John G. Bluck presents sixteen crime and sci-fi short stories in his new book, Florida Grand Theft & Other Tales. Its release date is October 4, 2021. Readers can immediately preorder e-book editions for $2.99; shortly after the book’s release the e-book price will rise to $3.99. Here are some major online bookstores now offering preorders of …
Reena Gupta’s debut work, Career Interrupted, has been published and is available on Amazon. Reena will launch her book at Towne Center Books on September 25, 2021. Launch details can be found here. Monique Richardson’s collection of short stories, The Unlikely Dreamcatcher has been published on Amazon, and is coming soon to Barnes and Noble. …
James Morehead’s poem “landscape (after bert weir)” successfully placed in Wingless Dreamer’s Spring 2021 collection here, and is now on sale. Also, James’s collaboration with Italian animator Gaia Alari, which transformed his poem “tethered” into a hand drawn animation, will be screened at festivals around the world and has already won an award. (https://youtu.be/n4l6vTDK4yE) George Cramer spoke on …
Michelle Cruz Gonzales will present “Inclusive Characterization: Writing ‘the other’ without Stereotypes or Appropriation” at the Tri-Valley Writers September meeting. Gonzales will discuss the delicate balance that is including diverse characters in writing to avoid invisibilizing minoritized groups and doing so in a way that is respectful, artful, and for the right reasons. Drawing on …
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The Community Book Project: Celebrating the Little Things in Life was published June 17, 2021 in both print and ebook formats. This inspirational thought-of-the-day book brings together a community of contributors who wrote brief yet compelling essays about the little things that uplift them and make life more fun and interesting. Participating members and their writings include: …
The Tri-Valley Writers 2021 Conference on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at the Four Points by Sheraton in Pleasanton, is a full day event (8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) on the art and business of writing. It will feature three tracks: Craft, Marketing, & Self-Publishing and New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen as the keynote speaker. Rhys is the New York Times bestselling author …
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Patricia Boyle’s poem, “Unidirectional Flow” (about rivers), won third place in the adult division of Livermore’s 5th annual Science Poetry contest. John Q McDonald‘s short story “The Lorentz Contraction” was accepted for publication on-line in an upcoming issue of Sequestrum Magazine ( https://www.sequestrum.org ) The journal is available as a digital download from Smashwords or print-on-demand from …
The art associations of Livermore, Pleasanton, and Dublin have put Elaine Drew’s talk on cartooning and storyboarding on their YouTube channel here. One of Monique Richardson’s short magical realism stories, “Camera with a Cost,” has captured the attention of the podcast, Pocket Pulp. Here are the links to hear her story beginning April 26, 2021: …
Jeff Casalina published his first novel, a sci-fi adventure, Infinite Wilderness, on March 24, 2021. You can purchase it through Amazon or via Jeff’s website, casalinapublishing.com Michael Ganzberger’s first book, NAIMERA: Absence of Grace,was published in early 2021 through Amazon. It’s a sci-fi techno-thriller. Visit http://ganzberger.com for current news and professional reviews of the NAIMERA series.
Long before the widespread Coronavirus outbreak, Violet Carr Moore wrote her first Sci-Fi short story. In the story, Laura, a travel writer, wanted to leave a protected environment to photograph the Mississippi River, but she was declared terminal and denied government permission to travel. That made her more determined to accomplish her travel goal. Nathan, …
