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Malcohn Work Published
BU member, Elissa Malcohn has an article, "Life and Art: More than Imitation," in Poets' Forum Magazine, Spring 2008. This issue will also feature one of her photographs on its cover. She has also recently published a story, "Identity Theft," in The Drabbler #10 (Sam's Dot Publishing), February 2008. Her Poems, "Forest Dragons" (Honorable Mention) and "Salvage" (Top Ten) in The 2nd Annual SFPA Poetry Contest 2007: Sonnets, Spec House of Poetry in cooperation with the Science Fiction Poetry Association, December 2007.
Member's website: http://home.earthlink.net/~emalcohn/index.html

Moore's Changeling at Amazon
Aqueduct Press is now selling their Conversation Pieces on Amazon.com as well as on their website, http://aqueductpress.com/. Included in the Series is BU member, Nancy Jane Moore's "Changeling: A Novella."
Amazon site: Changeling

Aqueduct Press Readings at Wiscon
The following BU members will be participating in the Aqueduct Press readings at Wiscon: Andrea Hairston, Nancy Jane Moore, and Sue Lange. Aqueduct Press is owned by BU member, Timmi Duchamp. Wiscon will be held May 22-24, 2008 in Madison, WI
Details: http://www.wiscon.info/schedule.php

Lundoff Win's Choice Award
Catherine Lundoff's multigenre erotica collection, Crave:Tales of Lust, Love and Longing (Lethe Press, 2007) has won a 2007 Lesbian Fiction Reader's Choice Award for erotica.
Awards Site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LesbianFictionReadersChoiceAwards/

Moore Collection Released
Nancy Jane Moore's collection Conscientious Inconsistencies has just been released by PS Publishing as the second volume in its Showcase series. Copies are available from the publisher as well as at the BU table at Wiscon.
To get a copy: PS

Frankel's Potter Parady Wins Indie Excellence Award
Henry Potty and the Pet Rock: An Unauthorized Harry Potter Parody (ISBN: 978-1-59594-088-9, WingSpan Press) by BU member, Valerie Estelle Frankel, has won the Indie Excellence 2008 Book Award for "eBook Fiction." The paperback version of the novel has also won many awards, most recently in USA Book News National Best Books 2007.
Author's website: http://www.HarryPotterParody.com

Martin Creates Guided Tour of Ravencon
Author and Broad Universe member Gail Z. Martin (The Summoner, The Blood King) launched her videoblog at Ravencon, and fellow BU member Danny Ackley-McPhail was among those profiled.
View the videos:
Day 1: http://www.audioacrobat.com/playv/WZ1m0XG4
Day 2: http://www.audioacrobat.com/playv/WNTsBD64
Day 3: http://www.audioacrobat.com/playv/WB7Lmfh4

Sinclair to Teach World Building
BU member Linnea Sinclair will teach a workshop on "World Building For Writers, or Why Everyone in the Galaxy Doesn't Speak English" June 2 13 at RWA's online Writer's Campus. Registration begins May 19th
Details: http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/campus.htm.

Ann Wilkes' SF Reviews List
BU member, Ann Wilkes, has posted a huge list of places to get your work reviewed in the 'net.
Review page: http://wilkes.zftp.com/ReviewPlaces.html

Moore Finalist in Bill Fisher Award
Leslie Ann Moore's Griffin's Daughter has been named as a finalist for this year's Bill Fisher Award For Best First Fiction by a New Publisher, given by the Independent Book Publisher's Association. The yearly awards given by the IBPA are known collectively as the Ben Franklin Awards.
Read a synsopsis: http://www.leslieannmoore.com.

