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  Limit of Vision (science fiction Linda Nagata September 13, 2011     $4.99 ISBN:  978 1 61138 108 5  Description: “LOVs” are a tiny artificial lifeform containing bioengineered human neurons. Three young scientists illegally use implanted LOVs to enhance their cognitive abilities–but when the experiment goes wrong, the consequences are bizarre and unforeseeable.

Dezyrah’s Talk Dirty To Me, my new story is now available!

I wrote this story for an RWA critique session.  My chapter does “hot nights” when the authors bring their sex scenes.  I was feeling pretty cocky, because whatever I decided to bring, people always loved my sex scenes, right?  Then I noticed that the fine print said, “BRING TEN PAGES.”  Turned out that all my [...]

Book View Café Releases Judith Tarr’s WRITING HORSES, The Fine Art of Getting It Right

WRITING HORSES, The Fine Art of Getting It Right (original non-fiction) How far can a horse travel in a day? What does a horse eat? When is a brown horse really a sorrel (or a bay, or a dun)? What do ‘tack’ and ‘withers’ and ‘canter’ mean? Author and horse breeder Judith Tarr answers these [...]

for authors: Novelists, Inc. conference

This is not a comprehensive report on the Novelists, Inc. conference NINC on the Beach just held at St. Pete’s Beach, FL. If you’re a novelist, you may already belong, or you belong to an organization that has reported on it for its members. But the news is out. Ebook sales will outstrip paperback sales [...]

Book View Café Member Phyllis Irene Radford Hosting Giveaway

In celebration of the rerelease of her novel, ENIGMA, (penned under the name C.F. Bentley) Phyllis Irene Radford is giving away three copies of the print book to random Book View Café readers. ENIGMA, the sequel to HARMONY sends High Priestess Sissy, and newly promoted General Jake on another wild adventure in the search for [...]

I’ve got a story in Jam!

Last fall, Oni Press ran a contest for stories by roller derby girls about roller derby.   I pulled characters out of a new story I’m working on in the Jewel & Randy / Brass Bed universe and whomped something up.  And it got in! And the story’s out! Jam! Tales from the World of Roller [...]

Improve Your Writing Through Comic Book Scripting

I learned about plot by writing comic book scripts. Unlike eluki bes shahar, who first suggested this method to me, I did not try sell my scripts. But I learned a very great deal about writing through some fascinating nonverbal techniques. First, I began with a story I had not yet sold. (The story was [...]