Joan Slonczewski lives in Gambier, Ohio and teaches
biology at Kenyon College.
http://www.charlesegannon.com/
Jacqueline Lichtenberg had all those answers and more. After the closest critique of any fiction I have received TO THIS DAY, she continued to be available as mentor, information source, adviser (advisor, as I and the English prefer) and, best of all, a wonderful friend.
More at: http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2014/07/marketing-fiction-in-changing-world.html as of July 15, 2014
http://www.dhr2believe.net
Highmage's Plight.
I discovered Jacqueline Lichtenberg’s Sime-Gen novels, when I was in college. I loved them and read them over and over. Years later I found one of her Vampire short stories posted on the Internet. It was an Urban Fantasy tale about a vampire living in Manhattan who has a new roommate, a nice Jewish young man. However, he’s a bit nervous about sharing an apartment with what seems a very reasonable guy for a vampire. Matters get worse when a demon breaks into the apartment and attacks him in his room. As our intrepid vampire rushes to his friend’s bedroom the mezuzah on the doorpost wards him away, which solving the young man’s demon problem.
I loved that story for its use of the mezuzah and the humor of the not particularly religious Jewish roommate figuring it couldn’t hurt to put it up under the circumstances.
Fifteen years after reading that story my first novel’s been published and I’ve had a number of short stories published. An ezine that featured many of them published them in their first anthology, Flights of Fantasy, Volume 1. The editor asked me for an original short story to include as an exclusive and I gave him a time travel tale with my own take on using a mezuzah against a creature of the night.
So, thank you, Jacqueline, you have inspired me with your stories, your vision, and ideas and now I’m on the road to building a career as a professional sci fi and fantasy author.
Barry Nove
Flights of Fantasy, Vol. 1, ed. Colin Neilson (Spectacular Publishing) also available Print-on-Demand.
R. L. King's Amazon Page
"I've been a fan of Jacqueline's ever since I picked up "Star Trek
Lives."
I hunted down her book "House of Zeor" (which was mentioned in STL!)
and fell in love with it--as well as all the others that came after.
I've always admired her style and been influenced by her cinematic writing,
compelling and interesting characters, and tightly-constructed plots.
In particular, her advice about always making sure that everything in
a
novel's plot supports and advances the conflict has stuck with me
and I think it has made me a better writer.
Up until now I've been writing fanfiction in the Shadowrun RPG world (5 complete novels) but I've taken the leap to publish my own original work. Jacqueline was kind enough to let me include myself on her list of those whom she's influenced, and I'm grateful."
Up until now I've been writing fanfiction in the Shadowrun RPG world (5 complete novels) but I've taken the leap to publish my own original work. Jacqueline was kind enough to let me include myself on her list of those whom she's influenced, and I'm grateful."
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Just finished reading "A Change of Tactics," and enjoyed it a lot. Good to have some new "official" Sime-Gen to read!
http://www.kindlingpress.com
I encountered Peter Smalley on Google+ in 2012 without knowing he had ever read anything by me and he sent me this comment out of the blue.
You are among those I wished to thank. Your writing was inspiring to me as a young adult and remains among my treasured memories of growing into new vistas of story and imagination. When I think of some of the conflicts and struggles that appear in my own writing, I see how clearly they draw on the legacies of House of Zeor and others in that series. I may never achieve such success as a writer, but in undertaking to walk the path of those writers who I admired, I re-learn every day a new appreciation for what their struggles and successes have meant to me as I make the attempt.
Thank you for sharing your hard work and profligate talent with me. It has meant the world.
From among a large number of titles just because I love the cover with cat among books:
If it wasn't for Star Trek Lives, I wouldn't be an author
today. I'd been a Star Trek fan since I was 11 and was heartbroken when
it went off the air. When I bought that book, I had no idea there were
people out there writing Star Trek stories--keeping the spirit of the
show alive.
While I'd always had stories running around in my head, I never had
the courage to put anything down on paper. Yup, my first "real"
stories were Star Trek stories.
I tried to write SF and Romance, but it was always mysteries that drew
me as a reader and that's what I finally settled on as a genre I
wanted to write. It took years of rejection, but today I can proudly
say I'm a multi-published author with award nominations and have hit
the New York Times bestseller list multiple times.
And all because I once read a book called Star Trek Lives.
Lorraine Bartlett
who also writes as Lorna Barrett and L.L. Bartlett
First Novel Sale: Sugar Rush
Romance author and editor
Official Website http://www.abgayle.com/
Over the years, Jacqueline Lichtenberg has covered this topic extensively in her blogs
at Editing Circle and
Alien Romances. Her
advice has helped me understand and make sure that everything I write and
edit follows this dictum. It doesn't have to be an "In your face" moral,
but it sure helps when you've hit a brick wall and are not sure where to
take the story next, or when you've reached the end and feel something's
missing.
Another trick she taught me was the 750 word scene trick.
In my short story "Reversal" I consciously tried to make each scene that long.
In the end I split some smaller and a few went longer, but it did suit
the snappy tone of the short story and the narrator's voice.
Like all "rules" you don't follow it over a cliff, but it's something to
definitely take into consideration.
I cut and pasted a lot of her advice as "keepers". Weren't you going
to publish a book on craft at some stage?
This part she wrote in a blog about Wolrd Building in SF brilliantly sums up what goes into making a successful writer:
"Your recognition of what you have in common with others who are less articulate than you are is your stock in trade, the Art you can monetize commercially."
When I have my professional editing hat on, that's exactly what I try
to do. Help the author articulate what they're trying to say. It's often
in their head and you have to get them to explain themselves so you can
tease out the gold from the dross.
I love that aspect of my work. ...
Brain Plague and Children Star can be ordered
from the Kenyon Bookstore:
http://www.kenyon.edu/x29759.xml
House of Zeor and the other Sime~Gen novels have a new publisher, and there are now 4 new titles available as of 2012.
Look for paper, ebook and audiobook editions via this link.
You are welcome to list me as having my writing influenced by House of Zeor. I
can see echoes in A Door into Ocean and Brain Plague, especially in the
prominence of intense relationships.
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Book Description from Amazon.com
Book Description
A Door into Ocean is the novel upon which the author's reputation as an
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I reread Star Trek Lives an embarrassing amount of times, I enjoyed your Sime-Gen novels. But more than that, you just seemed to me one of the "greats" in the world of Star Trek.
Yours very truly,
Moira
Producer
Her Books
Jacqueline's generosity is two-fold. First, she shares her imagination with her readers through her books. Second, she shares her skills in writing through her site. I'm indebted to her for both. She not only talks the talk but walks it.I've copied and saved almost everything she's posted to her writing school. Her words on conflict, especially, have been extremely helpful. She breaks down the craft of writing in a clear, no-nonsense way. It's a joy to "sit at her feet" and learn. It's also a joy to read her books and watch an artist in action. Dreamspy captivated me.~LinneaLinnea Sinclair http://www.linneasinclair.com
Bantam-Spectra 2005: FINDERS KEEPERS, GABRIEL'S GHOST, AN ACCIDENTAL GODDESS
Coming 2007: GAMES OF COMMAND, CHASIDAH’S CHOICE, THE DOWN HOME ZOMBIE BLUES