[Tara Maya]

OK gang here it is: the Independent Science Fiction Writers website (http://isfw.blogspot.com/) A place where self-published writers of science fiction - fantasy and horror can meet, pass ideas, promote their work and help each other out. It's a place to pitch ideas, meet new friends and hopefully grow a community that will show the publishing world we are serious and here to stay. All it needs is YOU and lots of content. I hope you'll have a look. Oh and the forst person to join will be featured for a month on the main page.
Also if anyone has any ideas, or input feel free to pass them a long.

Very cool. Thanks for doing this!

 

[cfmillhouse]

Very cool. Thanks for doing this!

You are very welcome!

 

[cfmillhouse]

I've updated the website with the new members I have received. If you are an independent sci fi/fantasy/horror writer feel free to join the Independent Science Fiction Writers Website. http://isfw.blogspot.com/p/members.html
and don't forget to follow the page.

 

[cfmillhouse]

Hey sci fi writers. List you 99cdent kindle books here:
Mine are:
Storm Crossing http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Crossing-ebook/dp/B005A8CX7K/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1310780296&sr=1-1

In Memory Alone (book 1 of Talon's Epic) http://www.amazon.com/Memory-Alone-Talons-Epic-ebook/dp/B00513NHH4/ref=pd_sim_kinc_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2

Crossroads of the World (book 2 of Talon's Epic) http://www.amazon.com/Crossroads-World-Talons-Epic-ebook/dp/B0053UOG84/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1310780187&sr=8-2

Now list yours.

 

[Bob Mayer]

Atlantis
http://www.amazon.com/ATLANTIS-ebook/dp/B0037CEV5I/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1310780493&sr=1-1

 

[gregoryblackman]

Jonathan Rush and the Star Academy: http://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Rush-Star-Academy-ebook/dp/B005BJ3J6M/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

It's a childrens book. Light sci-fi reading to get the young ones into books.

 

[Christopher Hunter]

Check out books one and two of this epic Sci-fi trilogy. Both book are averaging 5 stars so far. And book three is now available for the low price of $2.99

Book I:
The Days and Months We Were First Born- The Unraveling

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004ULYLIM

Book II:
The Days and Months We Were First Born- Family By Fate

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004WWQ4T8

 

[Casper Parks]

Perceptional Threshold.

Summer price, 99 cents.

http://www.amazon.com/Perceptional-Threshold-ebook/dp/B004UMF6VW/ref=sr_1_1_title_1_ke?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310787079&sr=1-1

 

[cecilia_writer]

I have 'The Mountain and the Flood' (published under my real name, Sheila Perry - see signature) for 99 cents.
Set in an independent Scotland of the not too distant future, this is the story of one family's struggle to survive in a hostile political environment at a time of sudden climate change.

 

[Ann in Arlington]

***new 'sci-fi' thread merged with existing thread for this genre***

 

[R. M. Reed]

I think someone mentioned being in Writers of the Future books. I submitted to that contest for the first time earlier this year and recently learned I got an honorable mention. Not as fancy as people who are actually in the book, but it's something.

 

[R. M. Reed]

I seem to have killed this thread with the announcement of my paltry bit of recognition, so I will make it worse by posting this image of the certificate that they sent:

 

[cfmillhouse]

I seem to have killed this thread with the announcement of my paltry bit of recognition, so I will make it worse by posting this image of the certificate that they sent:

Not at all, congrats on the certificate!!

 

[Nicki Lynn Justice]

A big *High Five* to all the sci-fi/fantasy etc writers on this thread, and to Charles for starting it!

Congrats to Robin Reed for the honourable mention! That certificate is really nice.

I was just cruising through the thread. I posted way back when... about my fantasy that was about to go live. Well, it finally went live! Now I have two ebooks posted on Amazon.

Here they are:
1. THE ORACLE, the first book in NINE LIVES, my new YA Futuristic Fantasy series, is now live. Just click on http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FGAQ12.

THE NINE LIVES SERIES:

The NINE LIVES SERIES, of which THE ORACLE is the first book, is the story of an average teen girl who takes a cosmic leap from 21st century Earth to a backwards 26th century prison planet, where it is common knowledge that Earth no longer exists. Can Marina, who needs to figure out not only who she is but who she isn't, prevent Earth from sliding into a barren, cold non-existence? She going to give it all she's got, but to do that she needs some help. She turns to Brahmin, who, in her words, is "awfully built jail-bait", and her friends and family, to stage the greatest battle the universe has ever known!

Combine the romantic suspense element of Twilight and the other-wordly elements of Avatar within the framework of the global warming debate, and you have a summer read that makes everyday seem like a beach day.

