One Writer's Mind

One Writer's Mind
Bryce Ellicott

"One Writer's Mind" is a blog of science fiction, fantasy, astronomy, horror, and writing about writing by author J.A. Grier.  It's a blog where both fans and writers of speculative fiction can find something fascinating and fun.  Post topics cover a range of material, including book reviews, science trivia, writing inspirations, great new art, editorial pieces, scientist interviews, astronomy updates, and writing prompts.  Grier is a writer, scientist, poet, and author, with more than two dozen poems published in small press journals and anthologies, as well as a textbook about the terrestrial planets.

Scientist interviews are short Q&A sessions with people in the know about the space program, astronomy, engineering, planetary science, and geology.  Interviews are not only enjoyable for fans to read, but give writers new ideas and spark creativity.  Art features come from partnerships with rising artists on deviantArt, where Grier has obtained permission to post special pieces of interest to lovers of strange worlds and unusual people.  With a Ph.D. in planetary science and a B.S. in astronomy, Grier always has an eye on developments in space science, and provides articles and heads-up of astronomical events and new discoveries.  If you need a prompt to get your next story flowing, you can always check out the 'Prompt the Muse' archive on the blog.  Check out the twitter updates on the blog or follow @grierja.

for more information, please contact  bellicott1000 {at} hotmail {dot} com

Becoming Valdete/ OWL

Becoming Valdete
withkeylymes [click here to read more about OWL, the novel]

Homeless. Nomad. Newly re-transitioning FTM. NaNoWriMo-er. Stoner. Bookie. Otaku. Hippie. Social drinker. Lover. Fighter. No matter what, always a fighter. And despite everything, I will emerge victorious. This, this right here? This is my story.

for more, please contact the author at WithKeyLymes {at} hotmail {dot} com

Lose Yourself

Lose Yourself
amateras


Max has had the same recurring dream his entire life, but he forgets it as soon as he wakes up.
Max has a girlfriend but her heart's not in it.
Max has a pretty tolerable job that makes his chosen luxuries affordable.
Max reads The Washington Post every morning while he eats breakfast.
He tries to find adventure in life by taking trips with his friends to go sky-diving, hiking, canoeing, and camping.
His favorite color is green.
His parents live 34 minutes away.
His sister has two kids.
He wants to learn to play guitar.

Max's life is pretty normal, just like yours or mine... but one day he picks up and leaves and suddenly things don't seem quite right...

for more information, please contact the author at mi {at} wherewerewe {dot} org.

Knots & Anchors

Knots and Anchors
syaffolee

Wray of Despina wants revenge. The House of the Black Cockatrice killed his father, disgraced his mother, and crushed all chance that he could become the next Seer. He would do anything to destroy this House for the wreck it has made of his life, even if it means enduring dangers from beyond the known multiverses.  Mad Dita is the descendant of a long line knot finders and knot jumpers, cartographers and navigators bred by the technologically advanced Ancients to travel the byways that tether cities in different parallel universes. But after a violent altercation with her former employer leaves her awaiting trial for murder, she has no choice but to accept Wray's offer to drop the murder charges and to use her skills to aid his quest for vengeance.

The key to Wray's plans is a book left behind by the Ancients that purportedly explains how the tethers between cities were made, maintained, and destroyed. As Wray and Dita jump from city to city on the trail of this book, they discover they have a far bigger problem. Ever since the Ancients disappeared several centuries ago, the tethers have been mysteriously deteriorating and snapping. Even if Wray succeeds in breaking the House of the Black Cockatrice, they may never be able to go home again.

for more information, please contact the author at syaffolee {at} gmail {dot} com.

Stars for the Dead/Black and Dark Night

Stars for the Dead 
Taethowen
Blog: Black and Dark Night. (excerpts will be posted here.)

Dina was eleven when she witnessed her parents murder, right after she saw the mark on her mother's arm that labeled her a heretic. She hid the secret for years, because if her people knew that their High Priestess had converted, Dina's life would be in danger.

Forced to join the Otwlh, an army of female soldiers, Dina gains access to the palace and learns that everything is not as it seems. Before long, a coup takes place, and Dina finds herself on the wrong side of everything she has ever known.

Now, with three races on the brink of war, Dina finds herself questioning everything - especially the supposed heresy of her mother, and which side is the right one.

for more information, please contact the author at teaandyarn {at} gmail {dot} com.

