Sunday, December 23, 2007

Blog Updates: Dec. 23, 2007

Yasmine Galenorn - "The Wishing Faerie", & "The Hot Men of Otherworld Quiz", & "The Twelve Days of Yuletide-D’Artigo Girls’ Style"

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Karina L. Fabian - "Have a Mad Russian Christmas!"

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JAMES AND DADDY - "LAST UPDATE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2007"

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Nomadic Delirium Press - "Seedlings have arrived"

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Tony Eldridge - "Have You Written A Book You Would Like Me To Help Promote?"

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Jonathan (Fesmire) - "Eleven"

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Lois McMaster Bujold - "Paladin of Souls interview"

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Paul Halpern - "Book Reviews"

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HARPER PERENNIAL - "New Year Resolutions: Ann Patchett & Tyler Knox", & "New Year Resolutions: Sebastian Horsley"

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Derek Gunn - "Happy Holidays!"

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Boxcar Astronaut - "A Gift from Grandma!"

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Alethea Kontis - "Just Married"

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Brian Knight - "Writerly Advice - Random Humbugs To Round Off The Year"

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Sunz of the Zodiac present: Clash at Creeden - "Free Preview!!! Clash at Creeden: Canto Two (Realm of the Shapeshifters)", "Clash at Creeden Synopsis", &
"Clash at Creeden Reviews"

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Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest - "The Year that Was - 2007"

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Authors of Myspace - "Author Interview - Scorpius Blood & The Sunz of the Zodiac", & "New Books Added - Week of December 23rd 2007"

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Blu Phier - "Repost: Signed Copies"

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Jenna Black - "The dog ate my homework. No, really! "

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Bret Jordan - "NAPOLEON ELF"

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Planet Pride - "Obscure Moon", "Mimas Emerges", "COROT surprises a year after launch", "Dawn Journal: Checkout complete, interplanetary cruise underway", "Two more active moons around Saturn - Tethys and Dione", "Cassini Heads South on Next Titan Flyby", "Hot spot on Enceladus causes plumes", & "Uranus & Neptune: A Planetary Switch?"

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David Thorpe - "Triumph of the heart (poem)"

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N. D. Hansen-Hill SF Fantasy Horror - "Best Wishes for a Great Holiday from ND|Melody!"

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Sherrilyn Kenyon - "Happy Holidays!"

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Book Trailers from COS Productions - "New Book Marketing Book Coming Out"

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Paul Levinson - "The Plot to Save Socrates ... the beginning"

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Gary Starta - "Meet Caitlin Diggs - An FBI Agent’s Journal"

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Tom Tancin - "2008 Book Tour Dates"

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Suspenseful Friendship Fiction by Dusk Peterson - "Final chapters of ""Bard of Pain"" are online "

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Writers Together - "Gemma Halliday"

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Jeremy C. Shipp, Dark Fiction Writer - "An angry ballerina on my rooftop", & "More about EGG (the film I wrote)"

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Louise Bohmer - EIC Lachesis / LBF Blog - "Happy Winter Solstice, Merry Xmas and Yule, and See You on the 27th ", & "LBF Books Author, Tracy Goodwin, Signing Tomorrow in Houston, Texas Area "

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Word Weavers - "Word Weaver of the Year Nominations Closed."

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C. L. Freire - "Opinions and Drinks and Bulbs, Oh My "

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Chronicles Of The Myles Standish - "Catch Me in ’The Music Within’", "Car Accident... ", & "The Animalistic Nature of Mankink!"

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Stungeon Studios - "A Creature Sketch"

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Maria V. Snyder, Author - "Twas the Week Before X-mas... "

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Dark Horse Comics - "GOT A DARK HORSE TAT? WE’D LOVE TO SEE IT!"

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Kevin J Anderson - "BRAINSTORMING -- PAUL OF DUNE AND BEYOND"

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Kevin Lucia - "A Day In The Life of A Teacher."

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Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc - "I WILL NOT BE BACK ONLINE UNTIL JANUARY 2ND!", "HOLIDAY BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL.", & "FOR ALL MY PAGAN AND WICCAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS."

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Tor Books - "George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards Website"

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World Ends; Take Stairs - "Happier Thoughts"

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Jodi Lee - "Yule Love"

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Willie Meikle - "New story in Murky Depths magazine"

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A. Lee Martinez - "The DFW Writers Conference", & "Mr. Excitement"

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Horror Library Blog-O-Rama - "A Christmas Bah Humbug By AJ Brown"

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Cynthia Leitich Smith - "YA Book & Writer News - 21 Dec 07"

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Offworld Book Club - "Best Science Fiction Novels of 2007"

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Big God Network - "Excerpt: Indiscreet Geckoes & Naked French Girls"

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Cimmerian City - "2008 - The Year We Make Futuristic Romance Contact"

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Chaos and Reunion - "It’s all here.."

