HARDCOVERS Months on list Last month
- House of Flame and Shadow, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury
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date: 2024-05-22, from: Locus Magazine
The 15th annual Xingyun awards for Chinese science fiction were presented by the World Chinese Science Fiction Association on May 18, 2024 in Chengdu, China.
Best Novel
https://locusmag.com/2024/05/2024-xingyun-awards-winners/
date: 2024-05-22, from: Locus Magazine
Moonstorm, Yoon Ha Lee (Delacorte Press 9-780-59348-833-1, $19.99, 352pp, hc) June 2024. Cover by Priscilla Kim.
As Yoon Ha Lee’s YA novel Moonstorm opens, Hwajin is ten years old, living with her extended family on the clanner moon Carnelian, part of the Moonstorm. Carnelian has an eccentric orbit, and its gravity is consistent only when there is harmony amongst the people living on it. On the very first page, …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/05/alexandra-pierce-reviews-moonstorm-by-yoon-ha-lee/
date: 2024-05-22, from: Literature & a Latte blog
<p>Scrivener's window contains a lot of elements: the Binder on the left, the Inspector on the right, the Editor in the middle, the Toolbar and Format bar at the top, and the Footer bar at the bottom. You'll probably always have the Editor visible, but you don't always need to see all the other elements. You can hide the elements you're not using to make Scrivener's window simpler.</p>If you often change which elements are visible in Scrivener's window, it's a good idea to create window layouts. These are saved settings that quickly switch what Scrivener displays, so you don't have to go to menus or use keyboard shortcuts to change your window's view. In this article, we'll show you how you can create and switch Scrivener window layouts.
Understanding window layouts
In Tame the Scrivener Window, we looked at the three main elements in Scrivener's window: the Binder (left), the Editor (center), and the Inspector (right).
When you're planning or editing a project, you'll probably want to keep the Binder visible; that's the left-hand sidebar that holds the parts of your project. If you want to view or add synopses, add metadata, or attach notes to files, then you'll use the Inspector, the right-hand sidebar. (It has many other features.) And you'll always want to view the Editor, the central pane; in fact, you can't hide it. The Editor is where you write; it also displays your project in Outline and Corkboard views.
Adjusting the window layout for the task you are performing can make it easier to work on your projects. By removing elements you don't need, you also remove distractions. (For the ultimate in distraction-free writing, get to know Scrivener's Composition Mode.)
Scrivener's built-in window layouts
Scrivener comes with seven built-in window layouts. You can see these by choosing Window > Layout; the submenu shows each of these layouts by name, and a small graphic gives you an idea of what each one looks like.
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<p>These layouts include the basic, three-pane view, as in the screenshot above; specific views that highlight the Outliner and Corkboard; and a useful dual-navigation view, that can fill your screen, and let you view the Binder, along with three other elements.</p>
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<p>You can hide these built-in layouts from this menu if you wish; see the note below.</p>Creating custom window layouts in Scrivener
The stock window layouts are great to give you an idea of what you can do to change Scrivener's display, but you can go much further by creating your own window layouts. Creating a layout means that you adjust different elements in the Scrivener window, and then save its settings. You can then switch to that layout at any time without manually changing all the settings.
Before you do this, it's a good idea to save your current window layout, so you can revert to it at any time. To save this layout, choose Window > Layouts > Manage Layouts. A dialog displays showing a thumbnail of the current layout.
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<p>To save this layout, click + and enter a name. Now, no matter how much you change Scrivener's window, you'll be able to come back to this layout by choosing it from the bottom of the Window > Layouts menu, or from the Manage Layouts dialog.</p>Note: you can choose to hide the stock layouts from the Layouts menu if you wish. Click … at the bottom of this dialog, then choose Hide Built-In Layouts in Menus.
Here's what window layouts save:
The size and position of the window, and the sizes of elements within them, such as how wide the Binder is or the ratio between the two splits.
The visibility of the Binder, collection list, and Inspector.
Whether the Editor is split; horizontally, vertically, or not at all.
Which element is visible in each split: Editor, Corkboard, or Outliner.
Whether the Header or Footer are visible in each split.
Whether the Ruler and Format Bar are visible.
Whether the window is in full-screen mode.Some other settings are saved; see section 12.3.2 of the Scrivener manual for details.
When you save layouts, there are two options that you can check:
Save outliner and corkboard settings: this saves the Corkboard card size, ratio, card wrapping, and other display elements, as well as freeform and label view.
Preserve all metadata appearance options: this saves label tinting used in the various areas of the interface; and pin, stamp, and keyword chip visibility in the Corkboard.Switching window layouts in Scrivener
Now that you saved one or more window layouts in Scrivener, it's easy to switch. There are two ways to do this.
