My husband, fellow Book View Café writer Dave Trowbridge, and I have languished in the condition known as Dog Withdrawal. Our wonderful old German Shepherd Dog, Oka, died last April from leukemia at the august age of 12 ½ (GSDs … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2014
The first sad truth about marketing fiction of any kind is this, and you are just going to have to deal with it: EDITORS DO NOT BUY STORIES BECAUSE THEY ARE WELL WRITTEN. Accept it. Memorize it. Put it up … Continue reading
Antisocial Sonnet #4 Obsession The lady lingers long before the mirror Distressed by what she sees below her belt: An image so distorted by her fear It wrings from her an outcry most heartfelt. “My butt’s too big!” she cries. … Continue reading
Ursula K. Le Guin will sign her collection The Wild Girls at the PM Press booth, South Hall #601, Saturday, March 1st, 2014, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m., AWP Conference, Seattle, WA. Click Here for Online Schedule … Continue reading
I’d like to see more imagination in the development of legal and government systems in science fiction. The use of monarchies or feudal societies in far future stories particularly annoys me, because it assumes that human beings won’t ever change … Continue reading
Recently Finished . . . Dog-Nabbed, by Susan J. Kroupa In this third delightful Doodlebugged mystery, Doodle, the labradoodle trained to sniff out bedbugs, is taken to the Appalachian hills by Molly’s dad (“the boss”) to visit Molly’s grandparents, … Continue reading
Every year Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) hosts an award weekend at which they honor the best in SF and fantasy fiction. This year, Book View Café is thrilled to announce that one of our own—Linda Nagata—has … Continue reading
Recently I’ve been having trouble with my contact lenses. I’ve worn them so long – over 50 years –that most of the time I don’t even think about how different the world looks when my vision isn’t corrected. Like many … Continue reading
Hot off the presses! Gregory Frost’s novelette, “No Others Are Genuine,” is a finalist for the Bram Stoker award in the Long Fiction category. The Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for “superior achievement” in dark fantasy … Continue reading
In the category of wacky things Book View Cafe authors do when they’re not writing, my husband Jeff (that is, Chef Jeff Vader, All-powerful God of Biscuits) has posted a new video of one of our parodies on Youtube. Here … Continue reading