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When Ron Collins talks about writing (and about life ), I listen. On Writing (And Reading) Short is filled with wisdom, heart, and joy. Writers of all levels will be glad they read it David H. HendricksonAward-winning author of Death in the Serengeti and Other Stories ----- "I wanted to write science fiction, and The Novel and Short Story Market laid out facts about the market for such tales ... the fields were lush, the game most definitely afoot. I mean, seriously. Add up all that space and you get literally thousands of short stories being published every year. How hard could it be? That peal of rolling thunder you hear is the combined laughter of every writer on the planet." So goes award-winning SF author Ron Collins's sometimes humorous, sometimes heart-warming, but always true-to-the-bone ode to a life spent writing the short story. Specifically, the science fiction short story. Using experience built through thirty years of publishing short fiction, Collins touches on every facet of a writing career, beginning with "Why the Short Story?" and progressing to "The Only Truth" that matters-as well as "The Second Only Truth" that matters. Inside, you'll consider the difference between short stories and novels, partake in a few reader cookies, and even discover the only reason a new writer should decide to join a critique group. And then there's Write Club. We can't forget Write Club, now, can we? Other topics include: - Careers vs. Real Jobs- Finding Your Beat- Speed vs. Quality- Stalled Writers- The World of Editors- Short Fiction and the Indie World- And a lot more All discussed with a personal touch that illuminates a life devoted to writing-and reading-short. If you write short stories, or simply love reading them, this is the book for you.
Twelve stories from the pages of Analog Science Fiction and Science FactJoin bestselling and award-winning author Ron Collins as he takes you on a spectacular exploration of everything science fiction. A ride that covers everything from true time travel to quantum drive race cars, with pit stops in between that dabble in nanotechnology, the digital divide, and survival across the galactic spans of space and time. Might there be aliens among us? Will computers take over the world? If so, how would we tell? And will it even matter? The answers might change how you see the future.Also included are stories that eventually formed the backbone of Stealing the Sun, a nine-book, bestselling space-based series.As a special treat, each story is followed by an afterword that provides further insight or discussion on the work's origins.If you're a fan of science fiction, Ron Collins, and Analog, this collection is a must-have volume
Twelve stories from the pages of Analog Science Fiction and Science FactJoin bestselling and award-winning author Ron Collins as he takes you on a spectacular exploration of everything science fiction. A ride that covers everything from true time travel to quantum drive race cars, with pit stops in between that dabble in nanotechnology, the digital divide, and survival across the galactic spans of space and time. Might there be aliens among us? Will computers take over the world? If so, how would we tell? And will it even matter? The answers might change how you see the future.Also included are stories that eventually formed the backbone of Stealing the Sun, a nine-book, bestselling space-based series.As a special treat, each story is followed by an afterword that provides further insight or discussion on the work's origins.If you're a fan of science fiction, Ron Collins, and Analog, this collection is a must-have volume
A mage's apprenticeHunted by sorcerersAwakens unnatural magic of devastating powerGarrick is the apprentice of an independent Torean sorcerer. Nearing the point of gaining his own power. He is blissfully unaware of powerful forces that exist in the world, and, in fact, blissfully naive of the ancient vastness of the universe itself. All he wants is to cast his minor magics, and to pursue the love of his life. When a terrible accident results in him receiving the gift of a treacherous new power, however, Garrick finds himself thrust into the crossfire of a devastating magewar, pursued by the beautiful leader of a sect of freedom-minded mages, and entangled in the powerful webs of a god-like planewalker.How he deals with them threatens the very nature of who he is.And as he struggles, the future of magic across Adruin hangs in the balance.---Apprentice Mage is book one in the 10th Anniversary edition of Saga of the God-Touched Mage, a bestselling series of Epic Fantasy by Award-winning Author Ron Collins.
A mage's apprenticeHunted by sorcerersAwakens unnatural magic of devastating powerGarrick is the apprentice of an independent Torean sorcerer. Nearing the point of gaining his own power. He is blissfully unaware of powerful forces that exist in the world, and, in fact, blissfully naive of the ancient vastness of the universe itself. All he wants is to cast his minor magics, and to pursue the love of his life. When a terrible accident results in him receiving the gift of a treacherous new power, however, Garrick finds himself thrust into the crossfire of a devastating magewar, pursued by the beautiful leader of a sect of freedom-minded mages, and entangled in the powerful webs of a god-like planewalker.How he deals with them threatens the very nature of who he is.And as he struggles, the future of magic across Adruin hangs in the balance.---Apprentice Mage is book one in the 10th Anniversary edition of Saga of the God-Touched Mage, a bestselling series of Epic Fantasy by Award-winning Author Ron Collins.
