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Making Waves...

Posted by Reginald L. Goodwin on January 14, 2016 at 7:45am

Topics: Einstein, General Relativity, Gravitational Waves

Rumors are rippling through the science world that physicists may have detected gravitational waves, a key element of Einstein's theory which if confirmed would be one of the biggest discoveries of our time.

There has been no announcement, no peer review or publication of the findings -- all typically important steps in the process of releasing reliable and verifiable scientific research.

Instead, a message on Twitter from an Arizona State University cosmologist, Lawrence Krauss, has sparked a firestorm of speculation and excitement.

LIGO: Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (MIT)
Space Daily: Gravitational wave rumors ripple through science world
Wired: Astrophysicists May Have Found Gravitational Waves. Or Not, Sarah Scoles

Entanglement Ion Trap...

Posted by Reginald L. Goodwin on January 13, 2016 at 9:33pm

The ion trap used by Dave Wineland and colleagues at NIST to entangle two different kinds of ions. The gold-on-alumina trap can be seen in the oval window at the centre of the photograph. The oval window is about 2 cm across. (Courtesy: Blakestad/NIST)

Topics: NIST, Quantum Computer, Quantum Mechanics

Quantum entanglement has been created and measured between pairs of two different kinds of nuclei for the first time. Carried out by two independent research groups, the work is a key step towards the creation of ion-based quantum computers, in which different nuclei perform different functions. One of the groups is based at the University of Oxford in the UK and the other at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colorado.

Information in a quantum computer is stored and transmitted in quantum bits (qubits), which can be entities such as photons or ions. Qubits will quickly lose their quantum nature when in contact with the outside world, which is a challenge for those designing quantum computers. Individual qubits must interact with each other for a quantum calculation to proceed, and so cannot be completely isolated from the outside world.

Physics World: Physicists take entanglement beyond identical ions, Hamish Johnston

C-3PO Was Almost from the Bronx

Posted by Gotham Parks in the City of NY on January 12, 2016 at 4:00pm

In the press for the latest installment of Star Wars, we came to find out that George Lucas originally intended for C-3PO to have a “Bronx accent.” So I imagined C-3PO as a hardscrabble droid coming up in the South Bronx from the late 1970s onward. These verses are the result.

Read the poem over at g othamparks.nyc. Watch the video presentation below or click here (youtube). Let me know what you think!

Two new maps created for David Millar's (@DavidHMillar) CONALL book series.

Posted by Aidana WillowRaven on August 3, 2015 at 12:30pm

covers by Ida at Amygdala Design

I really find creating maps for books a fun change of pace. These two maps are for David H Millar's CONALL book series, being published through A Wee Publishing Company.

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For this pair of illos, I had to reference really old maps of both Scotland and Ireland. What I found most challenging was how almost every map I could find was significantly different from every other map I found. So a lot of wingin' it was going on, lol.

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Of course, I'm sure you've noticed the names above differ from the names you may know. Eriu is Ireland and Albu is Scotland.

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*Correction* The name “Albu” actually refers to the island of Britain which includes Scotland. Couldn’t find an Ancient name for Scotland!! Plus Conall will be making his way down Albu in Conall III.

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Like so many other languages, there were regional variations of Gaelic. Irish-Gaelic and Scots-Gaelic. Sometimes so varying in spelling and pronunciation, there were often difficulties understanding each other. (I'm not this smart, lol. David told me.)

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Speaking of Gaelic, did I ever tell ya'll my first name is Gaelic. Now that I know there is a difference, Aidana is Scots-Gaelic. I was named after the 6th-century fire God and Goddess (a combination of the two diety's names) Aidan and Edonna, even though my heritage is Spanish Gypsy with some French, Mexican, German, and Cherokee mixed in for good measure, lol. I have an eclectic background.

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However, out of curiosity, I looked up my name in Irish-Gaelic, and it has a slightly different meaning ... Little Fiery One. I think

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I like that :D Follow David Millar on Twitter and check out A Wee Publishing Company on Twitter, too.

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Onto wrapping up the next book :-D

Until next time ...

Aidana WillowRaven http://WillowRaven.weebly.com

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back at the airplane graveyard.

