Warsaw Tales 2006
Warsaw Tales 2006 presents the reader with a thematic journey through more than sixty
poems and shorts stories written by some thirty authors from ten countries of origin. Most are ex-pats currently living in Poland, some are Poles writing in English, and all have extensive experience of ‘things Polish.’
Warsaw Tales is
an entertaining and humorous view of the Polish experience from the perspective of an outsider. Created by
New Europe Writers Ink and put out by the Polish publisher IBIS, readers can find out ‘where to buy’ Warsaw Tales on the group’s web site
www.new-ink.org.
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Double CAPA nomination for Kyla Logan
Scottish writer
Kyla Logan has been
nominated for Erotic Novella AND Erotic Fantasy Romance for
Catari Heat 1: New Beginnings (Changeling Press).
CAPA is the annual awards that
The Romance Studio give out. She is over the moon as
New Beginnings was the very first book she wrote.
SF Poem Nominated for the Baker
My poem,
Clarissa has been
nominated for the James B. Baker Award in the
Best Poem for 2005 cathegory. This poem first appeared in the in June 2005 issue of
Between Kisses, then later in my book
Unearthly Companion (October 2005).
Ilona
European Reader did well in The Preditors & Editors Readers Poll 2005
European Reader is No 13 in the ezine cathegory, and
I am No 22 as ezine editor. I think this is a great achievement for a brand new site like this one.
Thanks for all of you who voted for the site.Ilona
Audio Classes for Writers: Promote or Perish! The Greatest Myth of Publishing
Promote or Perish! The Greatest Myth of Publishing (
Episode 2 of 30)
Presenters: Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Marilyn Peake, Kathe Gogolewski and Joyce Faulkner
Moderator: Allyn Evans
ISBN: DDP00000002QP Genre: Self Help - Non-Fiction
Audio Duration: 60 Minutes
Published: November 2005 DDP POD RADIO
URL:
http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/imprintlist.asp?imprint=PODRADIO I first heard about
Double Dragon Publishing's audio classes when the first class, A Do-It-Yourself Guide To Promoting Easy And Cheap! became available as a free download. I also knew that one of the instructors was
Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of
The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't, an excellent book for writers, and this really made me interested.
Carolyn Howard-Johnson is an instructor at UCLA's Writers' Program and has many years of experience both as a publicist and also as an author promoting her own books, which became award-winning best-sellers. Together with four other authors (
Allyn Evans, Joyce Faulkner, Kathe Gogolewski, and
Marilyn Peake), she has contracted with Double Dragon Publishing to produce a series of 30 audio classes. Those who wish to know more about the publishing industry can greatly benefit also from the advice and anecdotes of the other four authors, as they also have a lot to share.
Promote or Perish! The Greatest Myth of Publishing is the second in the series of audio classes for writers. In this programme,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson uses an excerpt form her book, The Frugal Book Promoter, to introduce the listener to several myths of the publishing world and the reality behind them. She talks about issues related to advertising, traditional and POD publishing, book tours, ebooks, getting reviews and the importance of branding.
Marilyn Peake author of three acclaimed fantasy novels for children (
The Fisherman’s Son, The City of the Golden Sun, and
Return of the Golden Age), adult short stories and poems also shares her experinces with the listener. She talks about author websites, networking, reviews, and marketing strategies, while
Kathe Gogolewski, author of the children’s novel,
TATO talks about the ways of getting the much-craved publicity.
However, not all the audio classes are on self-promotion and book promotion. The classes are equally divided into three categories:
writing, technology related to writing, and book promotion. The URL's mentioned in the programme are also included in the related handouts.
These authors give
personal accounts of their efforts to promote their work, which makes the programme a really
interesting and useful one for all authors who would like to do the same.
Call for Submissions: Universe Pathways
“
Universe Pathways” is
a Greek magazine specializing in
Science-Fiction, fantasy, horror literature and art. This is the
English version of it and, initially, will be published twice a year. The magazine will publish stories and artworks from Greek writers and artists but also from
writers and artists from all over the world. We also accept music, paintings and comics as well as articles about cinema and modern Science. Send us your work Now. Our magazine is open to everyone.
We wait for: • Short stories of horror, fantasy, sci-fi. • Poems of horror, fantasy, sci-fi. • Articles and essays about terror, fantasy and sci-fi literature and also about science and technology (physics, astrophysics, cosmology, etc). • Comics, fantasy art, digital fantasy art . • Reviews of books, music and cinema. Send us also your videos, your movies, your music and your digital art.
EMAIL: universepaths@yahoo.com
WEBSITE:
http://www.innerzed.com/sites/kosmicYAHOO GROUP:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/universepaths_group/ENGLISH MAGAZINE:
http://www.lulu.com/content/217383DEADLINESFor the 4 issue of the Greek Version of the magazine 15 March
For the 2 Issue of the english version of the magazine 15 April
For the 5 issue of the Greek version of the magazine 1 June
Erased by Nick Gifford
Published under
Keith Brooke's teen fiction pen-name, Nick Gifford, this is his fourth novel for Puffin.
"You're not paranoid if they really are after you.
Someone is messing with Liam's world. All the rules have changed and his life has unravelled completely. He can't even trust his own memories.
What he does know is that someone is watching him. Someone thinks he's dangerous.
Liam has to fight back. There are no bystanders in this terrifying game. Only players and victims.
And Liam isn't going to be a victim."
Reviewing
Erased, the
Sunday Express labelled
Nick Gifford "
The king of children's horror..."
Gifford's first teen novel,
Piggies, was optioned for the movies by Little Bird, and that option has just been renewed, with the script in active development during 2006.
Nick Gifford
www.nickgifford.co.uk
Genetopia by Keith Brooke Is Out Now
PUBLISHED 6 FEBRUARY 2006:
Genetopia by Keith BrookeBrooke's first adult novel in five years,
Genetopia is the story of
Flint, a young man in search of his missing sister in a far future where
nano- and biotechnology have influenced and accelerated the evolution of
humans and their strangely altered surroundings.
In the lead-up to publication
Genetopia has been receiving a lot of
attention, with a feature on Sci Fi Wire and praise from the likes of
Michael Swanwick, Kit Reed, Peter F Hamilton, Stephen Baxter and Jeff
VanderMeer. Reviews include publisher Pyr's first ever starred review at
Publishers' Weekly and a long review in Locus which concludes, "
Let
Keith Brooke tell his tale in its cogent fullness. It is beyond any
facile summary, a minor masterpiece that should usher Brooke at last
into the recognized front ranks of SF writers."
Genetopia is published by
Pyr in hardcover, priced $25 (ISBN 1-59102-333-5).
Keith Brooke
www.keithbrooke.co.uk
New Locus Poll for Poetry
There's a
voting going on
at Locus Online, and there's also a
poetry poll.
https://secure.locusmag.com/2006/Issues/2006PoetryPoll.htmlYou can vote for the
best poem of 2005, and there's also a
best speculative poem of all time cathegory. (Some recommended titles are also included.)
This is a new thing and people in SFPA (Science Fiction Poetry Association) are really enthusiastic about it. I also think that it is important
to keep this cathegory alive, so please go there and vote, if you have the time.
