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date: 2024-04-12, from: Locus Magazine
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the recipients of its 2023 Specialty Awards.
Thunderstorm Books is the recipient of the Specialty Press Award, given “to a publisher whose work has substantially influenced the horror and dark fantasy genres.”
The Richard Laymon President’s Award, “presented to a member who has served HWA in an exemplary manner and shown exceptional dedication to the organization,” goes to Brian W. Matthews. The winner …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/2023-hwa-specialty-awards/
date: 2024-04-12, from: Interesting, a blog on writing
“The trap isn’t a trap if you know the trap is trying to trap you. It’s a face-off.” -Peter Quill
https://inneresting.substack.com/p/196-its-a-trap
date: 2024-04-12, from: Final Draft blog
Getting into a room to pitch your ideas for a new series is the dream for screenwriters. These meetings are a big part of selling scripts, landing writing assignments, or breaking into writers’ rooms in Hollywood, but getting into the room can seem impossible.
https://blog.finaldraft.com/moonshot-initiative-wants-to-help-you-pitch-your-pilot-in-hollywood
date: 2024-04-12, from: Locus Magazine
Vineetha Mokkil is the recipient of the 2024 A.C. Bose Grant for South Asian Speculative Literature, presented by the Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) and DesiLit.
The $1,000 grant is given annually to “a South Asian / South Asian diaspora writer developing speculative fiction.” Saini’s winning work is “No One Has To Know and Other Stories”.
For more information, see the SLF website.
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date: 2024-04-12, from: Locus Magazine
The Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA) has announced shortlists for the 2024 Romantic Novel Awards, including titles of genre interest.
The Fantasy Romantic Novel Award
The Contemporary Romantic Novel Award
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/2024-romantic-novel-awards-shortlists/
date: 2024-04-12, from: Locus Magazine
Author John Barth, 93, died April 2, 2024 at a hospice in Bonita Springs FL. Barth was famed for his (often hilarious) experimental fiction.
His debut The Floating Opera appeared in 1956, but he attained literary fame with his third novel, The Sot-Weed Factor (1960). His innovations occasionally led him into speculative territory, notably in Giles Goat-Boy (1966) and The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor (1991). His 1967 essay …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/john-barth-1930-2024/
date: 2024-04-12, from: Locus Magazine
The Siege of Burning Grass, Premee Mohamed (Solaris 978-1-8378-6046-3, $27.99, 432pp, hc) March 2023.
“Weird” is a word that’s been worn thin with use, even in regular conversation. I hesitate to apply it in a genre sense – whether old or New – for fear of misusing it, wading too deep into niche categorization, or merely adding more wear to the term. But there’s a sense in which its …Read More
date: 2024-04-12, from: Final Draft blog
Suspension of disbelief is when someone takes a fictional narrative and ignores certain aspects that are unrealistic or implausible. English poet and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge is often attributed with introducing the concept of “suspension of disbelief” in his 1817 work Biographia Literaria. However, this notion was acknowledged by earlier Greek writers such as Aristotle.
https://blog.finaldraft.com/how-to-create-the-suspension-of-disbelief-in-your-screenplay
@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-04-12, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
For Coraline fans and for Jill Thompson fans. Her art from the Neil Gaiman colouring book is up for auction:
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@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-04-12, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
We don’t know that he’s horny in this scene. I mean, we can suspect. But he’s definitely magical.
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@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-04-12, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
Small true thread.
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date: 2024-04-11, from: Locus Magazine
The 2024 Whiting Award winners have been announced. Authors of genre interest include Aaliyah Bilal and Yoon Choi, both in the fiction category.
The ten winners, “emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama,” each receive $50,000. The award was created by New York investor and philanthropist Flora Ettlinger Whiting in 1971. Recipients of the award are selected by an anonymous committee appointed by the Foundation.
For more information, including …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/2024-whiting-award-winners/
date: 2024-04-11, from: Locus Magazine
Parasol Against the Axe, Helen Oyeyemi (Faber & Faber 978-0571366620, £16.99, 272pp, hc) February 2024. (Riverhead 978-0-59319-236-8, $28.00, 272pp, hc) March 2024.
