Blog Updates: Feb. 17, 2008

Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest - "First review of Unwelcome Bodies hits the net", & "Cheap ad space in Apex Digest 12"

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The Smoking Poet - "Walking the Edge of the Blade"

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Offworld Book Club - "Top Ten Books: Vanessa (Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society)"

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Armand - "New Project"

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Nicola Griffith - "joy and haiku"

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HARPER PERENNIAL - "Six Word Memoirs", "The Dandy is Divine", & "New Coehlo in Paperback"

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Kevin J Anderson - "ODDS AND ENDS"

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outside in the movie - "In Heaven, Everything is Fine", & "The Cheap Network & The 3 Laws of Infrastructure"

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Dusk Before the Dawn - "Geek Jobs"

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If - E - Zine™ - "Old Skool Sci Fi -- Outer Limits!"

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Blu Phier - "First Review for The Jackets", & "John Grover News"

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Michael Laimo - Horror Author - "SOME NEW MAGAZINE APPEARANCES"

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Boxcar Astronaut - "Diogee’s lonely, too"

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Marc Vun Kannon - "S. Carolina Book Festival"

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N. D. Hansen-Hill SF Fantasy Horror - "A Novel and a Novella Wrapped Up this Week!"

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Kevin Lucia - "Free Short Stories, and Some Poems", & "Seamless Life River"

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Yasmine Galenorn - "The Nuts & Bolts-Part 3: Promo & Sales (and also some Reader Q&As)", "The Nuts & Bolts, Part 2: Advances & Royalties ", & "The Nuts & Bolts of Seeing Your Story Go From Manuscript to Bound Book (Part One)"

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A. Lee Martinez - "Almost Famous", & "Evil-Doers Beware!"

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Maria V. Snyder, Author - "A HOT peek ;>"

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JAMES AND DADDY - "update17th feb 2008"

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Lisa Erin - "Nuin / Ash", & "Looking Inwardly"

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Cynthia Leitich Smith - "Cynsational Link Update & Spiderwick Movie Reminder", "New Releases & Author Sites; Agent, Editor, Author Interviews; and More", & "SCBWI Bologna 2008 Agent Interview: Steven Chudney of The Chudney Agency"

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Mike (Wall) - "The Hermit and The Bear"

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Louise Bohmer - EiC Lachesis / LBF Blog - "Assessments Update -- Submission Stats from Assessment Queues - Tally February 16, 2008", "Congrats to our Michael Calvillo -- Final Stoker Ballot", & "Assessments Update -- Submission Stats from Assessment Queues - Tally February 14, 2008"

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Horror Library Blog-O-Rama - "CENSORING THE CENSOR By Petra Miller", & "Workshopping: An Affordable Network By AJ Brown"

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Darkened Horizons - "TILL DEATH DO WE PART NOW AVAILABLE"

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Jodi Lee - "Release and Fly - Release and Fly"

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The Retreat - "The Retreat Reviewed"

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Writers Together - "Who speaks to you?"

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Author R.M. Hamilton - "Change (poem)", & "Got back from my guest speaking."

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Alethea Kontis - "Free Fiction Friday"

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Book Trailers from COS Productions - "Industry News Vlog- Amazon taking video"

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Lois McMaster Bujold - "newly-styled Baen Bujold reprints"

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Jeff Carlson - "And Yes, Still More Good News "

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Fantagraphics Books - "Exclusive interview with Drew Friedman!"

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Tor Books - "Repost from Tor Teen -- The Truancy Website is Live", "Review: Postsingular by Rudy Rucker | From The Zone", "Attention Tor Authors, Artists, and Fans!", & "Kenneth Johnson Interviews"

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Tor Teen - "The Truancy Website is Live"

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Fantasy Book Critic - "NEW Fantasy Book Critic GIVEAWAYS for the Month of February 2008!"

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Writer's Market UK - "Talking Point: Beating The Procrastinators"

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Rue Morgue Magazine - "Rodrigo Gudino to appear at the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival"

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rob (Robyn Thurman) - "Early release of Madhouse"

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Jen (Greybon) - Hodgepodge & Xyeido blogs at www.sonechki.com.
Hodgepodge: JacketFlap - for writers & illustrators: children & YA books and a month of funky sculpture continues with The Freemont Troll (Go Freemont! )
Xyeido: Tarot Writing Prompt -- Inside a Tower

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Sylvia Engdahl, SF author & space advocate - "A Book about Psi that Everyone Should Read" is now up at: http://towardtomorrow.blogspot.com/

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Robert J. Sawyer's Blog - http://sfwriter.com/blog.htm

Bulletins & Other News: Feb. 17, 2008

Alley - DFW Writers Conference Feb 23-24!
"Don't forget! The DFW Writers Conference is this weekend, Feb 23,24 at the Grapevine Convention Center, Grapevine, Texas (DFW). Agent pitch sessions are still available.
See our website for more details: http://www.dfwrite.org"

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Darkened Horizons - TILL DEATH DO WE PART NOW AVAILABLE
Darkened Horizons presents "TILL DEATH DO WE PART" available at: http://www.lulu.com/darkenedhorizons
(Not recommended for children! Strong graphic violence, sexuality, and profanity.)