Ackley Novel up at Amazon
Danielle Ackley-MacPhail's Bad-Ass Faeries 2: Just Plain Bad is now at Amazon
Preorder the book: Bad-Ass Faeries

Garfinkle Excerpt in Thaneros
"Eleanor's Lessons," an excerpt from BU member Gwynne Garfinkle's as yet unpublished novel, The Posthumous Life of Eleanor Bell, appears in the February 7 issue of Thaneros Online Magazine. Her poem "Scarlet Ode" will appear in an upcoming issue of Goblin Market, and her poem "Allison Gross Speaks of the Worm" will appear in Aberrant Dreams.
Link to novel excerpt: http://www.thaneros.com/fiction/fiction0408/eleanors%20lessons.htm

Lundoff in Farrago's Wainscot
Catherine Lundoff's story "Three Views of the Maiden in Peril" is up in the new issue of Farrago's Wainscot
Wainscot website: http://www.farragoswainscot.com/current.html

Poetry from Elissa Malcohn
BU member, Elissa Malcohn has the following poetry either published or out soon: "Algebraic Sestina for the Ocean" in Anna Lovrics' article, "What is the connection between poetry and maths?" in the March 2008 STEM Newsletter. "First Contact in Appalachia," in Space and Time, TBD. "Ancient Wisdom Distilled," in We'Moon '09. "Derivative Work," in Asimov's, TBD.
Author's website: http://home.earthlink.net/~emalcohn/index.html

Calvani Interviews Wray
BU member, Mayra Calvani, has interviewed BU member, Phoebe Wray, about her new futurist novel, JEMMA7729.
Read the interview: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/08/114513.php

Ackley-McPhail eBook Out
Bad-A$$ Faieries 2, edited by BU member, Danielle Ackley-McPhail is now available. The Print edition will be launced may 25, 2008 at Balticon, in Baltimore, MD.
Launch details: http://www.sidhenadaire.com/promoBAF2.htm

Harris Sequel out on Torquere
STAY, the sequel to Jessica Freely's first story, Hero, is out from Torquere Books. Both are available at this link:
Publisher's website: http://www.torquerebooks.com/zencart/index.php?manufacturers_id=119&main_page=index

Lange to Appear at Pennwriters Conference
Sue Lange will be attending the authors' tea and signing at the 2008 Pennwriters Conference, on Saturday, May 17, 2008. The signing is open to the public and commences at 3:45pm. The Conference will be held at Host Resort in Lancaster, PA.
Conference information: http://www.pennwriters.org/menus/menu_conference.html

Simon's VECTORS Ties for Stoker Award
Member Marge Simon and Charlee Jacobs' poetry collection, VECTORS: A Week in the Death of a Planet (Dark Regions Press) tied with Linda Addison's Being Full of Light, Insubstantial, for the Outstanding Achievement in Poetry Collection Bram Stoker award this year at the World Horror Convention.
Author's website: http://hometown.aol.com/margsimon

Berg at Pikes Peak
BU mebmer, Carol Berg, will give a keynote address at the Pikes Peak Writers Conference, April 25-27, 2008 in Colorado Springs, CO, exactly ten years and ten published novels after her first venture to a writers' conference (also Pikes Peak) to "maybe learn a little bit about the publishing business."
Conference website: http://pikespeakwriters.com/

Subject: Sinclair a RITA finalist!
BU member Linnea Sinclair is again a finalist for the Romance Writers of America's highest honor, the RITA. Her standalone GAMES OF COMMAND, a 2007 release from Bantam/Spectra, is the third of her novels to attain this standing since she qualified to enter this prestigious contest in 2005.
Author's website: http://www.linneasinclair.com

News from Martinuzzi's Pretty Scary
Pretty Scary, the horror webzine published by BU member, Heidi Martinuzzi, has recently interviewed Christa Faust about her new noir horror Moneyshot. The site also features a review of BU member Eileen Watkin's novel PARAGON. BU member Natalia Lincoln's THE MIRROR is also reviewed.
Faust interview: http://www.pretty-scary.net/article-1464-thread-1-0.html
Watkins review: http://www.pretty-scary.net/article-1525-thread-1-0.html
Lincoln review: http://www.pretty-scary.net/article-1491-thread-1-0.html

Broadsheet March 2008 Issue

The latest issue of Broad Universe's Broadsheet is now posted on line. You can view the latest issue free of charge at: http://www.broaduniverse.org/broadsheet.html

Contents of the March 2008 issue follows:

Think

Editorial: This Issue: Feminism and Horror by Lettie Prell

Editorial: What Is a Feminist Horror Film Anyway? by Hannah Ax Wound, Guest Editor

