News Post 573

This just in from Rick Copple:
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.

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.

More info at http://blog.rlcopple.com/?p=302


Terri Main has created a new webpage for her novel Dark Side of the Moon, complete with a moon map and much more:
http://www.darksideofthemoonnovel.com/

Check out the new Spirit Blade blog from Paeter Frandsen:
http://spiritblade.blogspot.com/

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 http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/a-little-more-grace/, and today brought more of the same plus a review of one of my novels: http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/anvil-review-faith-awakened-by-grace-bridges/ - 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.

The NAFsters didn't stop there, though. Keven Newsome reviewed Alpha Redemption by P.A. Baines at http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/an-unexpected-review/

News Post 567

Bryan 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:
http://bryanthomasschmidt.blogspot.com/2010/09/this-is-first-chapter-of-my-forthcoming.html
http://bryanthomasschmidt.blogspot.com/2010/12/novel-excerpt-worker-prince.html

Millard Jones is giving away a copy of Eternity's Edge by Bryan Davis. Go here to enter:
http://onehundredelectricians.blogspot.com/2010/12/giveaway_07.html

New short stories online:
Spaced Out by R.L. Copple
http://skaggsworld.com/fwg/2010/12/04/spaced-out/
El Nino: A Christmas Mystery with Carolyn Masters, by Terri Main
http://bit.ly/fPWx4Q
The Fairy Princess and the Troll, by Brandon Barr
http://bit.ly/emFdY6

From the Blogosphere:
At Speculative Faith: E. Stephen Burnett shares Lacy's story of how Lord of the Rings opened her spiritual eyes:
http://bit.ly/fBOAq2

P.A. Baines is interviewed by Lena Nelson Dooley, with a chance to win his book:
http://bit.ly/i2PIEm

Kat Heckenbach started a blog series on art she's doing for speculative fiction:
http://bit.ly/geMI35

News Post 564

Excuse 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!

Interview with P.A. Baines at Where The Map Ends:
http://www.wherethemapends.com/Interviews/current_interview.htm

Interview with Nick Giannaras at Teen Word Factory:
http://www.teenwordfactory.com/2010/12/personal-interview-with-scififantasy.html

Interview with R.L. Copple at Walking on Water:
http://katiehines.blogspot.com/2010/12/fantasy-ebook-author-r-l-copple.html

Interview with Grace Bridges yours truly at Roseanna White's blog:
http://roseannamwhite.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-friend-grace-interview-giveaway.html

Review of the print edition of Residential Aliens, issue 4:
http://guyscanread.squarespace.com/show/2010/12/1/resaliens-4-like-a-church-social.html

Review of The God Hater by Bill Myers at TitleTrakk.com:
http://www.titletrakk.com/book-reviews/god-hater-review-myers.htm

New release: Chase the Shadows by Brian Reaves (Kindle only):
http://brianreaves.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-new-book-is-finally-out.html

Karina Fabian rounds up two reviews of Infinite Space, Infinite God II:
http://fabianspace.blogspot.com/2010/12/havent-had-lot-of-reviews-yet-on-isig.html

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 September 22nd 2010

Tosca Lee guest blogged at the New Authors' Fellowship, on how she got to being published:
http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/special-guest-tosca-lee

P.A. Baines also guest blogged at Inkwell Inspirations on the topic of technology development:
http://inkwellinspirations.blogspot.com/2010/09/welcome-guest-blogger-author-pa-baines.html

Matt Koceich is a guest blogger at Speculative Faith, talking about House by Dekker and Peretti:
http://www.speculativefaith.com/2010/09/guest-blogger-matt-koceich/

Interview with Jeff Gerke at AuthorCulture:
http://authorculture.blogspot.com/2010/09/interview-with-marcher-lord-press.html 

News for September 20th 2010

Checked out Tosca Lee's guest blog at The New Authors' Fellowship? No? She shared the story of her journey to publication:
http://newauthors.wordpress.com/

This from Mike Lynch:Taylor Kent at Snark Infested Waters was kind enough to interview Brandon and I about the release of our latest novel, American Midnight: 

http://thesnarkyavenger.com/2010/09/15/snark-infested-waters-for-9152009-michael-lynch-and-brandon-barr-authors-of-american-midnight/


Encounter 10: Jeffrey Overstreet on the how of storytelling from International Arts Movement on Vimeo.

A new review of The Word Unleashed by Steve Rzasa, reviewed by Bill Hayes:
http://holyspeculation.blogspot.com/2010/09/book-review-word-unleashed.html

Marc Schooley reviews Alpha Redemption by P.A. Baines: "Move over, Hal...meet Jay."
http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/alpha-redemption-winner-review-and-interview/2/

Keven Newsome interviews Jay, the computer from Alpha Redemption:
http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/alpha-redemption-winner-review-and-interview/3/

News for September 6th 2010

Greg Mitchell interviews Frank Creed:
http://thecomingevil.blogspot.com/2010/09/cyberpunk-just-got-biblical.html

Marcher Lord Press announces its fifth set of releases:
http://www.marcherlordpress.com/MLP_Books.htm

The New Authors' Fellowship is doing a book giveaway of P.A. Baines' new release Alpha Redemption.  Find out about it here... http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/alpha-redemption-book-giveaway/  