Helen Oyeyemi’s new novel, Parasol Against the Axe, takes place in Prague, Oyeyemi’s home since 2013. Interviewed by The Guardian in 2019, Oyeyemi described Prague as a “very layered city; it could be a film set; it could be a fairytale; it could be a gritty, …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/ian-mond-reviews-parasol-against-the-axe-by-helen-oyeyemi/
@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-04-11, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
I’m not saying Dead Boy Detectives will be your new favourite TV show. I’m just saying…
Actually, it may very well be your new favourite show. Who am I trying to kid?
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@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-04-11, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
Heartbroken. I’ve known Trina Robbins as a person for about 37 years and loved her work since Comix Book in 1976.
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date: 2024-04-10, from: Locus Magazine
The shortlist for the 2024 Tolkien Society Awards has been announced. The awards recognize excellence in the fields of Tolkien scholarship and fandom. The trustees choose the shortlist, with winners to be selected by the membership.
Best Book
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/2024-tolkien-society-awards-shortlist/
date: 2024-04-10, from: John August blog
The original post for this episode can be found here. John August: Hey, this is John. Heads up that today’s episode has just a little bit of swearing in it. Hello and welcome. My name is John August, and this is Episode 633 of Scriptnotes, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to […] The post Scriptnotes, Episode 633: Reviving a Dormant Project, Transcript first appeared on John August.
https://johnaugust.com/2024/scriptnotes-episode-633-reviving-a-dormant-project-transcript
date: 2024-04-10, from: Interesting, a blog on writing
And what does that even mean?
https://inneresting.substack.com/p/how-do-you-become-successful
date: 2024-04-10, from: Final Draft blog
https://blog.finaldraft.com/write-on-the-first-omen-writers-arkasha-stevenson-and-tim-smith
date: 2024-04-10, from: Locus Magazine
Apex #141 Midnight Echo #18 Podcastle 10/3/23 Pseudopod 11/24/23
J.S. Breukelaar’s novelette “Hole World” in Apex #141 finds the world taken over by tentacled somethings. Justin is one of the few left alive. Though limited by a sentient manacle, he still works at Whole Foods, now under “new management,” tending to the frozen meat – guess the source – that is delivered weekly to feed the “managers.” …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/paula-guran-reviews-apex-midnight-echo-podcastle-and-pseudopod/
@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-04-10, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
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date: 2024-04-10, from: Literature & a Latte blog
<p>One of the most useful elements of Scrivener is the ability to write scenes and chapters in any order then move them around in <a href="https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/use-folders-and-texts-to-power-up-the-scrivener-binder" target="_blank">the Binder; the sidebar at the left of the Scrivener window</a>. Instead of scrolling up and down in a long document, you can write projects in documents of any length, and rearrange them at will.</p>There are several ways to rearrange items in the Binder. In this article we will look at five ways you can move and rearrange files and folders.
1. Drag and drop
The basic method of moving files and folders in the Binder is to drag and drop them with your mouse cursor. Click an item, drag it, and you will see a horizontal line; move that line between the items where you want to situate the document or folder you're dragging, then release the mouse button.
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<p>If you drag an item onto another item, Scrivener places the first item inside the second item. If you drag a file or folder onto a folder, then that item is added to the folder at the bottom. If you drag a file onto another file, the first file is added to the second in what is called a <em><a href="https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/different-ways-of-setting-up-scriveners-binder-for-your-projects#:~:text=File%20groups&text=In%20Scrivener%2C%20a%20file%20can,to%20create%20a%20file%20group" target="_blank">file group</a></em>.</p>You can also move multiple items together, such as when you want to move a lot of files into a folder containing old versions, for example. To select multiple items in the Binder on the Mac, click one document, then press the Command key and click others; each click will add a document to your selection. On Windows, click one document, then click Ctrl, then click others.
Note: If you drag an item into the wrong location, you can always undo the drag by pressing Command-Z (Mac) or Ctrl-Z (Windows).
2. Use keyboard shortcuts
You can move items using the keyboard. Once you've clicked anywhere in the Binder, you can use the up and down arrow keys to move around and select items. When an item is selected, you can move it by pressing the following keys:
Mac
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Control-Command-Down-Arrow
Control-Command-Left-Arrow
Control-Command-Right-ArrowWindows
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Control-Up
Control-Down
Control-Left
Control-RightYou cannot move a file from one folder to another using this method, but you can move files around within a folder, or change the arrangements of folders in the Binder. You can also move a file out of a folder by pressing the keyboard shortcut to move it to the left. Or you can move a file into a file group, if it's below another file, by pressing the keyboard shortcut to move it to the right.
