatan%E2%80%99s-boy-by-jonathan-rogers/</a><br />
<a href="http://frederation.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/csff-blog-tour-day-2-the-charlatans-boy-by-jonathan-rogers">http://frederation.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/csff-blog-tour-day-2-the-charlatans-boy-by-jonathan-rogers</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sarahsawyer.com/2010/12/december-2010-christian-science-fiction-and-fantasy-blog-tour-the-charlatans-boy-day-2/">http://www.sarahsawyer.com/2010/12/december-2010-christian-science-fiction-and-fantasy-blog-tour-the-charlatans-boy-day-2/</a><br />
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A new review of Rooms by James Rubart, from S. R. Van Ness:<br />
<a href="http://srvanness.blogspot.com/2010/12/book-review-rooms-by-james-l-rubart.html">http://srvanness.blogspot.com/2010/12/book-review-rooms-by-james-l-rubart.html</a><br />
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A quick update from Greg Mitchell on The Coming Evil:<br />
<a href="http://thecomingevil.blogspot.com/2010/12/updates-ahoy.html">http://thecomingevil.blogspot.com/2010/12/updates-ahoy.html</a>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-41598534285801534642010-12-06T16:10:00.000-07:002010-12-06T16:10:12.621-07:00News Post 565<div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWoDMNBhrFmW8X1bteGifr1jglO5FWRDXKuvolRrQz-NkmQenZLQVMOLwOlNFLThlWtwmCggJpo21znK03m0Wm3FKGa9yN3iv3MvkrGeqWsQBMwRWA3t4-2Yws7Q0zlLvAZMxvzw/s200/WoA+cover.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWoDMNBhrFmW8X1bteGifr1jglO5FWRDXKuvolRrQz-NkmQenZLQVMOLwOlNFLThlWtwmCggJpo21znK03m0Wm3FKGa9yN3iv3MvkrGeqWsQBMwRWA3t4-2Yws7Q0zlLvAZMxvzw/s200/WoA+cover.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">Frank Creed's long-awaited new release War of Attrition is the focus this week at CFRB. Here are some of the posts:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://cfrblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/war-of-attrition-by-frank-creed.html">http://cfrblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/war-of-attrition-by-frank-creed.html</a> </span><br />
<a href="http://cfvici.blogspot.com/2010/12/war-of-attrition-by-frank-creed.html">http://cfvici.blogspot.com/2010/12/war-of-attrition-by-frank-creed.html</a><br />
<a href="http://splashdownreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/war-of-attrition-by-frank-creed.html">http://splashdownreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/war-of-attrition-by-frank-creed.html</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This from Terri Main:</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I just posted to <a href="http://museituppublishing.blogspot.com/2010/12/el-nino-christmas-mystery-with-carolyn_06.html" target="_blank">http://museituppublishing.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/2010/12/el-nino-<wbr></wbr>christmas-mystery-with-<wbr></wbr>carolyn_06.html </a> a mini-mystery entitled El Nino. It features the characters from my upcoming novel <i>Dark Side of the Moon, </i>a cozy mystery set in a colony on the moon. Please stop by and leave a note. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">John Ottinger asked a bunch of his blogging friends what author they'd wish to meet, and what questions they'd ask: </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bit.ly/hgvQS0">http://bit.ly/hgvQS0</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Donita K. Paul is a guest this week at Operation Encourage an Author:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://encourageanauthor.blogspot.com/2010/12/author-spotlight-donita-k-paul.html">http://encourageanauthor.blogspot.com/2010/12/author-spotlight-donita-k-paul.html</a> </span></div>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-10241590249374050412010-12-05T21:37:00.000-07:002010-12-05T21:37:55.820-07:00News Post 564Excuse the numbering mixup. Blogger assured me last week that there were already 563 posts on here, but it seems that was not the case! But it is now. Anyway, this post is all new. Lots of interviews lately!<br />
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Interview with P.A. Baines at Where The Map Ends:<br />
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Interview with Nick Giannaras at Teen Word Factory:<br />
<a href="http://www.teenwordfactory.com/2010/12/personal-interview-with-scififantasy.html">http://www.teenwordfactory.com/2010/12/personal-interview-with-scififantasy.html</a><br />
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Interview with R.L. Copple at Walking on Water:<br />
<a href="http://katiehines.blogspot.com/2010/12/fantasy-ebook-author-r-l-copple.html">http://katiehines.blogspot.com/2010/12/fantasy-ebook-author-r-l-copple.html</a><br />
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Interview with Grace Bridges yours truly at Roseanna White's blog:<br />
<a href="http://roseannamwhite.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-friend-grace-interview-giveaway.html">http://roseannamwhite.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-friend-grace-interview-giveaway.html</a><br />
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Review of the print edition of Residential Aliens, issue 4:<br />
<a href="http://guyscanread.squarespace.com/show/2010/12/1/resaliens-4-like-a-church-social.html">http://guyscanread.squarespace.com/show/2010/12/1/resaliens-4-like-a-church-social.html</a><br />
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Review of The God Hater by Bill Myers at TitleTrakk.com:<br />
<a href="http://www.titletrakk.com/book-reviews/god-hater-review-myers.htm">http://www.titletrakk.com/book-reviews/god-hater-review-myers.htm</a><br />
