With regard to Finch, I think a lot of readers who thought I did more leisurely-paced fiction were surprised (although they shouldn’t have been) that I could write what amounts to a thriller-noir-spy story mixed with elements of visionary fantasy.
Happy Birthday, to SFWA member Deborah J. Ross! Today, *she* gives *you* prezzies. http://is.gd/RCLod8 #ebooks # SFWA member Cat Valente (@catvalente) is reading at Pandemonium Books in Cambridge, MA tonight at 6:00. # SFWA member @StinaLeicht is signing "Of Blood and Honey" at Hill Country Galleria Barnes and Noble in Bee Caves, TX from 4-7pm. […]
Along every step of the way, readers need to be surprised, not about everything, but about enough of the particularities of the problem, character, actions, reactions, and resolution that it prevents the reader from knowing what WILL happen.
The board of directors of SFWA voted to add the magazine Bull Spec to the list of SFWA qualifying markets.
Lake People and Other Speculative Tales by SFWA member Anna D. Allen is now available http://amzn.com/B004W4MLIY #
Throughout the year, book fairs draw crowds of publishers, agents, and industry professionals of all kinds to promote their products, take stock of the competition, and make rights and other business deals.
I believe in probability, which most of us refer to as luck, mostly because that word is easier to say than “outlier” or “likelihood as n approaches infinity.”
Hear SFWA member @daviddlevine in a panel discussion on YA science fiction in this month's Salon Futura podcast http://bit.ly/eC8wbO # SFWA member@vondanmcintyre's first novel, The Exile Waiting, debuts at Book View Cafe. http://is.gd/ATswF9 #
Our destination is Labadie Mansion, a derelict house that neither of us have ever seen, and the site of numerous accounts of ghostly activity. According to “sources,” the house is hidden by trees, with no visible road going to or from the grounds.
This list is not comprehensive, but includes SFWA Circulating Book Plan Depositories, and libraries with relatively large SF/F collections.
An ancient Roman temple terraforming Mars. An android longing for his human wife. Will their epic clash bring Earth to its knees? Publishers Weekly calls it “a must-read for sci-fi fans.”
Martin Cahill has published short fiction in numerous venues and currently works at Erewhon Books, lives just outside New York City. Visit him on the web at https://martintcahill.wordpress.com/.
