End of May News
First of all… look! A giveaway! It runs through Friday.
Goodreads Book Giveaway
The Clockwork Dagger
by Beth Cato
Giveaway ends May 22, 2015.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
My publisher did a really nice post congratulating me on my Locus nomination. Awww.
Remember the #TwitterFiction I did last Wednesday? You can now read the whole event in a convenient Storify format!
SheKnows.com included The Clockwork Crown on their list of 15 most anticipated spring and summer books! Huzzah!
I’m at Kate Heartfield’s site to talk about Unlikely Influences: What Beth Cato Learned About Writing by Baking Cookies. I know. Feign surprise at the subject matter.
Do you want to know more about research books I used for The Clockwork Dagger series? Find out in Magic and World War I Medicine at Teresa Frohock’s Blog.
For a general overview on medicians, read Medicians in The Clockwork Dagger at David Walton’s blog.
I also had a post at SF Signal with Developing Miss Percival as a Sympathetic Villain.
I was interviewed by the East Valley Tribune about my books and Phoenix Comicon.
Whew. I think that’s it. Things are crazy here right now. My son finishes up his 4th grade year today. Tomorrow is my 15th anniversary. I’m trying to edit a few stories and work on promotional stuff for Crown‘s release. I only have a few days left to prepare for Phoenix Comicon.
YES. I CAN DO THIS. …Right?
#TwitterFiction LIVE
It’s time! Come over to my Twitter account, @BethCato, for two hours of poetry and story-starters. Reply, favorite, retweet–and, hopefully, enjoy!
Read More#TwitterFiction Tomorrow!
The #TwitterFiction Festival is ongoing through May 15th! My slot is tomorrow, Wednesday, from 11am-1pm Pacific Time (2pm-4pm Eastern). You can look up other time zones, too.
It’s very easy to follow along live. My Twitter account is public so you don’t need an account to read along. I’m doing two things: posting poems (with some repeated in graphic form), and also posting tweet-sized stories designed to act as story or creative prompts. Be inspired! Posts will go up every few minutes and the subjects are diverse.
The good news is that this is Twitter and if you can’t follow along live, that’s no big deal. The whole archive will be on @BethCato and will also be on TwitterFiction.com.
I hope some of you will follow along and retweet your favorites! I’m excited to see what will happen.
Read MoreOver at the SFWA Blog
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. I first found out about the group as a teenager, and well, joining it was a wistful dream for many years. I talk about that in full detail today over at the SFWA Blog. Check it out!
Blog tour for “The Deepest Poison”
Next Tuesday, my Clockwork Dagger prequel story “The Deepest Poison” is released. This is 7,000 words of World War I-inspired action and magic for 99-cents at all online booksellers. To promote the release, I’m doing a blog tour! There’s a Rafflecopter giveaway for The Clockwork Dagger, too.
Review at A Dream Within a Dream
Interview at Curling Up With a Good Book
A peek inside my purse at iFandomsCollide
Review at For the Love of Words
The tour will continue through next week, too, so I’ll post an updated list later on. Please enter to win (heck, you can always give the copy to a friend/enemy), spread the word, and preorder if you can. Every bit helps!
“The Deepest Poison: A Clockwork Dagger Story”
published by Harper Voyager Impulse
ebook
Release date: April 28, 2015
Price: 99-cents
Publication Flood
I’ve commented before that publishing events seem to happen in odd little bursts. I’ll hear nothing for months, then have a torrent of acceptances/rejections. The same goes for publications. Up until last week, I had zero stories published in 2014. Then in about a week, I had three out, two of them pro. Plus two poems.
Need to procrastinate and read? Well, here you go:
– My story “Bread of Life” is up at Nature. This is my third story in Nature, and the tale is… appropriately me. There’s also a blog post with the story behind the story.
– Daily Science Fiction published “From the Ashes,” one of those rare, uplifting post-apocalyptic stories.
– At Fantasy Scroll Magazine you can read my longer story, “My Brother’s Keeper.” It features southern-fried magic, family love, and pie.
As for poetry:
– Devilfish Review published “The Migration of Winged Jukeboxes.” More poetry should mention Steve Perry, I think.
– Kaleidotrope has a more whimsical poem, “Squished Things.”
I’ve also popped up elsewhere online:
– I took part in an SF Signal Mind Meld on The City and Epic Road Trips.
– I had a new recipe at the Holy Taco Church: Bacon Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies.
– I also asked one of my favorite authors, C.E. Murphy, about how she plotted series. She answered, and it’s interesting stuff.
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