by Allyson Longueira | Jul 15, 2013 | Announcements, blog
It’s an exciting week here at WMG! Our offices are filled with workshop attendees learning more about the book biz, and our newest novel of the year officially releases tomorrow.
The SF thriller Snipers, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, is a fantastic new addition to the WMG family. Part time travel, part alternate history and all thriller, it’s a must-read.
Here’s the premise:
The Carnival Sniper—as famous as Jack The Ripper. And like Jack The Ripper, never caught, his identity lost to history.
In 1913, the Carnival Sniper terrorized Vienna, murdering the famous and not-so-famous alike. Police Detective Johann Runge never caught the Sniper and his failure defined the rest of his life.
In 2005, bestselling crime writer Sofie Branstadter receives permission to use modern forensic investigative techniques on the Sniper’s victims. She believes she can figure out the identity of the Sniper, but she needs the help of Runge’s great-grandson, classical pianist Anton Runge.
Together the two of them plunge into a world of scientific evidence and fantastic clues, all leading to one unbelievable conclusion.
And it is. It really is.
The cover looks pretty darned good, too, if I do say so myself <grin>. I love it when a project comes together.
So, check it out. You can buy the ebook on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple, Sony, or Smashwords. The print version is available, too, from your favorite bookseller, and our partner Audible has the audiobook release.
Reviews have already started pouring in.
RT Book Reviews says: “Chilling murders, mind-blowing suspense, a touch of time travel and a bit of romance combine to a thought-provoking, entertaining vacation from reality.”
Dave Dickinson of Astroguyz calls it “a fast paced whodunit,” and says: “Snipers is an excellent amalgamation of history, thriller, mystery & science fiction.”
Bill Crider calls Snipers “a fast-moving thriller” and says, “the ending implies that a sequel is in the works. I’ll be reading it.”
We hope you’ll be reading it, too.
Allyson Longueira is publisher of WMG Publishing. She is an award-winning writer, editor and designer.
by Allyson Longueira | Jun 17, 2013 | Announcements, blog
It’s a funny thing, publishing a magazine in book form. You get all the deadlines of a magazine and a book rolled into one. You get to deal with everything in multiples: editors (at least two), writers (a handful or more—and yes, that pun was intended), copy editors, narrators (because we do an audio version, too), and more. And you have a hard and fast publication schedule, which means hard and fast deadlines. But as it’s a book, it never goes out of print.
But when you start a project like that, you’ve got a heck of a ramp-up period. For example, just this past week, I was working on five different volumes all at the same time. Confusing? Um, yes. Exhilarating? Of course.
But it makes one get a little silly. WMG editor and author Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about getting lost in a book she’s writing and not knowing what month or year or even decade it is sometimes. (She just finished the next Smokey Dalton novel, Street Justice—which comes out in March 2014—and has finally returned to us from 1970.) I understand that kind of disorientation. Working on issues with publication dates ranging from this week to next spring at the same time causes a bit of vertigo. You’re never quite sure what month you’re thinking in.
But this week, I’m rooting myself firmly in the now. And the now is How to Save the World, the second volume of our Fiction River Original Anthology Magazine series. It is already live in ebook and trade paperback and in the hands of most, if not all, of our subscribers. The audiobook version is on its way to sale, as well (Little happy dance.) You can even listen to a sneak preview of the audiobook, Dean Wesley Smith’s I’m-not-ashamed-to-admit-it-made-me-cry story Neighborhoods during our premiere of Podcast Thursdays this week, hosted by yours truly.
How to Save the World brings together eleven of today’s brightest authors, presenting their answers to (more…)
by Allyson Longueira | May 20, 2013 | Announcements
by Allyson Longueira | Apr 22, 2013 | Announcements, blog
It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here!
Well, almost.
Tomorrow is the day. Fiction River: Unnatural Worlds’ official release date. Paper copies are already in the mail to our print subscribers, and our ebook subscribers will be getting their electronic copies before they wake up in the morning.
Last summer, we embarked on a winding journey that would take us to the launch of Fiction River. Now, that launch draws near and we will continue on down the river, Fiction River, to our next volume—Fiction River: How to Save the World.
But before we take that breath, I must give credit to the many folks who made this happen:
The WMG staff, including WMG Managing Editor Jerimy Colbert and WMG Audio Director Jane Kennedy.
Our amazing authors, including Devon Monk, Ray Vukcevich, Esther M. Friesner, Irette Y. Patterson, Kellen Knolan, Annie Reed, Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Leah Cutter, Richard Bowes, Jane Yolen and David Farland.
Our fantastic editors, Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
Our awesome subscribers.
And last, but most certainly not least, our Kickstarter supporters.
We couldn’t have set sail without you all. Thank you!
To learn more about Fiction River, click here. To read more about how we got here, see these links:
Kickstarting the Creative Process
News in Abundance
Springing ahead, and gaining time
No Batsuit Required
Allyson Longueira is publisher of WMG Publishing. She is an award-winning writer, editor and designer.
by Allyson Longueira | Apr 15, 2013 | Announcements, blog
Back in the day, I managed a children’s newspaper insert for a metro daily newspaper. Part of Newspapers In Education, a program that integrates the use of newspaper products into teachers’ lesson plans, the insert was published weekly around a theme. I got to choose the theme, which was part of the fun, and I used topics from pets to the periodic table of elements (yes, I was a science geek). We would use the theme to build article topics, crossword puzzles, word finds, and the like. It was some of the most fun I’ve had in my career.
And on the back of each issue was a piece of fiction. The story—which seems prophetic now as it was set in the Pacific Northwest, a place I didn’t know then I’d eventually make my home—chronicled the adventures of a young boy who witnessed D. B. Cooper’s fateful parachute jump to freedom after hijacking a plane. It was released chapter by chapter over the course of thirteen or so weeks.
I found myself eagerly anticipating the next chapter of that story as it would come over the wire each week. I could probably have tracked down the tale in its entirety and read it all at once—I am a journalist, after all, and seeking information is kind of what we do. But there was something about the wait, the anticipation. It was a fun way to read.
And now I can bring that fun to some of our books here at WMG. Starting April 23, we’ll launch Novel Tuesday, where we’ll be publishing a novel right on our website (released one chapter at a time). We’ll do this from time to time, when the book is right.
The first book we’ll offer is Spree, a new hard-boiled mystery novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Here’s the synopsis:
Two days ago, Moira escaped the Midwest with Kasey and her Barbie doll in the back seat of a beat-up van. Now, on sun-drenched Highway 95 in nowheresville Nevada, she wonders if she escaped at all. The residents of Hawthorne, one of the few towns in the desert and her ultimate destination, use bombshells as lawn decorations. She thinks Hawthorne marks the end of her trip; instead, it marks the beginning of one strange and scary adventure, one she and Kasey need to survive.
The book is already available in ebook form and will be available in print shortly. Or you can read it chapter-by-chapter, week-by-week, right here at WMG.
Novel Tuesday is just one more way for us to show you how much we value your readership. Let the fun of anticipation begin.
Allyson Longueira is publisher of WMG Publishing. She is an award-winning writer, editor and designer.
by Allyson Longueira | Apr 10, 2013 | Announcements, blog, Pick of the Week
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch $5.99 ebook, $12.99 paperback
We’re excited to release yet another novella from Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s Diving Universe.
Boss remembers the Room. It haunts her. Her mother died there. Now, a client wants her to go back. She wants Boss to help her uncover the Room’s mysteries. But the truths she discovers might destroy everything Boss holds sacred.
The Room of Lost Souls novella also appears in a slightly different form in the novel Diving into the Wreck.
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM WMG PUBLISHING!
