Archive for August, 2007
August 8th 2007
Videopost: interview with Joshua Palmatier
At Confluence, a Pittsburgh area convention, I saw down and asked Joshua Palmatier to talk about himself and his books. The sound might be a bit low, as we had no mics, just an iBook recording us. Enjoy!
August 7th 2007
The Name Game
I recently received an email from a reader about how I “come up” with the names of my characters. I always have fun when naming my characters (and no one else can argue about it - unlike with my children - can you believe my husband wanted a say??). I own 5 baby name books, and am on […]
August 6th 2007
Is the novel dead?
At 28, I’m usually the youngest novelist at any given gathering of authors. It’s not something I brag about, but it’s endlessly pointed out to me that I’m a young turk. And one of the interesting things that happens is that I’m often asked by older authors, and other people, “why are you investing in […]
August 5th 2007
Caught up in the Rapture…
…no, not THAT one.
It’s the kind of rapture that has at one time or another swept away every one of us here on this board, or we would not be here at all. And there are many more who are out there who are in its power, and will immediately understand what I mean […]
August 4th 2007
Welcome back!
Welcome back to SF Novelists. Over a year ago when we first created this site it was planned to be a gathering place for readers to find out about science fiction and fantasy novelists, and get to hang out.
The initial site aggregated feeds from all our personal blogs and pointed out our latest novels. Now […]
Author Information
Tobias Buckell
Tobias is a professional blogger, freelance writer, and author of 2 novels. His Caribbean roots often inform his fiction, but so does his love of technology, science, and the rapidly changing world all around us. Visit site.
Maria V. Snyder
Maria V. Snyder has been writing fiction and nonfiction since 1995. She has published numerous freelance articles in magazines and newspapers. Her first published novel, Poison Study appeared on the shelves in 2005, and chronicles Yelena’s challenges in surviving her dangerous job as a food taster. Magic Study follows with Yelena’s efforts to learn about her magic while searching for a rogue magician turned serial killer. Fire Study chronicles Yelena's adventures with a Fire Warper and was released in March 2008. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Maria earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology at Penn State University. Much to Maria’s chagrin, forecasting the weather wasn’t one of her skills. Writing, however, proved to be more enjoyable and Maria earned a Master of Arts degree in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. As part of her research for her Study novels, Maria signed up for a glass blowing class to learn how to shape molten glass. The first thing she learned is it is considerably harder to sculpt glass than it looks. Maria now has an extensive collection of misshapened paperweights, tumblers, and bowls. When she’s not traveling, Maria lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, son, daughter and yellow Lab. She is working on her next MIRA novel, Storm Glass, due out Spring 2009. Readers are welcome to contact Maria by e-mail at maria@mariavsnyder.com, or they can find more information on her Web site at www.mariavsnyder.com. Visit site.
Tobias Buckell
Tobias is a professional blogger, freelance writer, and author of 2 novels. His Caribbean roots often inform his fiction, but so does his love of technology, science, and the rapidly changing world all around us. Visit site.
Alma Alexander
Alma Alexander is a Pacific Northwest novelist whose new YA trilogy, "Worldweavers", debuted with "Gift of the Unmage" in March 2007 ("Spellspam" follows in 2008, and "Cybermage" in 2009). Her other books include the internationally acclaimed "The Secrets of Jin Shei". Visit site.
Tobias Buckell
Tobias is a professional blogger, freelance writer, and author of 2 novels. His Caribbean roots often inform his fiction, but so does his love of technology, science, and the rapidly changing world all around us. Visit site.
Topics
- announcements
- Blogroll
- Contributors
- featured posts
- For Novelists
- learning to write
- Not Remotely Writing Related
- our authors
- our books
- publishing trends
- reading
- sampler
- the business of writing
- Uncategorized
- video
- writing process
Archives
Browse our archives:
Member's Writings
You can browse our authors' books out this month, or check out free samples of their work:
...check out more books by us