Posted by Arnold L. Johnson on January 12, 2016 at 12:42am

Revisited the airplane graveyard, they were exiled there. A group of guys who were accused of welding junkers into things not suited for urban living. The latest project was mega wind machines. No not wind mills, but.........wind harvesters.

They found cargo plane fuselages, cut them into sections and welded them in a torus configuration. Then they mounted the huge steel doughnut on landing gear trucks. They could drive the thing in any direction. In the middle, the doughnut hole, they built an oversize turbine/generator. Then there were anchor pods which fired anchors into the earth. I said they were nuts during the demo. They mapped a tornadoes path, raced to a level site along the storms trek. The storm wasn't that big but still had the funnel. Adjustments were made in tracking, the darn thing latched onto the tornado. The turbine leaped into action sucking the storm to a wimper. We followed the funnel as long as the ground was level. Then fired the anchor pods, jerking to a stop. The batteries were full and the guys busting with that insane laughter that got them in trouble in the first place. I had to go when they said the words remote deployment.

Phase V Hydrogen...

Posted by Reginald L. Goodwin on January 12, 2016 at 9:50am

Planetary scientists think the interior of Jupiter is largely made of phase V hydrogen.
NASA Voyager

Topics: Astrophysics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Planetary Science

By crushing Earth's lightest element with mind-boggling pressures, scientists have revealed an entirely new state of matter: phase V hydrogen.

The squished hydrogen is a precursor to a state of matter first proposed in the 1930s, called atomic solid metallic hydrogen. When cooled to low enough temperatures, hydrogen (which on Earth is usually found as a gas) can become a solid; at high enough pressures, when the element solidifies, it turns into a metal. Planetary scientists think the interior of Jupiter is largely made of the stuff.

And so, in crushing hydrogen at such high pressures, the physicists also got a glimpse of the inner atmosphere of a gas giant, where pressures reach millions of (Earth) atmospheres. [Elementary, My Dear: 8 Elements You've Never Heard Of]

Scientific American: Strange New State of Hydrogen Created, Jesse Emspak, Live Science

'Weaver of Dreams' ~ cover art and design for Chris Rosser (@chrisgbill)

Posted by Aidana WillowRaven on July 27, 2015 at 7:00pm

I explored many options for this scene. Did I want to zoom out and show more of the dilapidated structure and wintery landscape? (I do love my landscapes.) Did I want to show more of the beautiful palfrey named Lavender? In the end, I felt the most important message in the scene was the MC. I wanted the viewer to be drawn in and compelled to learn her story. Feel compelled? lol

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Without further ado ...
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Blurb:

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Lillian Kasparu thought the tapestry of her life was already woven. Contentment through marriage was hers for the taking, or so her father promised.

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But when a chance encounter on the eve of her sixteenth birthday awakens her latent power, Lillian is forced to confront her family's dark past. As intrigue turns bloody, she finds herself at the centre of a desperate struggle and is seduced by a mysterious force that undermines the beliefs she holds closest to her heart.

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In a land where women have little power and magic is punishable by death, Lillian must overcome the might of a Warrior Prince and the foundations of her faith. Can she harness her innate power in time to ensure the survival of her family and save the man she loves?

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Weaver of Dreams is a dark, medieval fantasy that explores love and loss, loyalty and betrayal against a broad landscape of political conflict in a rich and vibrant world.

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Extract…

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They had ridden barely a mile, cutting through empty farmland. The road to Kas Mendoc lay before them. It wound through a shallow gully that had eroded over time with the passage of wind and water. Now the road resembled a stream, fed by rivulets of water running down the sides of the gully, flowing swiftly downhill.

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“Look, there on the road!” said Lillian. She pulled her horse’s bridle, harder than she intended, and the animal came to a stop with an indignant snort. Sara and Emilan’s eyes followed Lillian’s outstretched arm. They strained to see through the sheets of icy rain blowing into their faces.

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“Can you see him?” asked Lillian.

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“Yes…I see him,” replied Sara, raising her voice above the storm.

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A man lay motionless in the middle of the road. Nearby, a mule stood in the rain head held low in a picture of misery; Lillian saw that its bridle reins had caught in a fallen branch preventing it from finding shelter. The riders surveyed the scene in silence but Lillian began to fidget with growing unease.