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Robert J. Sawyer's Blog - Check out the latest blogs by Robert Sawyer at: http://sfwriter.com/blog.htm

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Sylvia Engdahl, SF author & space advocate - And be sure to check out Sylvia's blog too: http://towardtomorrow.blogspot.com/

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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Convention and Event Listing for Dec. 20, 2007

Local Conventions and Faires:
Northwest Science Fiction Resources has a very extensive list of local conventions. Check out their listing of local conventions, some of which have yet to be listed in this blog. Go to http://www.sfnorthwest.org/ then click on Conventions. If you know of any other conventions that should be listed here, please let me know.

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Rustycon 25: January 11-13, 2008, Seatac Holiday Inn, SeaTac, WA.
Website: http://www.rustycon.com/
LiveJournal community: http://community.livejournal.com/rustycon
MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/rustycon

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Conflikt: January 25-27, 2008 at the Renton Holiday Inn, Renton, WA
Website: http://conflikt.org/
LiveJournal community: http://community.livejournal.com/conflikt
Guest of Honor Steve Macdonald , Interfilk Guests Stephen Joel and France (EU filkers), and ToastMistress Callie Hills

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BeyondCon: February 9-10, 2008 - at the Inn at Gig Harbor, Gig Harbor, WA
Website: http://www.beyondcon.org/

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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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The Pirate Gathering: May 23-26th 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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SpoCon 2008: Spokane's Local Science Fiction-Fantasy Convention.
Official website: http://www.spocon.us/
MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/spocon

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ValhallaCon: 2008
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
Official website: http://valhallacon.com/
LiveJournal community: http://community.livejournal.com/valhallacon/
MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/valhallacon

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

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

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Bulletins & Other News: Dec. 20, 2007

One of the best sites on the web for science fiction news is Locus Online! Check it out at: http://www.locusmag.com/

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Kevin Lucia - Ray Bradbury on Writing Perseverence
"We're doing Bradbury in school now, and I found this clip - very good" You can view it here

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Tor Books - Releasing 1/2 from Tor Books
Here's what's releasing 01/02/2008:

New Podcast: Spider Robinson on Variable Star, Pt1
New podcast posted today: "Spider Robinson discusses writing Variable Star, Part 1" 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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Gary Starta - Paranormal Gift
‘TIS SEASON FOR PARANORMAL…
I would like to invite you to check out my paranormal/suspense novel Blood Web now available at these links:
Read an excerpt and buy the ebook at: http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook52427.htm?cache
See the paperback and buy at: http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Web-Gary-Starta/dp/0979130484

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Word Weavers - Like to Read? Like to Watch Movies?
"Word Weavers is looking for a dependable book and movie buff who would be willing to post weekly movie reviews. However, the movie must be based on a book and you must have both read the book and seen the movie. The reviews would then consist of your comparison of book to movie. This includes all books to movies ever made, it does not have to be new books into movies. For more information, please email: weaversofwords@gmail.com with Movie Review in the headline or message Jenna at http://www.myspace.com/weaversofwords"

"Head on over to the Word Weavers MySpace Page to see this feature and more!"
Word Weavers Anthologies | http://www.freewebs.com/weaversofwords | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WeaversofWords/

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Dark Horse Comics - Grendel Contest on Dark Horse.com
"In honor of Matt Wagner's newly released mini-series, Grendel: Behold the Devil (written and drawn by Wagner), we're throwing a contest. Enter to win and you may be walking away with one of these great Grendel prize pack. Click here to enter!"

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Dusk Before the Dawn - Guest review at SF Signal
"Those wonderful gents in their typing machines at SF Signal invited me to guest review the novel 2012: The War for Souls by Whitley Strieber. Give it a read, and check out their SF Tidbits, Reviews, Tubebits and Mind Meld series. Theirs is the top group SciFi Blog in the verse, and it entertains me greatly (this is where my son and I guffawed all night at the Mr. T World of Warcraft commercials) ~ Larry"


News worth reposting:
Are We Alone? - No new episode of "Are We Alone" this week
Seth and Molly are putting a show together, but it won't be ready today, so it'll be available (fingers crossed) on the 24th. In the mean time, be sure to give a listen of the most recent episode entitled "Sputnik: 50 Years, 1 Month, 2 Weeks Later" at: http://radio.seti.org/

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PLANET LOVECRAFT - Planet Lovecraft #1 available now!
"What a long, strange trip it's been... Over the past several months I've been acting as Art Director for an illustrated horror magazine called Planet Lovecraft - and it's finally available for purchase! Head on over to www.planetlovecraftmagazine.com and pick up a copy - heck, pick up TWO copies, your mom will want one too - and check out the comix, articles and interviews. It's 56 pages of black and white, Lovecraftian horror!"

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Jeremy C. Shipp, Dark Fiction Writer - My short story accepted for Cemetery Dance
"I just received the email this morning. My story "Inside" has been accepted for Cemetery Dance. This is my first CD acceptance, and I'm very excited, to say the least. This has been a dream of mine for years. Happytimes ~ Jeremy" (Congrats to Jerermy ~ Jim)

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Multiple posters - Save Dark Discoveries Magazine
There have been multiple posts regarding Dark Discoveries Magazine, and the current situation it is in. Click on this link if you would like to find out more about Dark Discoveries Magazine, the situation it is in, and how you can help.