Create

ART: Dark Assortment by Jill Bauman

Think Outside the Coffin: Writing the Vampire Novel by Inanna Arthen

Online Research When Google and Wikipedia Are Not Enough by Heather Whipple

Sell

Book Promotion: Ten Ways to Let the World Know Your Fabulous Book Exists by Selly Breagle

Talk

Interview with Beth Massie by Elizabeth Blue

Read

REVIEW: Homeplace by Beth Massie Reviewed by Elizabeth Blue
REVIEW: The Bone Whistle by Eva Swan Reviewed by J. G. Stinson
REVIEW: Water Logic by Laurie J. Marks Reviewed by Heather Whipple

Broad Universe Current Podcast at
Radio Free Bliss
KS Augustin's Radio Free Bliss podcast with Marlene Satter (Lee Barwood).

Broad Universe Announcements

Wiscon Rapid Reading
Wiscon Rapid Reading to include: Katherine Mankiller (Villyard), Theresa Crater Lori Devoti, Gwynne Garfinkle, Morven Westfield, Sandra Ulbrich, Lyda Morehouse, Susan Hastings, Xakara, Moondancer Drake, Sue Burke
For info: readings@broaduniverse.org

Augustin On Satter/Barwood at Radio Free Bliss
Marlene Satter aka Lee Barwood is at the Radio Free Bliss mic. In a far-ranging interview, she discusses her work as an editor, the therapeutic value of music, finances, eco-fiction and the New Jersey shoreline. Head on over to http://radiofreebliss.ksaugustin.com/2008/04/28/april-2008-marlene-satterlee-barwood/.

Membership Deal for New Members
The Broad Universe membership year begins June 1. Any members that join between now and June 1 will get the current period for free with the yearly membership starting on June 1. If you've been trying to decide whether or not you want to join, now's the time!
To join: http://www.broaduniverse.org/member/memberform.html

Upcoming conventions for BU
Wiscon32
Balticon 42
Apollocon 2008
CONvergence 2008
Readercon 19
Confluence 2008
Connestoga 12
World Science Fiction
ArmadilloCon 30
Dragon*Con
World Fantasy
For info: http://www.broaduniverse.org/events.html

Selling your Books at Cons
We can't say it enough: Broads in attendance at conventions sell more books. Consider attending a convention that has a BU table. You'll sell more of your books just by being present.

Membership Contest Results
The winners for the 2007 BU membership contest are:
First place: Amy Hanson
Second place: Elizabeth Burton
Third place: Morven Westfield
Check out the results: http://www.broaduniverse.org/member/tally.html

Mary Shelley T-Shirts
Bring a little California sunshine into your home. Order an official Broad Universe T-shirt. BU member and volunteer, Xina Marie Uhl is shipping them from her warm, sunny, southern California home.
Get info and see a picture of the design: http://www.broaduniverse.org/TShirtOrder.doc

Ongoing Information on Broads available at the Website:
We have an "Award Winners" page to highlight which of our members' books have been singled out (http://www.broaduniverse.org/catalog/awardcat.html).
We have a "Suitable for YA" page that lists YA books and adult books that younger readers would enjoy (http://www.broaduniverse.org/catalog/yacat.html).

Broads at Conbust

Morven Westfield and Jennifer Pelland

Inanna Arthen and Trisha Wooldridge

From around the Universe

Moore's Changeling at Amazon Aqueduct Press is now selling their Conversation Pieces on Amazon.com as well as on their website, http://aqueductpress.com/. Included in the Series is BU member, Nancy Jane Moore's "Changeling: A Novella." Amazon site: Changeling

Lundoff Win's Choice Award Catherine Lundoff's multigenre erotica collection, Crave:Tales of Lust, Love and Longing (Lethe Press, 2007) has won a 2007 Lesbian Fiction Reader's Choice Award for erotica. Awards Site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LesbianFictionReadersChoiceAwards/

Moore Collection Released Nancy Jane Moore's collection Conscientious Inconsistencies has just been released by PS Publishing as the second volume in its Showcase series. Copies are available from the publisher as well as at the BU table at Wiscon. To get a copy: PS

Sinclair to Teach World Building BU member Linnea Sinclair will teach a workshop on "World Building For Writers, or Why Everyone in the Galaxy Doesn't Speak English" June 2 ­ 13 at RWA's online Writer's Campus. Registration begins May 19th Details: http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/campus.htm.