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The Smoking Poet - The Smoking Poet's FIRST ANNUAL SHORT STORY CONTEST
Details can be found here: http://thesmokingpoet.tripod.com/id17.html

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Yasmine Galenorn - Mark Henry Guest Blogging At The Witchy Chicks
"You can meet new author (and zombie aficionado) Mark Henry over at the Witchy Chicks where he's making history (of a sort) as our first 'official' male Guest Blogger today. Drop in and wish him good luck with his new (and first) book that's coming out in a few days! ~ Yasmine"

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Jennings Grove - Chapter 9: Third Night, Part V
Part V of Chapter 9 is now live! Read more at: http://jenningsgrove.gravesidetales.com

News worth reposting:
The Edge of Propinquity - Volume 26, February 2008

• Kendrick - Broken by Jennifer Brozek
• Luminations - Podcast by Rick Silva
• Santa Maria - Gatherings by James M. Sullivan
• Vorare - Minding by Ivan Ewert
• Sojourns - Love Lost, Part Two by Ryan Macklin
• Guest Author - The Valley by Alana Joli Abbot

You can look over the Edge at: http://www.edgeofpropinquity.net/default.asp

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Locus Online - The Locus Awards
If you are a subscriber and you would like to vote then go to: https://secure.locusmag.com/2008/2008PollAndSurvey.html

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Tor Books - New Podcast: What Makes a Cover Work, Part 2
Available at: http://www.tor-forge.com/Podcasts/
www.tor-forge.com | www.myspace.com/torbooks | www.myspace.com/torteen | Facebook Group | http://twitter.com/torbooks

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www.USSThermopylae.org - This months news letter
Down load this months news letter at: http://rapidshare.com/files/91683641/Comm_Link_2008-02.pdf

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Are We Alone? - Senses Census
You can listen to the latest episode at: http://radio.seti.org.

Convention Listings - Updated 02-17-2008

ConQuest NW: February 15 - 18, 2008, Bellevue, WA.
Website: http://www.conquestnw.com/

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Potlatch 17: February 29 - March 2, 2008 - Seattle, WA.
Website: http://www.potlatch-sf.org/

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Anime Oasis Nana: March 13 - 16, 2008, Boise, ID.
Webite: http://www.animeoasis.org/

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Norwescon 31: March 20 - 23, 2008, Doubletree Hotel Seattle Airport, SeaTac, WA.
Website: http://norwescon.org/
LiveJournal community: http://community.livejournal.com/norwescon
MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/norwescon
Norwescon Forums: http://www.freepowerboards.com/norwescon/
Forum for parties and rule changes at Norwescon: http://norwesconclubs.freeforums.org/

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GameStorm 10: March 29 - 30, 2008, Vancouver, WA.
Website: http://www.gamestorm.org/

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World Horror Convention 2008: March 27 - 30, 2008, Salt Lake City, UT.
Website: http://whc2008.org/

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Portland Comic Book Show: April 13, 2008, Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR.
Website: http://www.portlandcomicbookshow.com/

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Just A Game Con: April 19-20, 2008, Corvallis OR.
Website: http://home.centurytel.net/GOMC/JAGC.htm

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Stunptown Comics Fest: April 26-27, 2008, Lloyd Center Doubletree, Portland, OR.
Website: http://www.stumptowncomics.com/

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Emerald City ComiCon: May 10-11, 2008, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA.
Website: http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/

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MisCon 22: May 23 - 26, 2008, Missoula, MT.
Website: http://www.miscon.org/

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The Pirate Gathering: May 23 - 26, 2008.
"We are an organization within the boundaries of the Society for Creative Anachronisms (or SCA for short) which deals in all aspects of nautical life between the historical periods of 600 through 1650 AD.

The 9th Gathering is ever closer to our doors. We are looking to have the gathering at Horning's Hideout on the same weekend as usual (Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-26th 2008). For those of you not familiar with this site, it is in the Forest Grove/Hillsboro area." The Gathering: http://thepirategathering.org/

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ConComCon 15: June, 2008 - Details to be announced.
Website: http://www.swoc.org/ccubed/

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Westercon 61: June 3 -6, 2008, JW Marriott Resort, Las Vegas, NV.
Website: http://www.westercon61.org/

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Spokane Comic Convention: June 7, 2008.
MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/spokanecomicon07

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SpoCon 2008: August 1 - 3, 2008, Spokane, WA.
Website: http://www.spocon.us/
MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/spocon

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Fandemonium 08: August 1-3, 2008, Nampa Civic Center, Nampa, ID.
Website: http://www.fandemonium.org/

