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A new Song of the Beast story For six years I've heard from readers who desperately wanted to know what ever became of Aidan MacAllister, the musician-hero Song of the Beast. Well, here's to you! I was asked to contribute a story to an anthology called Lace and Blade 3 from Norilana Books. Norilana is a small, specialty publisher of gorgeous editions of classics and a number of original novels and anthologies, including high fantasy, romantic fantasy, and YA. The prospect got me thinking about Aidan, and wondering what had become of him, and sure enough I came up with a story called "The Heart's Coda". A coda, of course, is the closing section of a musical composition...
Lace and Blade 3 will be published on February 14, 2010. Learn more here
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DONE!
Just finished reviewing page proofs for The Spirit Lens. Once I ship the changed pages (not so many and very minor fixes), the first volume of the novels of the Collegia Magica will be Done!! Hooray! It will be released on January 6, 2010 - not so far away.
Send me the name and address (and maybe a contact person!) of your favorite bookstore, and I'll send the store a supply of Spirit Lens bookmarks. I'll also enter your name in a drawing for an Advance Reader Copy (ARC) of The Spirit Lens.
Here is Portier in the beautiful cover artwork from Gordon Crabb. Find out more about the first novel of the Collegia Magica on the new Collegia Magica page.
Autumn - what a great season! The days are cooler. The nights are cool enough to sleep under a comforter. The light has a magical quality. The leaves have gold rims. The only thing I dislike about autumn is that it doesn't last long enough. Lots of activities in the fall, too. Writers conferences, SF conventions, book launches - No, wait! The Spirit Lens doesn't come out until January. But I DO have a short story out in an anthology.
The story is called "At Fenwick Faire", and I would call it a gritty myth. The anthology is called Broken Links, Mended Lives. There are some excellent stories in the anthology - some by published authors, some by authors who certainly should be. It is mixed genre - in keeping with the organization's membership - but I would estimate that more than half the stories are in the "speculative fiction" realm.
If you'd like to support an organization that works hard to educate and support aspiring writers, as well as catch some great talent, give it a try. Go to Text Crumbs to see a tantalizing tidbit.
Mythopoeic WINNER! The Lighthouse duet, Flesh and Spirit and Breath and Bone, has just been named the winner of the the 2009 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature. Other 2009 finalists included Ursula Le Guin, Patricia McKillip, and Gene Wolfe, along with debut author Daryl Gregory.
Here is the official press release.
You can read more about the Mythopoeic Society, their connection to the Inklings (Tolkien, CS Lewis, et al), and the awards at their website.
And a Winner Breath and Bone won the 2009 Colorado Book Award in genre fiction. This is a literary award given each year by Colorado Humanities and the Colorado Center for the Book. This is my fourth nomination and second win, which is very cool, as there are so many fine authors in our fair state.
A new interview has been posted at Risingshadow.net.
Blog News Latest postings on Text Crumbs include my adventures with electronic copyediting for The Spirit Lens. And, just in case you want to share in the more mundane status quo, join me on Facebook. Just search for Carol Berg. There's even a Carol Berg discussion group.
Newsletter Failures If you didn't receive newsletter #40, sent out a few weeks ago, and you thought you were on the list, let me know. Sometimes SPAM filters will eat newsletters. Some of you have Full Mailboxes! Some of you have changed email addresses! At least TEN email addresses failed.
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