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Be sure to connect with Chris on his social networks and website:

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Onto wrapping up the next book :-D

Until next time ...

Aidana WillowRaven

http://WillowRaven.weebly.com

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*Blurbs and quotes provided are not edited by WillowRaven but posted as provided by author/publisher.

CSI...

Posted by Reginald L. Goodwin on January 11, 2016 at 6:47am

NIST chemist Tom Bruno, who invented a method for recovering trace chemicals such as environmental pollutants and forensic evidence, uses a portable version of the instrument to sample vapor inside an old paint can. The underlying technique is called PLOT-cryoadsorption, or PLOT-cryo - short for porous layer open tubular cryogenic adsorption.

Photo credit: Courtesy NIST/ Photo by Dave Neligh

Topics: Chemistry, Environment, Forensics, NIST, Research

A chemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a portable version of his method for recovering trace chemicals such as environmental pollutants and forensic evidence including secret graves and arson fire debris.

If successfully commercialized by industry, the briefcase-sized kit could enable detectives, field inspectors and others to carry with them a convenient version of NIST’s “headspace analysis” technique, which identifies solid or liquid compounds based on the makeup of vapors released into nearby air.

The underlying technique is PLOT-cryoadsorption, or PLOT-cryo—short for porous layer open tubular cryogenic adsorption. PLOT-cryo is sensitive, quantitative and more broadly useful than many competing techniques. It can identify compounds that don’t readily evaporate and is not limited to samples dissolved in water, for example. The method recovers vapors by suction or by sweeping a gas across the air above a sample of interest. The laboratory version of the technique has been used to find traces of explosives, spoiled food, residues in arson debris and gravesoil.

NIST: Portable NIST Kit Can Recover Traces of Chemical Evidence, Laura Ost

ONLI STUDIOS

Posted by Turtel Onli on January 10, 2016 at 11:30am

2016: Welcome to the Rhythmic-Zone!!! Whatz in your collection?

ONLI STUDIOS, LLC is an indie publisher and production operation with a large and expanding foot-print! We do Rhythmistic Graphic Novels, Fine Art, video and more.

We are growing our international markets! Our info site averages over 300,000 views a month worldwide!

Our blogs reach over 10,000 viewers monthly.

Our long term clients included Johnson Publishing Company, PLAYBOY, the DuSable Musueum of African American History, the Chicago Children's Museum, Harold Washington Library, which is the nation's largest public municipal library, The South Side Community Art Center, Graham Crackers, Quimpy's,and the African American Cultural Center of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

We rock with consulting master animator Philo Barnhart, formerly of Disney, as in The Little Mermaid and Mulan, to direct our growth toward 2D Animation. We network regularly with Yumy Odom of ECBACC, Prof. John Jennings, Damian Duffy, Joe Currie, Jerry Craft, Andre Batts, Joseph Wheeler III, and the folks at Black Science Fiction Society..

GOAL: Domination matters!

OBJECTIVES: Selling our products to you in serious appreciation for your time and participation!

Creativity, Culture and Commerce!

Expect more products, events and the next wave of professional Rhythmistic creative bad assess.

PRODUCTS and SERVICES:

Current titles: NOG, Nubian of Greatness, The Protector of the Pyramides, Malcolm-10, Punkin's Imagination, Sustah-Girl Queen of the Black Age, Button-Heads, Future Funk, Team BLANGA, Going Green In Your City, East West Zodiac, Sasa, and The Legend of the Azaniac.

Rhythmistic graphic novels, educational curriculum workshops,

animation, wearable art, and broadcast music, & video productions.

Founded in 1981 by Prof. Turtel Onli. M.A.A.T.

Professor of Art at the Harold Washington College of Chicago.

Former Major Market Free lance Illustrator, ( former clients included: PLAYBOY, WGN, Ebony Jr. Capital Records, Motown, The Paris Metro, Mode Avant Garde and Holt, Rhinehart & Winston) and retired as a Chicago Public School Educator.

Address: 1448 East 52nd Street #468

Chicago IL 60615 USA

www.onlistudios.com

Aliens Among Us...