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Denvention 3 - The 66th World Science Fiction Convention: August 6 - 10, 2008, Denver, CO.
Website: http://www.denver2008.com/

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Gatecon CA 08: August 21-24, 2008, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Website: http://gatecon.com/vancouver/index.asp

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ValhallaCon: August 29 - 31, 2008, Bellingham, WA.
ValhallaCon is the successor to VikingCon, Bellingham's premiere SF/F convention. ValhallaCon 2008 will take place in Bellingham, Washington, and is tentatively scheduled for August 29 through 31, 2008
Website: http://valhallacon.com/
LiveJournal community: http://community.livejournal.com/valhallacon/
MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/valhallacon

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PAX 2008: August 29 - 31, 2008, Seattle, WA.
Website: http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/

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Foolscap X: September 26-28, 2008, Bellevue Sheraton, Bellevue, WA.
Website: http://www.foolscapcon.org/
LiveJournal community: http://community.livejournal.com/foolscapseattle/

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RainFurrest 2008: September 26 - 28, SeaTac, WA.
Website: http://www.rainfurrest.com/

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VCON: VCON 33 is planned for October 2008. The exact weekend is yet to be determined.
Website: http://www.vcon.ca/

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Orycon 30: November 21-23, 2008
Website: http://www.orycon.org/orycon30/

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Eugene Game Gala (EGG): February 6-8, 2009, Eugene OR.
Website: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/EugeneGamesGala/

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North American Discworld Con: Sept 4 -7, 2009 at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel in Tempe, AZ
Website: http://www.nadwcon.org/

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2009 World Fantasy Convention: November 5 - 8, 2009, San Jose, CA
Website: http://www.sfsfc.org/worldfantasy/wfc2009/

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Conflikt 2: January 30 to February 1, 2009
Website: http://conflikt.org/
LiveJournal community: http://community.livejournal.com/conflikt

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Seattle in 2011 World Con Bid:
Website: http://www.seattlein2011.org/


Additional Convention Links:
Bell Con 2007
MySpace Profile: http://www.myspace.com/bellcon2007

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Dragonflight: Website: http://www.dragonflight.org/

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Kumoricon: Website: http://www.kumoricon.org/

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Mountain-Con: Website: http://www.MountainCon.org

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Rustycon: Website: http://www.rustycon.com/
LiveJournal community: http://community.livejournal.com/rustycon
MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/rustycon

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BeyondCon: Website: http://www.beyondcon.org/

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Radcon: Website: http://www.radcon.org/news.php

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ConHeaven - For more details check out the ConHeaven blog

Bulletins & Other News: Feb. 14, 2008

The Edge of Propinquity - Volume 26, February 2008

• Kendrick - Broken by Jennifer Brozek
• Luminations - Podcast by Rick Silva
• Santa Maria - Gatherings by James M. Sullivan
• Vorare - Minding by Ivan Ewert
• Sojourns - Love Lost, Part Two by Ryan Macklin
• Guest Author - The Valley by Alana Joli Abbot

You can look over the Edge at: http://www.edgeofpropinquity.net/default.asp

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Locus Online - The Locus Awards
If you are a subscriber and you would like to vote then go to: https://secure.locusmag.com/2008/2008PollAndSurvey.html

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Stargate Atlantis - Jason Momoa Interview
Jerry Penacoli from TV's "Extra!" interviews Jason Momoa: http://stargate.mgm.com/video.php?id=104

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Tor Books - New Podcast: What Makes a Cover Work, Part 2
Available at: http://www.tor-forge.com/Podcasts/
www.tor-forge.com | www.myspace.com/torbooks | www.myspace.com/torteen | Facebook Group | http://twitter.com/torbooks

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www.USSThermopylae.org - This months news letter
Down load this months news letter at: http://rapidshare.com/files/91683641/Comm_Link_2008-02.pdf

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Little Brother - Digital Rights Poll
"Come on over and check out the poll: Do you think we are losing our online rights? "

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Stan Nicholls - New website
Check out Stan's site at: http://www.stannicholls.com

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13Human Souls - No Feb. 13th Edition of 13Human Souls: Horror E-zine
Look forward to the March 13, 2008 issue. 13Human Souls: Horror E-zine: http://www.geocities.com/thirteenhumansouls/

News worth reposting:
Are We Alone? - Are We Alone? - Senses Census - new episode
Don't worry if you've lost your senses - we've found them. Find out why we've evolved taste, sight, hearing, touch, and smell the way we have, and why we don't sense our world through antennae or echolocation. Discover what part of the tongue recognizes anchovies and why cats can't taste candy. And, in need of some virtual surgery? Visit the robotics lab where computers are wired with the sense of touch. Also, release yourself from the limits of your biology: from bionic limbs to infrared vision; join humans of the future who are enhanced with super-senses. Now that you have a feel for the taste of this show by nosing about this blurb, you can see that it's worth a listen. Make sense? Guests:

• Tom Finger - Cell and Developmental Biologist at University of Colorado Medical School and Co-Director of the Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center.
• Ken Salisbury - Computer Scientist in the Bio-Robotics Laboratory, Stanford.
• James Hughes - Sociologist and Bioethicist at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and Executive Director of the Institute of Ethics and Emerging Technologies.
• Nina Jablonski - Anthropologist at Penn State University and author of Skin: A Natural History.

