Julie E. Czerneda's Blog, page 8

Just chained to the desk. Though this close to the end of a story, it's more like chains are needed to haul me away.

Sorry to be so quiet, but I do hope you'll enjoy the result.

I will be at Ad Astra in Toronto this April, presumably post-book.

YAY!!

The first quiz for my competition to find two betareaders for the next Sira/Morgan book is now up.

Visit http://www.betareader.czerneda.com

For the next book in The Clan Chronicles series, I need your help.

I need readers who know the series backwards and forwards. The sort who would notice anything I got wrong. As you know, there's an immense amount of stuff here. I'm doing my best, but it's been a while. I'll feel much better with an assist.

So I'm going to pick two Beta readers for THIS GULF OF TIME AND STARS, and possibly the following two Reunification titles!

The competition starts January 15th. I'll give those who sign up a list of questions and a special email address to use when answering.

The two who do the best job will read first draft manuscript for me to check for any mistakes. Beta readers! I will acknowledge your help and you will receive a hardcover copy of GULF when published as well.

Start re-reading!

Legal thing: You'll have to sign a non-disclosure agreement, because this is all pre-pub and secret, and we don't want DAW to worry.

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If you won a copy of A PLAY OF SHADOW during the giveaway, email me at [email protected] within the next week and I'll mail you a signed bookmark to go in it!

TREATS!

Head to https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh... and put in your name. There are 20 copies of PLAY up for grabs!!!

This giveaway is only for Canadians, this time.

Thanks to Penguin Canada for this great support.

I'm wrapping up the tour for A PLAY OF SHADOW with two events, back to back!

Waterloo Chapters, Sat. Nov. 29th 1 - 3 pm

Ancaster Chapters, Sun. Nov. 30th 1 - 3 pm

BLING AT BOTH!! Yup. I saved some treats just for you.

Also, I'll be bringing both the Aurora Award and ... my house toad. If you'd like your photo taken with either, or both, here's your chance!

See you!

I have it on good authority that there'll be a giveaway in here shortly for my upcoming novel, A Play of Shadow!!

So exciting! (I can't wait to get my own, either. Authors are like that.)

To quote the gentleman who kindly tweeted from VCon as the Aurora Awards went down this past Saturday night.

Wow!

This is for A Turn of Light. Now officially the winner of the 2014 Aurora for Best Novel of the Year (English).

There's been dancing.

There shall be MORE dancing!

I've posted my acceptance speech and a photo of the trophy heading my way on the public Marrowdell page on facebook.

Now, back to writing...until November. Much happens in ...NOVEMBER!

What's happening here?
I'm prepping for CanCon 2014, Oct 3-5, Ottawa ON. It's a terrific convention, small enough for great conversations, big enough to offer over 4 simulaneous tracks from science to publishing. There's "blood spatter" and "tricks for reading aloud" as well as chances to pitch your stuff to publishers, right there. Did I mention parties? I'll be on panels, reading from PLAY, and conducting a workshop Saturday from 10 till noon called "Destroy All Story Gremlins!" Hope to see you.
On other fronts, I'm busy ordering materials for you, dear readers. First for the mailing of new signed bookmarks that I'll do this month. (If you aren't on my list yet, email me a mailing address to julie[dot]czerneda[at]sff.net before the 15th. My pleasure!) Second for what I'll be giving out at the launches for PLAY in November. Yup. Every one shall have TREATS!
Oh, and I'm writing a new book. And will cook a turkey. Such is the writerly life.
Wouldn't change a thing!

Here, schools are back in session, the atmosphere has shifted back to a fallish rhythm and ...
It's New Stuff Day!!! What, you say?
Today is the release day for many wonderful books, including this one of mine. Species Imperative

To celebrate, I've posted the first couple of chapters at http://www.czerneda.com

Also, it's two months till my next new novel is released, making it time for the next large installment of: A Play of Shadow!!! That's up at http://www.czerneda.com

What else am I up to? Well, shortly I'll finish my next story for the fantastic Tales of the Emerald Serpent shared world anthology series. Tales of the Emerald Serpent: Ghosts of Taux and A Knight in the Silk Purse: Ghosts of Tauxare already out. I'm surging ahead! Whee!!

So, New Stuff Day abounds here. (Plus I've new real-running-shoes that glow in the dark. One never looses the inner kid.)