Readers asked, so I answer: how my debut novel SEEDS came to be My inspiration for Seeds was two-fold: a “practical” inspiration and a creative one, but not in the order you might expect. The seed for both came in the form of a phone call that woke me from a dead sleep. Early one morning my husband phoned me on his way to work to tell me about a news story he’d heard on the radio. The story was about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a storage repository for crop seeds in Norway. My husband was convinced this “Doomsday...
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As Rebecca and I gather our books, materials, and clean clothes for DragonCon this weekend, I realize I never posted pics and a summary of the recent Worldcon. Here, just the highlights. Our WordFire team had driven up ahead of time and set up our great booth in the Dealer's Room, and they did a big book release part for our new edition of THE OUTPOST by Mike Resnick. Rebecca and I didn't arrive until the next day, to the sharp smell of smoke in the air from the forest fires.   Mike Resnick at the WordFire Outpost launch party. We...
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Every time you turn on the news, you see a different possibility for how the world might end—and imminently! Climate change, Ebola, asteroid impact, nuclear war … zombie apocalypse. How will you prepare? How will you save your family? How will you help save the world for your children and future generations? Obviously, the best preparation is to read up on every possible disaster scenario. And a great way to start is with the Disasters Storybundle, which just launched at storybundle.com. I have just curated a new bundle of 11 epic disaster novels that cover the gamut of What Can...
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For over 30 years, the Writers of the Future Contest has been one of the premier writing contests in the science fiction and fantasy field, known not just for the awards ceremony and the prize money, but especially for the intensive week-long writing workshop taught by some of the biggest names in the field. This workshop is available only to the winners. Until now. Next weekend, a condensed version of the Writers of the Future workshop will be made available to the public. Held in Hollywood at Author Services Inc., August 29-30, this workshop is led by New York Times bestselling author...
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