Posts published in: 2011/10
Quail Ridge Books gets ready for a run of events.
Posted on 2011-10-30 at 20:57 by montsamu
The November events newsletter is just about ready, but I wanted to give a little bit of space to Quail Ridge Books this evening, as they're hosting a run of sf events in November and into December.
First up is a recently-added event for L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s SCHOLAR on Wednesday, November 9 at 7:30 pm:
Then, while Doc does not fall under the rubric of speculative fiction, Mary Doria Russell, author of the spectacular science fiction novel The Sparrow, is reading on Tuesday, November 15, at 7:30 pm:
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Fantasy novel from a Connecticut 13 year old with Crohn's Disease.
Posted on 2011-10-28 at 13:35 by montsamu
http://www.sarah-story.com/sarahs-writing/
Chronicles a bit of the struggles of a young girl with Crohn's Disease, and talks about her short fantasy novel which was self-published in Nook, Kindle, and (free) ePub form. It's not the greatest story ever told (contemporary fantasy, Ash, Rayne, the council and its Head) but it's probably a good step up from my efforts at that age :) (if I were foolish enough to read what I have safely boxed away in my closet, I suppose a comparison could be made, but really
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Closing to poetry submissions until (at least) January.
Posted on 2011-10-27 at 17:59 by montsamu
Hey all. Still open for fiction until (planned) December 1, but we're now closed to poetry submissions until (at least) January. I've updated the guidelines page to reflect this. We've got a full slate of poetry through issue 8 and more, along with some fun things which Dan hasn't announced. Also, if anyone has a poetry submission pending, that they should hear from Dan within 2 weeks. So: get writing! No need to rush. We'll be here when you're ready. -Sam
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Bull Spec contributors at World Fantasy Conference 2011
Posted on 2011-10-24 at 16:24 by montsamu
The 2011 World Fantasy Conference program is out, along with day-by-day event listings. As San Diego is a bit of a walk from Durham, once again I'll live vicariously through poking through the program and filtering for Bull Spec contributors.
THURSDAY:
9 pm: Pacific 1: Out From Under the Bed: Monster as Protagonist - Nick Mamatas (story, "Oh, Harvard Square!" in issue #4)
FRIDAY:
1 pm: Pacific 6/7: Reading - Cat Rambo (story, "The Coffeemaker's Passion" in issue #5)
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Breaking event news: Quail Ridge Books to host L.E. Modesitt Jr. for SCHOLAR on Wednesday, Nov 9 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 2011-10-20 at 17:16 by montsamu
Quail Ridge Books event manager Rene Martin let me know that L.E. Modesitt Jr. will be coming to town for a reading of Scholar, the latest in his Imager Portfolio series, on Wednesday, November 9th at 7:30 PM:
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Last minute call for advertisers for issue 7.
Posted on 2011-10-18 at 21:12 by montsamu
Well, this is pretty much a cut and paste job from a few months ago, but: Still haven't sold the back cover ($250) or both front inside cover ($150) and back inside cover ($100) for issue 7. Full color, 8.5x11. Publication date November 8, on newsstands until late January. Final art due October 31. Contact [email protected] for details. Previous back covers have included Pyr, Tor, Solaris, and ConTemporal. Also have black and white full page space at $50. Thanks! Front inside cover runs opposite the table of
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Some 'new-new' updates to the newsletter and some other fun bits.
Posted on 2011-10-06 at 1:57 by montsamu
One of the first things which always happens when I send out the monthly events newsletter is: I immediately learn of several things coming up which I didn't include in the newsletter. For the events, I did go back and add them to the October newsletter -- search for "NEW-NEW".
OCTOBER
7 (Friday), 7 pm: Hillsborough author John Claude Bemis reads from The White City, the last book in his The Clockwork Dark trilogy from Random House Books for Young Readers, at The Regulator Bookshop: http://www
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Three bits of local author news.
Posted on 2011-10-04 at 20:37 by montsamu
Three bits of local author news, in order of when I heard about them: Dan Campbell, Michael Jasper, and Richard Dansky.
- Dan Campbell's short story "Where Sea and Sky Kiss" was published this morning at Daily Science Fiction. Sent to e-mail subscribers, it will later be posted online, and finally be part of their monthly Kindle edition. I had a chance to read it and if you're a fan of Dan's, well, you won't be disappointed at all. I don't want to give anything away, and I don't have time to figure out
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Spec Poetry News: The Moment of Change
Posted on 2011-10-04 at 20:6 by Dan Campbell
Rose Lemberg has announced the Table of Contents for The Moment of Change: An Anthology of Feminist Speculative Poetry, and it will include three poems and three poets who appeared (or soon will appear) in Bull Spec!
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As of late last night, this is what you'll get if you submit a story:
Posted on 2011-10-02 at 17:55 by montsamu
Thanks for sending a story to Bull Spec! We are indeed open and reading submissions as of October 1, and yours has been received and tagged into the submissions process. Where it goes from here is: a first reader (right now: me) will take a look, and decide whether it looks like something that the fiction editors, Natania Barron and Eric Gregory, should consider. You may hear directly back from a first reader via a form letter in the case of a rejection, or you'll be notified when and if the story is
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