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New release: Chase the Shadows by Brian Reaves (Kindle only):<br />
<a href="http://brianreaves.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-new-book-is-finally-out.html">http://brianreaves.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-new-book-is-finally-out.html</a><br />
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Karina Fabian rounds up two reviews of Infinite Space, Infinite God II:<br />
<a href="http://fabianspace.blogspot.com/2010/12/havent-had-lot-of-reviews-yet-on-isig.html">http://fabianspace.blogspot.com/2010/12/havent-had-lot-of-reviews-yet-on-isig.html</a>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-24427291974071395672010-12-02T16:32:00.001-07:002010-12-03T14:51:20.365-07:00News Post 563<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">This week's serials from Laser & Sword:</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">With Captain Justice in the hospital, Commander Justice, Jr. investigates alone</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">(<a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-great-search-part-twelve/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.<wbr></wbr>us/the-great-search-part-<wbr></wbr>twelve/</a>) (The Great Search, part Twelve)</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Emerald Avenger starts a fire with the goal of burning out two corrupt police officers</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">(<a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-emerald-avenger-vs-the-corruptibles-part-eleven/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.<wbr></wbr>us/the-emerald-avenger-vs-the-<wbr></wbr>corruptibles-part-eleven/</a>) (The Emerald Avenger v. the Corruptibles, Part Eleven.)</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Snyder meets a racketeer who has an offer for him. (<a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/day-of-dread-part-four/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.<wbr></wbr>us/day-of-dread-part-four/</a>) (Day of Dread, Part Four.)</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Don't miss the new edition of Residential Aliens, with stories from L. S. King, Gary Raven, Lachlan David, Kurt Hyatt and Walt Staples. Go here: <a href="http://www.resaliens.com/">http://www.resaliens.com/</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">There's a short-form writing contest in several categories going on over at Holy Worlds, and the prizes are five copies of The Skin Map by Stephen Lawhead. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.holyworlds.org/blog/?p=377">http://www.holyworlds.org/blog/?p=377</a></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Walt Staples has a new story up at the Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. He claims it's not speculative, but I'm not convinced...</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.deadmule.com/fiction/2010/11/walter-staples-sammys-christmas/">http://www.deadmule.com/fiction/2010/11/walter-staples-sammys-christmas/</a></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">A new review of The Word Reclaimed by Steve Rzasa, from Krysti Kercher:</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://krystisbooks.blogspot.com/2010/11/word-reclaimed.html">http://krystisbooks.blogspot.com/2010/11/word-reclaimed.html</a></span></div>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-14705133347756090172010-11-30T22:14:00.001-07:002010-12-03T14:51:03.424-07:00News Post 562The first review for Frank Creed's new release, War of Attrition, has been posted at: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/War-Attrition-Frank-Creed/dp/1934284068/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290826112&sr=1-3" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/War-<wbr></wbr>Attrition-Frank-Creed/dp/<wbr></wbr>1934284068/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&<wbr></wbr>ie=UTF8&qid=1290826112&sr=1-3</a> <br />
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Karina Fabian talks about her stories in Infinite Space, Infinite God II:<br />
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<a href="http://fabianspace.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-stories-in-infinite-space-infinite.html">http://fabianspace.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-stories-in-infinite-space-infinite.html</a><br />
<a href="http://frederation.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/book-review-infinite-space-infinite-god-ii-edited-by-rob-and-karina-fabian/">And here's a book review of the same from Fred Warren.</a><br />
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Also: don't miss the video trailer for Karina's other new book, Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8798Iyubocw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8798Iyubocw</a> <br />
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Check out this video interview of Marcher Lord Press author Marc Schooley, hosted by Cathi-Lyn Dyck:<br />
<a href="http://scitascienda.com/2010/11/26/marc-schooley-video-interview/">http://scitascienda.com/2010/11/26/marc-schooley-video-interview/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.sarahsawyer.com/2010/11/book-giveaway-the-charlatans-boy-by-jonathan-rogers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sarahsawyer+%28Sarah+Sawyer+Blog%29">Sarah Sawyer is doing a giveaway of The Charlatan's Boy by Jonathan Rogers.</a>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-76802433048855292142010-11-26T19:09:00.000-07:002010-11-26T19:09:26.982-07:00Too much news! Here's moreSome stuff I forgot first time round.<br />
