Do any research on the Odyssey Writing Workshop and you’ll find alumni testimonials singing its praises, many calling it “life-changing.” After a while, reading through all that positivity can make your eyes glaze over. “Oh come on,” you might think. “It can’t be that good.” I came to the 2018 …
ODYSSEY: ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND RESPECTED WORKSHOPS FOR WRITERS OF FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION, AND HORROR About Odyssey Now in its 24th year, the Odyssey Writing Workshop is widely considered one of the top programs in the world for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Acclaimed authors, editors …
A Del Rey Hardcover and eBook | On Sale September 4, 2018 In the year 2204, humanity is expanding into the wider galaxy in leaps and bounds. Cutting-edge technology of linked jump gates has rendered most forms of transportation—including starships—virtually obsolete. Every place on Earth, every distant planet humankind has …
“Hard Drive demonstrates M.Christian isn’t just one of our finest erotica writers. He isn’t just a leading thinker on the ever-changing interplay of sexuality, society, and science. He’s the best at showing how our sexuality, whatever the time or place or technology, makes us human.”– Cynthia Ward, author of The …
SF Reader – Q&A with Robert Beatty, author of Willa of the Wood and the Serafina Book Series 1. What inspires your writing the most? I’m the father of three girls, so I enjoy writing stories for them and with them about brave and unusual girls with heroic hearts. In the …
VIZ MEDIA’S HAIKASORU SCIENCE FICTION IMPRINT RELEASES TOBI HIROTAKA’S THE THOUSAND YEAR BEACH An Idyllic World Inhabited By A.I. Beings Faces Extinction From Malevolent Invaders San Francisco, CA, May 22, 2018 – VIZ Media’s Haikasoru science fiction imprint delivers a new literary release with the publication of THE THOUSAND YEAR …
Master fantasy novelist Robert Jackson Bennett, who has just been named a finalist for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Series and the 2018 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. He’s is at it again with the first book in a series that will top everything he’s done before. With …
Don’t miss the highly anticipated first book in the new series set in the world of Serafina from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Beatty: WILLA OF THE WOOD (On Sale July 10, 2018), a riveting mystery about a young nightspirit torn between the day world and her forest …
A gritty, irreverent fantasy debut for fans of The Lord of the Rings, Sons of Anarchy, Dungeons & Dragons, and World of Warcraft Jonathan French’s debut novel, THE GREY BASTARDS (Crown; on sale June 19, 2018), is a raucous, blood-soaked adventure that approaches the epic fantasy genre from an entirely new angle. Originally self-published, it won …
“Packing an emotional punch, this meditation on the agency of these women is heartbreaking and intricately layered.” –Kirkus Reviews Before there was Harry and Meghan, or Kate and Will, there was Henry and Katharine. And Henry and Anne. And Henry and Jane… and well, you get the point. The love …
LINCOLN PEIRCE, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BIG NATE SERIES, TO PUBLISH NEW ILLUSTRATED MIDDLE-GRADE NOVEL WITH CROWN BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS MAX AND THE MIDKNIGHTS to be published January 8, 2019 “Max is epic fun!” —Jeff Kinney, New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series “Fantastic! I loved …
The past holds secrets, can one P.I. dig deep enough to save a dying world? Authors Warren Hammond and Joshua Viola join up to produce a new cyberpunk franchise where Red Fever stalks the streets. Hex Publishers would like to invite you to immerse yourself in the Denver Moon world …
On sale January 23, 2018 Chandler Klang Smith’s debut novel, THE SKY IS YOURS (Hogarth; on sale January 23, 2018), is a fantastical literary epic with enough intelligence and imagination to match Lev Grossman’s The Magicians and David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas. This book has been eight years in the making. Clearly a young master of her …
ODYSSEY’S LIVE, ONLINE WRITING CLASSES DIG DEEP INTO TOP CHALLENGES FACED BY WRITERS The Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit known for offering some of the best programs in the world for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror, is offering three live, intensive online classes this winter. …
Random House Children’s Books (U.S.), in coordination with Penguin Random House Children’s and David Fickling Books in the U.K., announces plans surrounding the launch campaign for the landmark publication of Philip Pullman’s long-awaited THE BOOK OF DUST: La Belle Sauvage (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers). THE BOOK OF DUST is a work in three …
What inspired you to create the Monstertown Mystery series? As kids, my best friend Billy and I were serious monster lovers. I had the hand-painted models of Frankenstein’s Monster, Wolfman, and the Mummy, and we knew every Universal monster movie by heart. In fact, the first book I ever wrote …
Here’s a fantastic deal on science fiction adventure ebooks that also supports the SFWA, who advocates for science fiction and fantasy writers and assists them with medical and legal expenses. Open Road Media has partnered with Humble Bundle and SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) to offer 24 …
By CrystalWizard What inspired you the most to write The Adventurers Guild? Nick: We were most directly inspired by our experiences playing Dungeons & Dragons. We only started playing about a decade ago, but we were instantly obsessed with it, going so far as to write elaborate back-stories and detailed …
As you bring the Hunter story line to a close, are you feeling sad that it’s over or are you happy to have finished? And why? I’m sad that it’s over. I really enjoyed doing this story, and it was a great change from my usual high-fantasy setting. Joy is …
PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING A NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL “Star Trek vs. Star Wars – A New Hope” is a graphic novel by Chuck Weiss. (The name may be familiar to older Trek fans as the co-owner of The Federation Trading Post, in the 1970s. With stores in Berkeley, California and New …
