Posts Tagged "Martha Wells"

• Martha Wells: So Long and Thanks for all the Fish

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  This is my last post on the Night Bazaar, and thanks very much to Courtney for all her hard work on this blog. It’s been a lot of fun.

  Books I’m Looking Forward to in 2012

  Cold Steel by Kate Elliott
  The final book in the Spiritwalker trilogy.

  Ran Away by Barbara Hambly
  The next in the Benjamin January historical mystery series. This series is set in 1830s New Orleans.

  Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch
  The next book after Moon Over Soho.

  The Daemon Prism by Carol Berg
  The final book in Carol Berg’s fantasy trilogy that began with The Spirit Lens and The Soul Mirror.

  Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
  New secondary world fantasy.

  The Shape of Desire by Sharon Shinn
  New Sharon Shinn book! New Sharon Shinn book!

  The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin
  A new fantasy by the author of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms.

  Shadow City by Diana Pharaoh Francis
  New Horngate witches book.

  Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik
  More Temeraire! This is book seven in the series.

  The Tainted City by Courtney Schafer
  The sequel to Courtney’s great debut fantasy The Whitefire Crossing.

  I’ll be doing a book signing for The Serpent Sea at Murder by the Book, in Houston, Texas, on January 7, 2012, 4:30 pm., along with authors Kimberly Frost and Jaye Wells. To order signed books online, use this page.

  Thanks for reading, and have a great holiday!

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• Member News: December 24, 2011

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  Courtney Schafer‘s novel The Whitefire Crossing got three great reviews this week (nothing like reading a book with snow on the cover right before Christmas! ).  First, Bastard of Bastard Books reviewed Whitefire on Only the Best Scifi, calling it a “very promising debut which I highly recommend.”  Seak of Only the Best Scifi reviewed the novel on Bastard Books, saying “I really enjoyed myself with this one.”  The third review is from Chris Hawks of SMZb, who says, “This is a really good book.”

  Courtney was interviewed by Greg Wilson and Brad Beaulieu on Speculate! The Podcast for Readers, Writers, and Fans – click here to listen .

  Katy Stauber‘s novel Revolution World is #6 on B&N Book Club’s Best SciFi Releases of 2011 – congrats, Katy!

  Stina Leicht‘s forthcoming novel And Blue Skies From Pain was featured over on A Dribble of Ink – go check out the gorgeous cover!

  Martha Wells‘s new novel The Serpent Sea is now shipping from Amazon, and has started showing up in bookstores – run go get your copy!

  Only one more week left of the Night Bazaar in its current form!  But fear not, the blog’s not going anywhere – coming in 2012, a new slate of Night Shade authors will be taking the stage.

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• Martha Wells: My Last Year

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  This year, 2011, was supposed to be my last year as a writer. In January of 2010, I was in a really bad place. It had been five years since my last new fantasy novel, three years since my last published book.

  Before I can talk about 2011, I need to talk about the years that led up to it. In 2006, even though I had two novels coming out (the paperback edition of The Gate of Gods, and my first Stargate: Atlantis novel Reliquary), three short stories, a non-fiction article, and a reprint I did myself of my first novel The Element of Fire, I was told that my career was pretty much over except for the death throes. The publisher who had contracted for The Death of the Necromancer (which was nominated for the Nebula award), Wheel of the Infinite, and the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy, had been purchased by another publisher, and I had lost my original editor, and my books lost support. The Gate of Gods didn’t even make it into a lot of bookstores.

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• Member News: December 17, 2011

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  Martha Wells‘s novel The Cloud Roads is FREE on the Kindle right now!  Hurry on over and get your copy before the promotion ends!  And go read N.K. Jemisin’s post on the Book Smugglers for a rousing recommendation of both The Cloud Roads and sequel The Serpent Sea (out Jan 3, so not much longer to wait!).

  Thomas Roche was interviewed about ebooks, the future of reading, and The Panama Laugh at the blog Beyond Black Friday. His interview also appears as part of the Kindle subscription blog Me and My Kindle.

  Brad Beaulieu’s novel The Winds of Khalakovo got a great review from Pat of Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist, and made Pat’s top ten SFF novels of the year – congrats, Brad!

  Courtney Schafer participated in an SF Signal Mind Meld, discussing her favorite SFF books and TV shows of the year.

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• Member News: December 10, 2011

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  Huge congratulations to Katy Stauber, who sold her second novel Spin the Sky to Night Shade, for publication in fall of 2012!  Spin the Sky is a science fiction reinterpretation of the Odyssey, set in near-Earth orbital colonies.

  Martha Wells has a guest post on the Book Smugglers blog for their Smugglivus Fest, sharing the books she loved in 2011 and the novels she’s looking forward to in 2012.  She also has signed copies of The Cloud Roads and The Serpent Sea entered in the Magick4Terri fundraiser auction.

  Brad Beaulieu had an interview with Justin Landon over at A Staffer’s Musings, where Justin grills Brad about Russian literature and themes and stuff (it’s a long but very interesting interview!).

  Brad, Courtney Schafer, and John Hornor Jacobs also contributed signed novels (and one ARC, in Brad’s case) to Patrick Rothfuss’s Worldbuilders charity fundraiser – see here for details.

  Only three weeks left of the Night Bazaar in its current incarnation!  During our final weeks we’ll be discussing our lessons learned as debut authors and looking back at the year we’ve just had from both professional and personal perspectives.  And tune in tomorrow for a guest post from Howard Andrew Jones, author of The Desert of Souls and editor of Black Gate magazine.

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• Member News: November 19, 2011

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  Kameron Hurley‘s novel, Infidel, got a great review in Strange Horizons, which had this to say, “Infidel is a fast-paced book with a lot of action and smart character moments, mixed with cynical battlefield philosophy. I highly recommend it.”

