Category: Other People’s Books
Two lovely QOTDs for my fellow writers and readers
| June 16, 2011 | Posted by annathepiper under Other People's Books, Writing |
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From this post by The Rejectionist:
Underneath everything, underneath the machinations of the industry and the terrible dance of agent-getting and submissions, underneath the despair and joy and wild mood swings, underneath the misery and extraordinary grace of trying to make art–underneath it all, we just want to sit together and tell stories.
Meanwhile, over on John Scalzi’s Whatever, today’s Big Idea post for Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey gives you this bit of YES:
Writing genre fiction is undignified. Reading genre fiction is undignified. If we’re going to do this, it should be joyful. We should create a little literary pocket universe where we can shuck off the irony and defensiveness and care about these imaginary people, and weep for them, feel awe when they’re awed, triumph with them when they win, and grieve with them when they fail. If there is any sense of wonder to be had, it’s there. Wonder is what we come here for.
THIS. THIS SO MUCH. That bit of that post alone has convinced me to go get that book.
Signal-boosting for Norilana Books: Foreclosure/Moving Sale
| April 19, 2011 | Posted by annathepiper under Other People's Books |
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Hey folks, for those of you who haven’t seen this news elsewhere, Vera Nazarian, who runs Norilana Books, has lost her home to foreclosure and is having to move across the country. To try to offset the cost of this, she’s having a huge Foreclosure/Moving Sale of Norilana titles. Details can be found here.
Buy something if you can, and if nothing else, pass the word on! Because foreclosure sucks.
A Warder walks her city
| January 30, 2011 | Posted by annathepiper under Other People's Books, Writing |
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Every single writer who reads my journals knows a fundamental truth: rejection letters are part of the business. Doesn’t mean they’re not a punch in the gut every time you get one. The trick is how to deal with them in a constructive way.
I got one yesterday, and it struck me particularly badly since a couple of folks I know have had the recent awesome fortune of landing agents. The last thing I wanted to do though was whinge to the Internet about yet another rejection letter. Instead, I opted to get out of the house for a while. And although I had the phone with me, I tried to make a point of minimally checking the Internet, too, to eliminate the temptation to whinge. I thought it’d be way more constructive if I got out and did some exercise and maybe spent some time checking various used bookstores for a couple of books I want.
This wound up taking me all the way into downtown Seattle, then back up through the U-district and Ravenna, and finally into Lake City, Kenmore, and home. I walked about four miles all told and visited a total of eight bookstores, and I rode four different busses through the course of the afternoon. And even though I didn’t find the books I was looking for, I did come home with two others: Bloodshot, the new one by 
cmpriest
By the time I got home I felt less depressed and more at peace. Today, I have sent out more query letters and have felt more like getting back to work. One of today’s queries is in fact going out by snailmail, which is unusual for me since I tend to focus on the people who take email queries–but I’m needing to go farther afield now to find the people who represent more flavors of fantasy than “urban”.
How do you deal with rejection letters, my fellow writers?
Plug for Crossed Genre and the Aether Age
| December 5, 2010 | Posted by annathepiper under Other People's Books |
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The folks over at Crossed Genres have released their first novel: A Festival of Skeletons, by New Zealand author R.J. Astruc. It’s described as a novel of “zombies, necromancers, merkind, serial killers and cross-dressing”, so if that sounds fun, you might want to check it out! It’s available from Amazon in both print and Kindle formats, and they’re also selling a 7-format ebook bundle for the electronically inclined.
Meanwhile, y’all may remember that I’ve already plugged the Aether Age anthology. Well, that’s finally released! You can pick that up from Amazon or from Barnes and Noble. The publisher’s page for it isn’t off of pre-order status yet, but you can keep an eye on that over here!
Signal boosting: Call for submissions for Gay City anthology
| November 1, 2010 | Posted by annathepiper under Other People's Books |
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Forwarding this on behalf of Eric Andrews-Katz, mentioned below. If you think this might be your cup of tea, follow the link he provides over to information about his anthology!
Howdy,
Please find below an Open Call for submission for both Writers and Artists/comics/photographers for the new anthology, Gay City. Vol. 4 – At Second Glance. Please feel free to pass this on to anyone you might think is interested and if there are any community boards that it can be posted on, that would be very much appreciated. I’ve included an on-line link for your convenience.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Eric Andrews-KatzOn line link:
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/10/26/submission-call-gay-city-vol-4-at-second-glance/At Second Glance
Open Call for Submissions: Gay City: Volume 4-At Second Glance ~Familiar stories from different views
Edited by: Eric Andrews-Katz & Vincent Kovar
Gay City’s Mission is to promote the health of gay/bisexual men and prevent HIV transmission by building community, fostering communication, and nurturing self-esteem. This year, our anthology series continues with volume 4: At Second Glance.
There are always at least two viewpoints of every story and yet, we usually only hear one side. In the tradition of WICKED, The Red Tent and The Mists of Avalon, a different perspective can provide an entirely different story than the commonly known tale; the other side of the looking glass, so to speak. You are encouraged to experiment with sexual and cultural norms, technology and historical events. Sensuality is fine, but please no erotica.
More at the link!
Dorchester continuing to implode
| October 20, 2010 | Posted by annathepiper under Other People's Books, Publishing |
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I suspect that many of you who’ll see this post are already following the fine ladies at Smart Bitches Trashy Books. But in case you aren’t, SB Sarah put up this post today with the last round of what’s been an ongoing saga of WTF from Dorchester, a romance publisher that’s been in severe financial straits.
Dorchester’s been handling this in very strange ways, and the latest round of it is quite alarming, especially if you happen to be an author: many Dorchester authors haven’t been paid royalties for their titles for years now, and others are beginning to report that despite the fact that rights for their works have reverted to them, Dorchester is continuing to digitally sell them as well as offer them for free as Kindle downloads.
This is unacceptable. So if you’re a romance reader, please be on the lookout for Dorchester titles, and avoid buying them if you can. (SB Sarah provides links off to other posts about the topic, and the affected authors she mentions are posting in the comments, asking readers to refrain from buying the freely offered books and instead sit tight until they can provide digital copies that they’re selling themselves.)
Some potential Awesome
| September 27, 2010 | Posted by annathepiper under Drollerie Press, Other People's Books |
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Courtesy of upstart_crow
More details over here!
Oh, and while I’m on the topic of queer anthologies, it also behooves me to plug Drollerie Press’ own forthcoming queer antho Hellebore and Rue. Aptly enough, upstart_crow
Details on Hellebore and Rue are over here.
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