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The Edge of Propinquity - Volume 24, December 2007
Below is a list of the featured stories in Volume 24 of The Edge of Propinquity: You can look over the Edge at: http://www.edgeofpropinquity.net/default.asp

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Blog Updates: Dec. 20, 2007

There are a couple of writers groups here on MySpace that may be of interest to you. The Writers Cramp and Pens On Fire.

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Tor Books - "George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards Website", "Tor Podcast Directory", & "Releasing 1/2 from Tor Books"

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A. Lee Martinez - "The DFW Writers Conference", & "The Don’t Drink, Don’t Smoke, Not Religious Blues "

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Chronicles Of The Myles Standish - "Gettin’ Bloggy with it...", & "I R Back.... Finally!!!"

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N. D. Hansen-Hill SF Fantasy Horror - "Went to a party!", & "Catching up + L. C. Hayden + excerpt"

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Louise Bohmer - EIC Lachesis / LBF Blog - "The Black Act -- Another Teaser -- Corrigan and King Colidor", & "Word Weaver of the Year Nominations, and Ms. Jodi Lee "

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rob (Robyn Thurman) - "Madhouse Deleted Scene", "Incentive in the Leandros’ Bros Chicken Midadventures", & "Blackmail and Deleted Scene"

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Kevin Lucia - "Interview with Tracey Bateman, author of Defiant Heart "

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Blu Phier - "Eric Enck and Adam Huber News"

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Lisa Erin - "Traditional Danish Glogg"

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Dark Horse Comics - "Hellboy II: The Golden Army Movie Stills", & "Eric Powell Interview"

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Yasmine Galenorn - "Midwinter Memories from the Sisters", & "Merry Yule"

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Echelon Press, LLC - "What is the The Odyssey Gene"

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Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc - "SNEAK PEAK OF ART FOR A COLLABORATION I’M INVOLVED IN...", "SOME CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY (WHATEVER YOU CELEBRATE) CHEER!", "OFF WITH HER HEAD!" , "STRAPPED FOR LAST MINUTE HOLIDAY SHOPPING IDEAS?", "FEED AN ANIMAL IN NEED...SAVE A LIFE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!", & "TO MY FANS IN THE WEST PALM BEACH/SOUTH FLORIDA AREA... "

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David Thorpe - "Season’s greetings everyone!", & "The Sellafield nuclear bomber"

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Jeff Carlson - "(Part II) You Know You’re A Parent When...", & "Things I Wanted To Do This Week"

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Erica Spindler - "Familiar Characters"

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Di Francis - "On the revising of a novel, with jenga references "

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Eos Books - "EOS 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY", & "From the desk"

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Maria V. Snyder, Author - "Deleted Scene from Magic Study (shhhh.....)"

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Cynthia Leitich Smith - "Author-Illustrator Interviews on Books for Younger Readers", "Candlewick to Release Tantalize Graphic Novel", & "Listening Library/Random House to Release Tantalize Audio Book"

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Jeremy C. Shipp, Dark Fiction Writer - "Important Question 26"

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Karina L. Fabian - "Lunchbox notes"

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Minnette - "A New Technology & General Shut Downs for The Muse"
And check out her new blog on Blogspot.com: http://minnettemeador.blogspot.com/

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Jodi Lee - "2007 in 20"

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Stuart Clark - "Storms of Vengeance review"

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Damien Navillus - Dark Fiction Writer - "One Foggy Christmas Eve"

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Alethea Kontis - "*blink* 2007"

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Authors of Myspace - "One on One with Adam Huber - co-writer of ""Snuff"" "

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Fantasy Author - Hubert L. Mullins - "Videos for my local TV interview."

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David Louis Edelman - "On DeepGenre: What Works on an Author Website?"

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Willie Meikle - "Any wannebee vampire Slayers out there?"

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Word Weavers - "Nominate Your Word Weaver of the Year!"

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Writer's Digest - "The Quick Pitch by Susan Breen"

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Writers Together - "Friends, we need to stand together "

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Bret Jordan - "ALEX McVEY"

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Derek Gunn - "Dark Scribe gives the thumbs up to HISTORY IS DEAD"

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Chaos and Reunion - "It’s all here.."

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Robert J. Sawyer's Blog - Check out the latest blogs by Robert Sawyer at: http://sfwriter.com/blog.htm

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Sylvia Engdahl, SF author & space advocate - And be sure to check out Sylvia's blog too: http://towardtomorrow.blogspot.com/

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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Bulletins & Other News: Dec. 18, 2007

Are We Alone? - No new episode of "Are We Alone" this week
Seth and Molly are putting a show together, but it won't be ready today, so it'll be available (fingers crossed) on the 24th. In the mean time, be sure to give a listen of the most recent episode entitled "Sputnik: 50 Years, 1 Month, 2 Weeks Later" at: http://radio.seti.org/

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PLANET LOVECRAFT - Planet Lovecraft #1 available now!
"What a long, strange trip it's been... Over the past several months I've been acting as Art Director for an illustrated horror magazine called Planet Lovecraft - and it's finally available for purchase! Head on over to www.planetlovecraftmagazine.com and pick up a copy - heck, pick up TWO copies, your mom will want one too - and check out the comix, articles and interviews. It's 56 pages of black and white, Lovecraftian horror!"

