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WRITING GUIDES
MICHAEL MENNENGA
TONY RUGGIERO
EDGE PUBLISHING
podcast
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• New Release! -- VIRTUAL EVIL
by Jana Oliver
• Featured Title -- The Complete Guide to
Fantasy Writing: The Opus Magus
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News, Updates and Articles
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NEW RELEASE -- VIRTUAL EVIL by Jana Oliver |
DRAGON MOON PRESS is proud to announce
the sequel to SOJOURN,
VIRTUAL EVIL
second episode in the TIME ROVER SERIES
We asked Jana -- WHERE DID this series come
from?
Jana says:
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MAPS!
The
problem started with my portable time machine. You would call it a
map. I was in the East End on one of those London Walks. I’d been
painstakingly charting our journey, street by street, making notes
as I saw fit. The tourist next to me eyed my work with curiosity.
Finally he couldn’t take it any longer.
“What kind of map is that?” he asked, leaning closer. Apparently,
the tiny print and the lack of garishly-colored advertising had
caught his notice.
“It’s a map of Whitechapel, from 1894,” I replied.
“18…94?” A long pause. “They have new ones, you know.”
I
smiled politely. “I like to live in the past. It’s so much more fun
there.”
Mr.
Tourist and his wife promptly moved to the other side of the group,
putting as much distance between us as humanly possible.
My
love of old maps comes with writing a series set in Victorian
England. I need to see the streets like they once were and try to
fill in the missing pieces: the bit of Victorian brickwork still
visible behind a modern façade that was once a pub. A side alley
that leads to a murder site. Maps reveal a world that is hidden from
casual view, like an archeological dig without all the dirt and
blisters.
Next
time you visit a new location, take an old map with you and try to
find the hidden gems. A map is a time machine, except it folds
neatly and fits in your pocket.
Check out the eagerly awaited sequel to
SOJOURN, winner of many awards in science fiction,
paranormal, and crime fiction.
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Foreword Magazine's Fiction Book of the Year, Editor's Choice
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IPPY Gold Winner, SF&F category
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Booksellers' Best Award Finalist
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Compton
Crook Award Finalist
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The Bookseller's Best Award for
Best Paranormal;
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Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense
(Paranormal);
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Golden Quill Award - Paranormal;
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Prism Award - Time Travel
on shelves IN
OCTOBER 2007
from Dragon Moon
Press
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FEATURED
BOOK --
The Complete Guide to Fantasy Writing: The Opus Magus |
 From
Valerie Griswold-Ford, editor
The Complete Guide to Writing
Fantasy,
Volume Two: The Opus Magus
...is
the second in the Complete Guide series, and brings your
novel to the next level. Magus assumes that you know
how to write a good story. Now the challenge is to
make
that story sing.
Lai Zhao shows you how to bring an
Asian flavor to your story. Erik Amundsen talks about
how to weave a tangled political web of intrigue by
varying your governmental structures. Along with advice
on mixing fantasy and romance, fantasy and mystery,
fantasy and horror, Magus offers chapters on such topics
as herbalism, short story writing, and promoting.
If you're ready to take your
writing to the next level, The Complete Guide to Writing
Fantasy, Volume Two: The Opus Magus is for you.
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News, Updates and Articles |
 PRESS
RELEASE
FROM
GWEN GADES, Dragon Moon Publisher
and BRIAN HADES, EDGE
Publisher
News Release issued in Calgary, August 22, 2007
A Vulcan "Mind Meld" of Literary Proportions
Publishers Gwen Gades {left, above} and Brian Hades {right,
above} announced today that three
publishing imprints, EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy
Publishing, Tesseract Books and Dragon Moon Press, have merged
to form Canada's largest genre publisher of Science Fiction and
Fantasy.
In a weekend presentation at Calgary's annual science fiction
convention, Brian Hades, publisher of EDGE Science Fiction and
Fantasy Publishing, and Gwen Gades, publisher of Dragon Moon
Press expressed their delight with the merger:
"We are both committed to producing quality books which feature
today's best Science Fiction and Fantasy authors. We know
readers will find a wonderful variety of both short fiction and
novel length books to choose from ... including works by some of
the world's finest writers."
About Dragon Moon Press
Since the first printing of "Daughter of Dragons" in 1997,
Dragon Moon Press has established itself as a leading Canadian
publishing house whose dedication to first time authors and
writers of literary excellence earned the company a place in the
hearts of readers around the globe. The company has produced a
number of books over the years, including the very popular
"Complete Guide" series, which includes three guides to writing
Fantasy and a soon-to-be-released guide to writing Science
Fiction, plus an number of award-winners, including this year's
top prize in the ForeWord Magazine Award.
About EDGE Science Fiction Publishing and Tesseracts Books
Since its award winning publication of Marie Jakober's "The
Black Chalice" in 2002, life has been on high speed for this
Calgary publishing company. It quickly gained recognition from
readers and writers alike for its critical selection of engaging
speculative fiction. EDGE's authors come from Canada, the USA,
New Zealand and Australia. EDGE authors have garnered world wide
recognition and by winning a number of awards; including a
Canadian Aurora Award and Australian Aurealis Award and an
American ForeWord Magazine Award.
In 2003, EDGE acquired Tesseract Books, the publisher of the
highly respected and extremely popular "Tesseracts" anthology of
Canadian short speculative fiction.
