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cheryl-rainfield's picture
Jun.20.2012
Oh my GOSH!! I just found out–HUNTED has been shortlisted for the Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy! (grinning & grinning) (I did a tiny happy scream just now when I found out.) It is SUCH a good feeling when other people love your book, a book you put your heart into, and...
lisa-yee's picture
Apr.02.2012
I'm not always on the road. It just seems like it. After a Scholastic book signingin San Diego, I took the train home. This was my window view . . . (The bad news was that there was "mechanical issue" so the train was delayed for 1-1/2 hours. The good news was that there was free wifi onboard.) I...
wim-coleman's picture
May.12.2011
The results of the International Book Awards have been announced (see   http://www.internationalbookawards.com/2011awardannouncement.html). Pat Perrin's and my books (and our own independent publishing outfit, Plays on Ideas/Chiron Books) have made quite a sweep. The new...
sandy-o-nathan's picture
Apr.07.2011
 Book contests. You see them advertised everywhere, sponsored by book publicists, advertising agencies, consultants, “book shepherds,” and even book publishers. The questions are: What will winning a contest do for you? And––how can you win a book contest if you enter it? I know something about...
alex-pepple's picture
Mar.23.2011
 ** ::: LAST CALL (ALMOST) -- ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO (BOOK AWARD) ::: Entry deadline is almost here --www.ablemuse.com -- ** ABLE MUSE BOOK AWARD (Poetry manuscript) - $1000 prize, plus book publicationBlind judging by final Judge: Andrew HudginsDeadline: March 31, 201 ~~~~~~~~ New Author Books (to...
alex-pepple's picture
Feb.15.2011
** ::: LAST CALL -- JUST HOURS DAYS TO GO (Write Prize) ::: Entry deadline is almost -- ** ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE (Poetry & Fiction) - $500 prize each & publicationBlind judging by final Judges: Rachel Hadas - poetry; Alan Cheuse - fictionDeadline: February 15, 2011 ABLE MUSE BOOK AWARD (...
alex-pepple's picture
Feb.06.2011
** ::: 3 DAYS TO GO ::: Entry deadline is almost here -- ** ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE (Poetry & Fiction) - $500 prize each & publicationBlind judging by final Judges: Rachel Hadas - poetry; Alan Cheuse - fictionDeadline: February 15, 2011 ABLE MUSE BOOK AWARD (Poetry) - $1000 prize, plus book...
christine-cosgrove's picture
Sep.28.2010
On September 13 I got the kind of phone call a writer always hopes for: The National Association of Science Writers had selected “Normal at Any Cost” as its annual national book award. An official press release followed a few days later. Susan Cohen, my co-author, and I will travel to Yale to...
alex-pepple's picture
Sep.01.2010
I'm pleased to announce that the Able Muse Anthology is here, and is already enjoying critical acclaim! The anthology is now available from Amazon.com (and from other Amazon sites worldwide), and from Barnes and Nobles and other book outlets. The Able Muse Anthology, edited by Alexander Pepple,...
alex-pepple's picture
Sep.01.2010
I'm pleased to announce that the Volta Issue of Able Muse (Summer 2010) is now online at:| http://www.ablemuse.com/  With:  FEATURED ARTISTS: Sara G. Umemoto, Billy Monday(In conversation with Sharon Passmore) FEATURED POET: Rose Kelleher (Interviewed by Timothy Murphy) SPOTLIGHT POET: Shekhar...