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Call For Submissions: Olympic Themes - Posted on 10 Dec 2008 by Superheidi Eternal Press is looking for sports, athlete, hero, inspirational, olympic, para-olympic type stories 10000 to 50000 words in length. The deadline to submit is August 31, 2009. These books are scheduled to be released to coincide with the 2010 Winter Olympics...
Marcia Colette's 'Stripped' to be published by Samhain - Posted on 10 Dec 2008 by Superheidi Samhain Press has offered BU member Marcia Colette a contract for her urban fantasy Stripped.Suffering from amnesia, half-werewolf and sniper Alexa Wells is trying to put her unusual life back together while being stalked by a lunatic who's a master at mind control.
More Broad EPPIE Finalists - Posted on 10 Dec 2008 by Superheidi Two more Broads nominated for EPPIE Awards:
Willing Sacrifice is nominated for best Fantasy by BU's Gloria Oliver, & Summersong, by Sheri L. McGathy, is a finalist in the novella/short story category.
Ann Wilkes in 'Best of Everyday Fiction' - Posted on 10 Dec 2008 by Superheidi Every Day Fiction's Best of Every Day Fiction 2008is now available. Ann Wilkes' SF story, "The Heist" is in its pages. Here's the description from their site: The Best of Every Day Fiction 2008 brings together one hundred flash fiction pieces selected from Every Day Fiction's first year of publication. These stories cross boundaries of genre and geography, with tastes of science fiction, humour, romance, fantasy, horror, and surrealism alongside the more traditional literary pieces, from authors writing in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, India, Israel, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States. It's $15.95 for the paperback. If anyone wants a copy signed by Ann, email her and she'll get it to you for the same price and free shipping.
Okal Rel Universe Anthology call for submissions - Posted on 10 Dec 2008 by Superheidi Shelia Flesher, of the Prince George Public Library, will edit the fourth anthology of stories set in the Okal Rel Universe. As the companion anthology to Part 4: Throne Price in the main series, the anthology will feature stories with a resonating theme of Shelia's choice. Read on for submission guidelines...
Convent of the Pure gets release date! - Posted on 05 Dec 2008 by Superheidi Sara M. Harvey's novel Convent of the Pure get a publication date of April 1st 2009! Link
Sue Burke's 'Werewolves of Chernobyl' - Posted on 05 Dec 2008 by Superheidi Sue Burke's latest story "Werewolves of Chernobyl" is available in the WolfSinger Press anthology WolfSongs- Volume I available from Lulu and from Amazon. Another of her stories,"Normalized Death", is available at the online magazine Flash Fiction Online.
Erotic Sci-Fi "Advent Calender" - Posted on 05 Dec 2008 by Superheidi 'Tis the season for gift-giving and independent publisher Circlet Press is in the spirit. Each day of December up to the 23rd, a free story will appear at circlet.com in what the publisher calls their "Erotic Sci-Fi Advent Calendar." Just like the advent calendars which deliver a chocolate treat each day, circlet.com will have one delicious short story of erotic fantasy or erotic science fiction. Stories will only be up for 24 hours, though, so visitors must return each day to collect their next gift. Enjoy!
Lynda Hillburn's 'Blood Song' - Posted on 05 Dec 2008 by Superheidi New BU member Lynda Hilburn's latest publications include Dark Harvest, the second book in the Kismet Knight, Vampire Psychologist series, which was just was released in October of 2008. (The first book was The Vampire Shrink, released October, 2007)
Her short story "Blood Song" will appear in the upcoming anthology, Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance available Feb. '09 in the UK and April '09 in the USA.
Anne Wilkes gets published! - Posted on 05 Dec 2008 by Superheidi Anne Wilkes' first sale to a print mag as well as first sale to the 9-18 age group is the story "For Chance to Dream". It will be in the July issue of Beyond Centauri.
EPPIE Finalists! - Posted on 05 Dec 2008 by Superheidi Bad-Ass Faeries 2: Just Plain Bad, edited by Bu member Danielle Ackley-McPhail and with stories by Trisha Wooldridge, Christy Tohara, C.S. Haviland , L. Jagi Lamplighter, Elaine Corvidae, and Skyla Dawn Cameron, from Marietta Publishing, is nominated for best Anthology EPPIE Award! In the horror category, BU author Kim Richards represents the women with her story Death Masks. In non-fiction, The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing, co-authored by Mayra Calvani, was nominated. The Electronically Published Internet Connection ( EPIC) presents the 9th annual EPPIE Awards, which honor the finest electronically published books of the year. Winners will be presented at the EPPIE Banquet during EPICon 2009.
Brenda Cooper wins Endeavour Award! - Posted on 26 Nov 2008 by Superheidi
Broad Universe member Brenda Cooper has won the 2008 Endeavour Award for her book The Silver Ship and the Sea. The award honors a distinguished Science Fiction or Fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year, and was presented this evening before the opening ceremonies of Orycon 30.
The nominees for the 2008 Endeavour Award were:
*The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari
*Bright of the Sky: Book One of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
*Not Flesh Nor Feathers by Cherie Priest
*Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin
*The Silver Ship and the Sea by Brenda Cooper
Congratulations, Brenda -- and congratulations to all the nominees!
