News Post 575

At 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:
http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/renegade-project-1/

Brandon Barr gives another sneak peek at his upcoming novel After the Cross:
http://christiansciencefiction.blogspot.com/2011/01/after-cross-sneak-peek-part-2.html

Author C.S. Lakin has a new website:
http://www.cslakin.com/

Robert Treskillard reviews Sword in the Stars by Wayne Thomas Batson:
http://www.epictales.org/blog/robertblog.php/2011/01/01/title-6

Maurice Broaddus gives us the rundown of all his short stories for sale at Angry Robot:
http://mauricebroaddus.com/?p=2611

Janalyn Voigt interviews James Rubart:
http://bookreaderscentral.blogspot.com/2011/01/meet-and-greet-james-l-rubart.html

Marcher Lord Press has acquired Oxygen and The Fifth Man by Randy Ingermanson and John Olson - more at TitleTrakk:
http://titletrakkbooknews.blogspot.com/2011/01/marcher-lord-press-acquires-oxygen.html

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 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 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 June 16th, 2010: Bryan Davis Interview, Mike Lynch & Brandon Barr's New Book

Bryan Davis was an interview guest on Blog Talk Radio, and you can hear that recording here:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/s-denice-newton/2010/06/14/young-adult-fantasy-writer-bryan-davis

The PDF version of this month's Digital Dragon Magazine is here, and it's got some goodies in it that aren't in the website version, such as interviews with a number of the special guest authors.
Get it here:
http://www.digitaldragonmagazine.net/resources/DDM-June.pdf

Mike Lynch says: I am pleased to announce Brandon Barr and I’s latest novel, American Midnight, is now available.  It has been a long wait to get it to press, but all the problems have been worked out, and you can be the first to purchase this exciting new adventure.  And just so you know what the story is about:

Tania Peters had it all—a loving, supportive family, and a future that seemed all but set.  But when her mother is killed in a plane crash in the jungles of Ecuador, her world comes crashing down around her.  As a result, she adopts a live for today philosophy.  Throwing herself into the arms of her boyfriend, Tania seeks all that society says will bring satisfaction and meaning into her life.  But she soon realizes this is a lie, and begins to fall under the spell of the Unity Party, a political movement that has swept Robert Allen into the White House.  But such allegiances come at a price: complete and unquestioned loyalty to the Party.  Despite all the “good” the Party does for society, Tania’s devotion to the movement is pushed to the limit when her own father, the Pastor of the Calvary Community Church, is arrested and jailed when he refuses to compromise his relationship with God.  Forced to decide between her past and her future, Tania rediscovers the faith she has long since abandoned, even though such a decision could cost everything she holds dear, including her life.

For more information visit Brandon's blog:
http://christiansciencefiction.blogspot.com/2010/06/american-midnight-is-here.html

News for March 29th, 2010

Karina Fabian has published the March edition of A Dragon's Eye View: find out what Vern is up to! http://www.myebook.com/ebook_viewer.php?ebookId=31006


There's a new poem up at Mindflights: Dragon's Dreaming by Michael R. Fosburg at http://www.mindflights.com/item.php?sub_id=6543

Brandon Barr has posted an update and the prologue of his current work in progress at http://christiansciencefiction.blogspot.com/2010/03/prologue-of-my-newest-work-in-progress.html


Greg Mitchell has posted links to three interviews about his book The Coming Evil: The Strange Man, due out next year from Realms: http://thecomingevil.blogspot.com/2010/03/trilogy-of-interviews.html

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.

News for June 17th, 2009

Mike Lynch says:
Amy Deardon interviewed Brandon and I about the release of our first novel, "When the Sky Fell." You can check it out at: http://amydeardon.blogspot.com/


Rick Copple says:
This afternoon, the voting is supposed to be activated for the New Covey
Awards, of which Transforming Realities is in the running. It is a
contest to judge cover art, so it provides some exposure for the book
and the artist involved.
http://thenewcoveycoverawards.blogspot.com/2009/06/entry-14-transforming-realities.html
If you have the time and inclination, I'd appreciate checking it out and
if you so deem worth, casting a vote, as I think EJ did a terrific job
on the cover. So for his sake, I'm hoping this ranks up high in the vote
count. The voting ends 6/30.

May 1st: Release Day for When The Sky Fell

…Since the dawn of time, an ancient evil has sought complete dominion over the galaxy, and they have found...us.The year is 2217 and a fleet of stellar cruisers led by Commander Frank Yamane has amassed at Mars to make a stand against humanity’s greatest threat, the Deravan armada. Outnumbered, outclassed, and outgunned, Yamane’s plan to stop them fails, leaving all of Earth at the mercy of an enemy that has shown them none.
Faced with the planet’s imminent destruction, Commander Yamane has no choice but to seek the help of the Antarans, an alien civilization he had defeated in a war a decade before. Though they have every reason not to come to Earth’s rescue, Yamane sets forth on a desperate journey to the Antaran home world, knowing that the survival of mankind is hanging by a thread.

Follow the adventures of Commander Frank Yamane and his crew as they struggle to determine whether this will be Earth’s finest hour, or the destruction of us all.

Published by Silver Leaf Books, our novel officially comes out on May 1.