  Thomas Roche‘s short story “Hell on Wheels” can now be heard as a radio programme at the BBC Website, read by Peter Maniker, at the BBC Four Extra Radio Pulp Fiction website.

  Over at Speculate, Brad and Greg Wilson finished Episode 29, up their discussion of Night Shade’s The Book of Cthulhu by discussing writing technique based on the stories they read and their interviews with editor Ross Lockhart and contributors Laird Barron and our own John Hornor Jacobs.

  Read an interview with Martha Wells over at Insite Magazine, in which she talks about her career and how she finds inspiration for characters.

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• Martha Wells: Readings and Signings Can Suck

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  When you are first starting out as a writer, doing readings and signings can suck. When you have had a career as a writer for years, doing readings and signings can still suck.

  Unless you’re one of the people whose first novel hits big and becomes a bestseller, your first readings and signings are not going to be well-attended. That’s okay. Everybody (whose first books were not bestsellers, and many of those whose first books were bestsellers) has gone through/is going through the same thing. It’s only the people who think that all books are bestsellers and that every writer’s life is wine and roses and villas in Spain and vacations in Provence that are going to be scandalized by the lack of line at your spot on the signing table.
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• Member News: November 5, 2011

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  The Night Bazaar gang had a fantastic time at the World Fantasy Convention!  Attending were Bradley P. Beaulieu, Stina Leicht, John Hornor Jacobs, Courtney Schafer, and Katy Stauber.  Night Shade Books also attended in force, throwing an awesome party complete with special beer and mixed drinks based on the books of their authors.  For more pics of the fun (including the excellent Whitefire Pale Ale), see Courtney’s WFC 2011 photo album on flickr.

  

  Brad Beaulieu and Greg Wilson, for their podcast, Speculate!, interviewed Laird Barron and our very own John Hornor Jacobs on writing cosmic horror and their stories in The Book of Cthulhu from Night Shade Books.

  Martha Wells‘s novel The Cloud Roads is now available as an audiobook narrated by Christopher Kipiniak (released Nov 4).  Martha is running a giveaway on Goodreads for The Cloud Roads‘s sequel The Serpent Sea – click here to enter!

  Courtney Schafer will be signing her novel The Whitefire Crossing at the Boulder Barnes & Noble from 6-8pm on Saturday Nov 12, as part of a bookfair fundraiser for the Pikes Peak Writers.  For more information (including how to participate in the bookfair if you’re not in Colorado), see the Bookfair flyer.

  Thomas S. Roche is interviewed at length in the 10ZenMonkeys.com piece Why Thomas Roche Dreams of a Zombie Apocalypse, in which he talks about the writing of The Panama Laugh and his background in zombie fiction.

  In the lead-up to the BBC’s audio adaptation of Thomas‘s crime-noir short story “Hell on Wheels” as part of their Pulp Fiction Series (airing Saturday November 12 at 11:30pm UK time), Thomas was interviewed about vintage pulp fiction and crime novels, in an interview to air in soundbites as part of promotional segments for the Pulp Fiction 2 series.

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• Member News: October 15, 2011

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  Thomas Roche will be reading with Ray Garton, Richard Kadrey and Naamen Tilahun at Borderlands Books on Valencia Street tonight (Saturday 10/15/2011) as part of Litquake’s Litcrawl, the annual orgiastic celebration of the spoken word. You can find more details at Thomas’s blog, on the events page at Borderlands-Books.com or Litquake.com. Hope to see you there!

  Thomas recently launched a new blog, BoiledHard.com, dedicated to hard-boiled crime fiction and true crime writing. You can check out his reviews of and essays about vintage and contemporary hard-boiled novels and films at BoiledHard.com.

  Courtney Schafer‘s novel The Whitefire Crossing got a great review over at King of The Nerds, which called it “…an exciting adventure fantasy in a unique world…Schafer does a phenomenal job of making you care about these characters.”

  Courtney will be attending MileHiCon in Denver Oct 21-23, appearing on the following panels:

  • “Networking and Marketing”, 4pm Fri Oct 21
  • “Exoplanet Findings”, 4pm Sat Oct 22
  • “Modern and Future Weapons”, 2pm Sun Oct 23

  Bradley P. Beaulieu has a guest spot over at Suvudu’s Booked, where authors talk about their favorite writers.  Also, Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist is giving away two copies of his novel The Winds of Khalakovo. If you haven’t yet taken the plunge, this is a great chance to win a free copy!

  Martha Wells‘s novel The Cloud Roads got a nice mention from N.K. Jemison on her blog – go check it out!

  Stina Leicht attended the Dark Forces book group to discuss her novel Of Blood and Honey.

  John Hornor Jacobs just launched his brand new and very spiffy website at www.johnhornorjacobs.com.

  Several of the Night Bazaar denizens will be attending the World Fantasy Convention Oct 26-30, and going to the author “meet and greet” event at Mysterious Galaxy on the evening of Wed Oct 26 – stay tuned for details of our schedules in next week’s news post!

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• Member News: October 8, 2011

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  Kameron Hurley‘s novel Infidel got a great review over at Tor.com, which says (in part): “Hurley’s world-building, vivid and blissfully free of infodumps and expository lumps, was one of the great strengths of God’s War, and it’s a pleasure to return to the fascinating and messed-up world she created — one especially enjoyable for its ethnically diverse cast and freewheeling remixes of traditional gender roles.”

  Stina Leicht has a guest post discussing the prevalence of dark YA fiction over at SF Signal.

  Martha Wells‘s novel The Cloud Roads received a rave review from Escape Pod, which says “Books like The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells are why I love fantasy literature.”

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