I don't know whether this post will run longer than the flash fiction piece I just submitted to New Scientist for its Forgotten Futures contest. It's likely, since I tend toward wordiness, but I'm OK if it happens as I wanted to note that (a) I had finished and revised the piece and (b) I wanted to talk about the process of writing and revising a ( Read more... )

FFF is holding a contest to mark its third anniversary. Very nice prizes. Check it out, enter to win. :-)

... by Maura McHugh/splinister is one of ten finalists in May Madness Micro-Fiction Contest run by Fantasy Magazine.

Check it out. Vote for it. It's really really good. :-)

1) Pick up the next book in Traitor to the Crown, A Spell for the Revolution.Accomplished on the way to work this morning. Snagged the only copy shelved at Nicola's Books in the Westgate Shopping Center. They've probably got additional copies in stock, so they'll have another out later today or tomorrow, or they'll order another to shelve ( Read more... )

Brains, Trains and Automobiles by shsilver!

shsilver's suggested literary crossover was an early front runner and held off a last-minute run by Dances with Zombies, which was another entertaining suggestion. I found it interesting that humor took the lead over gravitas ( Read more... )

OK, here's the contest I promised. There weren't as many suggestions as I would want, so I'm going to spice things up a bit.

As previously noted, the winner gets two prizes: insertion as a character into the novel in progress, Sacrifices, my attempt to write a Hardy Boys-esque supernatural thriller; and their choice of either Pride and Prejudice ( Read more... )

Just to make the zombie title question easier on people, I've pulled together some of my suggestions and provided a text-entry spot for title suggestions. Once I've enough suggestions/votes, I'll offer a final poll.

As for a prize, I'll write the winner into the novel in progress. I've tentatively titled the book Sacrifices and it's my attempt to ( Read more... )