Archive for January, 2008

Thu
31
Jan

Eureka 2

7:44 am

I’m grateful for the TV writers’ strike. Truly I am. With no more LOST or Prison Break to catch up on, I finally have time for other activities, such as judging book contest entries and putting final touches on “Murder @ Play”.

Alas, every few months, I begin to miss TV, and Wonder Years reruns only stretch so far. That’s why I was ecstatic to discover that Eureka 2 had been canned - so to speak

Thu
24
Jan

A word about Escape Velocity

4:38 am

Escape Velocity is a brilliant new publication of Science Fact and Fiction. Today we’re talking to one of the editors, Geoff Nelder.

1. Give us your editorial take on Escape Velocity. What made you start on the project? What was the most challenging thing about it? The funniest?

Several notions urged me to suggest to Robert Blevins at Adventure Books of Seattle that we should entertain the

Thu
17
Jan

Amazon.com contest

3:19 pm

I have some good news: I am one of the 1000 semi finalists in the Amazon Novel contest: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001200CFK with my general fiction novel, “Substitute wives”. If you find the time to read the 5000 words and post a review, I would be very grateful…

Wed
9
Jan

Talking to Joyce A. Anthony

4:41 pm

Joyce A. Anthony the person:

1. What three words do you think describe you as a human being?
Stubborn, giver, advocate

2. How do you think others would describe you?
Fun, wordy, kind-hearted

3. Please tell us what you are most passionate about outside of writing.
Stopping the abuse of children and animals!!!

4. Do you have any pets? If so, introduce us to them.
No pets, but lots of fur/

2008 is a happy new year so far: my contributor’s copy of “Escape Velocity - The Magazine of Science Fact and Fiction”, Issue 1 Volume 1, arrived this morning. I’m blown away. When people say “magazine”, I picture something flimsy and probably stapled, so even all the positive reviews could not prepare me for what I received: something that looks just like a quality novel, except that its size is