Books By Alan

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RealmShift

"an inventive and action-packed story"

"a gripping, thought-provoking tale"

"a novel I am loath to put down. A most surprising read. Quite a ride"

"fast-paced and engrossing"

"RealmShift is phenomenal. If it’s not already on your bookshelf it should be."

MageSign

"a fast-paced ride through a visceral reality"

"a fast paced supernatural adventure that will leave readers rethinking how they view the Cosmos"

"a gritty tale of blood rituals, mystery, and mysticism… grabs hold of the reader and doesn’t let go"

"fantastic qualities … horrific at times... I highly recommend it"

"Alan Baxter takes the reader right to the edge and then pushes us over. And I thank him for it."

Ghost Of The Black

"Excellent pacing"

"I’ve found myself not wanting to stop reading"

"Everything about it is bang on"

"very, very readable."

Wise Words

"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot." - Morpheus, The Sandman - Dream Country (Neil Gaiman)

"A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensly right words in a book or a newspaper the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt." - Mark Twain

"At the beginning there was the Word - at the end just the Cliche." - Stanislaw J Lec

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Day June 23rd

June 9, 2009

By alan

As a sci fi and fantasy writer I’m a big fan of this idea. I picked it up from the blog of my friend, author David B Coe who directed his readers to this LiveJournal post by Sharon Lee.

sffwritersdaybadge Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Day June 23rd

(Yeah, the apostrophe bothers me too – I’ve mentioned it on the Facebook page where this image came from!)

The basic premise is a day to celebrate writers of science fiction and fantasy – for readers, you can talk about your favourite writers or those that influenced you the most, and read some quality sf/f. If you’re a sf/f writer, use the day to talk about the writers that came before and inspired you; and make sure you write some sf/f stuff on that day too.

There’s a Facebook group already, which you can find here.

As David said in his post:

Personally, I think it’s a great idea and I look forward to celebrating Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Day by writing some fantasy, which, I have to admit, is just what I would be doing on a Tuesday in June anyway. But hey! Maybe I’ll get some presents….

I couldn’t agree more. All presents gladly received – might I suggest a roast dinner and a tankard of quality ale?

4 Responses to Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Day June 23rd

Scifi Picks » Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Day June 23rd - The Word … on June 10, 2009 at 2:45 am

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Felicity Bloomfield on June 12, 2009 at 2:23 am

Hi.

I saw your post and got over-excited. I just finished laboriously reviewing about fifteen young adult speculative fiction authors of note. I won’t post it here, but you can find it at felicitybloomfield.wordpress.com
alan on June 12, 2009 at 3:55 pm

Hi Felicity – thanks for commenting. Make sure you re-publicise your reviews on June 23rd!
SF/F Writers’ Day 2009 – The Word – According To Me on June 22, 2009 at 12:15 am

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