Outer Alliance Spotlight #66: Warren Rochelle February 25, 2011
Posted by juliarios in : interviews , 4commentsWelcome to Outer Alliance Spotlight #66. The Spotlight features news about (and sometimes interviews with) allies who are active in supporting and celebrating LGBTQI speculative fiction. Our guest this week is Warren Rochelle, author of The Called.
Warren is a professor of English at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. His interest in mythology and archetypal journeys manifests itself in his fiction, which also incorporates LGBTQ themes and explorations of oppression and struggles for civil rights. His first novel, The Wild Boy came out in 2001 through Golden Gryphon Press, and he has since published two more novels. Harvest of Changelings came out in 2007, and its sequel, The Called, came out in 2010. Warren’s short fiction and poetry have appeared in many places including Icarus: the Magazine of Gay Speculative Fiction.
Boskone Meetup! February 18, 2011
Posted by juliarios in : events , add a commentThis weekend is Boskone 48, and your faithful correspondent is buried in con-related obligations, so no Spotlight this week. But! If you’re in the Boston area, come hang out! If you’re attending the con, you can see me and Jennifer Pelland reading tonight with the Broad Universe Rapid Fire Group Reading at 9pm. Jennifer also has a solo reading tomorrow morning. Other OA members will also be attending, including Bart Leib and K. T. Holt.
How about a meetup? I’ll be in the lobby near the entrance to City Bar on Saturday at 6pm for anyone who wants to join me. I’ve got long purple hair, so you should spot me easily enough.
Outer Alliance Spotlight #65: OA Podcast #4 February 14, 2011
Posted by juliarios in : interviews, Outer Alliance Podcast, publications , 2commentsWelcome to Outer Alliance Spotlight #65. The Spotlight features news about (and sometimes interviews with) allies who are active in supporting and celebrating LGBTQI speculative fiction. This week we’ve got the fourth Outer Alliance Podcast episode for you!
In this episode, Nora Olsen talks to me about her book, The End: Five Queer Kids Save the World, and Brandon Bell and Frank Ard talk to me about Fantastique Unfettered. After the interviews, Nora reads from her book, and I read an excerpt of Frank’s story.
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Notes:
Nora’s book is available through Prizm Books, and you can sign up to win a free copy by filling out this form. The End was originally written during National Novel Writing Month. If after hearing this interview you’re interested in creating your own emergency survival kit, Jim Macdonald has a great guide for you.
Brandon’s current major fiction project is a novella called Elegant Threat, which will be available soon in a double issue of M-Brane SF.
Frank’s stories are listed here, including links to those available online, and information about upcoming releases, like “Chickadee” in the Jazz Age anthology Jaym Gates and Erika Holt are putting together.
Submit to Fantastique Unfettered‘s second issue through the end of February. Guidelines are available here, and you can learn more about the Creative Commons license here.
Resoures for writers: Brandon mentioned Absolute Write, a website where writers share advice and information about the publishing world, and Frank waxed ecstatic about the Clarion West Writers Workshop (and the Leslie and Neile he mentioned are Leslie Howle and Neile Graham). Clarion West is open for submissions until the first of March.
Thanks for listening, and please do feel free to leave feedback here, on the google group, or by e-mailing me at julia@juliarios.com. I’d love to hear from you.