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)

June 23: Member News

R. L. Copple, author of the Reality Series (Infinite Realities, and Transforming Realities) is pleased to announce his third and final book in that series, The Reality, has been picked up by ResAliens Press and is expected to be available early December 2010.

Fred Warren says: Out of the Darkness and Into the Light, A new collection of interviews and stories from a variety of Christian spec-fic writers, including Eric Wilson, Jeffrey Overstreet, Robin Parrish, Michelle Levigne, Maurice Broaddus, Kirk Outerbridge, Anne Rice, and others, is now available on Kindle and in hardcover. I'm one of the "others."
Details, plus a sneak peek at the cover of ResAliens' upcoming anthology, While the Morning Stars Sing, at http://bit.ly/9mbhvY

Forrest W. Schultz announces a new blog for his speculative fiction short stories. You can find that here: http://schultzstories.blogspot.com  - there's already plenty to read on there.

Ellen Maze says: To prepare and promote the soon release of my next book, RABBIT LEGACY, two giveaways are listed for my first novel RABBIT: CHASING BETH RIDER (Christian Horror/Paranormal). Fifty (50) 5-star reviews so far on Amazon! I'd love to share it with any of you who haven't had a chance to read it yet. I know many of you have and THANK YOU!
Giveaway on Goodreads:  http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/4523-rabbit-chasing-beth-rider
Giveaway on Facebook (just click 'join' and then you can enter the drawing on the post regarding the Giveaway!) http://www.facebook.com/?tid=1313449922951&sk=messages#!/group.php?gid=96952574559

June 18th News - Terri Main, Jeff Gerke, MLP

Terri Main says: Come meet Carolyn Masters, the main character from Dark Side of the Moon, my new novel coming out in Feb 2011. We catch up with Carolyn as she is giving a lecture at the FBI academy in Quantico about Criminal Investigations in Off-World Cultures.
http://museituppublishing.blogspot.com/2010/06/criminal-investigation-in-off-world.html

This from Jeff Gerke: Be in a Marcher Lord Press novel! Here's your chance to have your name listed in one of the upcoming releases from Marcher Lord Press. Take time on the Fourth of July to stop by our store at http://www.marcherlordpress.com/New_Store/Fiction.htm and buy any of our 12 great fiction titles to have your name entered in the contest. We will randomly select three people whose names will appear in the upcoming new novels by Kirk Outerbridge, Marc Schooley, and the winner of our Marcher Lord Select competition, Matt Koceich.
 
Imagine, your name in a Marcher Lord Press novel!
 
Even if you're not one of the chosen three, everyone who buys an MLP book will receive a free short story by author Steve Rzasa called "Hunting Souls." It takes place in the same universe as his space opera novels The Word Reclaimed and The Word Unleashed, and follows the exploits of an unlikely hero -- one of the secret police who track down Christians.
So remember, go to http://www.marcherlordpress.com/New_Store/Fiction.htm on July 4, 2010 and enter your chance to become part of Marcher Lord Press history!

News for January 6th, 2010

Congratulations to Amy Deardon on winning the 2009 Pluto Award at Yellow30 Sci-Fi with her awesome time-travel novel A Lever Long Enough. Find the news release here.

Kirk Outerbridge is the featured author at ACFW this week. Check out his interview there, where he talks about his cyberthriller Eternity Falls, creativity, faith and more.

Rick Copple has penned Which Way Does Your Action Go, a fabulous article for fiction authors on active vs. passive writing and the was/ing problem. Recommended reading for all wordsmiths!

There's a new review at Yellow30 Sci-Fi for A Difficult Lie by J.H. Mortensen, a novel of alien invasion.

Brandon Barr and Mike Lynch revealed the cover of their new novel American Midnight.

And A.P. Fuchs muses on the similarities - or otherwise - of the present day to the images in Back to the Future II.

Update from Marcher Lord Press - Sept 09

Jeff Gerke announces: The Third List

As I announced last time, the third release list of Marcher Lord Press titles is almost upon us. October 1, 2009 marks not only the release of the new books but the first anniversary of Marcher Lord Press.

And as if releasing three new novels wouldn't be enough of a celebration, I'll also be offering some fun packages, freebies, and/or bundles on Launch Day.

Mark your calendar and be sure to get to the MLP store on October 1.

You'll want to catch Kirk Outerbridge's Eternity Falls, about a cybernetically enhanced detective who must solve the mystery of why a trusted "miracle treatment" that lets people live forever is suddenly failing. Read a sample chapter here and an interview with Kirk here.

You'll want to read A Star Curiously Singing by Kerry Nietz, about a slave/programmer who is tasked with learning why a robot tore itself limb from limb on a deep space mission. What secrets await--what voices emerge--around that curiously singing star far away? Read a sample chapter here and an interview with Kerry here.

And you'll definitely want to meet Baden Haczyk, teenage son of a space frigate captain, in Steve Rzasa's space opera, The Word Reclaimed. In this future, all religions are banned--but a dangerous discovery may lay bare great treachery and upset the delicate peace. Read a sample chapter here and an interview with Steve here.

Before becoming a MLP author, Steve Rzasa entered a writing competition through Athanatos Christian Ministries. The story Steve entered, "Rescued," is short fiction from the universe featured in The Word Reclaimed. In August, Steve found out that his story had won the G.K. Chesterton Award. Check it out here. Congratulations, Steve!

So with a new set of terrific covers and amazing stories from the future, Marcher Lord Press is again set to show why it is the premier publisher of Christian speculative fiction.

And don't forget to take advantage of the special goodies and bundles on Launch Day: October 1.

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