Excellent news! Philip K. Dick Award-nominated and NY Times bestselling author Jean Johnson has generously offered two additional short story critiques for our Kickstarter backers! They’re available as backer rewards at the $75 level like the other critiques. All critiques went quickly, first backers get them!

Jean is also offering the naming/ ( Read more... )

There are eleven days left to our Kickstarter, and we’ve passed our original goal, saving CG! We ALSO passed our first stretch goal, resurrecting CG Magazine! Now, it’s time for stretch goal #2!

We asked people to comment on what they thought the next stretch goal should be. The consensus was that we should aim for a goal that will most help us ( Read more... )

TODAY - Friday, June 8 - is your LAST CHANCE to win signed books from these wonderful authors:

• Eyes Like Sky And Coal And Moonlight by Cat Rambo
• The Lady of Seeking in the City of Waiting by Jennifer Brozek
• Rogue Mage series: Bloodring, Seraphs & Host by Faith Hunter
• Jane Yellowrock series: Skinwalker, Blood Cross, Mercy Blade & Raven Cursed by Faith ( Read more... )

Tomorrow - Friday, June 8 - is the last day to pledge at least $10 to the Crossed Genres Kickstarter & have a chance to win signed books from these wonderful authors:

• Eyes Like Sky And Coal And Moonlight by Cat Rambo
• The Lady of Seeking in the City of Waiting by Jennifer Brozek
• Rogue Mage series: Bloodring, Seraphs & Host by Faith Hunter
• Jane ( Read more... )

Today is the halfway point of the Crossed Genres Kickstarter! As of this post, we’ve raised $6,693 for our $4,000 goal, or about 167%!

We’ve successfully raised the funds to pay for all of CG’s titles through 2013, AND we reached our stretch goal which will enable us to resurrect Crossed Genres Magazine! We’ve been pondering what to do during the ( Read more... )

(reposted from Kickstarter)

As we approach the halfway point of our Kickstarter, we’ve been thinking hard about how best to proceed. There’s so much we’d love to do, so many projects we could push to fund with new stretch goals. We’ve already accomplished so much, our heads are spinning!

Mainly we want to make sure that whatever goal we aim for is ( Read more... )

This Friday, June 8 is the last day to pledge to the Crossed Genres Kickstarter & have a chance to win signed books from these wonderful authors:

• Eyes Like Sky And Coal And Moonlight by Cat Rambo
• The Lady of Seeking in the City of Waiting by Jennifer Brozek
• Rogue Mage series: Bloodring, Seraphs & Host by Faith Hunter
• Jane Yellowrock series: ( Read more... )

It was recently pointed out to us that the pay scale we had for one of our current open submission calls, WINTER WELL: Speculative novellas of older women, seemed low. Calculating per-word pay vs. flat rates is tricky, and determining an overall wordcount goal for a novella anthology is difficult as well. But after some number-crunching we ( Read more... )

That’s the title of this post by CGP co-publisher Kay Holt! In it, she talks about our personal and Crossed Genres’ financial struggles, including her getting laid off, and basically the rollercoaster the past two months have been for us.

I may not be hopeful by nature, but I am stubborn. And in good company. Our ship was sinking, but were we rats ( Read more... )

To support and encourage pledges to the Crossed Genres Kickstarter, many of our wonderful friends have donated signed copies of their books for us to give away!

To win a book/books, all you have to do is pledge at least $10 to the Kickstarter by Friday, June 8! That puts your name in the metaphorical hat. Each $10 pledged puts your name in again, ( Read more... )