It's #Caturday, so what better time to promote my cat-related fantasy epic? "The Secret of the Sorceress" is just one of the (mostly) moggy themed stories in the new anthology, "Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars", out now from #WordFirePress.
Many thanks to the editors (Kevin J. Anderson, Allyson Longueira and their students at #WesternColoradoUniversity) for giving my story a chance!
It's nice to see a company with a clear commitment to #opensource software (and democracy) be successful in the #publishing space. Congratulations to your 25th company anniversary, @letexml!
Genuine question for #WritersOfMastodon - with the rise of AI generated everything, is it now possible to be published by an actual publisher? I'd heard it was virtually impossible before AI but presumably they're now inundated by manuscripts that are either part or fully AI creations. I ask because I always assumed I'd write my great novel one day, but it seems vanishingly unlikely now. I have 2 brothers who's father was a successful author, although he had his foot in the door via being a reporter (who brought down Concorde and was the only person ever allowed to interview/write a book about Pablo Escobar), so was already semi-famous and had contacts. I met a published author the other week, but she's a proof-reader for Penguin books, so also has a foot in the door. I assume that if you write something you're happy with, you no longer just send it to publishers and hope they read? Interested to know if anyone has had any success with this or if everyone self-publishes now.
The author that brought you Troll Song and Forgotten Legends now offers you the chance to read the third book in the The Wizard's Scion: The Third Wish.
Copies of Worlds of IF Science Fiction Magazine #177, the relaunch issue, spotted in Paris. Front cover art by Bob Eggleton, back cover art by Andrew Stewart. Check out that table of contents.
Feels so good to read it in prints!
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