Archive for April, 2010

David B. Coe April 23rd 2010

ROBIN HOOD and “Creative Ownership”

So, I’m starting off with a little self-promotion. I have written the novelization for the new Ridley Scott treatment of Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. The movie will be released on May 14; the book comes out next Tuesday, April 27. I have always wanted to write a media tie-in; I always [...]

Diana Pharaoh Francis April 17th 2010

I Love It When A Plan Comes Together

Actually, it’s not a “plan” per se, but I love it when I’ve laid some groundwork and suddenly it comes together–as in suddenly it weaves together with the rest of the story and adds to the plot and the characters. In that moment, it’s like the angels sing and chocolate falls from the sky. The [...]

Marie Brennan April 16th 2010

The problem of the Childlike Empress

“Women and children first.” It’s a familiar phrase: the building is on fire, or the ship is sinking, or there’s some other crisis that necessitates rescue or evacuation, and so the men step aside to let the women and children get to safety first. The reasons for this are numerous, but I want to tease [...]

S.C. Butler April 15th 2010

Heroines Who Don’t Kick Ass

 Don’t get me wrong.  I love heroines who kick ass.  If Buffy called on me to join her battling evil in the pits of hell, I’d jump at the chance, trusting that she’d get me home at least as safely as John Carter or Aragorn.  But I read a book the other day which was [...]

Kelly McCullough April 11th 2010

Just For Silly’s Sake—The Dragon Diaries (updated)

This is how my brain amuses itself when I’m too sick to read* or do anything else that takes real focus. Dragon diaries in twitter size chunks: Hatched today. A nice man was waiting for me with harness and food. He wanted to be my friend. I said yes. Then I ated him. Alternatively. I [...]

Alma Alexander April 5th 2010

Pros at Cons

At one convention, maybe a year or so ago, this was an actual title of a panel I was on – “Pros at Cons”.  The idea was to explore what a professional (writer, or artist) actually DOES at a convention, how they might approach it differently from the reader, gamer or fan attendee.   [For [...]

Mindy Klasky April 1st 2010

Feeling Like A Fool

I’m not a big fan of April Fools Day, in general.  I don’t like to see people taken advantage of, and I think that too many April Fools jokes have meanness at their core, instead of cleverness.  (That said, I have laughed at many a well-thought-out “gotcha”, over the years.) April Fools Day, though, has [...]

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David B. Coe

David B. Coe is the author of eleven fantasy novels, including the books of the LonTobyn Chronicle, Winds of the Forelands, and Blood of the Southlands. He has also written the novelization for the Ridley Scott production of ROBIN HOOD, starring Russell Crowe, that is due out in May 2010. In 1999 he received the Crawford Fantasy Award, given annually by the IAFA to the best new author in fantasy. He has a Ph.D. in United States environmental history and lives on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee with his wife and daughters. Visit site.

Diana Pharaoh Francis

Diana Pharaoh Francis has written the fantasy novel trilogy that includes Path of Fate, Path of Honor and Path of Blood. Path of Fate was nominated for the Mary Roberts Rinehart Award. Recently released was The Turning Tide, third in her Crosspointe Chronicles series (look also for The Cipher and The Black Ship). In October 2009, look for Bitter Night, a contemporary fantasy. Diana teaches in the English Department at the University of Montana Western, and is an avid lover of all things chocolate. Visit site.

Marie Brennan

Marie Brennan is the author of more than thirty short stories and the Onyx Court series of historical fantasy novels, concluding in the upcoming With Fate Conspire (due out September 2011). Visit site.

S.C. Butler

Butler is the author of The Stoneways Trilogy from Tor Books: Reiffen's Choice, Queen Ferris, and The Magician's Daughter. Find out what Reiffen does with magic, and what magic does with him... Visit site.

Kelly McCullough

Kelly McCullough's first novel in the WebMage series, WebMage, was released by Ace in 2006 to considerable critical praise. Cybermancy, and CodeSpell followed in '07 and '08. His 4th, MythOS, is slated for late May '09 with SpellCrash to follow in '10. His short fiction has appeared in numerous venues including Weird Tales, Writers of the Future, and Tales of the Unanticipated. His illustrated collection, The Chronicles of the Wandering Star, is part of a National Science Foundation-funded middle school science curriculum, Interactions in Physical Science. 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.

Mindy Klasky

Mindy Klasky is the author of eleven novels, including WHEN GOOD WISHES GO BAD and HOW NOT TO MAKE A WISH in the As You Wish Series. She also wrote GIRL'S GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT, SORCERY AND THE SINGLE GIRL, and MAGIC AND THE MODERN GIRL, about a librarian who finds out she's a witch. Mindy also wrote the award-winning, best-selling Glasswrights series and the stand-alone fantasy novel, SEASON OF SACRIFICE. Visit site.

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