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 […]
I’m a semi-finalist in the SPSFC!! Read More »
Bring on the Novel! I’ve had a back-and-forth tussle with myself and with readers for over a year now, about short versus long stories. It’s not at all cut-and-dried, these days. When traditional publishing was the only game in town, everyone wrote novels. Period. More, they were very long novels–especially in this century, when paper costs
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If you’re already through the last book in the Iron Hammer series (I know some of you are very fast readers), then here’s a new one to check out from Sean Willson. Isolation is the first book in his Dark Nebula series. Check out the description and links here.
More Space Opera to fix your appetite Read More »
I’ve always made the assumption (presumption, probably) that any publishing company in the business of publishing science fiction is likely ahead of the curve when it comes to technology. Afterall, Baen Books (and I believe Tor, too) have taken the stance that DRM protection on ebooks is harmful to the industry overall, and don’t put
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