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Jeremy C. Shipp, Dark Fiction Writer - My short story accepted for Cemetery Dance
"I just received the email this morning. My story "Inside" has been accepted for Cemetery Dance. This is my first CD acceptance, and I'm very excited, to say the least. This has been a dream of mine for years. Happytimes ~ Jeremy" (Congrats to Jerermy ~ Jim)

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Paul Halpern - Books of the Year
"PD Smith, author of Doomsday Men, has posted an outstanding guide to books of the year in science, history and other topics.
Check it out at: From Einstein to Homer Simpson: Books of the Year"

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Fantasy Author - Hubert L. Mullins - Read my interview on Rose Marie Wolf's guest blog!
"You can see it here: http://rosemariewolf.blogspot.com/ Also check out her site. She's an awesome supernatural writer and a very sweet person. Her books would make a wonderful holiday gift! *hint hint* Thanks! ~ Hubert / HubertLMullins.com"

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Word Weavers - WW Mystery Anthology OUT NOW!
The Word Weavers Mystery Anthology:Studies in Scarlet Volume One is now available for purchase on Lulu.com!!
Get your copy today! http://www.lulu.com/content/1695905

This Week's Features: Jodi Lee, Stephanie Johnson, S. M. Davis
"Hey all! Time for the new Week Long Features here at Word Weavers! Click the link below to check out these three great authors!

  • Featured Author ~ Jodi Lee
  • Writing Excerpt ~ Eveningshade by Stephanie Johnson
  • Spotlight Trading Card ~ S. M. Davis
Head on over to the Word Weavers MySpace Page to see these features and more!"
Word Weavers Anthologies | http://www.freewebs.com/weaversofwords | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WeaversofWords/

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The Pyromantics - Merry Christmas...(and a call for submissions)
"Hello everyone, Been busy getting ready for Christmas? Well, if anyone has had any time to write things please send 'em our way! Christmas- themed stories especially welcome! Rock on ~ Cat"

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Multiple posters - Save Dark Discoveries Magazine
There have been multiple posts regarding Dark Discoveries Magazine, and the current situation it is in. Click on this link if you would like to find out more about Dark Discoveries Magazine, the situation it is in, and how you can help.

News worth reposting:
The Edge of Propinquity - Volume 24, December 2007
Below is a list of the featured stories in Volume 24 of The Edge of Propinquity: You can look over the Edge at: http://www.edgeofpropinquity.net/default.asp

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Norm Cowie - New Book!!
"Okay, 2007 couldn't have been more exciting, I had TWO books come out in the last five months!! The first was The Next Adventures of Guy ... more wackiness, a sequel to my first book published in 2006. Reviews are awesome and my Adventures of Guy series is being compared to Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers series and Christopher Moore's wacky stuff.

The second is a story in the anthology Heat of the Moment which comes out today!!! All of the stories are about fire and loss, and all proceeds go to victims of the California wild fires. Yep, ain't getting paid for this one... but it's worth it. So visit my page, or www.normcowie.com ~ Norm"

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Daniel Braum - Pod Cast now up of Darien Gap at Psuedopod !
"If you missed my short story Across the Darien Gap from Cemetery Dance # 55 ( or even if you did not ) it is now available, for free, in podcast form and streaming at http://pseudopod.org Listen. Download. Leave a comment. Enjoy ~ DB"

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Darkened Horizons - DARKENED HORIZONS ISSUE 3
"Over 180 Pages of terrifying horror featuring stories such as "Not A Chance" by Jessica Lynne Gardner, and The Sliding" by Kevin Lucia. Now available now at: http://www.lulu.com/darkenedhorizons
  • Softcover 6x9 is only $13.49
  • Casewrap hardcover is only $26.99
  • PDF download is available for $4.99
Warning: Stories contain graphic violence, strong profanity and sexual content unsuitable for younger readers. Thank you to all who contributed and for all of you who purchase a copy. Sincerely ~ Jordan M. Bobé editor, Darkened Horizons, author, The Retreat"

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13Human Souls - Christmas Present Edition of 13Human Souls: Horror E-zine
"So it would be more fitting for this month's edition I have changed the date of the Christmas Present Edition of 13Human Souls to the 23rd of December. I thought it would be a nice gift to have over the holidays when it's late at night and you need a break from wrapping presents.
Happy Holidays everyone ~ Brandon Layng, editor 13Human Souls: Horror E-zine" http://www.geocities.com/thirteenhumansouls/

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Blog Updates: Dec. 18, 2007

Jeff Carlson - "You Know You’re A Father When....", & "Author In The Trenches"

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Yasmine Galenorn - "Top Ten Reasons I Love Writing The Otherworld Series", & "We Sold German Rights & Darkling Countdown!"