Choose Window > Layouts, then choose the name of the layout you want to use. The built-in layouts are in the top section of the menu, and the ones you've saved are in the bottom section.
Or choose Window > Layouts > Manage Layouts, or press Command-Shift-) on Mac, or Ctrl+) on Windows. This brings up the dialog you used to save layouts. You might want to use this option if you have saved several window layouts and forget exactly how they look.
There are three ways to choose a layout from this dialog:
Double-click a layout to switch to it. On the Mac, double-click the thumbnail; on Windows, double-click the layout's name.
Select a layout and press Return.
Select a layout and click Use.If you make changes to a window layout and want to save the changes, select the layout, click …, then choose Update Selected Layout.
You can export and import window layouts if you want to share them, or if someone else has created a layout you want to use. From the … menu, choose Export Selected Layout or Import Layout. This will save or import a .scrlayout file.
Window layouts are a practical tool in Scrivener that lets you shift the way you look at a project, whether you're planning, writing, revising, or editing. Learn how to use window layouts to simplify Scrivener's display when you want to, and to show more details when you need to.
For more on window layouts, see section 12.3 of the Scrivener manual.
<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>
https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/how-to-create-and-switch-window-layouts-in-scrivener
date: 2024-05-21, from: Locus Magazine
The winners of the 2024 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire, honoring the best SF/F work published in France in 2023, have been announced.
French Novel
Foreign Novel
https://locusmag.com/2024/05/2024-grand-prix-de-limaginaire-winners/
date: 2024-05-21, from: Locus Magazine
Bell, Crystal J.: The Lamplighter (North Star Editions/Flux 9781635830989, $14.99, 304pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, 05/21/2024)
Young-adult historical horror novel. Temperance takes over as lamplighter in the 19th-century whaling village of Warbler after her father’s death, and has to prove she can do the job after a girl disappears and her investigation shows there may be a monster at large. A first novel.
Boldizar, Alexander: The Man Who Saw …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/05/new-books-21-may-2024/
date: 2024-05-21, from: Locus Magazine
Changes in the Land, Matthew Cheney (Lethe Press 978-1-59021-526-5, $3.00, 90pp, eb) April 2024.
If you read my 2023 Year in Review essay published in the February edition of Locus, you’ll know my favourite collection was Matthew Cheney’s The Last Vanishing Man and Other Stories. I’m not going to repeat what I said about the book other than to note that while the stories tended to be grim …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/05/ian-mond-reviews-changes-in-the-land-by-matthew-cheney/
date: 2024-05-21, from: John August blog
John joins Mike Birbiglia on his podcast Working It Out to share direct, practical screenwriting advice that you’ll actually use, whether you’re an aspiring screenwriter or you want to pursue creative work of any kind. They explore John’s screenwriting process, from defining his expression “breaking the back of the script,” through the different forms of […] The post Working It Out: Screenwriting Advice You’ll Actually Use first appeared on John August.
https://johnaugust.com/2024/working-it-out-screenwriting-advice-youll-actually-use
date: 2024-05-21, from: Final Draft blog
Rewriting your script or another writer’s script is one of the primary jobs of a professional screenwriter.
https://blog.finaldraft.com/the-differences-between-a-rewrite-and-a-polish
@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-05-21, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
The Authors League Fund. It’s been an honour to be a part of it for a decade now. authorsleaguefund.org
https://bsky.app/profile/neilhimself.neilgaiman.com/post/3ksz3damvgc2r
date: 2024-05-21, from: Margaret Atwoods Substack
Through the magic doorway to Birdland
https://margaretatwood.substack.com/p/the-spring-bird-vortex
date: 2024-05-21, from: Locus Magazine
Penguin Random House has announced the removal of two of its most prominent publishers: Reagan Arthur, head of Alfred A. Knopf, and Lisa Lucas, who ran Pantheon and Schocken, are both out in a surprise restructuring.
Lucas, at least, didn’t see it coming, posting on social media that she learned of the dismissal on Monday morning, and adding, “I have some regrets about spending the weekend working.”
Knopf Doubleday president …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/05/lucas-and-arthur-out-at-prh/
date: 2024-05-20, from: Locus Magazine
The winners of the 2023 Aurealis Awards, recognizing the best in Australian speculative fiction, have been announced.
Best Science Fiction Novel
Best Science
https://locusmag.com/2024/05/2023-aurealis-award-winners/
date: 2024-05-20, from: Locus Magazine
The 2024 Hugo Voter Packet is available for download by members of Glasgow 2024, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention.