If you would like to get a book for yourself, you can go online and get it at the following websites:

Silver Leaf Books (the publisher) www.silverleafbooks.com

Amazon: When The Sky Fell at Amazon

Barnes & Noble: The Sky Chronicles at B&N

Borders: WhenThe Sky Fell at Borders

If you want to know a little more about the book, you can also go to our websites. They have all kinds of interesting information on them, including the Pixar artist who did the cover art. Just go to: www.mikelynchbooks.com or www.brandonbarr.com

Mike & Brandon

Reposted at Splashdown Reviews:
Angel with a Ray Gun by Deborah Kinnard

News for April 20th, 2009

Cre8iv is the Arts Show of Aloft Radio featuring interviews with Artists, Producers, Authors, Painters, Film-Makers and much more... If you are a Christian working in the arts, please email to be on a show.


Sci-Fi Authors Mike Lynch & Brandon Barr...
Mike and Brandon talk about their novel 'When The Sky fell' and how Science Fiction can be used as a means of speaking to our society...









Check out this new interview with Stuart Vaughn Stockton, author of the new novel Starfire from Marcher Lord Press. Read all about the creation of an alien language, and much more.









Terri Main says: We will be discussing the Lost Con being planned for Second Life. I got an IM from another SLer who was looking for Christian authors to read at a ministry sim she is involved with. I have invited her to come and share her plans with the group. So next Tuesday April 21 7 pm SLT (which happens to be pacific time) at http://www.tinyurl.com/sllgg
Note: that URL takes you to a SL web page where you can click on a link which reads "Teleport Now". It launches second life and when you log in takes you directly to the location.

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"Dent's Novels have Christian Message" article in the Madison County Herald, April 11, 2009. URL: http://www.mcherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090411/FAITH/904110306/1006

LGG Member News

Check out this new review of Seabird by Sherry Thompson, posted by Phyllis Wheeler: "I really enjoyed this book. Sherry Thompson excels at character development. She gets inside Cara’s self-centered head very well, and also shows her gradual turnaround."

Rick Copple says:

I wanted to sell not only my ebook downloads, but also my on-hand
physical copies of my books. So, I went ahead and installed a shopping
cart and made it official and all.

Check out my store at: http://www.rlcopple.com/store/

If you have an IPhone or IPod Touch, you can download the ebooks
right to your device on either EReader or Stanza by going to the site
within those programs.

And the good news is, now on sale in PDF, EPUB, or PDB format, is my new
book Transforming Realities.

Mike Lynch says:

An interview Brandon and I did in Novel Journey for our upcoming book just came out today. Not only did we get to talk about the novel, but we also had a chance to discuss the importance of the Lost Genre Guild, and the role Christian speculative fiction plays in society. Check it out.

http://noveljourney.blogspot.com/2009/03/sci-fi-co-authors-mike-lynch-brandon.html

CSFF Tour for Cyndere's Midnight

This week the Christian Sci-Fi and Fantasy Tour is featuring Cyndere's Midnight by Jeffrey Overstreet. Here are a few links to review posts:

Rebecca LuElla Miller - "...not just a fanciful adventure. There’s more going on under the surface."

Brandon Barr - "Having found beautiful writing before in Aurelia's Colors, I was looking forward to more of the same...and I was not disappointed. With just this one excerpt, I immediately recognize a gifted writer."

John Ottinger - "Jeffrey Overstreet is the only author I know of that can actually force me to slow down my reading and soak up each and every word he writes."

Steve Rice - "...the book can function as a modern chrestomathy for those wanting to improve their style."

Fred Warren - "Overstreet has created a world both familiar and alien, just a little askew from our own, and populated it with memorable characters."

Each of these posts also contains links to many other reviews and comments. Take a look...

Contests and Freebies

Mike Lynch and Brandon Barr entered the first chapter of a new novel into a "first chapter contest" at the Dead Robot Society, and they won! You can read the first chapter up at the contest site.

Mike Lynch also has a short story nominated in the Preditors & Editors Poll for 2008. The story, Beyond Horizon's Edge, is posted here. Have a read, and vote if you like it!

The Preditors & Editors Poll also lists a number of entries by other Christian writers, including Lost Genre Guild members. You can also vote for any unlisted title by typing it into the appropriate category. Let's support our favourites... Here's what Cynthia said:

I nominated Steve Rice's League of Superheroes for the Preditors & editors poll (science fiction).

If you've read and liked the book, please consider voting for LoS.
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelsf.shtml


I've also nominated Karina Fabian's Leaps of Faith in anthologies
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/antho.shtml

AND, the Lost Genre Guild's bulletin board (yeah, I know it's new but is growing by leaps and bounds, mostly thanks to Terri Main!), for Writers Forums
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/writerforum.shtml

--cyn

Karina Fabian has released the January 2009 edition of the Dragon Eye, P.I. newsletter "Dragon Eye View". You need to be registered and logged in to access it. Contents include: How Karina came up with the concept--Vern rants against preconceived notions--A little about the Faerie world--Events and special offers.

New Websites by Brandon Barr, Terri Main, Steve Miller, Jeremy Robinson

Lost Genre members are busy putting up new sites. Here's some of them:

Brandon Barr unveiled his website http://www.brandonbarr.com to promote the Sky Chronicles series, co-written with Mike Lynch.

Terri Main published her book of exercises for writers and the site to go with it at http://www.creativecalisthenics.com

Steve Miller launched Holistic Editing services for writers.

Jeremy Robinson is a dad for the third time! Norah was born on Friday November 28th. Do check out Jeremy's latest video blog as he continues to develop his publishing company.