X (a fairy tale)

X (a fairy tale)
Kate - Happenence

A fairy tale – The kingdom is in a crisis. There is much financial trouble due to the debts of Queen Cinderella. With a king who can’t say no to his queen, a queen who’s addicted to glass shoes and a population who treat their beautiful queen as the one and only fashion icon there’s trouble to pay. Chiropodists everywhere are in demand. The price of glass has rocketed. The general shoe market is in collapse with its antiquated techniques. The specialised glass houses are holding the kingdom to ransom.

And somewhere, with an ordinary pair of shoes, a practical knee length dress covered by a not-so-white apron and too much dirt under her nails, there is a young girl called Tilly-Anne.


Under the advice of Old Man Jarmin, and in the company of Pedro the goat herd and the odd but intelligent Metilée, Tilly-Anne goes in search of the answers that the older generation just aren’t ready to face.



for more information, please contact the author at ceoughtbridge {at} gmail {dot} com

Kadevi

Kadevi

A place of thoughts and stories, of plot bunnies and plot holes. To where shall this journey lead me? 

Writer. Dreamer. Lover. Aspiring fantasy and historical fiction author. Nerdy gamer. Avid reader. Chinese. Asian-American.

I am all of these, simultaneously and individually. This is my blog. This is my story. This is me.

for more information, please contact: oh.misseevee {at} gmail {dot} com.

Leeder's Grain

Leeder's Grain

T.A. Raskelt

"It was always a given fact in the village of Cadge Down that no-one ever crossed the Burning Grounds into the wood. The salt-sewn mix of ash and deadened soil was the only thing between the locals and the monstrous forest guardian that haunted the edge of the forest, keeping humans out and faerie folk in. The Rotted Knight was the stuff of legends, old legends that struck fear into the hearts of children because here, the legends were real, and you didn't spite tradition.

Mollith was never really one for tradition.

And so, into the woods she went, and to the woods she was bound, the day the Rotted Knight tracked her through the woods and struck a bargain in return. It wasn't long before Mollith realized that perhaps she had underestimated the old legends, and some things were far more dangerous than they first appeared."

for more information, contact the author at taraannraskelt {at} yahoo {dot} com.

Danna/Victorious

Danna/Victorious

yoghurtelf

Novel #1: Danna is being stalked by her dead classmate. Then she's recruited by an agency that helps ghosts move on to the next plane. Cue cute guy drama, reunions with old friends, strange disappearances... and a new threat that could cost Danna her life.

Novel #2: Zia's brother is heir to the throne, or at least that's what he always told her. He's always looked out for her, protected her from herself. But then her city comes under attack, and her brother vanishes. Zia ventures out after him, and finds deadly trouble. But facing that trouble head-on is the only way Zia will discover the truth about her heritage, and come into her destiny.

for more information, contact: tay [dot] sedai [at] gmail [dot] com.

Adrishta

Adrishta
sreya

Adrishta, or "unseen" in Sanskrit, is my NaNo project for 2011. It stars Hemavati, a woman whose mute daughter is kidnapped by the Gods and held for ransom.

What do the Gods want?

Indra, king of the Devas, is no longer secure of his own power. The king of the Gods in heaven hides a terrible secret, one that would unravel the entire order of the universe if revealed. Hema, a housewife and protector of a weapon given to her by the goddess Parvati, is his last and greatest hope for silence.

But Indra didn't count on one small thing: hell (or heaven) hath no fury like a woman betrayed.

for more information, contact: forthejournal {at} gmail {dot} com.

Statutory State

Statutory State
by causticgit

Janine had a good thing going. She was sleeping with the hot college guy next door, and her family was stable, if not happy. Suddenly her  father’s turned ultra-religious and her evil step-sister  is back in  town. To make matters worse, Saul returns from spring break  with a new  appreciation for the law–the law of consent. Now cut loose from her no-strings-attached arrangement, she journals her progress  through  teenage hell on a blog community so obscure no one will ever  find it.  Until they do, and suddenly her anonymous postings are the  latest poster  child for the downfall of American morality. Already struggling with loyalty, privacy, friendship and love, Janine needs to work out for herself what sex means to her–and how far she is willing to go to defend her position.