{"id":2240,"date":"2013-07-28T17:20:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T16:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/?p=2240"},"modified":"2013-07-28T17:22:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T16:22:02","slug":"story-sale-chapbook-announcement-reading-result","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/2013\/07\/28\/story-sale-chapbook-announcement-reading-result\/","title":{"rendered":"Story Sale, Chapbook Announcement, Reading, Race Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/ravenfamily.org\/sam\/avatars\/chicken.jpg\" alt=\"avatar\" title=\"Story sale! Today is a day made of AWESOME and WIN\">I am thrilled and delighted to announce that my science fiction story <i>When Shepherds Dream of Electric Sheep<\/i> will appear in the <i>Looking Landwards<\/i> anthology from <a href=\"http:\/\/newconpress.co.uk\/\">Newcon Press<\/a>. I am over the moon to share a table of contents with such well-known and exciting authors, and my thanks to Ian Whates for picking my story. The book launches in October at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bristolcon.org\/\">BristolCon<\/a>, and is being produced in collaboration with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iagre.org\/\">Institution of Agricultural Engineers<\/a> to celebrate their 75th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks are also due to my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsfa.co.uk\/\">British Science Fiction Association<\/a> crit group, Orbiter 6, whose harsh on writing but supportive of writers attitude has helped me enormously in the time I&#8217;ve been with them.<\/p>\n<p>On the 14th September, at the Douglas Hotel, Market Street, Aberdeen, we will launch the next <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lemontreewriters.co.uk\">Lemon Tree Writers<\/a> chapbook, <i>Point of Balance<\/i>, containing 6 pieces of short and flash fiction from LTW members, including me. The cover is by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alibarbarella.com\">Alibarbarella<\/a> and we are looking into making it available for sale as a print (minus the text, obviously!) at the launch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Point-of-Balance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Point-of-Balance-212x300.png\" alt=\"Point of Balance cover\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Point-of-Balance-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Point-of-Balance-726x1024.png 726w, https:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Point-of-Balance.png 1057w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I can also report that my flash homage to Russell T Davies, <i>Why Don&#8217;t You Switch Off Your Television Set And Go And Do Something Less Boring Instead<\/i> has been picked for performance as part of the Aberdeen Literary Festival, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newwords.co.uk\/\">New Words<\/a>. I will be reading this piece at the Lemon Zest event at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peacockvisualarts.com\/\">Peacock Visual Arts Centre<\/a> on Castle Street in Aberdeen. The event starts at 19:30 on the 15th September, which is the day after our chapbook launch, so it&#8217;ll be a busy weekend. Luckily I&#8217;ve no races planned!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of races, I&#8217;m feeling particularly kick arse today as, on top of all of the above, I won my first ever race, even though the bike leg was cancelled due to flooding. I will post a full report when the final times have been released, but I can say in summary that today is made of AWESOME and WIN.<\/p>\n<p>More days like today please!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am thrilled and delighted to announce that my science fiction story When Shepherds Dream of Electric Sheep will appear in the Looking Landwards anthology from Newcon Press. I am over the moon to share a table of contents with such well-known and exciting authors, and my thanks to Ian Whates for picking my story. 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