Tip: You can navigate the Binder from the keyboard. If all your folders are closed - if you don't see any files in them - you can press the right-arrow key when a folder is selected to open it, then press the left arrow key to close it.
3. Use the Edit menu
You can move items using the Edit menu; the screenshots above are taken from the Edit > Move submenu. It will certainly take longer to use the menu than to use the keyboard, but some people prefer using menu items.
4. Use toolbar buttons
Scrivener's toolbar - the section of the window at the top, which, by default, shows a set of icons - is customizable. You can add buttons for moving items to the toolbar.
To do this, choose View > Customize Toolbar (Mac) or View > Customize Toolbars (Windows). On the Mac, drag any of these button sets to the toolbar, in the location where you want to store them.
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<p>On Windows, you see a dialog allowing you to customize the Format Bar and the Main Toolbar. You want to put the Move icons into the Main Toolbar by selecting them, pressing the right arrow button, and then rearranging them. Click Apply to save your changes.</p>
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<p>You can then move any seleced item by clicking these buttons. Buttons that cannot be used according to the current selection are dimmed, so in the example below, I've selected a file at the top of a folder, and I can only move it down (to change its order in the folder's files) or to the left (to remove it from the folder, and bring it up one level in the Binder).</p>
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<p><em>Note: After you add the additional buttons, you may not see all your toolbar buttons. These additional buttons will be accessible by clicking the >> icon at the right of the toolbar.</em></p>5. Use proxy icon
The proxy icon is the small icon in the Header Bar at the top of the editor, which displays when you have selected a file or folder. You can drag this icon to move an item to a new location in the Binder.
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<p>You can also drag an item in the <a href="https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/plan-your-project-with-scriveners-outliner" target="_blank">Outliner</a> or <a href="https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/organize-your-scrivener-project-with-the-corkboard" target="_blank">Corkboard</a> and move it anywhere in the Binder, as well as rearranging that item in the Outliner or Corkboard. You can select and move multiple items in the Outliner and Corkboard as you do for the Binder.</p>Depending on how you write, you may move items around in the Binder often, or only when you've finished the first draft of your project. Dragging and dropping items is easy, but using some of these other methods can make it much easier to rearrange a Binder with lots of items.
<p>Kirk McElhearn is a <a href="https://kirkville.com" target="_blank">writer</a>, <a href="https://kirkville.com/podcasts/" target="_blank">podcaster</a>, and <a href="https://kirkville.com/kirks-photos-2/" target="_blank">photographer</a>. He is the author of <a href="https://www.literatureandlatte.com/store" target="_blank">Take Control of Scrivener</a>, and host of the podcast <a href="https://podcast.scrivenerapp.com" target="_blank">Write Now with Scrivener</a>.</p>
@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-04-10, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
Writer of Stuff Peter David is still in hospital. It’s been a long time, and I wanted to draw attention to the GoFundMe for him and Kathleen, his wife… https://www.gofundme.com/f/peter-david-fund
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date: 2024-04-09, from: Locus Magazine
Forbes contributors have released their list of the 30 greatest book series of all time, including the Red Rising Saga by Pierce Brown (Del Rey), the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (Penguin Random House), the Expanse series by James S.A. Corey (Orbit), The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin (Simon & Schuster), the Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson (Tor), and the Witcher Saga by Andrzej Sapkowski (Hachette).
For more
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/forbes-30-greatest-book-series-of-all-time/
date: 2024-04-09, from: Locus Magazine
The American Library Association (ALA) has released their Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023, including some works and authors of genre interest:
The ALA listed the top 10 most challenged …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/ala-most-challenged-books-of-2023/
date: 2024-04-09, from: Locus Magazine
The six-title shortlist for the 2024 International Booker Prize has been announced, and includes Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior, translated by Johnny Lorenz (Verso).
The award is given “every year for a single book that is translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland.” The £50,000 prize is divided equally among the author and translator(s). Shortlisted authors and translators will each receive £1,000. Judges for 2024 are …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/2024-international-booker-prize-shortlist/
date: 2024-04-09, from: Locus Magazine
The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) announced the current nominees for the CSFFA Hall of Fame:
The CSFFA Hall of Fame “was created to honour people who have over the past number of decades made a great …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/2024-csffa-hall-of-fame-nominees/
date: 2024-04-09, from: Locus Magazine
The shortlist has been announced for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, and includes Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) and Coleman Hill by Kim Coleman Foote (Zando).
