SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Amazing Stories has recently completed the signing of two licensing agreements with third parties that will greatly expand its exposure and reach. Press releases regarding each agreement will be issued over the next few days.
PRESS RELEASES & NEWSLETTERS (See Below For Full Text)
Aurora Awards Nominations Closing Soon
Clarion West One Day Workshops
Museum Of Science Fiction (DC) Wants Costumers On the Mall
Night Shade Books April 2014
News From Norwescon
Latest From Harper Collins
East Coast Black Age Of Comics Convention
Radio Archives April 11
SOCIAL
Women & Gender in SF, Fantasy & Horror Conference
On Writing Disabilities
Science Teacher Suspended For Teaching (threatening music & drum roll) SCIENCE
Alex Hughes: Women In SF Month
Gender & Genre
Robert Sawyer To Debate Privacy
ENTERTAINMENT
Michael A. Burstein’s I Remember the Future Movie Trailer (now making the film festival rounds)
(Production trailer)
I Remember The Future Official Trailer from Klayton Stainer on Vimeo.
(Most recent trailer)
Enough Is Obviously Never Enough: Re-Imagined BSG Project
Goonies Sequel
Deros In An Art Gallery: Shaver’s Art On Display
SPACE COMMAND Starts Initial Shooting
152 E-Book Deals
SUPER Planet Crash: Solar System Building Game
FANDOM
Michael J. Sullivan on the SF Signal Podcast
Roseanne DiFate 1945-2014
Bhob Stewart Memorial Update
Crowdfunding For Wheaton’s Tabletop Games
SouthEast Asian SF
AWARDS
APRIL 15 DEADLINE For Locus Poll & Awards (Link is to the online poll & ballot. Anyone may vote)
Scribe Award Nominees
2013 Aurealis Awards
INDUSTRY
Amazon Now Into Comics (“You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus.” Agent Smith, The Matrix)
Hodderscape Looking For Writers
The Value of the Short Story
SCIENCE
Science AIN’T Political (despite what some popularizing pundits may proffer on websites not named for a Jupiterian Moon)
XCOR Hires Space Pilot Brian Binnie
First Instagram From Space
Shiny Rock On Mars Has Conspiracy Geeks All A-Twitter
Night Sky, Bright Planets
A Tale of Space Blindness & Inspiration (TED Weekends)
PRESS RELEASES & NEWSLETTERS
The 2014 Aurora Awards Nominations Closing Soon
Just a reminder that the nomination period for the 2014 Aurora Awards closes tomorrow, Saturday April 12 at midnight EDT. The Auroras are the official awards of the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association.
This year, my debut novel, The Wolf at the End of the World, is eligible under the “Best Novel — English” category. Your support by way of a nomination would be truly appreciated, especially this year for my first foray into the novel world.
You can read the first four chapters of the book online on my website and also check out the brand new book trailer for The Wolf.
If you’d like to buy the book, I’m offering a special discount during the nomination period of 50% on the ebook. To get that discount, download the ebook from my online bookstore and use the coupon code “AURORA2014” at checkout. The ebook is available in all formats: .mobi (Kindle), .epub (every other ebook reader), or PDF.
How to Nominate
Full details on how to nominate can be found here on my website. Thanks again for any consideration!
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As always, thanks for your interest in my writing! Take care.
Best, Doug
Registration is now open for two One Day Workshops, including an overflow session of the “Magic of Immersive Fiction” One Day Workshop. Space is limited and may fill very quickly.
Register today at https://www.clarionwest.org/oneday.
May 4 — Lisa Gold and Louise Marley
Fiction R&D: From Research to Ideas to Stories
Research is a creative process that can help writers with inspiration, storytelling, and worldbuilding. Lisa Gold will share practical advice on doing research and finding useful and unusual sources. Louise Marley will explore generating, refining, and developing ideas into stories.
June 1 — Nicola Griffith
The Magic of Immersive Fiction: Overflow Workshop
Immersive fiction sweeps you off your feet and puts you right there, right then, living and breathing with the characters. With writing exercises, discussion, and handouts you’ll learn how to create the excitement, sensory detail, and clarity that brings a whole world and its people alive.
These six-hour intensives take place in Seattle’s University District. For more information and to register, please visit https://www.clarionwest.org/oneday
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CONTACT:
Dave Arland
(657) 215-1701
dave@arlandcom.com
MEDIA ADVISORY
CALLING ALL CAPED CRUSADERS AND COMIC CHARACTERS: WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT
HOPING FOR MORE THAN 1,530 COSTUMED FANS AT FOOT OF U.S. CAPITOL
Pop culture event “Awesome Con” will attempt to break a world record for
largest gathering of people dressed as comic book characters. The attempt
will occur beginning Friday morning, April 18, at 10 am — just hours
before the start of Awesome Con 2014 later that day.
WHEN:
Friday, April 18, 10 am to 2 pm
WHO:
• Ben Penrod, co-founder, Awesome Con
• Greg Viggiano, Executive Director, Museum of Science Fiction
• People dressed as various comic book characters
WHAT:
To celebrate the start of Awesome Con, a pop culture convention, the
Museum of Science Fiction is collaborating with the convention’s
organizers in this world record attempt. The event aims to draw at least
1,531 costumed participants to the U.S. Capitol Reflecting Pool. The
existing record was set on April 19, 2011, when 1,530 costumed
participants gathered at World Joyland in China.
An adjudicator will be on hand to count and qualify all costumed
participants. The guidelines state costumes must represent characters that
have first appeared in comic books; partial costumes will not be counted;
and costumes cannot be shared between two or more participants.
Additionally, no prop weapons are allowed on U.S. Capitol grounds.
WHERE:
U.S. Capitol Reflecting Pool, west side of U.S. Capitol grounds,
Washington, D.C. (Pennsylvania and 3rd Street)
This is a public event. Media credentials are not required. Media wanting
to attend Awesome Con should contact Ben Penrod at info@awesomecons.com or
call 240-346-0399.
For more information, contact Dave Arland for Museum of Science Fiction at
657-215-1701 and dave@arlandcom.com.
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