I'm starting off this bash with a post on Frances Pauli's blog, Speculative Friction. Discussing the space opera today. I met Frances several years ago on Goodreads. Her first book had just come out, Roarke, which is outstanding. She's been prolific ever since. Check out her books on her website. If you've never read anything by her, you're missing out. One of her stories will be in the Wandering Weeds: Tales of Rabid Vegetation with The Tumbas, by me, due out later this year. She was one of the talented editors who put the anthology together.
Tomorrow I'll be at Rick Gualtieri's blog, The Poptart Manifesto talking about colonizing space. He's an amazing writer. Do you know Rick?
The Backworlds
After the war with Earth, bioengineered humans scatter across the Backworlds. Competition is fierce and pickings are scant. Scant enough that Craze’s father decides to hoard his fortune by destroying his son. Cut off from family and friends, with little money, and even less knowledge of the worlds beyond his own, Craze heads into an uncertain future. Boarding the transport to Elstwhere, he vows to make his father regret this day.
The Backworlds is a free read and is currently available in all ebook formats from both Smashwords and Feedbooks. It's also available from Amazon / AmazonUK / AmazonDE / AmazonFR / AmazonES / AmazonIT for 99 cents.
It will be free there soon and up on Barnes & Noble, iTunes, elsewhere for free. Stay tuned to this blog, my website, or sign up for my newsletter to find out the day it does go free on Amazon and becomes available at those other outlets.
Thank you to my fellow partiers for helping me make a small splash in cyperspace this week. And, thank you to my talented editor, Leigh T. Moore, for guiding The Backworlds to be even better. Any typos are my sole responsibility.
And thanks to these fabulous authors for renting me space on their blogs over the next few weeks.
Mon. May
7 Frances Pauli Speculative Friction
space opera http://francespauli.blogspot.com/
Tues. May
8 Rick Gualtieri The Poptart Manifesto
colonizing
space http://www.poptartmanifesto.com/
Wed. May
9 Rachel Morgan Rachel Morgan Writes
bio
engineering http://www.rachel-morgan.com/
Fri. May
11 Misha Gericke My Fist Book
character http://sylmion.blogspot.com/
Mon. May
14 Nick Daws Nick Daw’s Writing Blog
launching a
series strategies http://www.mywritingblog.com/
Wed. May
16 Allan Douglas The Write Stuff
Serenity/Firefly http://www.allandouglas.com/blog/
Fri. May
18 Derek Flynn Rant, With Occasional Music
Mon. May
21 Siana Wineland Siana’s Place
Characterization http://www.sianawineland.com/
Tues. May
22 Toby Neal Toby Neal
Creativity http://www.tobyneal.net/
Wed. May
23 Raine Thomas Write as Raine Thomas
Excerpt http://rainethomas.com/blog/
Thurs May
24 Lynda R. Young W.I.P. It
Networking http://lyndaryoung.blogspot.com/
Fri. May
25 Julie Flanders What Else is Possible?
Adventures
Outdoors http://julieflanders.blogspot.com/
Mon. June
4 Catherine Stine Idea City
Bioengineering http://catherinestine.blogspot.com/
Wed. June
6 JL Campbell The Character Depot
space opera http://thecharacterdepot.blogspot.com/
Fri. June
8 Greta van der Rol Greta van der Rol
Pine Mtn.
Obervatory http://gretavanderrol.net/
Mon. June 11 Libby Heily Libby Heily
Getting Free on Amazon & Mailing lists http://libbyheily.blogspot.com/
Mon. June 11 Libby Heily Libby Heily
Getting Free on Amazon & Mailing lists http://libbyheily.blogspot.com/
In celebration, you all get a free copy of The Backworlds. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