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The November edition of Digital Dragon Magazine appeared this week - head over there for your monthoy dose of cool stories. Yep, there's one of mine in there too :P also the North Star serial by Bryan Thomas Schmidt and a bunch of other great stuff.<br />
<a href="http://www.digitaldragonmagazine.net/">http://www.digitaldragonmagazine.net/</a><br />
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The Christmas Booksigning Bash is on at the Christian Review of Books until December 7th. A number of LGG members have books there under the Speculative category:<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/gIFfLw">http://bit.ly/gIFfLw</a><br />
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Guest blog by R.J Anderson at Speculative Faith, on being published as a Christian in the mainstream:<br />
<a href="http://www.speculativefaith.com/2010/11/guest-blog-r-j-anderson/">http://www.speculativefaith.com/2010/11/guest-blog-r-j-anderson/</a>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-13880770832333560062010-11-26T16:09:00.005-07:002010-11-26T16:32:07.873-07:00New approach - lots of news!<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hi guys, and here we are back again by popular request. But it's not going to be the same-old same-old we've had before. I'll be moving back to one post a week with all the news, and hopefully some commentary on it as well rather than just dry links.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Without further ado, here is the amazing new trailer for To Darkness Fled by Jill Williamson - put together by several of her readers and members of the LGG. Well done guys!</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.dimknight.com/resources/_wsb_216x352_dimknightcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.dimknight.com/resources/_wsb_216x352_dimknightcover.jpg" width="122" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Other news this week includes the release of the long-awaited Tales of the Dim Knight by Adam and Andrea Graham. Trust me, you don't want to miss this one. Check out their post on <a href="http://splashdownbooks.blogspot.com/2010/11/top-10-reasons-to-love-tales-of-dim.html">Top 10 Reasons to Love Tales of the Dim Knight.</a> And be aware of the beverage ban, for your own safety!</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Facebook News: Both the Lost Genre Guild and Speculative Faith have taken a new run at FB pages this week. The <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Lost-Genre-Guild/151040844941456">LGG one is here</a> (or use the box at the left of the blog) and the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Speculative-Faith/138160102891286">Spec Faith one is here.</a></span> </div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Both promise to be useful sources of updates and places to hang out and talk. Be sure you go over and "Like" them both - note that in the case of the LGG, this is a new page because the old one got overrun with spam and we couldn't remember who was the admin!</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Diane Graham of the New Authors Fellowship has created an <a href="http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/anvil-review-the-muse-by-fred-warren/">Anvil Review</a> and <a href="http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/anvil-interview-fred-warren/">Interview </a>for Fred Warren, author of The Muse. Comment on either post for a chance to win one of two signed copies.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bill McGrath announces the release of his novel Eretzel on Kindle: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eretzel-Sword-Fire-ebook/dp/B0046LU8II">http://www.amazon.com/Eretzel-Sword-Fire-ebook/dp/B0046LU8II</a></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rick Copple got a new review for Transforming Realities: <a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6040268/transforming_realities_by_r_l_copple.html?cat=38">http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6040268/transforming_realities_by_r_l_copple.html?cat=38</a></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sherry Thompson also got a review of Earthbow Vol. 2 at <a href="http://vantiltool.blogspot.com/2010/11/review-of-earthbow-volume-2.html">http://vantiltool.blogspot.com/2010/11/review-of-earthbow-volume-2.html</a> by Forrest Schultz.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you'd like to write something for this blog, please get in touch! Make use of our wide readership and get yourself some exposure.</span></div>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-76504632224162929192010-11-16T13:47:00.000-07:002010-11-16T13:47:01.676-07:00Spirit Blade interactiveFrom Paeter Frandsen: <br />
This coming Saturday (Nov. 20th) I will be hosting a free live chat from 6-9pm (Mountain Standard Time) and listening to the special edition of "Spirit Blade" with whoever else has a copy!<br />
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Specifics are coming soon! Keep your eye on: <a href="http://www.spiritblade.net/chat" target="_blank">http://www.spiritblade.net/<wbr></wbr>chat</a> <br />
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for up to date info on the event.<br />
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On Saturday, I'll give everyone a chance to log on at <a href="http://spiritiblade.net/chat" target="_blank">spiritiblade.net/chat</a> (it will be really easy) and we'll all synchronize our audio at about 6:15 and then again after completing disc 1 (or the halfway point for you mp3 users).<br />
