As some of you know, I have been working toward a publishing contract for my books for quite some time. That time is now. I am thrilled to announce that my Young Adult book titled “Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero” has been picked up for publication by 5 Rivers Publishing. 5 Rivers is an Indie Publishing house first established in 2008 by Lorina Stephens. I am looking forward to sharing this book with all of you. If you have questions for me about it please send an email to: author@michellplested.net.
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Savour the Moment, But Don’t Rest on Your Laurels
As you may or may not know, on the 4th of July I had my first story published. It is a short story titled “Apprentice” and published by the new e-press/audio press Flying Island Press. It isn’t the first story I’ve sold. That will be coming out in the August 2010 issues of Sorcerous Signals (free e-magazine) and Mystic Signals (print – available on Amazon.com). Both of these stories represent firsts for me. First sale and first to see publication. They also represent a LOT of work; I’ve been writing for several years to get to this point. It feels really good to be able to share these accomplishments with you and I am enjoying the feeling. It would be […]
Read moreBalticon 44
It has been more than two weeks since I came home from my first Balticon. I wanted to take some time to really absorb all the things I saw and did before I spent any time talking or writing about them. Let me begin by saying Balticon was something special. Someone very accurately said, “It is like coming home.” As odd as it may sound she was absolutely right. It was home for so many different reasons. Let’s start with the people. I have met many people online over the past year or so. Facebook, Twitter, email. I’ve gotten to know many of them reasonably well. I’ve even had the chance to talk with many of them via Skype for […]
Read moreHitting My Stride
I have finally gotten to the point where I have some reasonable expectation that editors and publishers will read my stuff and not say to themselves “That sucked. Next!”. I’ve been told enough times by people in the know that I can write so I don’t have quite the doubts I used to. That doesn’t mean I expect every single thing I write to be accepted but it has given me the confidence to write stories I wouldn’t necessarily have attempted in the past. A great example of this is GalaxyBillies. I love reading the SciFi and Fantasy with Comedic tropes but I never felt good enough to do it myself. Now I’m doing it and, while it may not […]
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