Ann Wilkes' SF Reviews List BU member, Ann Wilkes, has posted a huge list of places to get your work reviewed in the 'net. Review page: http://wilkes.zftp.com/ReviewPlaces.html

Ackley Novel up at Amazon Danielle Ackley-MacPhail's Bad-Ass Faeries 2: Just Plain Bad is now at Amazon Preorder the book: Bad-Ass Faeries

Lundoff in Farrago's Wainscot Catherine Lundoff's story "Three Views of the Maiden in Peril" is up in the new issue of Farrago's Wainscot Wainscot website: http://www.farragoswainscot.com/current.html

Calvani Interviews Wray BU member, Mayra Calvani, has interviewed BU member, Phoebe Wray, about her new futurist novel, JEMMA7729. Read the interview: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/08/114513.php

Ackley-McPhail eBook Out Bad-A$$ Faieries 2, edited by BU member, Danielle Ackley-McPhail is now available. The Print edition will be launced may 25, 2008 at Balticon, in Baltimore, MD. Launch details: http://www.sidhenadaire.com/promoBAF2.htm

Harris Sequel out on Torquere STAY, the sequel to Jessica Freely's first story, Hero, is out from Torquere Books. Both are available at this link: Publisher's website: http://www.torquerebooks.com/zencart/index.php?manufacturers_id=119&main_page=index

Broadsheet March 2008 Issue

Broad Universe Announcements

Broads at Conbust

More Stories about Broads

Calvani Interviews Jackson BU member, Mayra Calvani, interviews Lisa Jackson. Read the interview: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/02/164613.php

Hightshoe Reviewed at Romantic Times BU member, Carol Hightshoe's A Time to...vol. 2 has been reviewed at Romantic Times Book Reviews. Read the review: http://www.loreleisignal.com/ATimeTo2.html

Bergman Poetry Chapbook to be Released BU member, F.J. Bergmann will have an SF poetry chapbook, Constellation of the Dragonfly, released this month. In other news, her poem "Eating Light" has been nominated for the Rhysling Award. Book Info: http://www.planbpress.com/upcoming.html

McGathy Story in Lorelei Signal BU member, Sheri L. McGathy announces her story Promises has been published by Wolfsinger Publications' "The Lorelei Signal" Read the story: http://www.loreleisignal.com/Promises.html

Moore Collection Due from PS Publishing Nancy Jane Moore's collection, Conscientious Inconsistencies, is due out soon from PS Publishing. Publisher's website: http://store.pspublishing.co.uk/acatalog/PS_showcase_two_conscientious_inconsistencies_hc.html

Calvani Releases Picture Book BU member Mayra Calvani announces the release of her second children's picture book, CRASH! Information: http://mayrassecretbookcase.blogspot.com/2008/04/just-released-crash.html

Oliver to Release YA Fantasy Gloria Oliver's Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles, a young adult fantasy, will be released in trade paperback in March from HardShell Word Factory. Author's website: http://www.gloriaoliver.com

Wray Novel Out Phoebe Wray's first novel, JEMMA7729, a feminist, dystopian, futurist action-adventure tale, was released this month from EDGE. Publishers website: http://www.edgewebsite.com

Kemp Novel Nominated Debra Kemp's novel, The Recruit, the second novel of her House of Pendragon series, is a 2007 Reader Views Awards Semi-finalist/Great Lakes Region! Awards Site: http://www.readerviews.com/Awards2007SemiFinalists.html

Jones Interview Posted BU member, Rosemary Jones, is interviewed by John Ottinger Interviewers website: http://otter.covblogs.com/archives/026755.html#c40874

Crater at Left Coast Crime BU member, Theresa Crater, will do a panel and sell Under the Stone Paw at Left Coast Crime, a mystery conference in Denver March 6-16." Conference link: http://www.leftcoastcrime.org/2008/

Burke in Desolate Places BU member, Sue Burke, has a short story "A Poor, Desert Planet" in the anthology Desolate Places, just released by Hadley Rille Books. Anthology link: http://www.hadleyrillebooks.com/