The winner, to be announced on May 13, 2024, will receive $150,000 and residency at Fogo Island Inn; the runner-ups will each receive $12,500. For more information, including the complete shortlist, visit the Carol Shields Prize website.
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date: 2024-04-09, from: Final Draft blog
In my article “Big Story, Small Budget,” I wrote about how you should be mindful of production costs when deciding what to write because it’s a major factor in why scripts get bought and produced. Generally speaking, the more cost-effective the project, the more desirable it’ll be to producers and studios.
https://blog.finaldraft.com/3-must-ask-questions-before-you-write-a-sellable-script
date: 2024-04-09, from: Locus Magazine
The Tusks of Extinction, Ray Nayler (Tordotcom 978-1-25085-552-7, $26.99, 101pp, hc) January 2024. Cover by Faceout Studios.
It is a proposition universally asserted that the novelette and novella are the optimal lengths for science fiction. Or frequently suggested, anyway, despite the number of five-volume trilogies and long-running series out there. And the relatively recent renaissance of small-press operations has certainly given freestanding midlength work renewed visibility outside the pages …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/russell-letson-reviews-the-tusks-of-extinction-by-ray-nayler/
date: 2024-04-09, from: John August blog
John and Craig lawyer up with criminal defense attorney Ken White (aka Popehat) to look at legal scenes in movies and TV, and separate the tropes from the truth. How do lawyers actually prepare a case? Will they meet a client in jail? Do they need to gather evidence themselves? And what happens when they […] The post Lawyer Scenes first appeared on John August.
https://johnaugust.com/2024/lawyer-scenes
date: 2024-04-08, from: Locus Magazine
Stephen Graham Jones’s The Angel of Indian Lake (Saga), third in his Indian Lake Trilogy, debuts on two lists this week.
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT 04.14 LAT 04.07 USAT 03.31 PW 04.08 Amz (04.08) UK: Amz UK (04.08) Canada: Amz.ca (04.08)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed
10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Bardugo, The Familiar 04.08.24 / 1
52 ++
Black, …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/weekly-bestsellers-8-april-2024/
@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-04-08, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
A dragon ate the sun.
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date: 2024-04-08, from: Locus Magazine
Finalists for the 15th annual Xingyun Awards for Chinese science fiction were announced by the World Chinese Science Fiction Association.
Best Novel
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/2024-xingyun-awards-finalists/
@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-04-08, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
Life online as a digital shame closet (gift link): Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/07/opinion/gmail-email-digital-shame.html?unlocked_article_code=1.i00.1v7y.BMBnZCxBQ1MZ
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@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-04-08, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
Sure. Good luck.
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date: 2024-04-08, from: Locus Magazine
The Briar Book of the Dead, A.G. Slatter (Titan 978-1-80336-454-4, $16.99, 368pp, tp) Cover by Julia Lloyd. February 2024.
With The Briar Book of the Dead following up The Path of Thorns, A.G. Slatter shows that her genius for the magical gothic tale is not waning, with witches and ghosts and terrible deeds coming together to create a riveting story.
The Briar witches live in, and govern, the …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/alexandra-pierce-reviews-the-briar-book-of-the-dead-by-a-g-slatter/
date: 2024-04-08, from: Locus Magazine
Sara Felix is a Hugo Award winning mixed media artist who creates with inks, acrylics, resin and sometimes clay. She is an editor for the Hugo Award winning fanzine Journey Planet and has been also nominated for her work for the past few years. She has designed two Hugo Award bases, one with Vincent Villafranca in 2018 and one on her own in 2016, and has created four Lodestar …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/04/spotlight-on-sara-felix/
date: 2024-04-07, from: Locus Magazine
Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction, Ann Leckie (Orbit 978-0-3165-5357-5, $29.00, 416pp, hc) April 2024.
In a Locus interview last year, Ann Leckie noted that, prior to Ancillary Justice, “Nobody paid much attention to my stories,” and she was neither complaining nor being falsely modest. While a few of the stories in Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction made the Locus recommended reading list or best-of-the-year …Read More
@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-04-07, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
True. Felching replaced whatever they thought was too rude.
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