Shades of Milk and Honey - next review online

I was delighted to receive on my mailbox last week an hardcover copy of 

Mary Robinette Kowal's  Shades of Milk and Honey. 

I have been so looking forward to read this book that I am almost deciding to put down the first chapter of Crown of Stars that I've started to re-read two weeks ago. I am loving the Crown of Stars, again, loving it even more this second time, I think but I'm so excited about my new book that I might leave the re-reading of the series for another time. Please forgive me Kate Elliot. Anyways, you can expect a review on Shades of Milk and Honey really soon on this blog. Have you read it, any spoiler free opinions on the book?

Shrapnel: Hubris (Series Trailer)

Mark Long & Nick Sagan return to take a planetary revolution across the solar system in the sequel to the hit series Shrapnel: Aristeia Rising

Consumed with advancing their War of Unity on multiple fronts, the Solar Alliance may be vulnerable to an audacious, high-risk assault on one of their most valued possessions. So rests the hopes of oppressed Helots across the System as a plot against the oldest extraplanetary colony moves forward. Once loyal marines now turned freedom fighters, Captain Narayan, Colonel Rossi and their troops have a golden chance to slow down the enemy war machine...but at what cost?

Radical Premier: Mata Hari

"Radical Publishing continues to build a name for itself with edgy projects and a surprising talent roster that includes Nick Sagan (whose father, Carl, was kinda into astronomy), Shrapnel; Nick Simmons (son of some guy named Gene Simmons), Incarnate; Wesley Snipes and Antoine Fuqua (director, Training Day), After Dark; and many others." Read the entire review for the Mata Hari comic bellow.

Radical Premier: Mata Hari

Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology

Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology "A truly extraordinary sampler of tales.... Every piece in this superlative collection is a nugget of pure science fiction gold." -Publishers Weekly, starred review This anniversary anthology presented in chronological order showcases 30 years of excellent stories published in the legendary magazine, Asimov’s Science Fiction. Asimov’s Science Fiction was founded in 1977. As one of science fiction’s most influential and prolific writers, Isaac Asimov wanted to provide a home for new SF writers—a new magazine for young writers could break into. Asimov’s Science Fiction remains that home, as well as the publisher of some of the field’s best known authors.

Lumina (Sarah Lawrence College) Non-fiction Contest

Deadline: 15 November 2010
Eligibility: no restrictions
Reading/Application Fee: $10
Accepts (genre): non-fiction (essay, memoir, biography)
Prize/Payment: $500

Start submitting your fantastic nonfiction of any kind! Essay, memoir, biography--anything goes, as long as contest judge Vivian Gornick approves.

These guidelines are posted for your reference only.

First prize: $500, plus publication in LUMINA
Second prize: $100
Third prize: $50

(All contest entries will automatically be considered for regular publication.)

Deadline: November 15, 2010.

Entry fee: $10 per submission (up to two entries per author). Make check or money order payable to LUMINA, and mail it to:

LUMINA
Sarah Lawrence College
Slonim House
One Mead Way
Bronxville, NY 10708-5999

You must also email your entry to lumina@gm.slc.edu. The subject of your email should be “SUBMISSION — CONTEST.” Write your email address on your check so that your entry can be matched to your payment.

General guidelines for submissions:

1. We accept only email submissions. Send all emails to lumina@gm.slc.edu. Paper submissions will not be considered or returned.
2. The subject of your email should be “SUBMISSION” + the category of your work, e.g. “SUBMISSION — POETRY” or “SUBMISSION — ART.”
3. Please send manuscripts in a Microsoft Word 2003-compatible (.rtf, .doc) or OpenDocument (.odt) format. We are unable to read files with the extension “.docx”. For art submissions, image resolution should be 300 dpi.
4. Please include a three-sentence biographical statement with your submission.
5. Poets may submit up to three poems, 60 lines maximum per poem.
6. Fiction and nonfiction writers may submit up to two pieces, 5,000 words maximum per piece. Please double space and number pages. Our policy is blind submissions; your name should appear on the front page only and will be removed prior to review.
7. Previously published works will not be considered. If your work is selected by us, rights will revert to author after publication in Lumina; subsequent publishers should credit us for first appearance.
8. Simultaneous submissions are considered as long as we are notified immediately if the work is accepted elsewhere. Once we have accepted a piece, we assume that it will be published by us.
9. We reserve the right to publish some of the pieces of each issue on our website.
10. We reserve the right to edit submissions for style, grammar, and length. Non-standard English must be integral to the idea of the piece to be considered acceptable.
11. We strongly recommend that all foreign-language submissions be accompanied by an English translation.
12. We reserve the right to crop, edit, or otherwise modify art submissions to meet our printer’s specifications.

More information here.