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Erica Spindler - "LAST KNOWN VICTIM Casebooks"

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JAMES AND DADDY - "Update 18/11/07"

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Jeremy C. Shipp, Dark Fiction Writer - "My short story accepted for Cemetery Dance", "My new short story published today in GUD Magazine", & "New photos of EGG (the short film I wrote)"

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Brent Hartinger - "TWO GAY GUYS: War on Christmas Edition"

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C. L. Freire - "The girl who who interrupts the girl who writes", & "So I’m a sap, sue me:) but I'll just sue you back and take everything I can get:) "

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Cynthia Leitich Smith - "SCBWI Bologna Biennial Conference 2008", & "Author Interview: Sarah Aronson on Head Case"

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David Louis Edelman - "Mini-Essay on the Internet and Publishing on SF Signal", & "No Country for the Coen Brothers"

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Paul Halpern - "Three Quarks for Muster Mark", & "A Free Book for Birdlovers"

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Suspenseful Friendship Fiction by Dusk Peterson - "Bard of Pain e-books are now $1 + Chapter Five is online"

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Roy C. Booth - "Studies in Scarlet, Volume One Now Available!"

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Lois McMaster Bujold - "PLA visit in March"

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Grovont (aka Tim Sandlin) - "Angels and colons"

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StoneGarden Publishing - "Apparently I’ve Been Fired", "Christmas Shopping in Your Undies", & "Bad For Cooking!"

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The Smoking Poet - "TSP’s Feature Poet: William Doreski"

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Di Francis - "Go friend Rob Thurman"

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PLANET LOVECRAFT - "PLANET LOVECRAFT AVAILABLE NOW!"

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Cimmerian City - "Dystopian December", & "Interview with Joyce Anthony and looking forward to 2008"

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Authors of Myspace - "New Books Added - Week of December 16th 2007"

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Karina L. Fabian - "Website Woes"

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Vern - "Website Support"

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Fantasy Author - Hubert L. Mullins - "Mystyrian Lore (week 3)"

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Mythosian Chronicles - "Cat Christmas story"

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Bret Jordan - "ILLUSTRATION UPDATE"

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Dark Horse Comics - "CHECK OUT THE DARK HORSE HOLIDAY CARD!"

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Eos Books - "WooHoo!"

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Planet Pride - "Saturn’s Ancient Rings", "Rhea Detached", & "The Enduring Mysteries of Asteroids"

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Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc - "BECOME ONE OF THE DAMNED..."

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Word Weavers - "WW Mystery Anthology: Studies in Scarlet Volume One!!", & "Guest Blog: Kevin Lucia An Open Letter To Writers"

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Jodi Lee - "Random Updatey Postie Thingy"

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Murky Depths - "SCARED?"

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Jenn Nixon - "Pop culture update!"

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Grim Trixter - Brandy Leah Schwan - "A Dramatic Good-Bye ...Sort Of ...Well, Not Really. But, Kind Of.. "

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Fran Friel - Writer - "Holiday Wishes, A Good Old Dog and an Apex Honor!"

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Writer / Filmmaker R.M. Hamilton - "Sleight of Hand in WW Mystery Anthology"

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Brian Knight - "The Insidious Brian Knight - 1200 AM Live!"

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Book Trailers from COS Productions - "I’m Not Really Trying to Piss You Off But..."

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Horror Library Blog-O-Rama - "Briefly... - by Dan Naden"

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Lincoln Crisler, Author - "Holiday Weekend Ups-n-Downs"

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Louise Bohmer - EIC Lachesis / LBF Blog - "December Update -- Louise Bohmer ~ Esoteric Writings"

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Chaos and Reunion - "It’s all here.."

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Robert J. Sawyer's Blog - Check out the latest blogs by Robert Sawyer at: http://sfwriter.com/blog.htm

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Sylvia Engdahl, SF author & space advocate - And be sure to check out Sylvia's blog too: http://towardtomorrow.blogspot.com/

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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Bulletins & Other News: Dec. 16, 2007

The Edge of Propinquity - Volume 24, December 2007
Below is a list of the featured stories in Volume 24 of The Edge of Propinquity:

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

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Jeremy C. Shipp, Dark Fiction Writer - The ebook of "Vacation" is 20% off right now
"For those interested, I thought I'd let you know that the ebook of "Vacation" is $4 right now ~ Jeremy"
Check it out: http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook51753.htm?cache

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Norm Cowie - New Book!!
"Okay, 2007 couldn't have been more exciting, I had TWO books come out in the last five months!! The first was The Next Adventures of Guy ... more wackiness, a sequel to my first book published in 2006. Reviews are awesome and my Adventures of Guy series is being compared to Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers series and Christopher Moore's wacky stuff.