You can listen to the new episode at: http://radio.seti.org.

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Michael G. Munz - ASITF soon available from Balderdash Books..
A Shadow in the Flames will soon be available for purchase at Balderdash Books at 8536 Greenwood Ave. N. in Seattle! (The book should be there in about a week, once the next shipment comes in.) It's a great place for local authors. Thanks to everyone for the good wishes regarding my entry in the 24-Hour Short Story Contest! (Two more weeks until they announce the results...) ~ Michael G. Munz / www.michaelgmunz.com

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"Into The Basement, The Movie" - AUDITIONS ARE OPEN
Check this blog entry for details.

Blog Updates: Feb. 14, 2008

Mike (Wall) - "Those things we see out of the corner of our eyes", & "Day of Red"

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Sherrilyn Kenyon - "Happy VD & Singing Chickens", & "Dream Chaser 1"

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Minnette Meador - "New Banner by Derrick Freeland", & "A Cup of Comfort for Single Moms"
Check out Minnette's new blog on Blogspot.com: http://minnettemeador.blogspot.com/

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Louise Bohmer - EiC Lachesis / LBF Blog - "Lachesis Authors -- An Interview With Joel Sutherland, A Book Trailer for Scent of the Wolf "

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Tor Books - "Ten Unconventional Love Stories", & "Tor Podcast Directory"

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Writers Market - "Will you be my valentine?"

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Yasmine Galenorn - "Happy Valentine’s Day"

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C. L. Freire - Tween Fantasy Writer - "I couldn’t let this day pass without sharing"

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Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc - "I WON’T BE ONLINE TOMORROW! CON BOUND!", & "CALLING ALL MY FANS IN THE MIAMI AREA!"

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outside in the movie - "It begins"

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Tony Eldridge - "Check out this video: One of the Funniest I Have Seen"

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Interzone - "Eastercon’s a-Coming"

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Cynthia Leitich Smith - "SCBWI Bologna 2008 Agent Interview: Tracey Adams of Adams Literary", & "SCBWI Bologna 2008 Interview Series, Author Jane Ann Peddicord, Jump the Cracks Giveaway "

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Michael Laimo - Horror Author - "FIRES RISING--FIRST REVIEW FROM HORROR-MALL.COM", & "FIRES RISING NOW SHIPPING FROM AMAZON.COM"

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Jodi Lee - "In the interest of positivity..."

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Book Trailers from COS Productions - "The Best Widget Yet!"

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Jeremy C. Shipp, Dark Fiction Writer - "11 random facts about me", & "My interview with Doctor Cupid"

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Grim Trixter - Brandy Leah Schwan - "For What It Is Worth"

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Jenn Nixon - "Valentine’s Already? (and a book review)"

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Stuart Clark - "Review of Gaea: Beyond the Son"

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Frank E. Bittinger - "Me saying hello to all you sexy people out there in the dark..."

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Alethea Kontis - "You’ve Got Valentines"

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Bill DeSmedt - "The Accidental Author"

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Daphne Maidstone - "WHAT 37 LOOKS LIKE!"

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Rue Morgue Magazine - "Rue Morgue presents THE DEAD SLEEP EASY"

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Louise Rose Aveni - "TRIAD Publishing Group Radio Interview"

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Scott Nicholson - "WGA strike ending"

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Word Weavers - "Anthology News!"

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Kevin Lucia - "I’m tired"

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Lisa Mantchev - "SciFantastic"

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David Louis Edelman - "How to Help Promote Your Favorite Author"

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Wastelands - "Welcome MySpace Books Readers"

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Brandon Layng - "The most graphic Stories in one collection"

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Paul Halpern - "A Man on a Bicycle"

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Derek Gunn - "New Interview!"

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Darkened Horizons - "DH Valentine’s Day Update", & "Darkened Horizons Issue 4 Guidelines Revision"

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Matt Browne SFW - "The limitations of clever computer programs"

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Jen (Greybon) - Hodgepodge & Xyeido blogs.
Featured Xyeido blog - "Abby Cooper: Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie"

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Sylvia Engdahl, SF author & space advocate - "A Book about Psi that Everyone Should Read" is now up at: http://towardtomorrow.blogspot.com/

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Robert J. Sawyer's Blog - http://sfwriter.com/blog.htm

