There were a few publishing stories in the news this week, but nothing which I had any strong opinions about. Although some of the readership may feel more strongly about things than me so I’ll briefly discuss them up here…
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NPR’s top 100 Sci-fi and Fantasy Books
This is a new undertaking I’m starting on my personal blog. I wanted to share it with the Foil & Phaser community as well.
Tagged with: book reviews, books, fantasy, Foil & Phaser, reading, science fiction
Posted in Book Reviews, Non-Fiction
Posted in Book Reviews, Non-Fiction
Short Story: Sojourner
This was one of my submissions to the Sword and Laser anthology. It didn’t get accepted, but I hope you all enjoy it anyway. Once mission control gave us the okay, Q and I fumbled our way out of confinement and stared…
Tagged with: Foil & Phaser, Manned mission to Mars, Mars, online writing, science fiction, short story, Space exploration
Posted in Renegade Anthology, Science Fiction, Short Story (<7500 words)
Posted in Renegade Anthology, Science Fiction, Short Story (<7500 words)
Apple Found Guilty of Price Fixing
On Wednesday morning, Judge Denise Cote issued her ruling against Apple in the ebook price fixing trial. Deciding that Apple acted in violation of United States antitrust laws when it entered into agreements with five of the biggest book publishers…
Tagged with: Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Apple, Apple Trial, E-book, Foil & Phaser, News, Publishing
Posted in Non-Fiction, Publishing
Posted in Non-Fiction, Publishing
Short fiction markets and small press links
Paying Short Fiction and Small/Indie Press Markets These links are going to be added to the resources menu sometime in the not too distant future, but until then enjoy. This list does not represent a complete list of paying short…
Tagged with: fantasy, Foil & Phaser, online writing, science fiction, Writers Resources
Posted in Non-Fiction
Posted in Non-Fiction
News and Views: Penguin Random House merger and Google Books Trial
This week will be a double-dip for news and views with two big news stories in the book world: The merger of Penguin and Random House and the ruling in favor of Google in the Google Books case. First, Penguin…
Tagged with: Foil & Phaser, Google, Google Book, Google Books Library Project, News, online writing, Penguin, Penguin Random House, Publishing, Random House, writing
Posted in Non-Fiction
Posted in Non-Fiction
Dead Story: Space Cowboy Trail
This will be the first inauguration of Dead Story Day here on Foil and Phaser. What is dead story day? A day to post a story in any condition. Got an outline you want to write the story for, but…
Tagged with: Dead Story Day, Foil and Phaser, online communities, online writing, science fiction
Posted in Abandoned Story, Fiction
Posted in Abandoned Story, Fiction
Kindle Worlds went live this week
Kindle Worlds, Amazon’s self-publishing market for fan fiction went live earlier this week. The idea is to allow authors of fan fiction to publish their stories via the existing epublishing model established on Amazon for original works of fiction. However,…
Tips and Tricks for Using Science in Fiction
When writing fiction, an author will often wish to include science, scientific concepts, or other facts and ideas drawn from the real world. Sometimes this works to the author’s advantage, sometimes it falls flat. In this article I will discuss…