Isaak Guest Speaker at Monadnock Writers' Group BU member, Elaine Isaak, will be the guest speaker at the Monadnock Writers' Group meeting at the Peterborough Public Library in Peterborough, NH, Saturday March 15. Writers' Group Website: http://www.monadnockwriters.org

Kenyon Novel Hits "Best of 2007" Lists Publishers Weekly listed Bright of the Sky, the first book in Kay Kenyon's sci-fantasy series, among the top 150 books of 2007. It was SF Site's #1 book of 2007, and a top five SF pick at American Library Association. Member website: http://www.kaykenyon.com

Vanderhooft Short-listed for Bram Stoker BU member, JoSelle Vanderhooft, is on the final ballot for a Bram Stoker award for her poem "Ossuary." Awards Page: http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm

Ackley-McPhail in Best of Trails of Indescretion BU member Danielle Ackley-McPhail has two stories, "Ruby Red" and "Skippy," to appear in of Trails of Indescretion magazine's "Best of" anthology, to be released in May 2008 by Fortress Publishing. Publisher's site, http://www.fortresspublishing.com

Oliver Reviewed at Myshelf BU member, Gloria Oliver, has a review for Willing Sacrifice up at Myshelf. http://www.myshelf.com/scifi_fantasy/08/willingsacrifice.htm Read the review: http://www.gloriaoliver.com

Harris at Torquere BU member, Anne Harris, is publishing her first story under the penname Jessica Freely. The book, HERO, is now available from Torquere Press. Publisher's website

Isaak at Boskone BU member, Elaine Isaak will be serving on several panels at Boskone Feb. 15-17 in Boston. Con website: http://www.nesfa.org/Boskone/

Lundoff Report on Gaylaxicon Catherine Lundoff's report on Gaylaxicon, "A Science Fiction Convention of Our Own," is in the January issue of Gay Lifestyle Read the article: http://gaylifestylemonthly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=1

Lange's We, Robots on SFSignal Top Ten List Sue Lange's book, We, Robots, has made it to SFSignal's list of top ten 2007 reads Info: http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/006068.html

Burke in "Desolate Places" Sue Burke's short story "A Poor, Desert Planet" will be included in the anthology "Desolate Places," which will be published by Hadley Rille Books in early 2008. Publisher's website: http://www.hadleyrillebooks.com/

Jones' First Novel Out BU member, Rosemary Jones' first novel, Crypt of the Moaning Diamond, is now out from Wizards of the Coast. Author website: http://www.rosemaryjones.com

Alezanders has new Online Column BU member, Robyn Alezanders has a new online column focusing on sex and motherhood. The column, entitled Lilith Rising is published in Passional Magazine. Link to column: http://www.passionalmagazine.com/columns.php?id=32

Burke in Asimov's BU member Sue Burke's story "Spiders" will appear in the March 2008 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. The story is set in the world of her novel "Transplants," which is looking for a publisher. Member's website: http://www.sue.burke.name

Lange to appear on WESS BU member, Sue Lange, will be appearing on East Stroudsberg University's radio station WESS (90.3) on January 29 at 5pm. She will be visiting with talk show host Robert McKenzie. Radio station website: http://www.esu.edu/wess

New Website for Isaak BU member, Elaine Isaak, has a brand-new website, featuring her fabulous custom-designed logo. Check out the website: http://www.ElaineIsaak.com

Wray Story in Inkspotter Anthology Phoebe Wray's horror story, "Names," has been accepted for "Backless, Strapless & Slit to the Throat, A Femme Fatale Anthology," edited by Betty Dobson and due in Spring 2008 from Inkspotter. Web info: http://inkspotter.com/publications/books/backlessstrapless.htm

Moore's Changeling at Amazon
Aqueduct Press is now selling their Conversation Pieces on Amazon.com as well as on their website, http://aqueductpress.com/. Included in the Series is BU member, Nancy Jane Moore's "Changeling: A Novella."
Amazon site: Changeling

Lundoff Win's Choice Award
Catherine Lundoff's multigenre erotica collection, Crave:Tales of Lust, Love and Longing (Lethe Press, 2007) has won a 2007 Lesbian Fiction Reader's Choice Award for erotica.
Awards Site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LesbianFictionReadersChoiceAwards/

Moore Collection Released
Nancy Jane Moore's collection Conscientious Inconsistencies has just been released by PS Publishing as the second volume in its Showcase series. Copies are available from the publisher as well as at the BU table at Wiscon.
To get a copy: PS

Sinclair to Teach World Building
BU member Linnea Sinclair will teach a workshop on "World Building For Writers, or Why Everyone in the Galaxy Doesn't Speak English" June 2 13 at RWA's online Writer's Campus. Registration begins May 19th
Details: http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/campus.htm.