Bulletins & Other News: Feb. 12, 2008

Are We Alone? - Are We Alone? - Senses Census - new episode
Don't worry if you've lost your senses - we've found them. Find out why we've evolved taste, sight, hearing, touch, and smell the way we have, and why we don't sense our world through antennae or echolocation. Discover what part of the tongue recognizes anchovies and why cats can't taste candy. And, in need of some virtual surgery? Visit the robotics lab where computers are wired with the sense of touch. Also, release yourself from the limits of your biology: from bionic limbs to infrared vision; join humans of the future who are enhanced with super-senses. Now that you have a feel for the taste of this show by nosing about this blurb, you can see that it's worth a listen. Make sense? Guests:

• Tom Finger - Cell and Developmental Biologist at University of Colorado Medical School and Co-Director of the Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center.
• Ken Salisbury - Computer Scientist in the Bio-Robotics Laboratory, Stanford.
• James Hughes - Sociologist and Bioethicist at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and Executive Director of the Institute of Ethics and Emerging Technologies.
• Nina Jablonski - Anthropologist at Penn State University and author of Skin: A Natural History.

You can listen to the new episode at: http://radio.seti.org.

News worth reposting:
Michael G. Munz - ASITF soon available from Balderdash Books..
A Shadow in the Flames will soon be available for purchase at Balderdash Books at 8536 Greenwood Ave. N. in Seattle! (The book should be there in about a week, once the next shipment comes in.) It's a great place for local authors. Thanks to everyone for the good wishes regarding my entry in the 24-Hour Short Story Contest! (Two more weeks until they announce the results...) ~ Michael G. Munz / www.michaelgmunz.com

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"Into The Basement, The Movie" - AUDITIONS ARE OPEN
Check this blog entry for details.

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The World of Myth - New Issue of The World of Myth is HERE
The New Year issue of The World of Myth is here! Stop by and see what's New: http://www.theworldofmyth.com/

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Willie Meikle - The Midnight Eye Files #2: The Sirens by William Meikle
"At first it's a simple lost son case, but for PI Derek Adams things turn quickly to the twilight zone. Soon he's on a remote island and up to his hips in mer-women, shape changers and ancient fisher cults. Running back to the city doesn't help; there's mayhem on the streets. An ancient god is waking up, and only blood will stop him." Read an extract at http://www.williammeikle.com/sirensadvert.html

Now available on advance order for $11.99 and free shipping from Black Death Books

Blog Updates: Feb. 12, 2008

Minnette Meador - "New Banner by Derrick Freeland", & "Free E-Book - The Centurion & The Celt"
Check out Minnette's new blog on Blogspot.com: http://minnettemeador.blogspot.com/

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Rosemary Jones - "Bare shoulders on barbarians"

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Louise Bohmer - EiC Lachesis / LBF Blog - "From Our Friends at Skullvines: Something Fishy", & "Short Update From Moi -- Current Projects"

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Stargate Command - "WGA STRIKE NEWS! - Check here to see STATUS & if your Show made it.", "NBC Universal SciFi Channel admits to using blogspamming & fake adwords to hijack web surfers", & "Tentative DEAL REACHED in WGA Writer’s Strike against the Networks!"

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Fran Friel - Writer - "Lost in Vegas and Writin’ Good"

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Sherrilyn Kenyon - "Sold out!"

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Farrago's Wainscot - "Behind the Wainscot 12: ""The Evidence"" "

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Grendel's Den Design Studio - "Wicked Faire Photos", & "RavenCon"

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Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc - "GATHERING AS THERAPY", & "SHORT STORY...LOYALTY"

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Horror Library Blog-O-Rama - "Lost in Vegas and Writin’ Good - by Fran Friel", & "Good Things, Small Packages - by Dan Naden"

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Eos Books - "More great reviews for THE SOMNAMBULIST", "Nebula Award winners in haiku", "Robin Hobb reviews and interviews", & "Unrelieable Narrators, Jonathan Barnes"

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Mike (Wall) - "The Haters", "Gods Amongst Men", & "Slip Of A Girl"

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Cynthia Leitich Smith - "Agent Interview: Jennifer Jaeger of Andrea Brown Literary Agency", "Jump the Cracks Giveaway, Tantalize Audio Sneak Peek, and More", "Author Interview: Rosemary Clement-Moore on Prom Dates from Hell", "Marly’s Ghost by David Levithan, illustrated by Brian Selznick", "Indian Teacher & Education Personnel Program Resource Center Seeks Support", & "Authors Varian Johnson, Suzanne Crowley, Suzanne Harper "

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Echelon Press, LLC - "Segregation in Publishing"

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David Thorpe - "Where the wonder has left (poem)"

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Book Trailers from COS Productions - "Books and the End User - Who are you writing for?"

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Di Francis - "70 Days of Sweat and new agent on the block"

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Jodi Lee - "Apex Online - February 2008"

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A. Lee Martinez - "Skillz to Pay the Billz", & "Categories"

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Norm Cowie - "Random particles of stray thought ... or dust motes"

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Are We Alone? - "New Episode - Senses Census"

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Jeremy C. Shipp, Dark Fiction Writer - "Monkey Boy and the Valentine", "I’m interviewed and reviewed at Apex Online", & "The top 9 reasons why ebooks are so very evil"

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Justin Schwan - "Writing"

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LORE - "At first just ghostly ."