Posted by Reginald L. Goodwin on January 8, 2016 at 10:38am

See "into glass" link.

Topics: Biology, Planetary Science, SETI, Space, Space Exploration

Tardigrades are fascinating creatures. Not only are new species being found in Antarctica and Maine, they're near indestructible. The latest is when it really gets rough, they can turn themselves into glass. I think we'll find them on Mars and other planets in our own solar system. I think anything this adaptable and tough can live places WE can't! Most species have about 1% "foreign DNA," usually from ingestion of food stuffs and evolution: tardigrades have 17%.

I applaud the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and life on other worlds. I think with a simple microscope, we might have missed the obvious ones in front of us.

'Arise to Fall', book one of The Varsian Kingdom, by Jason Hein (@JasonPHein) ~ cover art and design

Posted by Aidana WillowRaven on June 1, 2015 at 3:00pm

Some projects are finished in less than a month. Others take several months and many, many revisions to get just the right look and feel both author and artist are happy with, even more so when the cover is presented to the public for feedback while still a work-in-progress. (I learned a long time ago fewer chefs cause less cover creation stress.)
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Arise to Fall was such a project. Luckily for me, I don't/didn't really stress over revisions as long as I see/saw progress with each revision. I only get uppity if I run into an author who constantly flip-flops or simply doesn't know what they want.

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Jason, however, was just as driven to present the best cover for his book as I was. He began to worry about draft seventeen, lol, but like a trooper, he stuck with it. By draft 21, we had a final draft. :D

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Besides ... Who doesn't love working with high-fantasy heroes resting under a willow? Never gets boring!

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blurb:

Eighteen-year-old Leila, who lives as a serf on King Goldwin's manor, finds her world turned upside down when she begins having visions of angels. The angel Shasia, known to mortals as the Queen of the Light Fairies, appears to the young woman with a simple message. "You are the Specter." Could this be?

Against the advice of the village council and the will of the King himself, Leila sets out on a trek across the Varsian Kingdom with little more than her parents' blessing and the grace of an angel.

Join this young heroine as she discovers just how much it costs to become the "Chosen Hero" of her generation!

Now that you are sure to be tempted to keep an eye out for this book, make sure you follow Jason on social media and bookmark his website....

Twitter

Facebook

Google+

website

Onto wrapping up the next book :-D

Until next time ...

Aidana WillowRaven

http://WillowRaven.weebly.com

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Martian Concrete...

Posted by Reginald L. Goodwin on January 6, 2016 at 7:12am

Figure 13 (paper): LDPM simulation typical crack propagation in (a) unconfined compression test and (b) splitting
(Brazilian) test

Topics: Civil Engineering, Mars, Materials Science, NASA, Planetary Science, Space Exploration

TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: There is growing interest in the goal of sending humans to Mars. Various space agencies have begun to study the numerous problems such a mission would present, not least of which is protecting humans during the journey.

But once humans arrive on the red planet, they will require high quality buildings in which to live and work. They can take certain structures with them but this can only be a temporary solution. The first colonizers will quickly have to find a way to build structures using the planet’s own resources. But how?

Today we get an answer thanks to the work of Lin Wan and pals at Northwestern University. These guys have worked out how to make Martian concrete using materials that are widely available on Mars. And, crucially this concrete can be formed without using water, which will be a precious resource on the red planet.

The key material in a Martian construction boom will be sulphur, says the Northwestern team. The basic idea is to heat sulphur to about 240 °C so that it becomes liquid, mix it with Martian soil, which acts as an aggregate, and then let it cool. The sulphur solidifies, binding the aggregate and creating concrete. Voila—Martian concrete.

Physics arXiv:
A Novel Material for In Situ Construction on Mars: Experiments and Numerical Simulations
Lin Wan, Roman Wendner, Gianluca Cusatis

Two For One...

Posted by Reginald L. Goodwin on January 7, 2016 at 7:03am

Image source: Space.com

Topics: Astronomy, NASA, Planetary Science, Space Exploration

On Friday (Jan. 8), the planet Venus will appear to pass close by Saturn, making this a rare opportunity to see two planets at the same time in a telescope's narrow field of view.