Book View Cafe Opens Its (Online) Doors - Posted on 26 Nov 2008 by Superheidi Broad Universe members Ursula K. Le Guin, Anne Harris, Jennifer Stevenson, Sue Lange, Amy Sterling Casil, Sylvia Kelso, and Nancy Jane Moore are all part of Book View Cafe, a new venture in online publishing. Book View Cafe has everything from flash fiction to novels, and offers many genres, though it's heaviest on science fiction and fantasy. Most of the content is free, but some authors will also be offering expanded work, subscriptions, print versions, and additional content for a fee. Right now there are 21 authors on Book View Cafe, all with significant credits in more conventional publishing. New fiction is posted every day, and members are also blogging about writing and related subjects on the Book View Cafe Blog.
Laura E. Reeve's First Novel Available In December - Posted on 26 Nov 2008 by Superheidi Laura's first novel, named Peacekeeper, begins a new series from Roc called The Major Ariane Kedros Novels. Peacekeeper will be out on bookshelves Dec 2, 2008. Publishers Weekly calls it a "crisp military SF debut" and says, “Reeve drives the story at a breakneck pace, providing a fine mix of derring-do, honor and courage, and the familial bickering and affection of a close-knit crew.”
Theresa Crater Judges You! - Posted on 26 Nov 2008 by Superheidi
Jessica Freely's 'Scars' - Posted on 20 Nov 2008 by Superheidi Jessica Freely's new novella, Scars, is now available from Torquere Books. It's a sequel to her first two publications with them, Hero and Stay. All three are available hereFor more information, including an excerpt, check out her blog post:
Phoebe Wray's new horror story in Femme 'Fatal' Anthology - Posted on 20 Nov 2008 by Superheidi Phoebe Wray's horror story "Names" is coming out in November as part of "Backless, Strapless, and Slit to the Throat: A Femme Fatal Anthology." It's from Inkspotter Press, edited by Betty Dobson. Check it Out.
Bad-Ass Faeries featured on Philadelphi TV! - Posted on 20 Nov 2008 by Superheidi Those with Comcast On Demand in the Philadelphia Area,
Bad-Ass Faeries & Bad-Ass Faeries 2 contributors Danielle Ackley-McPhail and Elaine Corvidae were featured on two episodes of Strange In the City.
Danielle Ackley new Release & Interview - Posted on 20 Nov 2008 by Superheidi
Linnea Sinclair's backlist re-issued - Posted on 20 Nov 2008 by Superheidi The complete Bantam backlist of BU member Linnea Sinclair ( www.linneasinclair.com) has been re-issued and is now available in the Romance section at local bookstores. Redesigned cover art intended to attract the casual browser's attention will create brand-name recognition of Sinclair's work. Sinclair's new look is enhanced with a common tagline: "High-Stakes Interstellar Adventure Infused with Romance."
Starsight II by Minnette Meador is released! - Posted on 12 Nov 2008 by Superheidi
Tales from the Texas Zone Spec Fiction - Posted on 12 Nov 2008 by Superheidi NTSFW is proud to announce Speculative Fiction Short Story Contest for THE 28TH DIMENSION: Tales From the Texas Zone. The contest is open to the public. The theme is "Texas" -- The story must be placed in Texas, have a "Texas-like" atmosphere, or simply use the word "Texas". Deadline: Dec 31, 2008. Because this contest is to promote our 2009 anthology, entering the contest is an automatic agreement that your story may be selected to be printed once in our anthology. Please read the guidelines carefully. See www.ntsfw.com for more information. Alley Hauldren - Contest Coordinator NTSFW.Workshop@gmail.comwww.ntsfw.comwww.myspace.com/ntsfw
Broads at The Spectrum Awards - Posted on 12 Nov 2008 by Superheidi Female finalists at the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards this year included K.S. Augustin, Joselle Vanderhooft, Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Hall, Jo Walton, Cassandra Clare & Ruby deBrazier, Valerie Z. Lewis, Leigh Ellwood, Julia Talbot and Catherine Lundoff, who were all nominated in either the best Novel or Best Short Fiction categories. The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards were created in 1998 by the Gaylactic Network to honor works in science fiction, fantasy and horror which include positive explorations of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered characters, themes, or issues.
Melodie Bolt on Radio Free Bliss - Posted on 12 Nov 2008 by Superheidi Melodie Bolt is a writer of dark dark fantasy. She talks to Kaz Augustin about her liking for the genre, her take on women's attitudes to s-f, and what a new writer needs in order to take her writing to the next level. Podcast: http://RadioFreeBliss.ksaugustin.com
Gail Z. Martin's Days of the Dead Blog Tour Wraps Up - Posted on 12 Nov 2008 by Superheidi Author Gail Z Martin of The Chronicles of the Necromancer (The Summoner, The Blood King and Dark Haven) just completed an international blog tour in the week that celebrated All Hallow's Eve, Halloween, Samhain and Dia De Los Muertos in her Days of the Dead tour. Read on for details!
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