The nomination periods for the two biggest awards in speculative fiction have just opened. If you’re a member of WorldCon for either Glasgow next year, or Chengdu, this year, you can both nominate and vote for the Hugo Awards. (Membership is an annual fee and anyone can join, even if you’re not attending WorldCon itself). […]
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Among writers, the shades of genre can be passionately argued discussed, as we try to figure out what readers expect from their fiction. And recently, I had one of those discussions about urban fantasy. Actually, it was my fault the discussion took place at all. I asked the fatal question; What IS urban fantasy? I
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This is a quick note to let you know that there is a fantastic promo coming up soon that involves my books. All of them. I can’t give details right now, but watch my emails and posts. As soon as I can share, I’ll give you all the dirt. Cheers, Taylen.
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We’re two weeks away from the release of book 8 of the Harley Firebird series, The Shield of Falconer, so as usual, I’m running the first chapter here. This version, by the way, has not had final edits. EXCERPT FROM THE SHIELD OF FALCONERCOPYRIGHT © ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDCAMERON COOPER 1: Little Angel, Big Feat Harley
First Chapter of THE SHIELD OF FALCONER urban fantasy novel. Read More »
As you may have noticed on the front page of my site, the book I spoke about last week, The Shield of Falconer, is now available for pre-order. Which means I have a description for the book, now, too. 🙂 ______________________ Harley is paid to uphold the law in Falconer, which daily grows more difficult…
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It’s Spooky season, and we’re only five days away from Halloween itself. So I thought I’d research and bring to your attention some fantasy stories with Halloween as a theme. And shocker: Halloween fantasies are hard to find. I finally tracked down a series of anthologies on Kobo. That I found them on Kobo is
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It’s been a while since I was able to update you on upcoming stories, etc. I’m thrilled to be able to do so, now. I’ve had a rough year or so, with other personal commitments demanding time that I used to use for writing. I’m glad to say those commitments have sorted themselves out, and
THE WIZARD MUST BE STOPPED! Is now available everywhere A quick note to let you know that The Wizard Must Be Stopped!, which is part of the Magorian & Jones contemporary fantasy series, is now available on all retail stores, everywhere. Magorian, the world’s first modern wizard, tackles a wayward entity in New York. Magorian
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A Subtle Thing…. “No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style,” The Vlad Taltos series by Steven Brust Taylen
Religion plays a hefty role in many fantasy stories, and some of the belief systems are downright bizarre. All of them, though, dictate how people in that story world behave, and usually have an out-sized influence upon the politics and power figures running the show. I tend to roll my eyes at the more outlandish
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