Come Join Us at Norwescon (Part 2)

When you're at Norwescon next week (April 17-20), be sure to stop by our Saturday afternoon social!

You don't have to be part of the workshop already--come and find out about us and our workshop for next year, bond with fellow writers, or make connections to set up your own local critique group.

And of course, this year's workshop participants are also welcome!

Refreshments and writer camaraderie provided.

Saturday, April 19
1:30-3:30 p.m.
Presidential Suite (Room 1360)

Come Join Us at Norwescon (Part 1)

We're all getting ready for Norwescon next weekend, April 17-20, and we hope you'll be there too!

Come join the Fairwood Writers at our Norwescon readings:

• Thursday, 9 p.m., Cascade 1

               Mae Empson reads something new

• Friday, 2:30 p.m., Cascade 1

              Chris Bodan reads from a new work

• Friday, 3:30 p.m., Cascade 1

              Renee Stern reads from "Hannelore and Her Sisters": The
              shattering of the Iron Curtain unleashes something old and long
              hidden

• Friday, 5 p.m., Cascade 1

              Patrick Swenson reads something new

• Friday, 9 p.m., Cascade 1

              Darragh Metzger reads from The Iron Lords, Book 6 of The
              Triads of Tir na n'Og

• Saturday, 1 p.m., Cascade 1

               Harold Gross reads either from "The Song Giveth...", currently
               serialized in Aethernet: Two  worlds share music and more; or
               from a new work in progress

• Saturday, 9 p.m., Cascade 1

               Kim Ritchie reads from "Totenkopf"

• Saturday, 9:30 p.m., Cascade 1

               Rhiannon Held reads from Reflected, an urban fantasy novel set
               in Seattle

Reflected Now Out

Reflected, the third novel in Rhiannon's Silver series, is now in print, and you can get it at bookstores everywhere.  And if you're too excited to wait that long, get it for your eBook reader from your favorite eBook store.

We really love the cover, though.  Check it out!

So feel free to also buy the hardcopy to display on your coffee table, or show off the general awesomeness of your reading material to everyone else on the bus.

The Song Giveth... serialized

Today saw the first part of the novelette, The Song Giveth…, by Fairwood member, Harold Gross, hit press. Song is a fantasy piece with, not surprisingly, a musical twist. It will come out in 4 parts over the next several issues of Aethernet Magazine, a UK property dedicated to the serialized form. Information and links below.

Aethernet #9 Contents

·         Cosmopolitan Predators! by Tony Ballantyne

·         Gela’s Ring by Chris Beckett

·         Memento by Keith Brooke

·         The Song Giveth... by Harold Gross

·         Serial Inspirations by Juliet E McKenna

·         Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Buy a 12 Month Subscription:  You will receive Issues 1 to 8

Deadline Approaching

Get your manuscripts ready for the writers' workshop at Norwescon 37 next April!  We're counting down to our submissions deadline at midnight on Sunday, Dec. 1.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to have your fantasy, science fiction and horror short stories and novel excerpts critiqued by professional writers and editors.  You'll find our guidelines here.

The clock is ticking!  We hope to see you and your work at Norwescon! 

Looking Landwards

Fairwood member Renee Stern turns her experience as an agricultural reporter into a look at one possible future for farming in "A Touch of Frost," one of 23 stories you'll find in Looking Landwards.

Just released by NewCon Press, the anthology commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers by examining what might lie ahead for farming, agricultural engineering and all of us.

Looking Landwards is available as an e-book, paperback and a numbered, limited edition hardback.

Start Planning For Our Next Writers' Workshop

The guidelines for our writers' workshop at Norwescon 37 on April 17-20, 2014, are now available!  If you've participated in one of our previous workshops, or inquired about them, you should already have received a notice.  If not, please visit the Norwescon website for our guidelines.

Here are the basics:

• In most circumstances we accept 2 pieces from any one person, only one of which may be a novel excerpt, and neither of which may be more than 10,000 words.
• Submissions will be critiqued in private, live sessions at Norwescon in 2014.  Most sessions use 4 critquers who are professional guests at the convention (almost always professionally published genre writers).
• We have certain requirements for submissions, including that you use proper manuscript format (and we WILL critique your format), send a cover letter, and that all stories be completed.
• Our deadline is VERY EARLY: December 1, 2013.  So if you'd like to submit, get hopping!  We set the deadline as late as we can each year and are not able to accept late submissions.
• We fill all the slots we can handle every year, so if you want to participate, we encourage to you to submit as early as possible.

  
Don't worry if you haven't been to a critique before, or if you don't feel that your work is perfect.  Writers at all levels are welcome to submit to the workshop!