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Tor Books - "George R. R. Martin and company present Wild Cards website spin-off", "Book Trailer for Susan Kearney’s Solar Heat", & "Ender’s Game Announcement"

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Fantagraphics Books - "Photos & video from Ellen Forney’s LUST party"

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Dark Horse Comics - "Dark Horse Signing Schedule at WonderCon ’08"

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Mythosian Chronicles - "Fantasy Art Fair Success"

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Karina L. Fabian - "A Laptop, and Idea and Thou--the Romance of Collaboration "

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper - "Walking with Witches"

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Derek Gunn - "Derek Gunn’s novel certainly gives the Vampire genre a much needed kick in the teeth..."

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Ash Krafton - "Bloggin’ like the Doo-Dah Man"

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Kevin Lucia - "Sick blog"

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Daphne Maidstone - "DARK CIRCLE LYRICS BY RONALD MESO & THOMAS TRUE!"

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The Write Fantastic - "Route maps or driving by night?"

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Armand - "King Ghidora Available for Pre-Order!"

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SciFi Fanatic - "Vernor Vinge on AI & The Singularity"

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Yasmine Galenorn - "Internet Piracy Rears Its Ugly Head"

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IniribaGreyMyst - "Sick and I hate it."

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Jenn Nixon - "Updates and Pop Culture talk."

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David Louis Edelman - "Building the Perfect User Interface (Part 3)"

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Word Weavers - "New Monthly Essay Contests!"

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Heather S. Ingemar - "Dead Woman Walking & Holidays"

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Lincoln Crisler - "Read a Tornado-Surviving Horror Antho (or Two!)"

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Author Frank E. Bittinger - "From Chaos to Clear..."

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Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest - "Apex Online February 08"

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Maria V. Snyder, Author - "Singularity’s Ring"

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Ross Edward Pattermann - "Clockwork Man, Part II "

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Louise Rose Aveni - "NEW POP CULTURE BOOKS - MUST READS!"

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Rue Morgue Magazine - "Meet the Rue Crew! The People Behind Rue Morgue Magazine"

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RASalvatore.com - "Worlds of D&D"

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Cathy Clamp - "Is it already Valentine’s Day? Yikes!"

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Sylvia Engdahl, SF author & space advocate - "A Book about Psi that Everyone Should Read" is now up at: http://towardtomorrow.blogspot.com/

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Robert J. Sawyer's Blog - http://sfwriter.com/blog.htm

Bulletins & Other News: Feb. 10, 2008

Michael G. Munz - ASITF soon available from Balderdash Books..
A Shadow in the Flames will soon be available for purchase at Balderdash Books at 8536 Greenwood Ave. N. in Seattle! (The book should be there in about a week, once the next shipment comes in.) It's a great place for local authors...

Thanks to everyone for the good wishes regarding my entry in the 24-Hour Short Story Contest! (Two more weeks until they announce the results...)

Michael G. Munz / www.michaelgmunz.com (Also check out Michael's blog: http://michaelgmunz.blogspot.com/)

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"Into The Basement, The Movie" - AUDITIONS ARE OPEN
Check this blog entry for details.

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The World of Myth - New Issue of The World of Myth is HERE
The New Year issue of The World of Myth is here! Stop by and see what's New: http://www.theworldofmyth.com/

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Willie Meikle - The Midnight Eye Files #2: The Sirens by William Meikle
"At first it's a simple lost son case, but for PI Derek Adams things turn quickly to the twilight zone. Soon he's on a remote island and up to his hips in mer-women, shape changers and ancient fisher cults. Running back to the city doesn't help; there's mayhem on the streets. An ancient god is waking up, and only blood will stop him." Read an extract at http://www.williammeikle.com/sirensadvert.html

Now available on advance order for $11.99 and free shipping from Black Death Books

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BLACKSENT - Book on sale...
"There are lots of great sales going on with our book, BLACKSENT: Book of the Umbra. Check out Amazon.com and BookFinder4U.com. Some places have it for $10 or less. Or, if you want ot help out a couple of struggling writers, you can buy it for $14.95 at www.BuyBooksOnTheWeb.com. (Our profit is better if you buy it from our publisher.) More info at www.BLACKSENT.com"

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The Book Of Zombie - THE MIGHTY GEORGE A. ROMERO
"Click here to hear George Romero talk about The Book of Zombie ( or here: http://www.thebookofzombie.com/tbozkisw.html )
We've even included some great, new behind-the-scenes video!"

