News for August 4th 2010

Guild member A.M. Roelke celebrates her first ever author interview! And the post includes a great excerpt from her upcoming debut release, The Space Station Murders:
http://rebeccaryalsrussell.com/?page_id=49

TitleTrakk.com offers further comment on the recent announcement that Kathy Tyers has signed with Marcher Lord Press:
http://titletrakkbooknews.blogspot.com/2010/08/kathy-tyers-signs-to-marcher-lord-press.html

Voting has opened on the 2010 Clive Staples Award! You must have read two of the books to participate. Go here to place your vote:
http://clivestaplesaward.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/2010-clive-staples-award-voting/

Brandon Barr has a bunch of news about American Midnight, co-authored with Mike Lynch: a number of interviews and reviews have appeared lately. All the links are at
http://christiansciencefiction.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-interview-radio-show-and-few-reviews.html

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)

News for May 14th, 2010

It's that time again - nominations are open for the Clive Staples Award for Christian Speculative Fiction. To read the conditions and judging criteria, and nominate your favourite release of 2009, go here:
http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/clive-staples-award-2010-accepting-nominations/

The latest issue of Ray Gun Revival is out now and awaiting your reading pleasure: 
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30956784/Ray-Gun-Revival-magazine-Issue-55#fullscreen:on


The pace is stepping up in "Deactivation" - Part 10 of The Moonborn Code by C.L. Dyck: http://scitascienda.com/2010/05/08/the-moonborn-code-part-10/

Here's a new review at Yellow30 Sci-Fi: Future Imperfect by F.S. Vander Meer http://yellow30scifi.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/future-imperfect/

News for May 5th, 2010

The Christy Nominees list has been published! The Visionary category nominees are listed as follows:

• By Darkness Hid by Jill Williamson • Marcher Lord Press
• The Enclave by Karen Hancock • Bethany House Publishers
• Valley of the Shadow by Tom Pawlik • Tyndale House Publishers

Carole McDonnell is featured in two special sessions of the online CoyoteCon Digital Author Conference which is running throughout May. One is on May 15th: The Speculative Christian. To attend, you need to register for a free session ticket. Numbers are limited. Go to http://coyotecon.com/tickets/ to book in.

Terri Main, author of the forthcoming mystery/science-fiction cozy Dark Side of the Moon, is running a contest on her Facebook fan page. In the novel, set on the moon at the end of the 21^st century, lunar residents live in underground communities which look like small towns. The main character of the book, Carolyn Masters, a professor of history at the local university, has a new house. The house is automated with an artificial intelligence unit to manage the household chores, programmed to work best if it has a name. Go to http://www.facebook.com/darksidenovel . There is a status post where you can add a comment that includes your name for the house.

News for March 12th, 2010

Three titles from Marcher Lord Press have landed on the finalist list for the EPIC Awards 2010, otherwise known as the EPPIE. You can go here to see the full list: http://www.epicauthors.com/epicwinners2010.html

Thanks to Caprice for digging up this opportunity for writers to submit short stories on the theme of extraterrestrials: http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/wrg/1635436754.html

A very new member of the Lost Genre Guild is C. Maggie Woychik, who operates Port Yonder Press, publishing fantasy among other things. Read her introduction to her publishing goals at Christian Fiction Online Magazine here: http://christianfictiononlinemagazine.com/buzz_corner.html

And another brand new member, Ellen C. Maze, has been interviewed about her vampire book Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider - check it out here: http://thejudging-ellenmaze.blogspot.com/2010/03/blog-interview-with-ellen-plus-advice.html