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The State of Black Sci F week 4: Giveaway and something about my novel

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Administrator

Back in 2010 I decided to participate in Nano for the first time. National Novel Writing Month, Nano for short, happens every November, and participants attempt to write 50,000 words in a month. I decided to write a sci fi … Continue reading →

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The State of Black Sci Fi, week 3: Why Is it important to show race, culture, minority politics or ethnicity in SciFi?

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Administrator

Why Is it important to show race, culture, minority politics or ethnicity in SciFi? Are you kidding me? I mean, come on. Race, culture, minority politics, and ethnicity all play a huge role in the real world. Why would I … Continue reading →

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State of Black SciFi 2012: Why I love Black Sci Fi?

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Administrator

I was already a die-hard sci fi fan by age 10. A self-confessed book addict, by the time I was a teen ager, I haunted both the local library and the drug store looking for new reading material. Books were … Continue reading →

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The State of Black Speculative Fiction

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Administrator

I am excited to participate in a seven-week online event celebrating the State of Black Science Fiction 2012. Each participating writer will blog once a week on a common topic. Today’s is “The State of Black Science Fiction.” There will … Continue reading →

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Preditors and Editors poll results

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Administrator

Ihe cover for “Lifelines” by Lin Neiswender won third place in book/ebook cover art in the Preditors & Editors™ Readers’ Poll. Also the Poetic Muselings placed third in poets category. Our anthology, “Lifelines”, placed tenth in anthologies in the anthologies … Continue reading →

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Interview with author Kristin Battestella

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Administrator

Tell us about yourself. Oh this is always the tough part! I always feel pretentious when talking about myself or my books- and that’s half of all the promotion! There’s not much to tell really. I’d still say I’m a … Continue reading →

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The Story Behind Don’t Look Back, Agnes and In This House

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Administrator
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Our anthology and us muselings in Preditors and Editors poll

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Administrator

The cover of “Lifeline,” the Poetic Muselings’ anthology, with artwork by Lin Neiswender, has been nominated in the P and E book/ebook cover artwork category. Our cover, our anthology, and us poets are all in the Preditors and Editors poll: … Continue reading →

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More: Our Anthology, us, and cover nominated in the Preditors and Editors poll

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Administrator

The cover of “Lifeline,” the Poetic Muselings’ anthology, with artwork by Lin Neiswender, has been nominated in the P and E book/ebook cover artwork category. Check it out, and if you like it, please vote. http://www.critters.org/predpoll/bookart.shtml Poetic Muselings poets http://critters.org/predpoll/poet.shtml … Continue reading →

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Poetic Inspiration: Other People’s Poems

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Administrator

Check out my post on the Poetic Muselings blog on being inspired by other people’s poems. Read Mark Wyndham’s poem, and the one I wrote in response.

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