"... a genre author's options are a lot cooler: magical boarding schools, technology-fueled SF cram sessions, apprenticeships involving wizards, aliens, and more... We've compiled a reading list for each non-traditional, SFF approach to learning, and we hope you'll suggest your own examples in the comments!" From Tor.com

The Jan - Mar issue of The Lorelei Signal is out: www.loreleisignal.com
Stories include:

The Dead Lady's Hand - Maureen Bowden

A reborn sorceress must confront an ancient enemy who has waited for her through the centuries.

Dragon Slayer - Charles Kyffhausen

Slaying dragons is supposed to be something knights aspire to do. But for an American ( Read more... )

Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2011) by R. L. LaFevers; Yoko Tanaka (Illustrator)

This is the fourth book in the series; I haven't read the first three, but I'm looking forward to reading them now!  I love books set in Egypt--especially historical and archeological mysteries.  I enjoyed Theodosia's list of ( Read more... )

You Are What You Don't Eat (SF): EOTU Ezine

Triumph (flash fiction): S.S. Raven - Triumph

The Haunted Garden (fantasy): The Haunted Garden

To the Last Drop (SF): To the Last Drop!

Taking Tawny Home (SF): Viatouch - Learning & Leisure - Story Station "Taking Tawny Home"

Moovin' Up (SF): Moovin' Up

Mooving Out (SF): MOOVING OUT • by Joy V. Smith Every ( Read more... )

I got the latest issue of Tales of the Talisman today, and I checked it to see if my article, Man-Kzin Wars:Behind the Scenes of a Great and Long-running Series, is mentioned in the blurb for the next issue (summer/Volume VI, Issue I)), and it's not, but my name is on the cover. (I am so pleased!)

The requested rewrite for my SF novel, Strike Three, ( Read more... )

Here's a smorgasbord of books I've written or have stories in:

Why Won't Anyone Play with Me? is my children's picture book. You can find it at: Amazon.com: Why Won't Anyone Play with Me?: Books: Joy V. Smith

The new edition of my house book, Building a Cool House for Hot Times without Scorching the Pocketbook, has color photos; the ISBN number ( Read more... )

Along with a variety of contemporary writers, Anthology Builder has recently added stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathanial Hawthorne, Xenophon, Joseph Sheriden Le Fanu, Ada M. Marzials, Arthur Machen, and E. Nesbit.  Check out the selection at: AnthologyBuilder: Custom Anthologies for $14.95

And here's a collection of my short ( Read more... )

I love a good theme anthology, and my favorites include the Chicks in Chainmail and the Man-Kzin Wars series and the Catfantastic volumes, also War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches and Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear.

I have stories in a few anthologies, btw: The Ghost in the Gazebo, Kings of the Night II, Womanscapes, and Magistria: The Realm of ( Read more... )

My story, Seedlings, is included in Magistria: The Realm of the Sorcerer (a shared world anthology), which is available at amazon.com. Plant mages fight with magic and their sentient plant companions. [This anthology is a reprint; it's out from a new publisher, Ricasso Press.] Magistria: Shards of the Goddess is upcoming; my story, Crystal Quest, ( Read more... )

Now that Magistria: The Realm of the Sorcerer is out, I've been updating my page on the ISFDB, including tags.  I have to add all my anthologies still, including Magistria: Shards of the Goddess when it's out.  Here's the link if you want to check out my publishing history.  (Not everything--early interviews, ezines, etc.--is there.)  It's mostly ( Read more... )