Linkies and Fun
Jun. 29th, 2009 10:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancinghorseFrom the Book View Cafe:
Steven Piziks added to BookViewCafe Lineup
Book View Café is launching author Steven Harper Piziks as the newest member of the group. Piziks’ novels include In the Company of Mind and Corporate Mentality, both science fiction published by Baen Books. Writing as Steven Harper for Roc Books, he has produced The Silent Empire series. He's also written movie novelizations and books based on Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and The Ghost Whisperer.
For his launch, Book View Cafe is offering Piziks’ short story, “Thin Man,” on June 29th. “Thin Man” was originally the cover story for Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, Winter, 1997. Piziks’s BVC Bookshelf also includes his short story, “A Quiet Knight’s Reading.” A full length science fiction novel and more of his short stories will be available soon.
Visit Steven Piziks’ bookshelf at BookViewCafe.com: http://www.bookviewcafe.com/index.php/Steven-Piziks-Bookshelf/
Watch for Piziks’ future offerings on Mondays at http://www.bookviewcafe.com
And from the man himself:
It's summer! Time to indulge! Indulge in lazy afternoons. Indulge in luscious summer reading. Indulge in yummy treats. Like chocolate.
To celebrate summer, chocolate, and the release of the Silent Empire books on the Kindle, I'm holding the Chocolate Covered Kindle Contest.
To enter:
1. Post your favorite true anecdote involving chocolate.
2. The anecdote can be sensual, romantic, cute, heart-tugging, funny, anything you like--but it must be true. (No sex stories, please! That's a contest of a different kind.)
3. Entries will be judged on how interesting they are and how full of chocolatey goodness they are.
4. Deadline is Tuesday, June 30 at 5:00 p.m.
5. The winner will receive an autographed copy of a Silent Empire book of his or her choice--and a bar of delicious chocolate.
As an example: When Aran was three, I baked a batch of chocolate brownies and put them on the counter to cool. Aran looked at them longingly, but I told him they were too hot to eat yet, so he shouldn't touch them. Then I took him out into the back yard, where I had yard work to finish. A few minutes later, I heard Aran crying inside the house. I ran inside and found him in the kitchen wearing a pair of oven mitts. The mitts and his face were smeared with chocolate. He had snuck back into the house, but he remembered that the brownies were too hot, so he put on the oven mitts. But then he discovered he couldn't get at the brownies with his hands covered. I felt awful--I didn't know how much the brownies meant to him. I cut him one and gave him a fork, and he was so very happy. [This falls into the "cute" category.]
What can you share with us?
And be sure to check out DREAMER http://www.amazon.com/Dreamer-Novel-Silent-Empire/dp/B002DML10G and NIGHTMARE http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002ECF1R4 on the Kindle. TRICKSTER and OFFSPRING are coming soon!
Meanwhile, back at Camp Lipizzan, one of our premier campers is running the writing track at Worldcon, including workshops and critique sessions. You can find details here.
And I, of course, am horseblogging today over at Book View Cafe. New story will go up on Wednesday.
Steven Piziks added to BookViewCafe Lineup
Book View Café is launching author Steven Harper Piziks as the newest member of the group. Piziks’ novels include In the Company of Mind and Corporate Mentality, both science fiction published by Baen Books. Writing as Steven Harper for Roc Books, he has produced The Silent Empire series. He's also written movie novelizations and books based on Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and The Ghost Whisperer.
For his launch, Book View Cafe is offering Piziks’ short story, “Thin Man,” on June 29th. “Thin Man” was originally the cover story for Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, Winter, 1997. Piziks’s BVC Bookshelf also includes his short story, “A Quiet Knight’s Reading.” A full length science fiction novel and more of his short stories will be available soon.
Visit Steven Piziks’ bookshelf at BookViewCafe.com: http://www.bookviewcafe.com/index.php/Steven-Piziks-Bookshelf/
Watch for Piziks’ future offerings on Mondays at http://www.bookviewcafe.com
And from the man himself:
It's summer! Time to indulge! Indulge in lazy afternoons. Indulge in luscious summer reading. Indulge in yummy treats. Like chocolate.
To celebrate summer, chocolate, and the release of the Silent Empire books on the Kindle, I'm holding the Chocolate Covered Kindle Contest.
To enter:
1. Post your favorite true anecdote involving chocolate.
2. The anecdote can be sensual, romantic, cute, heart-tugging, funny, anything you like--but it must be true. (No sex stories, please! That's a contest of a different kind.)
3. Entries will be judged on how interesting they are and how full of chocolatey goodness they are.
4. Deadline is Tuesday, June 30 at 5:00 p.m.
5. The winner will receive an autographed copy of a Silent Empire book of his or her choice--and a bar of delicious chocolate.
As an example: When Aran was three, I baked a batch of chocolate brownies and put them on the counter to cool. Aran looked at them longingly, but I told him they were too hot to eat yet, so he shouldn't touch them. Then I took him out into the back yard, where I had yard work to finish. A few minutes later, I heard Aran crying inside the house. I ran inside and found him in the kitchen wearing a pair of oven mitts. The mitts and his face were smeared with chocolate. He had snuck back into the house, but he remembered that the brownies were too hot, so he put on the oven mitts. But then he discovered he couldn't get at the brownies with his hands covered. I felt awful--I didn't know how much the brownies meant to him. I cut him one and gave him a fork, and he was so very happy. [This falls into the "cute" category.]
What can you share with us?
And be sure to check out DREAMER http://www.amazon.com/Dreamer-Novel-Silent-Empire/dp/B002DML10G and NIGHTMARE http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002ECF1R4 on the Kindle. TRICKSTER and OFFSPRING are coming soon!
Meanwhile, back at Camp Lipizzan, one of our premier campers is running the writing track at Worldcon, including workshops and critique sessions. You can find details here.
And I, of course, am horseblogging today over at Book View Cafe. New story will go up on Wednesday.