Mike Duran reveals the cover for his upcoming novel The Resurrection:
http://mikeduran.com/?p=9233

Sarah Sawyer gives us a rundown of new Christian Fantasy releases for September:
http://www.sarahsawyer.com/2010/09/christian-fantasy-news-and-releases-september-2010/

News for September 3rd 2010

Jeff Gerke gives a great introduction to Marcher Lord Press at the Christian Fiction Online Magazine:
http://christianfictiononlinemagazine.com/buzz_corner.html

Press release for Alpha Redemption by P.A. Baines, new this week:
http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/alpha-redemption-press-release/

Part 2 of the P.A. Baines interview at Scita > Scienda with C.L. Dyck:
http://scitascienda.com/2010/09/02/interview-p-a-baines-part-2

And a chance to win a copy of Alpha Redemption at International Christian Fiction Writers:
http://internationalchristianfictionwriters.blogspot.com/2010/09/interview-review-giveaway-alpha.html

This week's updates from Laser & Sword Magazine:

Revelator has a stunning revelation from the Book of Revelation for Jesse. http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/the-double-cross-part-twenty-two/ (The Double Cross, Part Twenty-Two)

Can Marco stop Night Lord from revealing the truth to the police? (Origin of the Emerald Avenger, Part Twenty) http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/origin-of-the-emerald-avenger-part-twenty/

Snyder, Dread, Morgan, and Kendell attack the terrorist compound. (Countdown, Part Nine.)

http://lasersword.adamsweb.us/countdown-part-nine/ 

News for September 1st 2010

Terri Main is featured in her local paper to talk about her upcoming novel Dark Side of the Moon:
http://reedleyexponent.com/articles/2010/08/25/community/doc4c75a0e0ac8e8924944140.txt

Steve Rzasa is up this week at Operation Encourage an Author - and you can win a copy of The Word Reclaimed. BUT there has to be 20 encouraging comments for the giveaway to kick in, so head on over!
http://encourageanauthor.blogspot.com/2010/08/author-spotlight-steve-rzasa.html

Sarah Sawyer begins an in-depth look at the origins of The Beauty and the Beast fairytale:
http://bit.ly/aymgLT

Fred Warren is interviewed at WhereTheMapEnds.com:
http://www.wherethemapends.com/Interviews/current_interview.htm

And P.A. Baines is interviewed at Scita > Scienda in connection with today's release of his debut novel, Alpha Redemption:
http://scitascienda.com/2010/09/01/interview-p-a-baines-part-1

News for August 25th 2010

Three new clips have been released from the upcoming new Chronicles of Narnia movie, Voyage of the Dawn Treader:
http://bit.ly/cQ0qLj

This week the CSFF Blog Tour is doing something a bit different: everyone gets to choose whatever books they want to talk about.
Check out the list of participants here: http://tl.gd/39ts1o
Notable posts include Rebecca LuElla Miller, Chawna Schroeder, John Otte, and Fred Warren.

Alpha Redemption, the new novel by P.A. Baines, is now available for pre-order at discount from Splashdown Books. Delivery estimated a week into September.

Grace Bridges (yep, me) wrote a guest post for Book Readers Central, and if you comment there you have a chance to win a copy of Legendary Space Pilgrims:
http://bookreaderscentral.blogspot.com/2010/08/meet-and-greet-monday-grace-bridges.html

News for July 30th 2010

Becky Minor is a guest blogger at The Book Lightwalker Files, talking about God's power in fantasy:
http://victortravison.webs.com/apps/blog/show/4379365-god-s-power-in-fantasy

Janalyn Voigt continues on the topic of fantasy - is it hard to sell?
http://waysinger.blogspot.com/2010/07/is-christian-fantasy-hard-to-sell.html

Jeremy Robinson gives us a sneak peek at his upcoming novel Threshold:
http://www.jeremyrobinsononline.com/2010/07/28/threshold-sneak-peak/

Splashdown Books is seeking published authors and established reviewers to preview and endorse upcoming releases, in particular Alpha Redemption by P.A. Baines (more info here). Write to admin at splashdownbooks dot com if you are interested. Ebook and print available.

News for June 2nd, 2010

Mike Lynch says: A short story I wrote a couple of months ago, entitled "The Unit," just came out today in Einstein's Pocket Watch. Check it out and let me know what you think.
http://peafant.wordpress.com/the-unit-by-mike-lynch/

The latest issue of The Cross and Cosmos is out. Editor Glyn Shull says: We have a fantastic story by P.A. Baines in which a group of miners becomes trapped deep under the crust of Mars. Will such an event turn the heart and mind of a hardened miner to God, or further away? Next up we have an amazing story by Cathrine Bonham in which a gambler gambles the last thing he has left: his soul. Covering the rear, we have a fantastic fantasy by J.L. Rowan in which a young Defender must complete her quest, or die trying. Check it out at http://www.crossandcosmos.com/issue.pdf. 

Teen Fantasy Readers: Would you like to win a private book party with bestselling fantasy authors Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper? Would you like to win a sword of your very own? Join the Tribe Building Contest that begins today! 
For details, visit: www.enterthedoorwithin.blogspot.com