BSFW News and Updates

New Novel Group Forming

The number of novelists in the group has officially overwhelmed the one monthly meeting dedicated to novel critique. Right now, we have approximately 14 novels in the process of being critiqued or soon to be ready to present to the group. So we’re forming a second group! Here’s how it’s gonna go.

Cam's Group will be comprised of all the works currently in process.

Brad's Group is where the new projects will begin.

As novels work through the critiques, then both groups will become open.

This split only applies to writers with novels to critique. We’ll let you know which group you fall into. Everyone else, jump on board the group of your choice, but be prepared to stick with that group, so the writers get the benefit of critiquers who have followed their work from the beginning.

Book Discussion Group Begins

Learn from the pros by putting classic works under the microscope. This group will meet monthly to critique published works with an eye to the same issues we look at in any author’s work we critique: tension, drama, conflict, character, pacing, language, tone, style, point of view, etc. You’ll take away valuable insight you can apply to your own work.

We'll be starting with The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin.

Book launch for Marcy: February 7

Our own beloved Marcy has a story in the latest sampler from Broad Universe, and we’re going to help her kick it off in style. Broad Universe is the international non-profit organization that, encourages, honors, and celebrates women writers and editors in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and other speculative genres.

When: February 7, 2013, 7:00 p.m.

Where: Singularity&Co Bookstore
18 Bridge Street, in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY

Listen to authors read their own works, mix and mingle with authors and fans of speculative fiction, and discover a bookstore and a publisher you may not have known existed.