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 15th 2010

Here's Issue 57 of Ray Gun Revival magazine - the last edition to come out of Double-Edged Publishing, but not 'the end' at all. Available for full download - 75 pages:
http://raygunrevival.com/

Interview with Adam & Andrea Graham at Book Readers Central:
http://bit.ly/cQsrTe

And Adam & Andrea's character Dave reappears in 'Ask a Superhero':
http://bit.ly/aZeb7F

Interview with Dana Bell, author of Winter Awakening (2011) and more:
http://bit.ly/dnMV5r

This week at TitleTrakk, answer the survey question and be in to win Nightmare by Robin Parrish:
http://www.titletrakk.com/surveys-polls.htm

News for September 13th 2010

Ellen Maze says: As some of you know, I wrote a 4-part Christian vampire series from 2004 to 2008, and submitted it a half a dozen times over the years. I got plenty of rejections, but in 2009, some really good nibbles on it; requests to see more, to see a book proposal, etc. Now, after twenty edits and a few major character overhauls, "THE JUDGING The Corescu Chronicles Book One" found a taker in TreasureLine Books. Since this is a small house that uses POD technology, we should be seeing this book on the shelf before the end of the year. God bless you all and let's keep writing what the Lord puts in our hearts! LINK: http://www.ellencmaze.com/news-flash.php

You can also read a fascinating (funny!) interview and review with Ellen's characters at the New Authors Fellowship, thanks to Diane Graham:
http://newauthors.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/anvil-review-rabbit-chasing-beth-rider/

But wait! Ellen's not done yet! She's running a contest to give away a copy of The Judging:
http://thejudging-ellenmaze.blogspot.com/2010/09/contest-giveaway-underway-for-judging.html

September's edition of Digital Dragon Magazine is out now, with stories by many Guild members:
http://www.digitaldragonmagazine.net/

As is an update of A Flame in the Dark:
http://www.aflameinthedark.com/ 

Here's an audio interview with Jeff Gerke, publisher at Marcher Lord Press:
http://fictionaddict.com/2010/09/09/jeff-gerke-interview-9-9-2010/

Author and publisher A.P. Fuchs now has a gallery at DeviantART for his image creations:
http://apfuchs.deviantart.com/

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 August 30th, 2010

Tosca Lee's "Demon: A Memoir" is now free to download from Lifeway:
http://www.lifewaystores.com/lwstore/tosca_lee.asp

C.L. Dyck gives a very personal reaction to Marc Schooley's "The Dark Man":
http://scitascienda.com/2010/08/30/the-day-marc-schooley-died/

Caprice Hokstad is interviewed at Janalyn Voigt's Book Readers Central, and you have a chance to win a copy of "The Duke's Handmaid":
http://bookreaderscentral.blogspot.com/2010/08/meet-and-greet-monday-caprice-hokstad.html

And on a slight tangent, Mike Duran has a nice rant about so-called "edgy" fiction:
http://mikeduran.com/?p=8680

News for June 21st, 2010

Sherry Thompson says: I'm a member of Delaware's Written Remains Writers Guild. During the week of June 21st, the WRWG Spotlight will be turned on me. I'll be interviewed, people can ask questions via comments, I'll be giving away at least one copy of my latest book "Earthbow", and I may let slip interesting bits and pieces about my present and future work.
The link to the WRWG blog is: http://tinyurl.com/24bs4or OR http://writtenremains.blogspot.com/2010/06/member-news-sherry-thompsons-earthbow.html
Plus: If you go there now, you can already see some "pre-Spotlight" activity.

Writers: Port Yonder Press is looking for fantasy. The submissions window is October only, so now's the time to be getting those proposals and first three chapters ready. More details at the PYP site: http://portyonderpress.com

The trailer for the next Narnia movie has appeared: Voyage of the Dawn Treader. So far it's just at Facebook: http://bit.ly/9IHJEG and gives Lewis fans plenty to ponder. How come we see Susan and Peter in there? And Jadis the White Witch, for that matter, she's supposed to have died! And where's the dragon? But it looks like the effects are even better than the previous ones.

Blogs and Online Happenings

Today, Wednesday January 14th, from 7-9 PM EST, Karina Fabian will be interviewed on The Writers' Jungle. They're going to talk about editing, anthologies and DragonEye, PI stories. There is a call-in number, so you can ask your questions, too! (646) 929-1455 or http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lea-Schizas

Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz wrote a review of Terri Main's writing prompts book, Creative Calisthenics. Penny said: "If you are like many writers, you often find yourself at a loss for words..." (more)
She also interviewed Terri about the book at this post.

Deborah Cullins Smith wrote a review of Infinite Realities by R.L. Copple. She says: "The journey was so profound I didn't want it to end..."(more)

The Laser & Sword Magazine of Adam and Andrea Graham now has a Facebook page. It's easy to become a fan and follow the updates this way as an alternative method of subscribing.

Jennifer AlLee hosted guest blogger Grace Bridges with a post about dreams. Here you can leave a comment if you want to be in to win a copy of Faith Awakened. In virtual stasis to escape a deadly virus, an ex-slave finds far more than just survival...