We are proud to publish the eBook and print version of Frank Herbert's never-released dystopian SF novel HIGH-OPP.  The eBook is available in all electronic formats for $4.99; the print version is in trade paperback for $14.99. EMASI!  Each Man A Separate Individual! That was the rallying cry of the Seps, the Separatists engaged in a class war against the upper tiers of a society driven entirely by opinion polls. Those who score high in the polls, the High-Opps, live in plush apartments, with comfortable jobs, every possible convenience.  But those who happen to be low-opped, find themselves crowded in...
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Orbit Books just sent me the cover for the paperback of the grand finale of the Terra Incognita trilogy, THE KEY TO CREATION.  Another gorgeous design to fill out the paperback set.  The novel will be released in June.  I hope you have a chance to read the entire trilogy; I think it's some of my best, most ambitious work.
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This coming December, Rebecca and I will be guest instructors at a new writing seminar aboard a Caribbean cruise ship.  For four days, sail around the Bahamas while attending intensive business-oriented lectures about a career in writing. In addition to us,  "Sail to Success" is taught by agent Eleanor Wood, Toni Weisskopf (Baen Books), and authors Mike Resnick, Nancy Kress, Paul Cook, and Jack Skillingstead,  Treat yourself, and learn the business as well.  Space is limited. http://www.phoenixpick.com/cruise/cruise.htm
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If anybody is in the LA area and wants to attend this year's Writers of the Future Ceremony, it is open to the public and free. All you have to do is RSVP to contests@authorservices.com.  Sunday April 15 at the Wilshire and Bell Theater (corner of Wilshire and Lucerne). Many of the judges and past winners will be there; cool performances, and you get a chance to hang out with a lot of other authors. Also, just got this highlight:  That evening they will be opening a time capsule from 25 years ago: Those who placed their 25 year prediction...
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