Suvudu: Brooks/Bowling
I have been relatively absent the last month or so, for two reasons: the first I will talk about here, the second will be in my next post.
The fun news first!
Random House, in its infinite wisdom (haha), has decided to hire me for a few hours a week to be an Editorial Coordinator and blogger for a new website it is launching in a few weeks. The website is called Suvudu, and Suvudu will be something special.
I can positively hear the scratching of heads!
"Suvudu? What's that, you say? Suvudu? Sounds like a night club."
Well, what is Suvudu?
Suvudu, found at www.suvudu.com, is a new website catering to sci-fi and fantasy items of interest—not only in-house projects from Del Rey, Bantam/Spectra, Knopf Childrens, etc., but also from other publishers and other mediums! The idea is to build a community of like-minded people who love sci-fi and fantasy. Sounds great, right? To do it, I will blog, conduct interviews, post videos and podcasts and write reviews on sci-fi and fantasy books, audiobooks, comic books, graphic novels, games and movies. I will link to other blogs who are doing a great job of doing similar work, and multiple editors will join and write content as well.
In short, it will be a one-stop website for sci-fi/fantasy news!
All teasing aside, Random House has taken a big chance with me... and given me a huge opportunity. As many of you already know, I invest a lot of time on various websites and on different forums talking about the sci-fi/fantasy genre. I've done it for 12 or 13 years now, wholly unpaid, my payment being the chance to meet some wonderful writers, editors, agents, publicists, and artists.
Now I'll just be paid for doing what I love!
So, what happens with this blog? Good question. All of my personal endeavors and writing hopes will be posted here still. That means I will keep you all updated on my progress as I make my way through The Dark Thorn, what I learn as I write, answering the questions that are posed to me occasionally.
But I will also post what I am working on with Suvudu. So, for instance, yesterday and today I worked on podcast topics to ask Terry Brooks for the upcoming release of The Gypsy Morph. I also worked on a short interview with Drew Bowling, whose first book, The Tower of Shadows, is now out in paperback. Fun stuff, right?
Every day I will try to post what I've worked on for Suvudu—sometimes my work will bear fruit, sometimes it won't. Regardless, I think it will be fun to not only write about what I am working on but to get ideas for what you guys want from Suvudu! I've always been very open to ideas and suggestions and that will not change with Suvudu.
Suvudu should have a "soft" launch in the next two weeks. I will then be attending the San Diego Comic Con to talk to different people and report on the fun stuff I see there—with pictures and videos too!
Have any questions? Post them here!
The fun news first!
Random House, in its infinite wisdom (haha), has decided to hire me for a few hours a week to be an Editorial Coordinator and blogger for a new website it is launching in a few weeks. The website is called Suvudu, and Suvudu will be something special.
I can positively hear the scratching of heads!
"Suvudu? What's that, you say? Suvudu? Sounds like a night club."
Well, what is Suvudu?
Suvudu, found at www.suvudu.com, is a new website catering to sci-fi and fantasy items of interest—not only in-house projects from Del Rey, Bantam/Spectra, Knopf Childrens, etc., but also from other publishers and other mediums! The idea is to build a community of like-minded people who love sci-fi and fantasy. Sounds great, right? To do it, I will blog, conduct interviews, post videos and podcasts and write reviews on sci-fi and fantasy books, audiobooks, comic books, graphic novels, games and movies. I will link to other blogs who are doing a great job of doing similar work, and multiple editors will join and write content as well.
In short, it will be a one-stop website for sci-fi/fantasy news!
All teasing aside, Random House has taken a big chance with me... and given me a huge opportunity. As many of you already know, I invest a lot of time on various websites and on different forums talking about the sci-fi/fantasy genre. I've done it for 12 or 13 years now, wholly unpaid, my payment being the chance to meet some wonderful writers, editors, agents, publicists, and artists.
Now I'll just be paid for doing what I love!
So, what happens with this blog? Good question. All of my personal endeavors and writing hopes will be posted here still. That means I will keep you all updated on my progress as I make my way through The Dark Thorn, what I learn as I write, answering the questions that are posed to me occasionally.
But I will also post what I am working on with Suvudu. So, for instance, yesterday and today I worked on podcast topics to ask Terry Brooks for the upcoming release of The Gypsy Morph. I also worked on a short interview with Drew Bowling, whose first book, The Tower of Shadows, is now out in paperback. Fun stuff, right?
Every day I will try to post what I've worked on for Suvudu—sometimes my work will bear fruit, sometimes it won't. Regardless, I think it will be fun to not only write about what I am working on but to get ideas for what you guys want from Suvudu! I've always been very open to ideas and suggestions and that will not change with Suvudu.
Suvudu should have a "soft" launch in the next two weeks. I will then be attending the San Diego Comic Con to talk to different people and report on the fun stuff I see there—with pictures and videos too!
Have any questions? Post them here!
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posted by Shawn C. Speakman | 2:50 PM
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