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If you haven't grabbed your copy of "Spirit Blade: Special Edition" yet, now is the time! I've never done anything like this before and I can't wait to hang out and interact with you, live!<br />
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I hope to see you there!<br />
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-Paeter Frandsen<br />
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Note: You can buy the MP3s for $10 US at <a href="http://www.spiritblade.net/">http://www.spiritblade.net/</a> Don't leave it to the last minute as this is 2.5 hours of audio to download!Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-20232150060848637952010-11-05T17:49:00.000-06:002010-11-05T17:49:51.009-06:00Reader Roll CallDid anyone notice our little absence here? I was just wondering, because not one person has asked about it. I had to take a break due to publishing commitments, but now when considering starting up again, I have to ask myself, did anyone actually miss us? Sure it's been fun to put this blog together the last few years, but I was hoping to connect writers and readers in an effective manner. Have we been doing that? Have you found new authors or books by reading our updates?<br />
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So if you have been a regular reader here and would like to see us go on, please leave a comment. That's all. Just a quick "I'm here" will do. Thanks.Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-14408378836239141632010-10-22T05:00:00.001-06:002010-10-22T05:00:07.880-06:00Laser & Sword update<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/countdown-part-sixteen/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/countdown-part-sixteen/</a> (Countdown, Part Sixteen)-Snyder and Kendall lead Dr. Rawlings back to Dread-with a surprising result.</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-emerald-avenger-v-the-corruptibles-part-six/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-emerald-avenger-v-the-corruptibles-part-six/</a> (The Emerald Avenger v. the Corruptibles, Part Six): To get Zolgron to help him Dave has to connect to the Internet in an entirely new way.</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-great-search-part-seven/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-great-search-part-seven/</a> (The Great Search, Part Seven): Captain Justice and Commander Justice, Jr. look for clues. </span></div>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-42127665867738322122010-10-15T22:13:00.002-06:002010-10-15T22:13:22.300-06:00Laser & Sword update<span style="font-size: x-small;">Small Packages searches for answers (<a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-great-search-part-six/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">The Great Search, Part Six</span></a>.)</span> <br />
<div> </div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Invisibility Master Wakes up in his new home (<a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-emerald-avenger-v-the-corruptibles-part-five/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">The Emerald Avenger v. the Corruptibles, Part Five</span></a>)</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Snyder and Kendall have the head of the ecoterror cell, but what are they going to do with her? (<a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/countdown-part-fifteen/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Countdown, Part Fifteen</span></a>)</span></div>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-49535174100689328142010-10-08T05:00:00.003-06:002010-10-08T05:00:02.363-06:00News for October 8th 2010<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This week's updates from Laser & Sword Magazine:</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Justice Family and the SIB investigate a professor who put in a patent requet on an interdimensional portal <a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-great-search-part-five/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-great-search-part-five/</a> (The Great Search, Part Five)</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Emerald Avenger catches up with the Invisibility Master <a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-emerald-avenger-v-the-corruptibles-part-four/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-emerald-avenger-v-the-corruptibles-part-four/</a> (The Emerald Avenger v. the Corruptibles, Part Four)</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How can Snyder and Kendall get to Dr. Rawlings before she sends her doomsday message? <a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/countdown-part-fourteen/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/countdown-part-fourteen/</a> (Countdown, Part Fourteen)</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">New flash fiction by Ren Black at the New Authors' Fellowship:</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/flash-fic-bad-timing/">http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/flash-fic-bad-timing/</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-4694557168881976862010-10-04T05:00:00.007-06:002010-10-04T21:05:21.749-06:00News for October 4, 2010<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"></span><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For writers: The Afictionado ezine has posted summaries of workshops from the ACFW conference, among them these two from friends of speculative fiction:</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.acfw.com/cgi-bin/ezine/oct10.pl?record=24">Creating a Believable Science Fiction or Fantasy Storyworld - Jill Williamson</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.acfw.com/cgi-bin/ezine/oct10.pl?record=46">The Last Show vs. Tell Class You’ll Ever Need - Jeff Gerke</a></span> </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Interview with Matt Koceich, author of The Sending, at Where The Map Ends:</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.wherethemapends.com/Interviews/current_interview.htm">http://www.wherethemapends.com/Interviews/current_interview.htm</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><u><b>EARTHBOW by Sherry Thompson - Part 2 out now:</b></u><br />