The second is a story in the anthology Heat of the Moment which comes out today!!! All of the stories are about fire and loss, and all proceeds go to victims of the California wild fires. Yep, ain't getting paid for this one... but it's worth it. So visit my page, or www.normcowie.com ~ Norm"

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Daniel Braum - Pod Cast now up of Darien Gap at Psuedopod !
"If you missed my short story Across the Darien Gap from Cemetery Dance # 55 ( or even if you did not ) it is now available, for free, in podcast form and streaming at http://pseudopod.org Listen. Download. Leave a comment. Enjoy ~ DB"

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Darkened Horizons - DARKENED HORIZONS ISSUE 3
"Over 180 Pages of terrifying horror featuring stories such as "Not A Chance" by Jessica Lynne Gardner, and The Sliding" by Kevin Lucia. Now available now at: http://www.lulu.com/darkenedhorizons
  • Softcover 6x9 is only $13.49
  • Casewrap hardcover is only $26.99
  • PDF download is available for $4.99
Warning: Stories contain graphic violence, strong profanity and sexual content unsuitable for younger readers. Thank you to all who contributed and for all of you who purchase a copy. Sincerely ~ Jordan M. Bobé editor, Darkened Horizons, author, The Retreat"

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13Human Souls - Christmas Present Edition of 13Human Souls: Horror E-zine
"So it would be more fitting for this month's edition I have changed the date of the Christmas Present Edition of 13Human Souls to the 23rd of December. I thought it would be a nice gift to have over the holidays when it's late at night and you need a break from wrapping presents.
Happy Holidays everyone ~ Brandon Layng, editor 13Human Souls: Horror E-zine" http://www.geocities.com/thirteenhumansouls/

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Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest - Looking for table space at Millennicon
"We're looking for somebody who already has reserved a dealer's table and would be interested in sharing the space with Apex Publications at MILLENnICON this year. Naturally, we'll be happy to split the costs. FYI: Millenicon is held in Cincinnati, OH, March 14-16. This year's GoH is Steven Barnes." http://www.millennicon.org

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Dusk Before the Dawn - Tech article in Dec Global Intelligencer
"In the December Global Intelligencer, I've got an article which takes everyday items like cell phones and TVs and equates the to the theoretical physics of the Standard Model and the Grand Unified Theory. Read it and leave comments in the forum. Best ~ Larry"

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Mythosian Chronicles - Fantasy Art Fair
"The art and music store I work for is gearing up for a Fantasy Art fair/expo to be held in Bangor, PA, (80 miles from both NYC and Philidelphia) on one of the saturday's in February. Exact date is not set yet, depending on who can and can't make it. We are looking for fantasy artists and authors as vendors. Depending on how many people sign up, depends on vendor cost (like $10 for a table). Right now, I'm just looking for people who may be interested in coming to display their craft. If you, or anyone you know might be interested, in being a vendor, let me know. I can be reached at rich@artmusicemporium.com, or mythosianchronicles@hotmail.com, or through myspace."

News worth reposting:
BBC News - Author Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer's disease
Here is the URL to the BBC News article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7141458.stm

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Donna Barr - Desert Peach Downloads
"With the help of Smashout Comics, ALL the out-of-print Desert Peach, Stinz and the Dreamery will up available as FREE PDF downloads. How do they do it? Money from ads. Every time you download a free PDF from your favorite authors, the author gets paid by the advertisers. It adds up. The first five Desert Peach downloads are available to enjoy at: http://www.wowio.com/users/searchresults.asp?txtSearch=Desert+Peach&cbBrowse=0
Happy Holidays! ~ Donna Barr"

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The Smoking Poet - THE SMOKING POET: Winter 2007-08 Issue Online Now!
"How quickly one year rolls by! This issue of TSP is our one-year anniversary issue, with feature author, Russell Rowland; feature poet, William Doreski; travel essay on Greece by Jeannie Sanders; and pages of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, book and cigar reviews, links and resources, and more. Visit TSP today to see why we have grown so quickly: A fine cigar and good literature, two of life's finest pleasures. To submit your work for the spring issue, see our submission guidelines at THE SMOKING POET."

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Kelly James - New story published
"My latest short story, DEAD GLOW is currently up at: http://theworldofmyth.com While you're there, check out my reviews of Brian Keene's DEAD SEA and Edward Lee's HOUSE INFERNAL. Thanks ~ Kelly James"

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If - E - Zine™ - Damon Knight discusses early science fiction
Here is the URL for of the interview: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2ouYZVFBGUc

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Fantasy Author - Hubert L. Mullins - My local interview now available on Youtube!
"This was an interview I did with local news anchor Leigh Ann Long for WVVA. It was for her weekly In-Focus program. We talked about all three books, the characters, my world, and how growing up in the Mountain State impacted my writing. Here are the individual links to each of the three segments:
~ Hubert / HubertLMullins.com"

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Are We Alone? - New episode available: "Sputnik: 50 Years, 1 Month, 2 Weeks Later"
Listen to this show at: http://radio.seti.org/

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Blog Updates: Dec. 16, 2007

Matthew Peterson - "Almost a BookSense Pick and other news about Paraworld Zero"

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Roy C. Booth - "Random Updates"

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David Thorpe - "Neonbeam"

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HARPER PERENNIAL - "Holiday Gift Suggestions: Books Only", & "Crazy Giveaway"

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Kelly James - "New story published at THE WORLD OF MYTH", & "WORMS"

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Boxcar Astronaut - "Sleepy Time for Boxcar Astronaut!"

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Chris (Heather_Sky) - "Newest Works Available this Week!"

