SFFWorld Members big Blog thread

[Jo Zebedee]

Bryan Wigmore talks about his debut novel The Goddess Project.

Have I mentioned how fabulous this book is yet?

Anyhow, today I talked about communities and how fab people like Dag and all the moderators, reviewers and interviews are, and possible ways to support them:

.http://jozebwrites.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/on-unsung-community-heroes.html

 

[Matthew Hughes]

A reminder for those who don’t mind being reminded: I’m now producing a monthly newsletter with news about recent sales, reviews, a free read of a backlist story, and a new episode of my autobiography in progress, One Damn Thing After Another. This one begins, “In the 1980s, I invented the next big game after Pictionary, but it all ended in tears and thoughts of suicide.”

The backlist free read will be “The Inn of the Seven Blessings,” the story in which I originally created the fantasy thief Raffalon. It first appeared in the NYT bestselling anthology, ROGUES, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.

The next mailing goes out March 1st. You can get on the mailing list by sending me an email at matthewhughes at archonate dot com with “Newsletter” in the subject line. Or you can follow this link and receive a free copy of my Jack Vance-inspired space opera, TEMPLATE in your choice of mobi, epub, or pdf format.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

In response to the election of Donald Trump, I'm running a series of short essays on my blog under the heading Narcissism Week. Here's day 1.

 

[Alasdair Shaw]

The February Round-up of Scifi Books - https://alasdairshaw.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/the-february-round-up-of-scifi-books.html

 

[Stephen Palmer]

Narcissism Week, Day 2.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

nice guest post here on crowdfunding a book and lessons learned:

http://jozebwrites.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/crowdfunding-self-published-book_1.html

 

[hscope]

My latest writing blog piece, Answer the Questions!!!
A fun piece about how easy it is to be a writer...
https://stormingtime.wordpress.com/answer-the-questions/

 

[Stephen Palmer]

Concluding my week.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

nice guest post here on crowdfunding a book and lessons learned:

http://jozebwrites.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/crowdfunding-self-published-book_1.html

As ever, writing the book is the easy bit.

 

[A. M. Rowe]

Bryan Wigmore talks about his debut novel The Goddess Project.

There are a lot of heady topics tossed around in this interview, I am interested in a book that attempts to explore the role of gender in religion and morality. As prolific writer and reader of the genre where would you say the core audience lies, do they prefer the more visceral or intellectual topics? Is there any true polarity to the "pulp" vs "philosophical" fiction?

 

[A. M. Rowe]

New "Long Review of Short Fiction" at www.exftc.com. Just look under the Long Reviews fo Short Fiction tab.

This time I look at "London Calling" by P.A. Suggars and "Kakaishi & Crow" by Megan Fennell

www.exftc.com

 

[Stephen Palmer]

There are a lot of heady topics tossed around in this interview, I am interested in a book that attempts to explore the role of gender in religion and morality. As prolific writer and reader of the genre where would you say the core audience lies, do they prefer the more visceral or intellectual topics? Is there any true polarity to the "pulp" vs "philosophical" fiction?

I think there likely is. There is still a very strong hangover of the bad old days - SF written almost exclusively by white, middle-aged men. White, middle aged men write books about boys with guns in space - of no interest to me.

Bryan and I are both interested in the philosophy behind all this. My own Memory Seed address this question by factoring men out of the equation but not commented on that fact - just treating it as normal. I did the same thing with race issues in Muezzinland.

Men have to be challenged at every point when it comes to gender issues. Their time of dominance is coming to an end.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

A week of Inspirational Books.

 

[kennychaffin]

A couple of new pieces posted at Mansions of the Mind since my last post on this thread.

Reservations and Where Dark Angels Tread

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

A review of one of Stephen's books http://teresaedgertoneditor.com/review-the-girl-with-two-souls-by-stephen-palmer/

 

[Stephen Palmer]

A second week of Inspirational Books.

 

[kennychaffin]

A second week of Inspirational Books.

WOW! What a Set of Books! Thank you!

 

[Stephen Palmer]

I might do a third week next week. This has been a very enjoyable trip down memory lane.
Tomorrow I've got: Having & Being In 'Beautiful Intelligence'

 

[Stephen Palmer]

Being And Having In Beautiful Intelligence.

 

[Matthew Hughes]

Farfetched Fables is celebrating its 150th episode by podcasting "The Inn of the Seven Blessings," read by Eric Luke.

"Inn" was my contribution to the New York Times bestselling anthology, ROGUES, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, and was the first story I wrote about Raffalon the thief. It was the free read in this month's newsletter, which went out March 1st.

The free read in April's newsletter will be "Grolion of Almery," from the Jack Vance tribute anthology, SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH, also edited by Martin and Dozois.

You can sign up for the newsletter and receive a free ebook (mobi, epub, or pdf) of my Jack Vance-inspired space opera TEMPLATE by following this link: