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date: 2024-07-18, from: Locus Magazine
Mirrored Heavens, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga Press 978-1-53443-770-8, $29.99. 608pp, hc) June 2024. Cover by John Picacio.
Black Sun, the first book in Rebecca Roanhorse’s epic fantasy series Between Earth and Sky, opened with one of the most impactful first chapters I’ve read in a long time. Fevered Star, the sequel, contained one of the most intense scenes of people who kinda deserved it getting slaughtered by …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/alex-brown-reviews-mirrored-heavens-by-rebecca-roanhorse/
date: 2024-07-18, from: Locus Magazine
Glasgow 2024: A Worldcon for our Futures, the 82nd World Science Fiction, to be held August 8-12, 2024 at the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow, Scotland, published Media Release #25 on June 7, 2024, announcing Samantha Béart Announced as Special Guest at Glasgow 2024. Beart “is a BAFTA and DICE nominated, GANG Award-winning actor. They are best known for their role as Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3.” For more.
The …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/world-convention-news/
date: 2024-07-18, from: Author’s Union blog
Authors and Publishers: We are looking for books (both new & classic titles) to feature in our popular book talk series. Starting in 2023, Authors Alliance and Internet Archive have partnered on a series of virtual book talks highlighting issues of importance to the library and information communities. Last year, more than 2,000 people attended […]
date: 2024-07-17, from: Locus Magazine
The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation (NCSFF) has announced the winner for the 2024 Manly Wade Wellman Award. The award recognizes “outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy novels written by North Carolina authors.”
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/2024-wellman-award-winner/
date: 2024-07-17, from: Interesting, a blog on writing
Who should you help? Can you help?
https://inneresting.substack.com/p/inciting-incident-koo-koo-roo-edition
date: 2024-07-17, from: Locus Magazine
Navola, Paolo Bacigalupi (Knopf 978-0-59353-505-9, $30.00, 576pp, hc) July 2024.
Without meaning to stir up those enthusiastic taxonomists who are determined to Let No Subgenre Go Unlabeled, is there a term for the sort of historical fantasy that draws on recognizable times and places, but replaces familiar geographical, historical, or mythical names with invented ones, and often employs only minimal supernatural or magical elements? Guy Gavriel Kay seems to …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/gary-k-wolfe-reviews-navola-by-paolo-bacigalupi/
date: 2024-07-17, from: Literature & a Latte blog
Three Ways to Mark the Status of Items in Your Scrivener ProjectThere are three ways to mark the status of items in your Scrivener project, which you can view in the Binder, Corkboard, Outliner, and Inspector.
As you make progress on your writing project, you’ll have chapters and scenes in your Binder in different states. Some may be sketches, others may be drafts. You may have some items that need revision and others that are in their final state. It can be helpful to mark items in your Binder for their status. Scrivener offers three ways to do this: using custom icons, labels, and status metadata.
Why mark the status of items in your project?
As you work on your project, you may not write in a linear fashion, from beginning to end. One of the key features of Scrivener is the ability to write any section of a project at any time: you can start in the middle, flesh out the ending, and then write the beginning if you want.
But you need to know which scenes and chapters you’ve completed, which are just sketches, and which require rewrites. It’s especially helpful to be able to see this at a glance so you know the state of your project at any time.
Depending on how you mark items, you can keep an eye on the status of them in multiple views. You can view some of these status marks in the Binder (icons and labels), in the Corkboard (icons, labels, and status), in the Outliner (icons, labels, and status), and in the Inspector (labels and status).
Icons
One way to mark items is to use icons. Instead of the usual text file icon, you can choose icons that can serve as reminders of what is happening in a scene or chapter, but also as status markers. Available icons include images like different colored flags, books, and notepad icons, checked and unchecked checkboxes, and various items such as a calendar, light bulb, speech bubble, and warning icon. These icons display in the Binder, Corkboard, and Outline.
To change icons for items in your project, select an item in the Binder, then choose Documents > Change Icon, or right-click on an item and choose Change Icon; the Change Icon menu item is near the bottom of the menu that displays when you do either of these.
If you use colored icons to mark the status of items in the Binder, you can change them when their status changes. If you use, say, colored flags, you could have red for your first draft, yellow for revised texts, and green for finalized items. Or you could just use colored icons to mark those sections that you need to rework. You can even add custom icons from photos or emoji. See Personalize the Scrivener Binder with Custom Icons to learn how to do this.
Labels
You can use labels to tag files and folders, and they display in the Binder, the Corkboard, and in the Outline, as well as at the bottom of the Inspector. Some people use labels to indicate scenes or chapters with different point-of-view characters; others to show present time and flashbacks; or you could use them to indicate different settings. You could also use labels to indicate how much work is done or needed on a scene or chapter: for example, red to indicate an early draft, yellow for a draft that’s been revised, or green for a final draft.
You can apply labels by selecting one or more items, right-clicking, choosing Label, then selecting a label. You can also apply labels for selected items by clicking the Label menu at the bottom of the Inspector.
You can choose where labels display by choosing View > Label Color In; this submenu gives you options to display labels in the Binder, in Binder Icons, in Index Cards on the Corkboard, in Outliner Rows, and in Scrivenings titles.
By default, you can choose from a number of colored labels, named for their colors. But you can create custom labels, with any name you want, and with colors that you choose. If you choose Project > Project Settings, and then click Labels, you can change the names of the default labels. If you click +, you can add your own labels, and if you double-click a label, you can rename it.
Read 5 Tips for Using Labels in Scrivener for more on how to use labels.
Status
Status is an element of metadata available in the Inspector. Think of Status as a comment on an item in your project. You apply Status from the Status menu at the bottom of the Inspector; Status is text only, there are no colors for Status.
The default Statuses include To Do, In Progress, First Draft, and more. You can view the Status of items in the Inspector, in the Outliner by choosing the Status columns (right-click in the header of the Outliner and choose Status), and on the Corkboard (choose View > Corkboard Options > Show Status Stamps to have Status displayed as a stamp on your index cards).
Status is also useful when you create snapshots; snapshot names include Status in parentheses, so you can tell what the Status of each item was when you created the snapshot.
You can also create custom Statuses. Click the Status menu at the bottom of the Inspector, then choose Edit.
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<p>You can change the name of any Status by double-clicking it and typing a new name. You can choose which Status should be the default by selecting a Status, and then clicking Make Default. And you can create custom Statuses by clicking + and adding whatever you want.</p>Your Scrivener project is more than just the words that you write; it’s a tool that helps you manage all the moving parts of the project, and icons, labels, and status markers are ways of helping you work more efficiently.
<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>
date: 2024-07-17, from: Locus Magazine
The Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust has announced the shortlist for the third annual Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, awarding a $25,000 cash prize “to a writer for a single work of imaginative fiction.”
The shortlisted titles are:
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/2024-le-guin-prize-for-fiction-shortlist/
date: 2024-07-16, from: Locus Magazine
The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers (IAMTW) announced the nominees for the 2024 Scribe Awards, honoring excellence in licensed tie-in writing. Nominees of genre interest follow.
Original Novel — Speculative
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/2024-scribe-award-nominees/
date: 2024-07-16, from: John August blog
Back in 2017, friends and I came up with a fun little game called AlphaBirds.1 We’ve been playing it in the office nearly every Friday since then. It’s a word game like Scrabble or Wordle, but faster and more fun. And it’s ridiculously simple to learn. On your turn, draw two cards. Play one card […] The post AlphaBirds, our favorite office game first appeared on John August.
https://johnaugust.com/2024/alphabirds-our-favorite-office-game
date: 2024-07-16, from: John August blog
John welcomes back Mike Schur (The Good Place, Parks and Recreation) to ask, how do you fix an overwritten script? They discuss ways to rebuild scenes and restore muddy characters that have become burdened by too many notes, all while making sure your script retains its voice. We also look at the new IATSE deal […] The post Overwritten first appeared on John August.
https://johnaugust.com/2024/overwritten
date: 2024-07-16, from: Locus Magazine
Alering, Alisa: Smothermoss (Tin House 9781959030584, $17.95, 264pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 07/16/2024)
Dark fantasy/rural gothic/fairytale novel. Two sisters in 1980s rural Appalachia are drawn into the hunt for the murderer of two female hikers on a nearby trail, as darkness seems to take over their home and community.
Allen, Mike: Slow Burn (Mythic Delirium Books 9781956522037, $18.95, 296pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, 07/16/2024)
Collection of short body …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/new-books-16-july-2024/
date: 2024-07-16, from: Locus Magazine
Baby X, Kira Peikoff (Crooked Lane 978-1-63910-633-2, $30.99, 336pp, hc) March 2024. Cover by Nicole Lecht.
Kira Peikoff’s Baby X is a solid technothriller that feels very timely while also delivering great entertainment. At once a novel of big ideas that will satisfy fans of science fiction and a fast-paced narrative about crimes that might become a reality sooner rather than later, Baby X pulls readers into a future …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/gabino-iglesias-reviews-baby-x-by-kira-peikoff/
date: 2024-07-16, from: Locus Magazine
Check out the latest top genre books hitting shelves now!
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/new-books-video-up-now/
date: 2024-07-15, 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. Craig Mazin: My name is Craig Mazin. John: This is Episode 646 of Scriptnotes, a podcast about […] The post Scriptnotes, Episode 646: Industry Software, Transcript first appeared on John August.
https://johnaugust.com/2024/scriptnotes-episode-646-industry-software-transcript
date: 2024-07-15, from: Locus Magazine
A new fantasy novel by K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (Ace), debuts on three lists, ranking as high as #10 on the Publishers Weekly list.
Meanwhile, Powerless and Powerful by Lauren Roberts have disappeared from New York Times‘ Young Adult Hardcover list, after ranking there for many weeks. With the publication of a third book in that series, Reckless, NYT has combined them into a single entry
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/weekly-bestsellers-15-july-2024/
date: 2024-07-15, from: Locus Magazine
The finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story have been announced by the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction.
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/2024-sturgeon-award-finalists/
date: 2024-07-15, from: Locus Magazine
The finalists for the 2023 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History have been announced.
Long Form
Short Form
The Sidewise Awards have been presented since 1995 …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/2023-sidewise-awards-nominees/
date: 2024-07-15, from: Locus Magazine
EUGEN BACON is the 2024 Hedberg Writer-In-Residence at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia, and will spend three months writing, teaching, and “taking part in community conversations.”
TED CHIANG is the winner of the 2024 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, which “recognizes writers who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in the short story form.” Chiang will be honored at the annual PEN/Malamud Award Ceremony on …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/people-publishing-roundup-july-2024/
date: 2024-07-15, from: Locus Magazine
Forgotten Sisters, Cynthia Pelayo (Thomas & Mercer 978-1-662-51391-6, $16.99, tp, 284pp) March 2024. Cover by Olga Grlic.
Cynthia Pelayo’s Forgotten Sisters begins with a nightmare, then moves to a nuanced family history of sisters Jennie and Anna, who live in a historic bungalow on the Chicago River that was owned first by their grandparents, then their parents, and now is theirs to treasure and maintain. In the second chapter, …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/colleen-mondor-reviews-forgotten-sisterscynthia-pelayo/
date: 2024-07-15, from: Locus Magazine
Clare Winger Harris is the winner of the 2024 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award, intended to bring attention to lesser-known SF and fantasy authors.
Mrs. Harris (1891-1968) was a true pioneer of the field of genre science fiction, and was the first woman to write regularly for the early Science Fiction pulps such as Amazing Stories and Science Wonder Stories under her own name. She published a dozen stories between 1926 …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/harris-wins-cordwainer-smith-rediscovery-award/
date: 2024-07-14, from: Locus Magazine
Beyond the Light Horizon, Ken MacLeod (Orbit 978-0-356-51482-6, £10.99, 336 pp, tp) May 2024. Cover by Duncan Spilling. (Pyr 978-1-64506-066-6, $21.00, 336pp, tp) June 2024.
Are Ken MacLeod novels realistic? Twenty-five years ago I would have said no. Reading the Fall Revolution series (1995-1999) as a teenager, part of the thrill (I see now) was the vivid granular depiction of a world that (I thought then) didn’t work that …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/niall-harrison-reviews-beyond-the-light-horizon-by-ken-macleod/
date: 2024-07-14, from: Locus Magazine
The winners of the 2023 Shirley Jackson Awards for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction have been announced.
Novel
https://locusmag.com/2024/07/embargoed-2023-shirley-jackson-awards-winners/