During the planetary encounter, Venus will appear to pass just 5 arc minutes north of Saturn. That means the distance between the two planets will appear to be a mere one-sixth of the diameter of the moon, small enough to fit in the eyepiece of a powerful telescope.

In a lifetime of observing the skies, I have seen such a close conjunction of two planets only two or three times. With the naked eye, even sharp-eyed observers will be hard pressed to separate the two points of light.

Space.com: Venus Shines Near Saturn in Dazzling Display This Weekend, Geoff Gaherty

The Seventh Row...

Posted by Reginald L. Goodwin on January 5, 2016 at 6:38am

Image source: Scientific American

Topics: Chemistry, Materiels Science, Periodic Table, Research, Science

Chemists and physicists have begun 2016 heavy with resolution—superheavy, in fact. Two days before 2015 came to end the guardians of the periodic table of the elements—the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry—announced that it was okay to add four new ones, filling out the seventh row. Atoms of each new element are packed with protons in their nuclei, giving the four atomic numbers of 113, 115, 117 and 118.

The permanent names of the new heavy foursome are as yet unknown. Right now they go by placeholders called ununtrium (113), ununpentium (115), ununseptium (117) and ununoctium (118).

Scientific American: 4 New Superheavy Elements Verified, Josh Fischman

Mutant Bike Thieves

Posted by Gotham Parks in the City of NY on January 4, 2016 at 9:55pm

Hello y'all,

Here's a new short story about a mutant from Queens named Karlo, his mind riddled with shame and self-loathing. Will he be able to realize meaning though a crimewave of the lowest order? Find out in Mutant Bike Thieves!

This is the first installment in a series of new short stories over at gothamparks.nyc.

Also check the video presentation:

Ig Nobel...

Posted by Reginald L. Goodwin on January 4, 2016 at 7:01am

Topics: Diversity, Diversity in Science, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize, Women In Science

The Ig Nobel is an actual "thing." From their own description:

The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, and then THINK. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology.

Every September, in a gala ceremony in Harvard's Sanders Theatre, 1100 splendidly eccentric spectators watch the new winners step forward to accept their Prizes. These are physically handed out by genuinely bemused genuine Nobel Laureates.

CEREMONY: The 26th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will happen on Thursday, September 22, 2016, at Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Tickets will go on sale in July.

It's mostly tongue-in-cheek obviously, but this article from Forbes caught my eye and reminded me of one I did in 2011 titled "Dark Matters" along the same vein.

The people I root for in the actual Nobel seem to never make it. Yet, in my and other's opinions, they're doing really great research and science that should be applauded, appreciated and lauded. Carl Sagan was so vilified when he was attempting to PROMOTE science via the original Cosmos - by other scientists - The Sagan Effect gives most caution and pause as to how much they'll enter the public sphere, if at all.

I've grown cynical, and not so sure that the Nobel Prize in its current format is the way to do so (I've given similar critique to the motion picture academy). It seems to me, the current format is contributing mostly to the old-boy system and "the big head."

The Nobel Prizes are not the final say in good science, and Nobel laureates are not necessarily the best scientists — much less the wisest human beings.

And like it or not, people listen to Nobel laureates when they speak, even when they are out of their areas of expertise. Sometimes the prize seems to go to the winners’ heads so much that they seem to lose it entirely. William Shockley, a co-discoverer of the transistor, and James Watson, who won the Nobel for discovering the structure of DNA, both used their reputations to promote very racist ideas. Most recently, Tim Hunt said some sexist and insulting things in front of a group of female Korean scientists — who had invited him to speak, no less.

One pointed excerpt by the author:

- Then there’s the bias toward European and American researchers, which is thankfully becoming less pronounced. However, historically it’s been a huge problem, and that’s not even including the antisemitism in the prize committee’s early years. No Nobel was given in 1921 to avoid awarding Albert Einstein. (He was grudgingly given the 1921 award the following year along with Niels Bohr’s 1922 prize, and even then antisemites fought his inclusion.) Racism in science is a very uncomfortable topic, but we need to face up to it, and the Nobel Prize hangs a lampshade on the extent we have yet to grapple with it.