A marked mageTouched by chaosFights a war to change historyDespite having harnessed his terrifying powers to gain victory in Arderveer, magewar still burns hot. The sorcerous orders want him dead. Then there's, Braxidane, the god-like planewalker using him for his own purposes, who continues to burden Garrick with his own form of powerful, if not twisted, politics.When Garrick discovers the depths of the planewalker's designs and the extent of the planewalker's existence, he realizes his ultimate destiny, as well as Adruin's, may lie in places far more exotic than anyone could expect.It's a lot for a sorcerer who is still barely past an apprentice.His cohort, Darien, the son of Dorfort's commander, and Sunathri, the leader of a faction of independent mages, lend their blades in support. But to survive Garrick knows he will have to control the dark magic inside him.---Champion Mage is book two in the 10th Anniversary edition of Saga of the God-Touched Mage, a bestselling series of Epic Fantasy by Award-winning Author Ron Collins.
A marked mageTouched by chaosFights a war to change historyDespite having harnessed his terrifying powers to gain victory in Arderveer, magewar still burns hot. The sorcerous orders want him dead. Then there's, Braxidane, the god-like planewalker using him for his own purposes, who continues to burden Garrick with his own form of powerful, if not twisted, politics.When Garrick discovers the depths of the planewalker's designs and the extent of the planewalker's existence, he realizes his ultimate destiny, as well as Adruin's, may lie in places far more exotic than anyone could expect.It's a lot for a sorcerer who is still barely past an apprentice.His cohort, Darien, the son of Dorfort's commander, and Sunathri, the leader of a faction of independent mages, lend their blades in support. But to survive Garrick knows he will have to control the dark magic inside him.---Champion Mage is book two in the 10th Anniversary edition of Saga of the God-Touched Mage, a bestselling series of Epic Fantasy by Award-winning Author Ron Collins.
A god-touched vigilanteWith a desperate planChallenges a devastated orderHaving destroyed the Koradictine order at God's Tower, the now-powerful Garrick becomes a one-man vigilante, dedicated to also defeating the Lectodinian faction. But Braxidane, Garrick's god-like superior has another plan. Meanwhile, the Koradictine order hatches a breathtaking plan to reclaim their glory, and the Lectodinians launch a winter offensive meant to gain control of magic across Adruin.The path to thwarting both will lead Garrick on a trail of treachery that leads through demonic underplanes, mystical time warps, and an ever-expanding universe of planewalkers who are growing less inhibited about meddling in Garrick's life.If he can't survive it, the world he knows and everyone he loves will destroyed forever.---Rogue Mage is book three in the 10th Anniversary edition of Saga of the God-Touched Mage, a bestselling series of Epic Fantasy by Award-winning Author Ron Collins.
A god-touched vigilanteWith a desperate planChallenges a devastated orderHaving destroyed the Koradictine order at God's Tower, the now-powerful Garrick becomes a one-man vigilante, dedicated to also defeating the Lectodinian faction. But Braxidane, Garrick's god-like superior has another plan. Meanwhile, the Koradictine order hatches a breathtaking plan to reclaim their glory, and the Lectodinians launch a winter offensive meant to gain control of magic across Adruin.The path to thwarting both will lead Garrick on a trail of treachery that leads through demonic underplanes, mystical time warps, and an ever-expanding universe of planewalkers who are growing less inhibited about meddling in Garrick's life.If he can't survive it, the world he knows and everyone he loves will destroyed forever.---Rogue Mage is book three in the 10th Anniversary edition of Saga of the God-Touched Mage, a bestselling series of Epic Fantasy by Award-winning Author Ron Collins.