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Earthbow vol.1 (Narentan Tumults#2) (paperback) <a href="http://tinyurl.com/y49h82m" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/y49h82m</a><br />
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Earthbow vol.2 (Narentan Tumults#2) (paperback) <a href="http://amzn.to/8XXrVo" target="_blank">http://amzn.to/8XXrVo</a><br />
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Earthbow (v.1&2) for Kindle <a href="http://amzn.to/aimTRk" target="_blank">http://amzn.to/aimTRk</a> <br />
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Earthbow (v.1&2) for other electronic devices) <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/12032" target="_blank">http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/12032</a><br />
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Product Descriptions (vols. 1 & 2)<br />
And so begins the warleader's descent into darkness... Cenoc, the self-styled Lord of Latimus, learns of hidden treasures that can make him even more powerful. Few dare oppose his will, even as they witness his growing madness. However, a remnant stand in his way: a newly knighted young man who is torn between his mission and an overwhelming desire for revenge; an enchanter-initiate who finds himself facing terrors even greater than the danger of opposing Cenoc; a teen Outworlder from Earth who has been gifted with the Earthbow and told he will learn its purpose- just before his mentor abandons him. Return to the world of Narenta in the first installment of Sherry Thompson's Earthbow. <br />
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"This book is even better than Thompson's first book, which I really enjoyed." - Grant Lyle (refers to vol.1)<br />
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"In the thrilling conclusion to the second Narentan Tumult, can teen Outworlder Xander and his allies overcome the evil unleashed by the evil Cenoc?" (refers to vol.2) </span></span></span></div>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-43082039796022723622010-10-01T05:00:00.002-06:002010-10-01T05:00:13.593-06:00News for October 1, 2010Guildie Chris Solaas has been interviewed at Examiner.com about the writing life:<br />
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This week's update from Laser & Sword ezine:<br />
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<div class="ii gt" id=":1og"><div id=":1oh"><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div><span style="font-size: small;">The Great Search, Part Four (<a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-great-search-part-four/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-great-search-part-four/</a>) Captain Justice meets up with an old friend--and a new rival.</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: small;">The Emerald Avenger v. The Corruptibles, Part Three (<a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-emerald-avenger-v-the-corruptibles-part-three/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-emerald-avenger-v-the-corruptibles-part-three/</a>) The Emerald Avenger meets the Invisibility Master's missiles. </span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: small;">Countdown, Part Thirteen (<a href="http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/countdown-part-thirteen/" target="_blank">http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/countdown-part-thirteen/</a>): Snyder and Kendall pursue the mad Dr. Rawlings.</span></div></div></div></div>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33325729.post-12170117751495093312010-09-29T05:00:00.002-06:002010-09-29T05:00:08.660-06:00News for September 29th 2010This week is the CSFF blog tour for Venom and Song by Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper. Here are some preliminary posts; you can find more from their links.<br />
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<a href="http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/csff-blog-tour-venom-and-song-day-1/">Rebecca LuElla Miller</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sarahsawyer.com/2010/09/september-2010-christian-science-fiction-and-fantasy-blog-tour-venom-and-song-day-1/">Sarah Sawyer</a><br />
<a href="http://krystisbooks.blogspot.com/2010/09/venom-and-song-september-csff-blog-tour.html">Krysti Kercher</a><br />
<a href="http://frederation.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/september-csff-blog-tour-day-1-venom-and-song-by-wayne-thomas-batson-and-christopher-hopper/">Fred Warren</a><br />
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P.A. Baines makes appearances this week at the following blogs, each with a chance to win his book:<br />
<a href="http://bookreaderscentral.blogspot.com/2010/09/meet-and-greet-monday-pa-baines.htm">Book Readers Central</a><br />
<a href="http://encourageanauthor.blogspot.com/2010/09/spotlight-pa-baines.html">Operation Encourage an Author</a>Grace Bridgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357028816311898327noreply@blogger.com0