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Jennings Grove - Chapter 9: Third Night, Part IV
Part IV of Chapter 9 is now live! Read more at: http://jenningsgrove.gravesidetales.com

News worth reposting:
Lisa Mantchev - Feiwel & Friends Acquires the Théâtre Illuminata
"My lovely and talented agents at the Ashley Grayson Literary Agency sold the Théâtre Illuminata trilogy to Jean Feiwel at Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan, in a three-book, hardcover deal for North American serial rights. The Curtain Goes Up Spring of 2009."

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Dark Horse Comics - MYSPACE DARK HORSE PRESENTS #7 IS LIVE!
The newest installment of MySpace Dark Horse Presents has been posted! Featured in this issue are all new stories by Gilbert Hernandez, Arvid Nelson, Fabio Moon/Gabriel Ba, and more! Just click here to check it out!

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Author R.M. Hamilton - From the Shadows Pre-order now available
From the Shadows is available for pre-order on Barnes and Noble .com from Triad Publishing Group Go check it out! To pre-order click here.

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Vern - Catholic Writers Online Conference
Please check Vern's blog entry "w00t, and the Catholic Writers Conference Online " for details.

Infinite Space, Infinite God II Accepting Submissions
"I'd like to let all the folks at NWSFS know that we are accepting story submissions for Infinite Space, Infinite God II. We are seeking science Fiction stories 3000-12,000 words that have strong Catholic characters and themes. Deadline March 31. Full guidelines at www.isigsf.com."

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Lucy-S - Sparks and Shadows wins Black Quill Award
My collection Sparks and Shadows won the Editor's Choice Black Quill Award for Best Dark Genre Collection.

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Daniel Braum - From the Book of Monsters...
From the Book of Monsters is live now up at www.dailycabal.com. Check it out and fun sized flash fiction daily from many great authors ! ~ Daniel

Blog Updates: Feb. 10, 2008

Willie Meikle - "Book Launch - The Midnight Eye Files : The Sirens"

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Boxcar Astronaut - "Power-Boy to the Rescue!"

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Rue Morgue Magazine - "Meet the Rue Crew! The People Behind Rue Morgue Magazine", & "'The Maila "Vampira' Nurmi Memorial Fund"

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Gail Smith - "Journal now has a release date!"

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Book Trailers from COS Productions - "Black History Month - Great Reads, Great Authors, Good Times! "

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Kevin Lucia - "Official Date of Book Signing", & "Darkness Road in first issue of NexGen Pulp"

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Yasmine Galenorn - "Interview with Me, Q&A Time Again "

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JAMES AND DADDY - "update 09 feb 2008"

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Mike (Wall) - "A Poet’s Poem"

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Lisa Erin - "Koad / Grove", & "Mor / The Sea"

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Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc - "MY SUPERSTITION BOOK FINALLY AVAILABLE!", & "HAPPY 14 YEARS TO MY HUBBY AND I."

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Horror Library Blog-O-Rama - "Who’s Afraid of the WHC? By Petra Miller", & "Answering the Why Question By AJ Brown"

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Lois McMaster Bujold - "and the squirrels are merry (*)"

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Cynthia Leitich Smith - "Author Interview: Deborah LeBlanc on the Horror Writers Association", & "Editor Interview Louise May of Lee & Low"

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Matt Browne SFW - "Creationists driving cars - Is this a contradiction?"

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Stargate Command - "HOW THE SCI FI CHANNEL WRECKED MY BOOKS - Ursula K. Leguin - Re NBC, SciFi & Robert Halmi ", & "NEWS: CBS cancels Pro Wrestling off its tv network."

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Michael G. Munz - "Stupid difficult characters."

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Louise Bohmer - EiC Lachesis / LBF Blog - "New in Our FW Store -- FW Ratings", & "New Interview with Yours Truly at EV"

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Brandon Layng - "Support Your Horror! Subscribe to Apex"

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Stuart Clark - "Seeing the world through new eyes"

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Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest - "More Chattacon photos", & "Have some Head with your liquor"

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Jodi Lee - "Moralizing the Dilemma", & "1st Acceptance for 2008 - EDITED"

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The Book Of Zombie - "George A. Romero Talks ’The Book Of Zombie’"

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Dark Horse Comics - "DH JIGSAW PUZZLES: BUFFY, ABE SAPIEN AND UMBRELLA ACADEMY "

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RASalvatore.com - "Busy, busy, busy "

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Waste Of Space - "The End Is In Sight."

