SFWA used to be the Science Fiction Writers of America…but the organization has grown so much, and its membership wraps the globe, so recently, the organization changed its name to The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. But they kept the acronym. They do a lot of marketing and promotion for science fiction and fantasy […]
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It’s not the most reassuring news out there, lately. The Doomsday Clock was reset this year to 90 seconds to midnight, the closest the world has ever been to global disaster. Most of the reset was prompted by the Russia/Ukraine war, but the growing environmental emergency has also weighed in. For a history of the
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Fellow SRP author Tracy Cooper-Posey launched a Kickstarter for her latest historical romance series on February 6th and funded within 12 hours. That means that everyone gets the books and goodies they backed, and now the campaign is working toward the first stretch goal (which is two series boxed sets). If you like historical romance,
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For many years now, indie publishing fantasy authors have had an amazing annual contest; the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off., run by Mark Lawrence. It’s hugely popular — the latest contest reached it’s maximum number of entries (300) in only 9 hours! But straight SF isn’t allowed in the contest, so Hugh Howey, a couple of years
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As usual, the Stories Rule Press sale runs for the last two days of the month + the first two days of the month, and gives you 20% off absolutely every story available in the bookstore, including already discounted books, boxed sets, pre-orders, the lot. To take advantage of the sale, head over to
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My partner and I just started watching The Walking Dead from the beginning, for the first time. I know, I know. Season 11 and the series finale wrapped up late last year. We are behind even more than usual on this one, because for years we actively resisted watching it. Why? Zombies and post apocalypse
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As promised and hinted at in the last few days, the 20% off Everything sale is here. Here’s this month’s coupon code: C5EGXASW The coupon will discount everything in your shopping basket by 20% when you apply it to the promotion code window as you check out. The coupon will only work at the Stories
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As usual, I’m bringing up the rear when it comes to reacting to a current TV series. That’s because I wait until the season is done, then watch it. This allows me to inhale the season as quickly as possible, should I feel the need to binge. It’s rare for me to want to gulp
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My publisher, Stories Rule Press, have just launched their first Kickstarter project, featuring the urban fantasy series Magorian & Jones, by Taylen Carver. If you enjoy reading fantasy, check the project out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/storiesrulepress/the-rivers-ran-red-extraordinary-urban-fantasy. There are various levels of sponsorship available, so even if you’re not familiar with the series at all, you can pick
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I’ve mentioned Calibre eBook Manager before, but I don’t think I’ve ever spent an entire post talking about its value. Last week I had a conversation with a reader who had never heard of it before, which was a shock to me! It cemented the idea of writing about Calibre even though it has been
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