Ann Wilkes' SF Reviews List
BU member, Ann Wilkes, has posted a huge list of places to get your work reviewed in the 'net.
Review page: http://wilkes.zftp.com/ReviewPlaces.html

Ackley Novel up at Amazon
Danielle Ackley-MacPhail's Bad-Ass Faeries 2: Just Plain Bad is now at Amazon
Preorder the book: Bad-Ass Faeries

Lundoff in Farrago's Wainscot
Catherine Lundoff's story "Three Views of the Maiden in Peril" is up in the new issue of Farrago's Wainscot
Wainscot website: http://www.farragoswainscot.com/current.html

Calvani Interviews Wray
BU member, Mayra Calvani, has interviewed BU member, Phoebe Wray, about her new futurist novel, JEMMA7729.
Read the interview: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/08/114513.php

Ackley-McPhail eBook Out
Bad-A$$ Faieries 2, edited by BU member, Danielle Ackley-McPhail is now available. The Print edition will be launced may 25, 2008 at Balticon, in Baltimore, MD.
Launch details: http://www.sidhenadaire.com/promoBAF2.htm

Harris Sequel out on Torquere
STAY, the sequel to Jessica Freely's first story, Hero, is out from Torquere Books. Both are available at this link:
Publisher's website: http://www.torquerebooks.com/zencart/index.php?manufacturers_id=119&main_page=index

Calvani Interviews Jackson
BU member, Mayra Calvani, interviews Lisa Jackson.
Read the interview: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/02/164613.php

Hightshoe Reviewed at Romantic Times
BU member, Carol Hightshoe's A Time to...vol. 2 has been reviewed at Romantic Times Book Reviews.
Read the review: http://www.loreleisignal.com/ATimeTo2.html

Bergman Poetry Chapbook to be Released
BU member, F.J. Bergmann will have an SF poetry chapbook, Constellation of the Dragonfly, released this month. In other news, her poem "Eating Light" has been nominated for the Rhysling Award.
Book Info: http://www.planbpress.com/upcoming.html

McGathy Story in Lorelei Signal
BU member, Sheri L. McGathy announces her story Promises has been published by Wolfsinger Publications' "The Lorelei Signal"
Read the story: http://www.loreleisignal.com/Promises.html

Moore Collection Due from PS Publishing
Nancy Jane Moore's collection, Conscientious Inconsistencies, is due out soon from PS Publishing.
Publisher's website: http://store.pspublishing.co.uk/acatalog/PS_showcase_two_conscientious_inconsistencies_hc.html

Calvani Releases Picture Book
BU member Mayra Calvani announces the release of her second children's picture book, CRASH! Information:
http://mayrassecretbookcase.blogspot.com/2008/04/just-released-crash.html

Oliver to Release YA Fantasy
Gloria Oliver's Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles, a young adult fantasy, will be released in trade paperback in March from HardShell Word Factory.
Author's website: http://www.gloriaoliver.com

Wray Novel Out
Phoebe Wray's first novel, JEMMA7729, a feminist, dystopian, futurist action-adventure tale, was released this month from EDGE.
Publishers website: http://www.edgewebsite.com

Kemp Novel Nominated
Debra Kemp's novel, The Recruit, the second novel of her House of Pendragon series, is a 2007 Reader Views Awards Semi-finalist/Great Lakes Region!
Awards Site: http://www.readerviews.com/Awards2007SemiFinalists.html

Jones Interview Posted
BU member, Rosemary Jones, is interviewed by John Ottinger
Interviewers website: http://otter.covblogs.com/archives/026755.html#c40874