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Tor Books - "Releasing 2/5 from Tor Books"

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C. L. Freire - Tween Fantasy Writer - "Showing off and Gloating, 2 pie in face tasting qualities that raise the ICK bar "

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"Into The Basement, The Movie" - "Audition"

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Sylvia Engdahl, SF author & space advocate - "A Book about Psi that Everyone Should Read" is now up at: http://towardtomorrow.blogspot.com/

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Robert J. Sawyer's Blog - http://sfwriter.com/blog.htm

Convention Listings - Updated 02-10-2008

Radcon: February 15 - 17, 2008, Tri-Cities, WA.
Website: http://www.radcon.org/news.php

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ConQuest NW: February 15 - 18, 2008, Bellevue, WA.
Website: http://www.conquestnw.com/

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Potlatch 17: February 29 - March 2, 2008 - Seattle, WA.
Website: http://www.potlatch-sf.org/

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Anime Oasis Nana: March 13 - 16, 2008, Boise, ID.
Webite: http://www.animeoasis.org/

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Norwescon 31: March 20 - 23, 2008, Doubletree Hotel Seattle Airport, SeaTac, WA.
Website: http://norwescon.org/
LiveJournal community: http://community.livejournal.com/norwescon
MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/norwescon
Norwescon Forums: http://www.freepowerboards.com/norwescon/
Forum for parties and rule changes at Norwescon: http://norwesconclubs.freeforums.org/

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GameStorm 10: March 29 - 30, 2008, Vancouver, WA.
Website: http://www.gamestorm.org/

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World Horror Convention 2008: March 27 - 30, 2008, Salt Lake City, UT.
Website: http://whc2008.org/

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Portland Comic Book Show: April 13, 2008, Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR.
Website: http://www.portlandcomicbookshow.com/

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Stunptown Comics Fest: April 26-27, 2008, Lloyd Center Doubletree, Portland, OR.
Website: http://www.stumptowncomics.com/

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Emerald City ComiCon: May 10-11, 2008, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA.
Website: http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/

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MisCon 22: May 23 - 26, 2008, Missoula, MT.
Website: http://www.miscon.org/

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The Pirate Gathering: May 23 - 26, 2008.
"We are an organization within the boundaries of the Society for Creative Anachronisms (or SCA for short) which deals in all aspects of nautical life between the historical periods of 600 through 1650 AD.

The 9th Gathering is ever closer to our doors. We are looking to have the gathering at Horning's Hideout on the same weekend as usual (Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-26th 2008). For those of you not familiar with this site, it is in the Forest Grove/Hillsboro area."
The Gathering: http://thepirategathering.org/

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ConComCon 15: June, 2008 - Details to be announced.
Website: http://www.swoc.org/ccubed/

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Westercon 61: June 3 -6, 2008, JW Marriott Resort, Las Vegas, NV.
Website: http://www.westercon61.org/

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Spokane Comic Convention: June 7, 2008.
MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/spokanecomicon07

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SpoCon 2008: August 1 - 3, 2008, Spokane, WA.
Website: http://www.spocon.us/
MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/spocon

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Fandemonium 08: August 1-3, 2008, Nampa Civic Center, Nampa, ID.
Website: http://www.fandemonium.org/

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Denvention 3 - The 66th World Science Fiction Convention: August 6 - 10, 2008, Denver, CO.
Website: http://www.denver2008.com/

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Gatecon CA 08: August 21-24, 2008, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Website: http://gatecon.com/vancouver/index.asp

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ValhallaCon: August 29 - 31, 2008, Bellingham, WA.
ValhallaCon is the successor to VikingCon, Bellingham's premiere SF/F convention. ValhallaCon 2008 will take place in Bellingham, Washington, and is tentatively scheduled for August 29 through 31, 2008
Website: http://valhallacon.com/
LiveJournal community: http://community.livejournal.com/valhallacon/
MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/valhallacon

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PAX 2008: August 29 - 31, 2008, Seattle, WA.
Website: http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/

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Foolscap X: September 26-28, 2008, Bellevue Sheraton, Bellevue, WA.
Website: http://www.foolscapcon.org/
LiveJournal community: http://community.livejournal.com/foolscapseattle/

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RainFurrest 2008: September 26 - 28, SeaTac, WA.
Website: http://www.rainfurrest.com/

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VCON: VCON 33 is planned for October 2008. The exact weekend is yet to be determined.
Website: http://www.vcon.ca/

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Orycon 30: November 21-23, 2008
Official website: http://www.orycon.org/orycon30/

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North American Discworld Con: Sept 4 -7, 2009 at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel in Tempe, AZ
Website: http://www.nadwcon.org/

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2009 World Fantasy Convention: November 5 - 8, San Jose, CA
Website: http://www.sfsfc.org/worldfantasy/wfc2009/

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Conflikt 2: January 30 to February 1, 2009
More info can be found at the website.
Website: http://conflikt.org/
LiveJournal community: http://community.livejournal.com/conflikt

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Seattle in 2011 World Con Bid:
Website: http://www.seattlein2011.org/


Additional Convention Links:
Bell Con 2007
MySpace Profile: http://www.myspace.com/bellcon2007

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Dragonflight
Official website: http://www.dragonflight.org/

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Kumoricon
Official website: http://www.kumoricon.org/

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Mountain-Con
Official website: http://www.MountainCon.org

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Rustycon
Website: http://www.rustycon.com/
LiveJournal community: http://community.livejournal.com/rustycon
MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/rustycon

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BeyondCon:
Website: http://www.beyondcon.org/

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ConHeaven - For more details check out the ConHeaven blog