AeTribers News, anyone?

Well, hmm. Recent sales? Shadowed Realms (New Australian on-line flash fiction mag.)

But in what seems a new trend, I've received six emails from different magazines in the past couple weeks telling me that I'm "on their short list," and "we'll let you know in a couple weeks."

Sheesh. You can't argue with news like that, but on the other hand . . .

:-)

Just moved to Seattle. Look at all these writers here! Damn, I better get on the stick.

Current writing includes a major portion of "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination" for the Boston Museum of Science (www.mos.org/doc/1293). Today in a three-way conference between yours truly in Seattle, my producer in San Francisco, and the Boston team, I learned that James Earl Jones is interested in seeing the current draft of my script as the next step in deciding whether he will be its narrator.

My book is out. ACCORDING TO CROW was published by Five Star Books, and so far garnered some nice reviews. Links to reviews and online places that sell the book are at www.ekaterinasedia.com/novels.htm

Shocklines has autographed copies.

Also, the stunning image in my icon is the cover of the premiere issue of Jabberwocky, a new magazine/anthology of poetry and short fiction from Prime books (www.primebooks.net)

Just found out that my publisher took an ad for the newest book (CURSE THE DARK, out now!) in the Village Voice, here in NYC. Very much a non-genre audience. Am still giggling-proud over that...

(also the Library Journal review that mentioned both Dan Brown and Umberto Eco in favorable comments of the above book)

And am just home from Necon, so the above may not be coherent. If not, sorry (and, B, I saw your e-mail and will respond after sleep restores some brain cells)

Most recent news is the sale of a novelette, "Empty Places," to Realms of Fantasy and a novella, HEREAFTER AND AFTER, to PS Publishing in the UK. Assuming everything is on schedule, the novella will be published as a signed, limited edition in late 2006.

Latest news? My story "The Queen's Wood" is in the latest issue of Realms of Fantasy, and my story "A Better Place" will be in a forthcoming issue. Also, I just sold a story I cowrote with Mikal Trimm to the new webzine, Son and Foe. Plenty of excitement here!

My most recent news:

My fantasy poem, "An Enchantment, With Apples" appeared in _OnSpec_ Spring 2005 issue, out this month.

A sale of a flash fiction piece, "The Mirror King", to _Flash Me Magazine_, and should appear in the July 31st, 2005 issue.

Finalist in the Writers of the Future Contest 2nd Quarter 2005 with "Come-From-Aways". It didn't win a top prize but there's still a chance it might be published in the next volume.

Tony

Been meaning to post here for a while, then got all humble...

First off, I'm happy to report that Aeon will be running my story "The Brotherhood of Trees" in an upcoming issue (maybe #6)!

Also, I learned over the Fourth of July holiday that my paranormal romance novel sold to Five Star Expression. The name of the book is Heart's Revenge, and it'll come out under a pseudonym, Julia C. Porter (because nobody would buy a romance written by a GUY, would they?). This will make my first novel publication.

Woo-hoo!

Michael Jasper

Well, I won second place in this year's Rhysling Awards for a short poem.

(Not a novel, admittedly, but it's better than sniffing charcoal dust...)

(Carrie pulls head out of work at last, long enough to check out tribe postings -- and preview of Aeon 4, woo hoo!)
My first sale to Asimov's (hard market to crack, only took me 13 years!) is out in the current August issue. "A Birth."

carrie, back to work

Writing news? HAH! The last writing I did was Frank Wu's bio for Baycon. Writing bios for Frank is a lot of fun, but I want to make up my fictional characters.

One more week under the thumb of my evil manager, Spawn. Then I will be a free woman (until the money runs out).

Somebody give me a deadline. I can't function without deadlines anymore. Say, a month to send you a brand new story. To reject, but hey. It'll be a new story!

Oh--Gary belongs here, but never writes, so--did you hear he sold another one to Gordon?

Yeah, well, I WAS a triber for a while, but then didn't figure out how to use the damn thing. THanks, Bridget, for the kick-in-butt reminder email. <g> I've become member 69 (Dudes!) of the Aeon Tribe ...is there a prize or something?

No sales or writing news, but our magazine, TALEBONES, has a new issue just out, #30, available at our site: www.talebones.com

Our book company, Fairwood Press, also has the first novel of fellow-Tribe-mate Jay Lake called ROCKET SCIENCE. www.fairwoodpress.com. Yeah, we're like Bridget & Marti...one website for our ventures ain't enough!

It's summer, so I AM getting a little writing in, despite the numerous projects I'm working on. That's good. I'm into a novel a little ways. Honna's working great guns on one too, and her first is in an agent's hands...

Anyway, good to be here. ~Patrick Swenson

Wow. Reading the thread, I find myself in stellar company. I can't believe I've just turned fifty and finally - FINALLY - have stories being published. (Can't believe I'm fifty.) I'd like to imagine this was because my stories were all far ahead of the times, but more likely it's because speculative fiction has finally come into its own. Or because I'm a better writer. But since Margaret Atwood confessed to writing science fiction, what I do seems validated somehow. {g}

I have a novel coming out at the end of the year called "Erasing Sherlock. " And sold a story to an anthology called Modern Magic, which hasn't come out. But it all happened this year. So very much of the good.

I wasn't able to look at the preview and the link doesn't get me to a page with Aeon Four.

Howdy folks! Just wrapping up a weekend with Ken Rand in town. He's been a delightful guest. Jen and I crashed his "From Idea to Story in 90 Seconds" class at the Willamette Writers Conference -- it's the best presentation I've ever seen on how to pull down story ideas and translate them into stories and of course, we've filled in all the time-gaps with shop talk and witty repartee.

In other news, sold a story to Son & Foe for their premiere issue. (Patrick, it was one I wrote for TB Live one year.

So will I be seeing any of you co-Northwesterners at the WotF Awards Ceremony on the 19th? I'm pretty jazzed up and it looks like they have an action packed week for us. I'm catching a train up on Friday 8/12, Jen is following by car on the 17th. If I don't see you then, I'll be at Cascadia.