A sorcerer's treacheryLeaves a city under siegeAs cataclysmic war erupts across fields of pure magicA renegade Koradictine mage with ties to the god-like planewalkers makes her last-gasp effort to remain in power, and this time Garrick himself-now a full sorcerer, a hero, and Commander of the independent Torean Freeborn-is the target. Godlike sorcery or none, Garrick is no administrator, and the Freeborn include members who are not above treachery to get their way. Amid Koradictine manipulations, a Lectodinian order preparing one final storming of the plane, and the Lords of Existence marking him for death across all of the Thousand Worlds-and with both his cohort, Darien, and his apprentice, Will, in peril-Garrick will have to confront his own humanity as he takes his fight all the way into All of Existence.---God Mage is book four in the 10th Anniversary edition of Saga of the God-Touched Mage, a bestselling series of Epic Fantasy by Award-winning Author Ron Collins.
A sorcerer's treacheryLeaves a city under siegeAs cataclysmic war erupts across fields of pure magicA renegade Koradictine mage with ties to the god-like planewalkers makes her last-gasp effort to remain in power, and this time Garrick himself-now a full sorcerer, a hero, and Commander of the independent Torean Freeborn-is the target. Godlike sorcery or none, Garrick is no administrator, and the Freeborn include members who are not above treachery to get their way. Amid Koradictine manipulations, a Lectodinian order preparing one final storming of the plane, and the Lords of Existence marking him for death across all of the Thousand Worlds-and with both his cohort, Darien, and his apprentice, Will, in peril-Garrick will have to confront his own humanity as he takes his fight all the way into All of Existence.---God Mage is book four in the 10th Anniversary edition of Saga of the God-Touched Mage, a bestselling series of Epic Fantasy by Award-winning Author Ron Collins.
Intergalactic War Is ChaosDeidra Francis: Director of the Universe Three rebels.Allie Feder: Brilliant wormhole physicistZina Nichols: Ambitious United Government intelligence agentThomas Kitchell: Esteemed scientist, hero of the Everguard mission, friend of Torrance Black New forces gather. The United Government search for Universe Three's home system narrows, leaving the rebels with slim options. How far is Deidra Francis willing to go to give her people a chance to live free? The answer: As far as it takes-or farther. Nothing less than the survival of the human race lies in the balance. STARGAMES, the seventh book of Stealing the Sun, a space-based Science Fiction series from frequent Analog contributor and bestselling Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy author Ron Collins
A black hole.A race against time.A question of who lives and who dies. Zina Nichols, ambitious Intelligence Officer playing a dangerous game. She knows Universe Three has a black hole planted in the Solar System's sun. Time is short but power is within reach. Deidra Francis and Universe Three, on the brink of freedom, struggle with a decision. Do they want true freedom if it means destroying the entire solar system? Marisa Harthing and Thomas Kitchell, long-ago heroes of the Everguard disaster, find themselves entangled in a game they never wanted to play. And, stranded on a desolate and dying planet with a species of intelligent life struggling to see a future while surviving a civil war, Torrance Black has one last gasp of hope. Who will live? Who will die? And what will be left behind? STARBORN, the ninth book of Stealing the Sun, a space-based Science Fiction series from frequent Analog contributor and bestselling Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy author Ron Collins
Strap yourself into the cockpit and follow alongas John C. Bodin and Ron Collins take you onseven hot laps around the Indy 500's past and future "Neighbors on Gasoline Alley" - A team from Betelgeuse runs into a mysterious problem. What's a fellow crew to do but lend a hand?"Speeding" - A famous chronumentary director will go to any length necessary to capture the secrets of one of the most horrific accidents in Indy history, including returning to 1964."Oh-oh " - It's 1969 and shape-shifting aliens from Tau Ceti are out to rig the most wagered upon event in the known universe. It's up to a vice cop from outta this world to avoid the fickle finger of fate."Ghost of a Chance" - A racer from the far future returns to the speedway hoping to find the roots of her humanity behind the wheel of a turbine racer, circa 1967."Do Android Drivers Dream of Electric Flags" - A past champion down on his luck discovers the first self-sentient AI who loves to drive. Who's in charge here? As long as they go fast, will it matter? "Speedway Fever" - When Bug decides to sabotage a foreign race team with new tech, Kenny has to decide how far friendship goes."The Day the Track Stood Still" - Drivers and cars always have special relationships, but Buddy's is more special than most. He'll find out just how much when the B'rada come to town with plans to take home something beyond the Borg-Warner trophy.