GOSSIP
(a.k.a., Member News and Sales)
( Updated
May 5, 2008
)
JANUARY 2008
Bill Mingin sold a 5,000 word sf/f (it's arguable) story, "All That Glitters," to
Talebones; it's scheduled for issue 37, late summer or fall.
2007
SEPTEMBER 2007
Danielle Ackley-McPhail has had one of her scifi-ku accepted by Space and Time Magazine, no indication yet of which issue it will appear in. Her science fiction poetry has also appeared in past issues of Nth Degree Magazine, as well as in the collection, Children of Morpheus (2004), and the anthology, No Longer Dreams (2005), both by Lite Circle Books. Danielle also has an interview posted at http://independentbookreport.blogspot.com/ and there's a review of her novel Yesterday's Dreams at http://thesmokingpoet.tripod.com/id3.html
Carol MacAllister's poetry has been commended in the Battle of the
Bards competition in England.
And, she placed as semi-finalist in the bimontly Humor Press
competition for her essay, "Survey This", which previously won the
Princeton Summer Fiction issue of US #1 newspaper. "It's great to
recycle pieces whenever possible."
AUGUST 2007
Bill Mingin has a new review up at Strange Horizons for a humorous, dark adventure
fantasy by Simon Green called The Man With The Golden Torc.
John R. Platt has a new article online, "Unleash Your Inner Innovator" at IEEE USA TodaysEngineer.org.
Danielle Ackley-McPhail has two interviews up, one at Heidi's Pick Six and another at MilSciFi. (Click the interview button.)
MAY 2007
Pat Lundrigan reports: "I've sold my very first story, to a very good market. "Hangar Queen" was the first place winner in the Writers of the Future
contest, first quarter, and will be appearing in Vol XXIV of the anthology. A big thanks to "Crit Group C!" (Jenn, Brian and Neil)
And Rich Herr who also saw the story during revisions." For a full list of winners, visit: http://wotfblog.galaxypress.com....winners.html
APRIL 2007
Carol MacAllister's story, "Be Warned," will appear in the upcoming horror anthology,
Salt, from Naked Snake Press. Her short humor piece, "Waddle," won semi-finalist in the bimonthly
Humor Press Contest.
Eileen F. Watkins' novel Black Flowers placed as a finalist in the "Mystery/ Suspense/ Thriller" category for the Indie Excellence Book Awards. A full list of winners and finalists appears at http://www.pubinsider.com/indieresults.html.
Pat Lundrigan is a finalist for the first quarter 2007 of the Writers of the Future contest. More details on Pat's blog.
MARCH 2007
John "Jack" Passarella released "Breatless" his second Wendy Ward PDF eBook novelette. "Breathless" takes place after the events of "Forces of Nature" a story that first appeared in the GSHW's Dark Notes From NJ.
Xanna Vinson won the COVR People's Choice Best New Book Award for her novel, The Song of an Emerald Dove.
Jonathan Maberry's novel, Ghost Road Blues, has been nominated for a Bram Stoker award in two categories, Novel and First Novel.
FEBRUARY 2007
John Platt has his first new short story out in more than a year, now available from
Amazon.com's Shorts program. The Sweet Smell of Success is available
for immediate download for just $0.49 cents.
Read more in the Gossip Archive. . .
