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Let's see if I can do a neater job of posting my schedule:
Fri. 10-11: Urban Fantasy
Jackie Kessler, Stella Price (M), Jessica Andersen, Melissa Mead, K.A. Laity
BOOKSIGNING (Believe it or not, this does include me.)
That Little Shop in Schenectady: where writers get their ideas
Fri 5:00 PM Bray* Mead Prellwitz (Panel with Pbray, Yay!)
Ice Cream Social Fri 8:00 PM
My Favorite Aliens & Fantasy Creatures
Sat 10:00 AM LGilliland Hand Mead Price* Drummond
Is Prudery a Good Thing? Sat 12:00 PM Angel Mead Pinto* Prellwitz
When do you draw the line where sex is concerned? Should you? Is the field better with less sex?
Reading (1/2 hour) Sat 1:00 PM Mead
Black and white v. Grey: portraying evil
Sat 2:00 Butler Mead Pinto* Paffenroth
Fantasy without Wizards
Sun 12:00 PM Mead Schwabach* Prellwitz
Can you create a fantasy work without magic spells?
Fri. 10-11: Urban Fantasy
Jackie Kessler, Stella Price (M), Jessica Andersen, Melissa Mead, K.A. Laity
BOOKSIGNING (Believe it or not, this does include me.)
That Little Shop in Schenectady: where writers get their ideas
Fri 5:00 PM Bray* Mead Prellwitz (Panel with Pbray, Yay!)
Ice Cream Social Fri 8:00 PM
My Favorite Aliens & Fantasy Creatures
Sat 10:00 AM LGilliland Hand Mead Price* Drummond
Is Prudery a Good Thing? Sat 12:00 PM Angel Mead Pinto* Prellwitz
When do you draw the line where sex is concerned? Should you? Is the field better with less sex?
Reading (1/2 hour) Sat 1:00 PM Mead
Black and white v. Grey: portraying evil
Sat 2:00 Butler Mead Pinto* Paffenroth
Fantasy without Wizards
Sun 12:00 PM Mead Schwabach* Prellwitz
Can you create a fantasy work without magic spells?
Word Counts for Kids
Sep. 27th, 2009 07:05 pmWhat's an appropriate word count range for a book for a precocious 8-year-old boy?
(I'm flattered. My oldest nephew is devouring books at an astonishing rate, and my sister asked if I could write "some like these, but more for boys" for him.
It's kinda sad. His current favorites are a series mainly intended for girls, about fairies, and the other boys are already teasing him about it. Home come girls can read "boys books," but not vice versa?
(I'm flattered. My oldest nephew is devouring books at an astonishing rate, and my sister asked if I could write "some like these, but more for boys" for him.
It's kinda sad. His current favorites are a series mainly intended for girls, about fairies, and the other boys are already teasing him about it. Home come girls can read "boys books," but not vice versa?
Gone, But Not Forgotten: a trilogy
Sep. 18th, 2009 06:20 pm3 volumes worth of fine fiction from lost markets are now available on Anthology Builder:
http://www.anthologybuilder.com/view_template.php?template_id=521
http://www.anthologybuilder.com/view_template.php?template_id=522
http://www.anthologybuilder.com/view_template.php?template_id=524
http://www.anthologybuilder.com/view_template.php?template_id=521
http://www.anthologybuilder.com/view_template.php?template_id=522
http://www.anthologybuilder.com/view_template.php?template_id=524
Getting the terms right
Sep. 13th, 2009 06:01 pmHow would someone from Depression-Era Northeastern US refer to blue jeans? Denim pants?
Gone, But Not Forgotten
Sep. 6th, 2009 06:29 pmI just posted a set of anthologies on Anthology Builder. They're a collection of stories from magazines that aren't active any more, but had a lot of good stories that deserve to be remembered:
http://www.anthologybuilder.com/view_template.php?template_id=521
http://www.anthologybuilder.com/view_template.php?template_id=522
I hadn't planned on making 2 books, but the sad thing is that I could probably do a third.
(I know, the JBU stories aren't in there. I'm still in denial and hoping for a miracle as long as they have issues coming out.)
Here's to SCIFICTION, LSS, Aeon, and all the rest.
http://www.anthologybuilder.com/view_template.php?template_id=521
http://www.anthologybuilder.com/view_template.php?template_id=522
I hadn't planned on making 2 books, but the sad thing is that I could probably do a third.
(I know, the JBU stories aren't in there. I'm still in denial and hoping for a miracle as long as they have issues coming out.)
Here's to SCIFICTION, LSS, Aeon, and all the rest.
Ladies of Carpe Libris
Aug. 31st, 2009 08:19 pmThe anthology "Ladies of Carpe Libris" is now available at AnthologyBuilder. It features fiction by J.K. Cheney, Melissa Mead and Jennifer Schwabach, and cover art by Z.S. Adani.
There are more ladies in CL, and we have more stories and art, so if you like this book, maybe someday we'll make Volume 2: http://www.anthologybuilder.com/view_template.php?template_id=458
There are more ladies in CL, and we have more stories and art, so if you like this book, maybe someday we'll make Volume 2: http://www.anthologybuilder.com/view_template.php?template_id=458
Carpe Libris Covers
Aug. 31st, 2009 05:30 pmFellow CL member Z.S. Adani and I have new covers up at AnthologyBuilder. http://www.anthologybuilder.com/display_sql_covers.php
Rough draft done!
