Happy Monday, Aledan Merfolk! I am rolling in exciting news for the second half of the year, so strap in and let’s do this.
First up: I’m going to be a PitchWars mentor! If you aren’t familiar with PitchWars, it’s a mentoring program for aspiring authors to get their books ready for querying/submissions, with an agent showcase at the end. If you’re an author with a finished manuscript, check it out and see if you might be interested. Even if you aren’t picked as a mentee, the community surrounding PitchWars is super helpful and definitely helped me get StO ready for querying.
I also have an auction up for a query/synopsis critique at Authors For Families. All proceeds go to helping reunite immigrant families, and there are books, critiques, even a website design package up for grabs! Head over before July 31st to bid 🙂
Ok, so this next one isn’t my news, but I did have a hand in helping it happen, and I’m super excited about it. My awesome CP and best friend, Mike Mammay, has his debut novel dropping on July 31st! It’s called PLANETSIDE, and you can find it in paperback at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and his local indie bookshop E. Shaver. Or you can listen to R.C. freaking BRAY read it on Audible!
In August, I’ll be at the Charleston Library for the Write On! Literacy Festival, doing my very first panel about being a published author (eeep!). If you’re in the area and interested in the road to publication, you can check out my panel at 12:30 at the main library. I’m going to be nervous as hell, so if you come let’s go out for drinks after, yes?
On October 16th, Putting the Science in Fiction comes out! I just saw the page proofs and I’m so excited for this book, you guys. There are so many helpful articles in it for SFF authors, and I know I’m going to wear my copy out. I’m especially excited about HOW THE OCEAN WILL KILL YOU by Danna Staaf (for obvious reasons).
And finally, I’ll be on a panel at Atomacon in November! The schedule is still being finalized, but I’ll have more information for you soon!
If you want to stay in the know without having to come to the blog all the time, sign up for my Newsletter! I promise I’ll only send it when I have something exciting to share about Speak the Ocean, Putting the Science in Fiction, or any other writing projects that come down the pipeline 🙂
So many exciting things going on! Woot woot!