An announcement has been sent to all members who registered their email addresses with the convention. The packet can be downloaded from the Worldcon site in the “Hugo Voter Packet” section. The packet will be available for download until voting closes at 20:17 GMT on July 20, 2024.
While …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/05/2024-hugo-voter-packet-available/
@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-05-20, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literally gives context to use and argument about the use (“how can something also mean its opposite?”)
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https://bsky.app/profile/neilhimself.neilgaiman.com/post/3kswwfqtvss2q
date: 2024-05-20, from: Locus Magazine
Two books debut prominently on lists this week. Mai Corland’s Five Broken Blades (Entangled: Red Tower Books), first in a series by an author who also publishes as Meredith Ireland, debuts on three lists, ranking as high as #3 on the NY Times fiction hardcover list. And Kaliane Bradley’s The Ministry of Time (Simon & Schuster/Avid Reader Press) debuts on four lists, ranking as high as #11 on the same
https://locusmag.com/2024/05/weekly-bestsellers-20-may-2024/
@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-05-20, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
They are all SO good.
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https://bsky.app/profile/neilhimself.neilgaiman.com/post/3kswqgfdka22x
date: 2024-05-20, from: Locus Magazine
VICTOR MANIBO was born in Manila, Philippines where he lived until moving to Jersey City NJ at age 23 to attend law school. He graduated from Cardozo School of Law with a concentration in constitutional law and civil rights, and he works in private practice as an immigration lawyer.
Manibo’s debut SF noir novel, The Sleepless, was published in 2022, and his second book, Escape Velocity, will be published …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/05/victor-manibo-space-thriller/
date: 2024-05-20, from: Locus Magazine
The Locus Bestsellers for February include top titles: House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US), Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (Tor), A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US), and Star Wars: The High Republic: Escape from Valo by Daniel José Older & Alyssa Wong (Disney Lucasfilm).
HARDCOVERS Months on list Last month
https://locusmag.com/2024/05/locus-bestsellers-may-3/
@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-05-20, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
Basically clickbait, although nonplussed is also used to mean its opposite (but that battle was lost a hundred years ago). https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/nonplussed
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@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-05-20, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
There’s a remarkable article about Searle’s making secret art and his survival against all odds at https://illustrationchronicles.com/the-war-drawings-of-ronald-searle
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@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-05-20, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
If anyone heading through Heathrow Terminal 3 needs a signed book, I signed everything I could find (two Good Omens, a Trigger Warning, a Norse Mythology and two Coralines) in the Bookshop.
https://bsky.app/profile/neilhimself.neilgaiman.com/post/3ksvtdlfbn22k
@Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky (date: 2024-05-20, from: Neil Gaiman @ BlueSky)
Searle was a genius.
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https://bsky.app/profile/neilhimself.neilgaiman.com/post/3ksvrvgvc3k2k
date: 2024-05-19, from: Locus Magazine
The Downloaded, Robert J. Sawyer (Shadowpaw Press 978-1989398999, trade paperback, 199pp, $14.95) May 2024
It’s a testament to Robert Sawyer’s skill—and his generational wisdom—that he has created, with his latest book, a novel that is at once exuberantly old-school and utterly au courant. It reads like Greg Egan rebooting Neil R. Jones’s Professor Jameson cycle. This book exemplifies the “best of both worlds” approach that charts a viable future …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/05/paul-di-filippo-reviews-robert-j-sawyers-the-downloaded/
date: 2024-05-19, from: Locus Magazine
Song of the Huntress, Lucy Holland (Redhook 978-0316321655, $19.99, 448pp, tp) March 2024.
I’ve read a lot of Greek and Roman mythology retellings recently, so it’s nice to see Celtic/ British mythology getting some love too. In Song of the Huntress, Lucy Holland (Sistersong, 2021) brings the Wild Hunt to Cornwall and Wessex in the mid-700s. This is some centuries after the Roman conquest and departure; Saxons …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/05/alexandra-pierce-reviews-song-of-the-huntress-by-lucy-holland/
date: 2024-05-19, from: Locus Magazine
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced their Summer Scares Reading list for 2024.
Adult: Jackal, Erin E. Adams (Bantam, 2022); Such Sharp Teeth, Rachel Harrison (Berkley, 2022); This Thing Between Us, Gus Moreno (MCD x FSG Originals, 2021).
Young Adult: All These Bodies, Kendare Blake (Quill Tree, 2021); Dead Flip, Sara Farizan (Algonquin Young Readers, 2022); #MurderTrending, Gretchen McNeil (Freeform, 2018).
Middle Grade: …Read More