Last year, we lauded Einstein for his contribution to the General Theory of Relativity; his coinciding birthday also as the nerdy "Pi day": 3/14/15, 9:25:53 am (3.141592553). This could all have been hidden and buried under a mound of antisemitism ignorance, not unlike the efforts in Texas to classify slaves as volunteer "workers," clearly in contradiction of their own publicly stated Articles of Secession, where variants of "slave" is mentioned over 20 times, as well as demonstrably faux denouncements of Africans.

I'm also inspired by Einstein's early stance on Civil Rights and friendship and activism with Paul Robeson. I think we unconsciously hold our Laureates to this standard, and are disappointed when they fall from Olympus; their Achilles heels quite evident.

We will fall as a nation and species under the weight of our own hubris.

Forbes: The Nobel Prize Is Bad And We Should Feel Bad, Matthew Francis

My new book, "Flowers & Kittens: Dark, Weird Stories" is out!

Posted by Russell A. Mebane on January 4, 2016 at 7:41am

I needed a break writing the heavy themes in Ruins of the Fall, so I wrote this book. It's still shocking and enjoyable. Check it out!

You Can Submit Your Novel To Gollancz This January

Posted by Jason on January 3, 2016 at 8:49pm

Via http://io9.gizmodo.com/you-can-submit-your-novel-to-gollancz-this-january-1750689710

Got an unpublished science fiction, fantasy or horror novel? UK genre publisher Gollancz will be accepting un-agented submissions throughout January!

Starting January 4th (Monday!) through January 22nd, the publisher will be accepting novel submissions. Here’s the trick: you have to mail it in.

Here’s their criteria:

Submissions will be open 4^th to 22^th January 2016. Only submissions with valid postdates will be considered.
We will only be accepting PHYSICAL submissions.
We will only consider SF, Fantasy, Horror or YA Crossover novels. They must be complete and more than 80,000 words.
We will consider previously self-published works.
We will not consider works we have previously rejected.
We will not consider works sent in by agents, or by authors who already have representation – they can be submitted in the normal way.
We are not currently looking for short story collections or anthologies.

Please send:

The first 50 pages of your manuscript
A cover letter outlining the scope and concept of your work
A full synopsis (no more than 1 page, can be single spaced)

Format:

Double-spaced
Single or double-sided.
Please use standard fonts (comic-sans is liable to make our eyes bleed!)

Please address to:

The Gollancz Team
Carmelite House
50 Victoria Embankment
London
EC4Y 0DZ

http://www.gollancz.co.uk/2015/10/gollancz-direct-submissions-january-2016/

BioPunks - Sci-Fi Film Kickstarter Campaign

Posted by Royce Adkins on January 1, 2016 at 11:30pm

Hello Everyone,

Today I launched my Kickstarter campaign to fund a film I've been working on called "BioPunks"

Logline:
Three patients who unexpectedly gain enhanced abilities from undergoing an exclusive clinical trial designed to cure their neurological disabilities, must come together to destroy an unrelenting force bent on harnessing the source of their power for his own twisted agenda.

If you are interested in learning more about BioPunks, please visit my Kickstarter page here: http://kck.st/1UksRJB

If you would like to help bring my film to life, please support by donating and sharing with as many people as possible.

Thank you and I hope everyone is having a Happy New Year!

Royce

RIP Natalie Cole

Posted by G.H. Wright on January 1, 2016 at 7:00pm

You truly are Unforgettable. May you find happiness in the next life.

BLOGS

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Making Waves...

Entanglement Ion Trap...

C-3PO Was Almost from the Bronx

Two new maps created for David Millar's (@DavidHMillar) CONALL book series.

back at the airplane graveyard.

Phase V Hydrogen...

'Weaver of Dreams' ~ cover art and design for Chris Rosser (@chrisgbill)

CSI...

ONLI STUDIOS

Aliens Among Us...

'Arise to Fall', book one of The Varsian Kingdom, by Jason Hein (@JasonPHein) ~ cover art and design

Martian Concrete...

Two For One...

The Seventh Row...

Mutant Bike Thieves

Ig Nobel...

My new book, "Flowers & Kittens: Dark, Weird Stories" is out!

You Can Submit Your Novel To Gollancz This January

BioPunks - Sci-Fi Film Kickstarter Campaign

RIP Natalie Cole

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