Aug. 23rd, 2009 09:25 pmIt's just over 2K. Not much, but that's 2 complete stories in just over a week, which is a lot for me. It's nice to be back in the swing.
A good day.
Aug. 23rd, 2009 04:39 pmOver 1000 words on the Selkie story, and a few new AB covers created. It's nice to be making things again, and having them come out more or less right.
My new WIP is set in a near-future SF Schenectady, and the MCs last names are Stewart and Proctor.
If I add somebody named Freihofer, will people want to hurt me?
(The story has a very light/silly tone, so I'm hoping this works with that.)
If I add somebody named Freihofer, will people want to hurt me?
(The story has a very light/silly tone, so I'm hoping this works with that.)
Sword & Sorceress 24 cover art
Aug. 10th, 2009 09:35 pmI love it!: http://www.norilana.com/SwordAndSorceress24-TPB-ARC.jpg
Vera Nazarian adds: I would also add artist credit: the cover artwork, commissioned especially for us, is called "Captain of the Guard" and the artist is Ahyicodae, and her website: http://www.ahyicodae.com/
Vera Nazarian adds: I would also add artist credit: the cover artwork, commissioned especially for us, is called "Captain of the Guard" and the artist is Ahyicodae, and her website: http://www.ahyicodae.com/
Well, I finally got around to clearing out the mass of rampant chives, gone-to-seed radishes and Creeping Charlie from my garden. Foolishly, I picked our first 90+ degree day to do it. I got 2 surprises.
The ugly: Blood meal, while it keeps rabbits away wonderfully, also liquefies into a putrid tarry substance, quite alarming to the gardener who's not expecting to find it on her hands.
The good: A single straggly pea plant buried in the foliage, with 3 pods of delicious peas. Also some brave baby carrots struggling up from under the greenery. I've never had luck with root crops (hence the dud radishes), but we'll see...
(3 pea pods is a harvest for me. My garden is smaller than my computer desk.)
The ugly: Blood meal, while it keeps rabbits away wonderfully, also liquefies into a putrid tarry substance, quite alarming to the gardener who's not expecting to find it on her hands.
The good: A single straggly pea plant buried in the foliage, with 3 pods of delicious peas. Also some brave baby carrots struggling up from under the greenery. I've never had luck with root crops (hence the dud radishes), but we'll see...
(3 pea pods is a harvest for me. My garden is smaller than my computer desk.)
I'm not an artist...
Jul. 28th, 2009 10:49 am...but sometimes I love how my experiments come out: http://www.anthologybuilder.com/cover_demo.php?cover_id=834
The first lines meme
Jul. 3rd, 2009 05:23 pmCourtesy of several people, the first lines of my current Works In Progress:
“John Donne was a liar,” the painter muttered under his breath at his first sight of his client. - from "Bearer of Burdens"
Ten years is long enough for people to get suspicious.- from A Demon Divided (AKA "The Second Demon Book")
Helen put away the dishes and stole a glance between the kitchen curtains. - from "Fog Nights."
Katrina paused before leaving the shuttle.- from the as-yet-unnamed "sequel" to "Hirasol."
On maps, even the sepia-toned ones with “Here Be Dragons” in the margins, the land of Darkwood looks like an insignificant dot.- from "Snow, Blood and Dark Wood" (AKA "the novel I'll work on if I get discouraged about finding a home for the First Demon Book.")
“John Donne was a liar,” the painter muttered under his breath at his first sight of his client. - from "Bearer of Burdens"
Ten years is long enough for people to get suspicious.- from A Demon Divided (AKA "The Second Demon Book")
Helen put away the dishes and stole a glance between the kitchen curtains. - from "Fog Nights."
Katrina paused before leaving the shuttle.- from the as-yet-unnamed "sequel" to "Hirasol."
On maps, even the sepia-toned ones with “Here Be Dragons” in the margins, the land of Darkwood looks like an insignificant dot.- from "Snow, Blood and Dark Wood" (AKA "the novel I'll work on if I get discouraged about finding a home for the First Demon Book.")
Spreading the Word
Jun. 30th, 2009 08:53 pmI stole this post from Nancy Fulda, because I think Anthology Builder is fascinating:
"It's like a Pop Quiz -- Only better
(Anthology Builder is) officially concluding beta testing tomorrow.
In order to test the finishing touches we've put on the web site (including the much-requested shopping cart system) we're having a POP SALE today: 1/2 off all anthologies purchased before 12:00 noon EST tomorrow.
If you've been thinking about buying something on AB, you'll never get a better chance."
I've bought books from AB for myself and my family and been very pleased with them.
"It's like a Pop Quiz -- Only better
(Anthology Builder is) officially concluding beta testing tomorrow.
In order to test the finishing touches we've put on the web site (including the much-requested shopping cart system) we're having a POP SALE today: 1/2 off all anthologies purchased before 12:00 noon EST tomorrow.
If you've been thinking about buying something on AB, you'll never get a better chance."
I've bought books from AB for myself and my family and been very pleased with them.