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Lois McMaster Bujold - "Ohioana Career Award speech is up", & "Blackstone picks up TSK 3 and TSK 4"

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Michael C. Cordell, Author - "He’s baaack ...."

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Lincoln Crisler, Author - "Word of Wisdom From John Everson"

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Louise Bohmer - EIC Lachesis / LBF Blog - "This Makes Me Happy", & "Top 3 at The Horror Mall"

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Mythosian Chronicles - "Tis the season"

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Blu Phier - "Eric Enck’s Booksigning Schedule", & "Repost: Official Announcement (Joseph McGee)"

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Daniel Braum - "Reading at KGB bar January 16, 2008 ", & "Across the Darien Gap Now up at Psuedopod"

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Paul Halpern - "Simpsons auf Deutsch (German translation of my book)"

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Jonathan (Fesmire) - "The Journey Continues"

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Horror Library Blog-O-Rama - "The Eavesdropper In All Of Us By Petra Miller", & "A Purpose In Writing By AJ Brown"

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Eric - "Movies wanted for a festival"

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Interzone - "Best"

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Scott Nicholson - "They Hunger comic art"

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Harry Shannon - "Add my new novel DAEMON!"

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Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest - "Looking for table space at Millenicon"

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Planet Pride - "When I Was Your Age Pluto Was a Planet", "Some daily events in the changing sky for December 14 – 22", "Gliese 581d: A Habitable World After All?", "Rev 54: Dec 11 - Dec 27 ’07", & "Making the Case for Europa"

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Jeremy C. Shipp, Dark Fiction Writer- "New reviews of Vacation, and an interview"

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Book Trailers from COS Productions - "Motivate Motivate Motivate - Guest Blog by Author Diane Whiteside"

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A. Lee Martinez - "Permission to Suck"

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Maria V. Snyder, Author - "Rocky first night at sea."

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Kevin Lucia - "Check out this event: Guest Blogging at Word Weavers"

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Yasmine Galenorn - "Blessings & Lumps of Coal"

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Cimmerian City - "Vote for Cimmerian City in the NEW Covey Cover Awards!"

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Heather S. Ingemar - "HotM release party tomorrow!"

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Di Francis - "The Black Ship--a snippet"

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Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc - "ANDY AND ABEY GO TO KRYSTAL... "

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Cynthia Leitich Smith - "Author Interview: Cecil Castellucci on Beige and The Plain Janes"

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C. L. Freire - "Funny Trends, Little Toes, and The People Who Can’t Decide"

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Writer's Digest - "Creativity: Overcoming Too Many Ideas Syndrome"

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Chaos and Reunion - "It’s all here.."

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Robert J. Sawyer's Blog - Check out the latest blogs by Robert Sawyer at: http://sfwriter.com/blog.htm

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Sylvia Engdahl, SF author & space advocate - And be sure to check out Sylvia's blog too: http://towardtomorrow.blogspot.com/

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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Bulletins & Other News: Dec. 13, 2007

BBC News - Author Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer's disease
While this is very unfortunate news, in the article Mr. Pratchett appears optimistic, and we hope his optimism holds true. Here is the URL to the BBC News article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7141458.stm

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Donna Barr - Desert Peach Downloads

"With the help of Smashout Comics, ALL the out-of-print Desert Peach, Stinz and the Dreamery will up available as FREE PDF downloads. How do they do it? Money from ads. Every time you download a free PDF from your favorite authors, the author gets paid by the advertisers. It adds up. The first five Desert Peach downloads are available to enjoy at: http://www.wowio.com/users/searchresults.asp?txtSearch=Desert+Peach&cbBrowse=0
Happy Holidays! ~ Donna Barr"

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Kevin Lucia - Free Newsletter
"Just one more thing to clog your emails: I do have a semi-monthly newsletter detailing what's been going on with my writing, which authors I've interviewed, my recent blogs, and the occasional writing advice - like I have a lot to give, or should be listened too that much!

Just PM me your email, or send an email to: newsletter@kevinlucia.net. I mean...it's free, so it has to be good.....right? ~ Kevin Lucia"

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The Smoking Poet - THE SMOKING POET: Winter 2007-08 Issue Online Now!
"How quickly one year rolls by! This issue of TSP is our one-year anniversary issue, with feature author, Russell Rowland; feature poet, William Doreski; travel essay on Greece by Jeannie Sanders; and pages of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, book and cigar reviews, links and resources, and more. Visit TSP today to see why we have grown so quickly: A fine cigar and good literature, two of life's finest pleasures. To submit your work for the spring issue, see our submission guidelines at THE SMOKING POET."

