Chaz Brenchley will be reading ghost stories along with Gail-Nina Anderson and Sean O’Brien on Thursday, Aug. 4 at the Lit & Phil in Newcastle upon Tyne at 7 PM. This is part of an ongoing series of twice yearly … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2011
by Sherwood Smith Every so often discussions rise about writing for kids, sometimes after yet another celebrity who has never written anything, and doesn’t seem familiar with children’s literature, can’t resist trying their hand–and more often than not, bombing totally. … Continue reading
by Chris Dolley Well, only the one, but it feels like more:) Yes, we have succumbed. After Gypsy’s passing this spring, at the incredibly ripe old age for an enormous dog of 16½, we decided to wait a while before … Continue reading
by Laura Anne Gilman Last week, we discussed how to know when it’s time to end a relationship with your agent. That – although emotionally wrenching – was the easy part. When it comes time to part ways with your … Continue reading
by Phyllis Irene Radford The weekend of July 22-24 saw PDX Gear Con, Portland, Oregon’s first convention dedicated solely to Steampunk. Since I sold my first SF/F trilogy in 1993, I’ve attended a lot of Cons, big and small, successful … Continue reading
By Nancy Jane Moore In my post last week on favorite literary fiction, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird showed up on many of the lists posted in the comments. It’s generally considered one of the great books of the … Continue reading
By Phyllis Irene Radford Two years ago I immersed myself in all things Steampunk when I first agreed to help edit “The Shadow Conspiracy, Tales from the Age of Steam,” for the Book View Café. Little did I know … Continue reading
By Brenda Clough This is one of my favorite artistic efforts, a foray into a medium I usually don’t dabble in: cartooning. Inspired by our steampunk stories, Chris Dolley wrote several stories about a steampunk Jeeves and Wooster. At Book … Continue reading
I’ve corralled Greg Frost into kicking off a reading series I’m hosting in Reading, PA. For years I’ve fantasized about an independent bookstore opening up in my town and in May my dreams came true. I wasted no time meeting … Continue reading
When my parents first bought The Barn it was a working structure: a big double barn full of dust, hay, the feces of various species (cow, horse, chicken, bat, bird, mouse, porcupine…) and the accumulated tat of well over a … Continue reading