Parallel Universe at Galaxy Express

The Galaxy Express is hosting an online event leading up to RWA Nationals as well as following events during the conference. Yours truly will be guest blogging there on July 11th. Take a peek of all the planned events and stay tuned!

Caught in Silver Wins!

Caught in Silver, my unpublished Science Fiction Romance, placed first in the Dixie First Chapter Contest in the super sexy category. It also garnered a request from the final judge! Yay! Exciting news to carry me into RWA National Conference.

Not Going to Conference Conference

So, you can't go to the RWA conference this year? Well, don't fret for long. Romance Divas is hosting their annual NGTCC (Not Going To Conference Conference) and it's going to be fun-filled. Already they've got great guest spots lined up, including: Josh Lanyon, Rowan Mcbride, Jet Mykles and Shayla Kersten, Carrie Jones, Marley Gibson, Linnea Sinclair, Patti O'Shea, Ona Russel, Steve Hockingsmith, Joey W. Hill and Sasha White.

There will be workshops for just about every genre, from Young Adult to Erotic to Historical. Plus, a workshop on Deep POV, one on going from e-publishing to NY, and a Q&A on how avoid and deal with burnout. And there's bound to be a few surprises, too. icon_wink.gif

The NGTCC kicks off July 14th and runs until July 18th. If you're not already a member of Romance Divas, all you have to do is go to the website and register! Best of all--it's FREE!

Samhain wine extravaganza at RWA Nationals

Announcement from Samhain Publishing:

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It’s all about the party! Samhain Publishing is thrilled to announce our plans to host an informal meet & greet at the RWA National Conference in Washington D.C. Attendees from all walks of the industry are invited to join us to mingle with favorite Samhain authors, chat with our editors, learn more about digital publishing and opportunities at Samhain, or just to drink really great wine. The event will be held Friday, July 17 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the conference hotel in Angela James’ suite. To receive the suite location, please enter your info into the widget below and it will be sent to you via text message Wednesday July 15th. Please note this is the same suite the Rogue Digital seminar will be held in so you only need to sign up for alerts on one event. (if you are reading this other than on Angela’s blog and cannot see widget, please visit there to enter your info into widget: http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/?p=2506)

Please help us spread the word and reach out to RWA attendees this year in Washington D.C. See you all there!

All questions can be directed to the comments section of this post (http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/?p=2506)

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I'll be there. How 'bout you?

You say you like SciFi Westerns?

You got your Firefly box set and the Serenity DVD and are hankering for more.
A list of movies or shows that might fit the mood.

1. Cowboy Beebop
2. Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
3. Wild Wild West
4. Star Cops
5. Earth 2
6. Titan AE
7. Or, in the mood to read? Check out SpaceWesterns.com
8. The Secret Of Sinharat by Leigh Brackett
9. Northwest of Earth: The Complete Northwest Smith By C.L. Moore
   
10. And last, the one I'm going to check out, cause I haven't read the manga or watched the show, movie expected soon: Trigun.
11. Another anime: Gun Sword
12. Music instead? Black Holes and Revelations by Muse
    

Wolf-Bitten finalist in cover contest

The Wicked Thorn and Roses Blog held a cover contest this month, and I'm pleased to announce the cover of Wolf-Bitten was a finalist. Yay!

13 links on the RWA & epublishing

Recent events (conference decisions, award eligibility & letters from the president) regarding RWA's stance on epublishing has created a flurry of response. Here are 13 articles I read on the subject, in no particular order:

• At ESPAN, Deidre Knight's The Digital Age and RWA: A Call for Change
• An excellent and well written series of articles by author Lauren Dane


1. Career Paths, There Are More Than One (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb)
   
2. Money Money Money Money
   
3. Money Part II – How Things Work
   
4. Part III How Things Work – Digital
   


• Author Jackie Barbosa WTF Wednesday–RWA vs. Epublishers, Take One Millionty
• RWA Online Chapter: When Will RWA Show Vision?
• Article on the last RWA decision on publisher recognition at Dear Author:
  RWA Change for Publisher Recognition
  
• The recent results of that decision on workshops at the National Convention
  RWA Rejects Digital Publishing Workshop Proposal
• A list at EREC of more posts regarding this issue.
  


• To help put this all in perspective, an article on How Much Do Novelists Make, which isn't much. :)
• And, the equivalent SF/F organization, SFWA & their guidelines.
• Last, to give perspective on how long the debate has raged, a Salon article from 1999,
• Forbidden Romance.

I'll admit, after reading all the articles & responses, I'm a bit burnt out on the subject, but I'm sure that once I get to the National Conference this month, I'll be ready to take up the banner.