Since its inception 22 years ago, the Tesseracts anthology has
featured 344 short works and more than 200 Canadian authors,
editors and translators -- including such well known writers as
Margaret Atwood, Robert J. Sawyer,
Spider Robinson, and William Gibson,
to name a few.
New Merger Creates Canada's Largest Genre Specific Publishing
Company
With the merger of EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy
Publications, Tesseract Books and Dragon Moon Press, this
publishing house now has more than 90 titles in print, making it
Canada's largest genre specific publisher.
 Jennifer
Rahn, author of THE LONGEVITY THESIS: ConVersion
23, the annual convention hosted by the Calgary Science Fiction and
Fantasy Society, was held in Calgary on August 17th to 19th.
Special guests included Jack McDevitt, author of Seeker,
Odyssey and Omega, and Calgary resident Rebecca Bradley,
who is both a novelist and archaeologist. {Tim Reynolds,
Publisher of Comet Catcher Press, Jennifer Rahn, and our Gwen Gades,
above}.Panel topics ranged from Fan Fiction, to Small
Press Publishing to Alien-Human Hybrids, and everything in between.
The "entertainment" was supplied by some of the usual culprits,
including members
of
IFWA (Calgary's Imaginative Fiction Writers' Association) and
panelists Blair Petterson and William Gibson, who always have
something ridiculously interesting to say. This year panel
audiences were treated to the rise of a new star, our own Nina
Munteanu, who could make you either laugh or think deeply within the
span of a few minutes. I was only disappointed that not a single
Storm Trooper showed up, when there was an entire contingent of them
present last year. The professors of Hogwarts also eschewed the
con, even though there was a panel dedicated to The Deathly
Hallows. I was very pleased to meet Nina, and to see Gwen again,
and finally get a proper introduction to Brian Hades, the new merger
partner of Dragon Moon Press {at right-->}.
Valerie Griswold-Ford, author of NOT YOUR FATHER'S HORSEMAN, will
attend StellarCon in March (14-16) and RavenCon in April (25-27).
 From
Selina Rosen, author of SWORD MASTER, upcoming. This
August, I attended NASFIC, the North American Science Fiction
convention in St Louis. I did eighteen panels including two SFWA
musketeer events with live steel so needless to say I was pretty
knocked out by the end of it, but pretty pumped too because I
was inducted into the Archon Hall Of Fame as Pro of The Year. I
had to come home and buy a new hat.
I will be at Dragon-Con in Atlanta August
31st through September 3rd. My fan club, "The Chain Gang," has
a fan table up by the exhibition hall. I have no idea what if
any panels I'll be on, but I shouldn't be all that hard to find
as where I'll be and when will be posted at both the fan table
and the dealers table. I am Toastmaster of Gaylaxicon also held
in Atlanta this year October 5th through the 7th so I will
probably also spend time at the Out Worlders table there as they
are hosting the event this year.
While at Nasfic, Chris Merle interviewed me
for his pod-cast
Escape from Cubicle 17 I will be recording a show for
him starting the end of this month similar to the one I did
briefly for Dragon page a few years ago so keep looking for
more! 
 Philippa
Ballantine, author of CHASING THE BARD, is once again the
flying kiwi. Joining the rest of the DragonMoon Press
authors at DragonCon is just the beginning of another plane
trip. Tee Morris has once again organized a Pimp that Kiwi
tour- this time hitting bookstores as well as a visit to
Tee's alma mater Monacan High School. Pip is looking
forward to all of this and meeting more readers.
Appearances of Dragon Moon Authors:
Dragon*Con Atlanta, GA
August 31 - Sept 3
Tee Morris ** Jana Oliver
** Tony Ruggiero ** Scott Sigler ** Philippa Ballantine
Creatures 'n Crooks
September 7 7.00pm
Tee Morris ** Philippa Ballantine
Constellation Books Baltimore, MD September 8 2.00pm
Tee
Morris ** Philippa Ballantine
Jana
Oliver, author of the highly acclaimed SOJOURN, will
be giving a talk at the Whitechapel Society in London on
Oct. 6th. "Once Upon a Dark Alley: A Tale of Ripper Fiction"
will highlight Jack the Ripper in novels since 1888. The
venue will be the Princess Alice Pub at 40/42 Commercial
Street, London.
For more info click here
Jana will also be presenting the talk at the
Fayette County Public Library, Fayetteville, GA on
November 3rd.
Tony Ruggiero, author of ALIEN
REVELATION will be attending FANTASCI Science
Fiction Convention September 28-30 in Hampton Virginia.
During September, Tony is blogging the following short
stories on his myspace webpage (see link to Tony's website
in the upper right column of this newsletter.)
Satisfaction
-- Roy has a private hotel, and a mission--to relieve his
guests' torment and frustration, perhaps forever.
Inoculation of a Culture
-- Biological Warfare, with a twist!
We Are What We Have Become
-- A space-traveling diplomat fears that his ship's computer
isn't being entirely honest about his briefing, including
Earth's backup plan to ensure it gets what it wants.
Differences
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Medicine and war: when you mix the two you can create a
dangerous concoction: a weapon that goes beyond the things
we fear about physical war. There's a new
weapon that comes from within and permeates into the mind to
destroy.
Tina Morgan will be offering two sessions at the
North West Ohio Writers' Conference on
October 13th. For more details
click here. Tina is a contributor to THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO WRITING FANTASY, THE
FANTASY WRITER'S COMPANION AND THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO WRITING SICEN FICTION.
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