Angry Robot open their doors again!
If you have an epic fantasy, or sf and fantasy in all flavours for the YA reader, then you may want to submit. Full instructions are here. Time frame is April 16th to 30th, 2012. Best of luck!
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Double Book Launch
Anyone going to be in Tassie on Thursday 2nd of Feb? We’re pleased to spread the news that Margo Lanagan will now be joining us on February 2nd for a launch of her new book, Sea Hearts. Margo and Tansy … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Spec Fic Scene, Authors and Public Speaking, Book Launches, Covers, Creativity, Fantasy Genre, Nourish the Writer, Promoting your Book, Publishers
Tagged book launch, Creature Court, Dark Urban Fantasy, Fantasy books, Margo Lanagan, Richard Harland, Sea Hearts, Tansy Rayner Roberts
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Raring to ROR…
As some of you might know our ROR writing group gets together every 12 – 18 months to critique our books in progress. Back in 2001 at the first ROR we read Margo Lanagan’s Black Juice anthology and wept over … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Spec Fic Scene, Awards, Book Launches, Creativity, Editing and Revision, Genre Writing, Nourish the Writer, Plotting, Writing Craft, Writing goals, Writing Groups
Tagged Aurealis Awards, Creativity, Dirk Flinthart, Fantasy books, Margo Lanagan, Marianne de Pierres, Maxine McArthur, Richard Harland, ROR Writing Group, Rowena Cory Daniells, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Trent Jamieson, World Fantasy Award, Writing Craft
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Calling Short Story Writers…
Thanks to the inimitable Kylie Griffin for this tip. Fantasy Faction are running a short story competition with prizes and places in an anthology. (More info here and rules here). I can’t see anything in the rules about limiting it … Continue reading
Is that a door opening or are you just pleased to see me?
Back in March 2011, Angry Robot Books, a UK-based publisher that generally only accepts agented submissions, held their first Open Submission Month, an experiment to see whether there were any unrepresented gems floating around the submitosphere that might be of … Continue reading
Posted in Agents, Australian Spec Fic Scene, Contracts, Creativity, Editing and Revision, Editors, Nourish the Writer, Pitching, Plotting, Publishers, Publishing Industry, Query Letter and Synopsis, Writing Opportunities
Tagged Angry Robot, Angry Robot Publishers, Lee Battersby, Marching Dead, The Battersblog
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The Terry Pratchett First Novel Award 2012
Calling all unpublished writers… THE TERRY PRATCHETT ANYWHERE BUT HERE, ANYWHEN BUT NOW FIRST NOVEL AWARD ‘Sir Terry Pratchett had this to say: Anywhere but here, anywhen but now. Which means we are after stories set on Earth, although it … Continue reading