Crater at Left Coast Crime
BU member, Theresa Crater, will do a panel and sell Under the Stone Paw at Left Coast Crime, a mystery conference in Denver March 6-16."
Conference link: http://www.leftcoastcrime.org/2008/

Burke in Desolate Places
BU member, Sue Burke, has a short story "A Poor, Desert Planet" in the anthology Desolate Places, just released by Hadley Rille Books.
Anthology link: http://www.hadleyrillebooks.com/

Isaak Guest Speaker at Monadnock Writers' Group
BU member, Elaine Isaak, will be the guest speaker at the Monadnock Writers' Group meeting at the Peterborough Public Library in Peterborough, NH, Saturday March 15.
Writers' Group Website: http://www.monadnockwriters.org

Kenyon Novel Hits "Best of 2007" Lists
Publishers Weekly listed Bright of the Sky, the first book in Kay Kenyon's sci-fantasy series, among the top 150 books of 2007. It was SF Site's #1 book of 2007, and a top five SF pick at American Library Association.
Member website: http://www.kaykenyon.com

Vanderhooft Short-listed for Bram Stoker
BU member, JoSelle Vanderhooft, is on the final ballot for a Bram Stoker award for her poem "Ossuary."
Awards Page: http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm

Ackley-McPhail in Best of Trails of Indescretion
BU member Danielle Ackley-McPhail has two stories, "Ruby Red" and "Skippy," to appear in of Trails of Indescretion magazine's "Best of" anthology, to be released in May 2008 by Fortress Publishing.
Publisher's site, http://www.fortresspublishing.com

Oliver Reviewed at Myshelf
BU member, Gloria Oliver, has a review for Willing Sacrifice up at Myshelf. http://www.myshelf.com/scifi_fantasy/08/willingsacrifice.htm
Read the review: http://www.gloriaoliver.com

Harris at Torquere
BU member, Anne Harris, is publishing her first story under the penname Jessica Freely. The book, HERO, is now available from Torquere Press.
Publisher's website

Isaak at Boskone
BU member, Elaine Isaak will be serving on several panels at Boskone Feb. 15-17 in Boston.
Con website: http://www.nesfa.org/Boskone/

Lundoff Report on Gaylaxicon
Catherine Lundoff's report on Gaylaxicon, "A Science Fiction Convention of Our Own," is in the January issue of Gay Lifestyle Read the article:
http://gaylifestylemonthly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=1

Lange's We, Robots on SFSignal Top Ten List
Sue Lange's book, We, Robots, has made it to SFSignal's list of top ten 2007 reads
Info: http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/006068.html

Burke in "Desolate Places"
Sue Burke's short story "A Poor, Desert Planet" will be included in the anthology "Desolate Places," which will be published by Hadley Rille Books in early 2008.
Publisher's website: http://www.hadleyrillebooks.com/

Jones' First Novel Out
BU member, Rosemary Jones' first novel, Crypt of the Moaning Diamond, is now out from Wizards of the Coast.
Author website: http://www.rosemaryjones.com

Alezanders has new Online Column
BU member, Robyn Alezanders has a new online column focusing on sex and motherhood. The column, entitled Lilith Rising is published in Passional Magazine.
Link to column: http://www.passionalmagazine.com/columns.php?id=32

Burke in Asimov's
BU member Sue Burke's story "Spiders" will appear in the March 2008 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. The story is set in the world of her novel "Transplants," which is looking for a publisher.
Member's website: http://www.sue.burke.name

Lange to appear on WESS
BU member, Sue Lange, will be appearing on East Stroudsberg University's radio station WESS (90.3) on January 29 at 5pm. She will be visiting with talk show host Robert McKenzie.
Radio station website: http://www.esu.edu/wess

New Website for Isaak
BU member, Elaine Isaak, has a brand-new website, featuring her fabulous custom-designed logo.
Check out the website: http://www.ElaineIsaak.com

Wray Story in Inkspotter Anthology
Phoebe Wray's horror story, "Names," has been accepted for "Backless, Strapless & Slit to the Throat, A Femme Fatale Anthology," edited by Betty Dobson and due in Spring 2008 from Inkspotter.
Web info: http://inkspotter.com/publications/books/backlessstrapless.htm