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Old-Wizard.com - Old-Wizard.com 5.0
"Our Homepage and What's New Page have been updated with our brand new look. Send us a message and tell us what you think. www.Old-Wizard.com"

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Kelly James - New story published
"My latest short story, DEAD GLOW is currently up at: http://theworldofmyth.com While you're there, check out my reviews of Brian Keene's DEAD SEA and Edward Lee's HOUSE INFERNAL. Thanks ~ Kelly James"

News worth reposting:
If - E - Zine™ - Damon Knight discusses early science fiction
If - E - Zine™ recently posted a bulletin that included the video of the late Damon Knight discussing early science. Unfortunately I was unable to post it in the blog. Instead I just posted the URL here ~ Jim Cox / NWSFS on MySpace: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2ouYZVFBGUc

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Fantasy Author - Hubert L. Mullins - My local interview now available on Youtube!
"This was an interview I did with local news anchor Leigh Ann Long for WVVA. It was for her weekly In-Focus program. We talked about all three books, the characters, my world, and how growing up in the Mountain State impacted my writing. Here are the individual links to each of the three segments:
~ Hubert / HubertLMullins.com"

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Graveside Tales - Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths receives Stoker Recommendation
"Over the weekend GST received an email informing us that our first anthology Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths has been recommended for a Stoker Award in the anthology category. Read more here! Thank you for your continued support ~ Graveside Tales"

Preorder Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths and receive FREE S&H
FRIED! FAST FOOD, SLOW DEATHS edited by Colleen Morris & Joel A. Sutherland $14.95. Click here for FREE SHIPPING & HANDLING.

Brought to you by: http://www.gravesidetales.com

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FIRST WORLD - FIRST WORLD Web Site Launched!
"I am pleased to announce the launch of First World's Web site: www.firstworldmovie.com

As you will see, the Web site provides a timeline of world events and Presidential directives that build up to the year 2018 on the eve of the new space race between China and the United States. In addition, the Web site includes the trailer, contact information, media coverage, screenings and artwork. The Web site also includes major historical events like President Kennedy's 1961 address to the United States Congress on Urgent National Needs. My thanks to First World director Adam Starr for building this site.

As I work toward the goal of producing the long version of First World, the support the film has received from the science fiction convention and media community has been excellent. My continued thanks to them and those of you that have supported this project. Have a great Holiday Season. Thanks ~ Mark"

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Tor Books - Final novel in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time® series will be completed by Brandon Sanderson
Click on the link above to read the details regarding Robert Jordan's final novel.

12/10 Releases from Tor Books
New Podcast: Scalzi / Westerfeld / Larbalestier, Part 1
FYI, new podcast posted today: "A conversation with John Scalzi, Scott Westerfeld, and Justine Larbalestier, Part 1" 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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Are We Alone? - New episode available: "Sputnik: 50 Years, 1 Month, 2 Weeks Later"
"It looked like no more than an oversized grapefruit with whiskers. So you wonder what all the fuss was about. But the small silver ball kicked into orbit by the Soviets in 1957 set off a decades-long space race between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. That race resulted in major accomplishments during the fifty years since Sputnik's spunky spin, including landing humans on the moon.

Meet the new space race(s). Private companies are gearing up to go where only governments have gone before, and the launch of a Chinese lunar probe signals a new turf war over Earth's natural satellite. We'll hear these stories, plus meet a "Sputnut" who owns two copies of the pioneering orb and is looking forward to a Sputnik-eye-view of Earth as a passenger on board the International Space Station next fall. Also, why the space elevator biz is looking up. "

Featured guests:
Listen to this show at: http://radio.seti.org/

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 Harry Shannon - "DAEMON" coming from Delirium Books in March, 2008
"A reminder that Delirium Books, publisher of several limited edition horror novels--including Brian Keene's The Rising and my own Night of the Daemon--is making selected titles available to a greater readership through a new, inexpensive trade paperback line. Horror fans should join now to receive Delirium's monthly picks at discounted prices, with free shipping in the US, and a free paperback book for signing up.

Go to www.myspace.com/deliriumbooks for more info on Delirium's Horror Book Club, and check out Delirium's new promotional video.
More info at: http://www.deliriumbooks.com

Oh, and by the way...Great news! Delirium will be publishing my spooky novel "DAEMON" in an affordable trade paperback version come March 2008! It will be available for pre-order in February, whether you're a club member or not. I'm really proud of this one. Don't miss it! ~ Harry"

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Writer C.D. Allen - Cthulhu Creatures
"Lo and behold, just when I was beginning to think that E'ch Pi El was old news, Rainfall Books decided to reprint my story, Crawling Terrors From Sho-Beth Mein in their "best of" collection, Cthulhu Creatures. You don't just have my story. You also get such notable authors such as Simon Clark, Kevin O'Brien, Robert M. Price, Ran Cartwright, and Richard L. Tierney. Well worth it, if you ask me. Click on here to order a copy!"

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Willie Meikle - New Occult PI novel available now
"My next novel, The Midnight Eye Files: The Sirens, is now available on preorder from Black Death Books.... they've gone to a mass market paperback format, and lowered their prices from $15.99 to $11.99 , and free shipping, so it's a bargain: http://khpindustries.com/wordpress2/?page_id=50 "

Willie ~ http://www.williammeikle.com

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Plague - Calling All the Faithful
The last part of chapter 10 for Plague is posted at: http://www.plague.gravesidetales.com

"This will finish up the first part of Plague, and is also a good time for me to pause the story for a few weeks while I take care of the holidays and try to get a little ahead again on the story ~ Bret"

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