Here's the blurb for THE ORACLE:

Everyone has bad hair days, and Marina is no exception. What she doesn't understand is why her bad hair days are always the worst ever! An accidental journey to a world far in the future because of her grandpa's psycho cat pretty much makes her day not only the worst ever, but wins the title of most bizarre day ever.

In the chaos that ensues as she tries to find her way home, Marina embarks on a quest to find and rescue the mother that she never knew. In order to do so, she needs to learn a valuable life lesson. Not only must she accept who she is, she must come to terms with who she isn't.

This story targets young adult readers, and deals with the personal responsibility we all have for the "Green" movement and taking care of our planet, while tackling the often-sticky issue of the need for young people today to take school seriously and pursue education as a way to make a difference in the fate of this world.

2. BLACK & WHITE is a fast-paced exciting romantic suspense/legal thriller (think rendezvous between the Canuck version of John Grisham and Gemma Halliday).

Blurb:
Jillian Kendall, Centurotech's corporate attorney, hopes that the strange events which have been turning her formerly peaceful life upside-down since she arrived in Calgary, Alberta, are a product of her over-active imagination. But as she implements the merger between Centurotech and Hunter Electronics, she is drawn into the web of deceit that has been spun around her. There is only one way out, and it involves asking Code Hunter, founder of Hunter Electronics and childhood friend, for help. The problem is that Jillian is not certain that he can be trusted. And he is just as wary of her!
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/35883
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004HO63UG

Thanks,
Nicki Lynn

 

[rusty87d]

Hey everyone, it's been fun rummaging through the previous posts that have been left over the past few months. I suppose I'm a newbie, having just published a SF novelette set in the Southeastern U.S in the 1890's. I've gone through as many profiles and book pages as I could before my eyes got too blurry. It's hard for me to separate Rusty the reader from Rusty the promoting self promoter/writer, I love sci fi, and hard sci fi in particular. I have downloaded a ton of samples to read, thanks for this thread.

 

[toranoko]

I guess there's no much Sci-Fi for kids, so I've written some short stories: Star Children

 

[Wayne Smallman]

Hi guys!

Looks like we've got a good spread of sub-genre writers here, which is always helpful. And I'm looking forward to learning from the more learned than myself.

Having written a novel way back in the 90s (intended to be part of a tetralogy), I've finally decided to take my writing seriously and work my literary muscle for pleasure and (possibly) profit.

I've been writing about science and technology for several years on a relatively popular weblog, so I have more than a passing understanding of how the world works and what amazing things we can look forward to.

As a consequence, this understanding places untold pressures on my "What if?" speculations and excursions into the near future, where I must "ground" my ideas by making them as practically feasible as possible. However, the greatest challenge isn't the technology per se, but the point where society and technology converge and give rise to something truly unexpected — and that's what excites me most.

Earth Day is due out in the next month, which will be a working experiment, to see how the whole self publishing shenanigans works. Beyond that? I have a whole heap of projects vying for attention .. bless 'em!

 

[Nicki Lynn Justice]

*High Fives* to all SF authors and readers!

As we all are painfully aware, self promo is a big part of being an indie anythingwriter. There are a number of different things to do, such as:

1. Be active on kindleboards (hee hee!!).
2. List your ebook(s) different places.
3. Do the "feature" or "Spotlight" thing, like goodreads.
4. Do the author interview thing
5. Get reviews, both pro and reader

Terry at Books and Novels to Read. com (the link is http://www.booksandnovelstoread.com) lists books by category. She just listed my 2 ebooks.

I hope Terry doesn't mind if I quote what she said in her email to me, just because she says it sooo well:

"New and aspiring authors are largely ignored by publishers because the industry wants a sure thing, an established author or some sort of celebrity. So, many authors go down the self-published route and then their problem is getting the book seen by the reading public. This website is to give FREE ADVERTISING to the many thousands of emerging authors. There are so many of good books out there that you wouldn't normally get the chance to read if it were not for the internet. Give it a try you will be pleasantly surprised. "

So this is me giving Terry a great big *HIGH FIVE* and a sincere "THANK YOU SO MUCH"!!

I also did an author interview at Free Book Reviews. The questions almost fried my brain, but they are really different!

So this is me giving Anthony at www.freebookreviews.com a great big *HIGH FIVE* and a sincere "THANK YOU SO MUCH"!!

H.E.A.'s Forever,
Nicki Lynn

 

[Simon Haynes]

Simon's the name, sci-fi's* the game.

I'm busy posting my four novels to Kindle as we speak, after years of only being available in print. It's great having my novels available worldwide, but it's caught me by surprise.


* Okay, so calling it sci-fi is guaranteed to get me kicked out of cons all over the planet, but it was done for artistic reasons.

PS Congrats on the WOTF certificate - very handsome.

 

[AzureHorizon]

what's up, guys? The Dream Metropolis is my first sci-fi piece. One of a series that I am writing as we speak.