{"id":2131,"date":"2010-10-30T12:47:12","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T23:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=2131"},"modified":"2010-10-31T07:12:08","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T18:12:08","slug":"fsf-guest-author-series-wrap-up-competition-result","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2010\/10\/30\/fsf-guest-author-series-wrap-up-competition-result\/","title":{"rendered":"FSF Guest Author Series: Wrap Up & Competition Result"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Series Wrap-Up<\/strong><\/h3>\n

<\/strong>Firstly, I apologise for taking so long to get to this. The F-SF Guest Author Series <\/strong>wrapped up on Wednesday with James Norcliffe’s post<\/a>—and it is now Saturday (already–how did that happen?) Well a few things did<\/em> happen, including visits from family and friends from out of town, and another friend returning from the best part of two months overseas—the stuff of life, to which even blog posts must occasionally take second place. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The bonus is, having had that little bit of extra time has really given me the chance to reflect on the series—mainly on how much I enjoyed it. The theme was “Why Fantasy-Science Fiction Rocks My World”<\/em>, and one of the aspects that amazed me was how each new guest could take that theme and give it a fresh twist. Authors spoke of “what if” and “why not” and “wonder”; of hope and hope of change, the human need for belief and acts of invocation; of whether we are, in fact not living in a science fiction novel (and if so, by whom?)—and how, however often the laws of physics may be abandoned in both fantasy and science fiction, the Mighty and Immutable Laws of Fiction must always prevail.<\/p>\n

In short, a great deal of territory was traversed, with wit, insight and panache. So I hope you will join with me now in thanking all the authors who contributed to the series:<\/p>\n

Alan Baxter<\/a> <\/strong>(AU: Dark Fantasy)<\/p>\n

Nicole Murphy<\/strong><\/a> (AU: Paranormal Urban Fantasy)<\/p>\n

Mary Victoria<\/a> <\/strong>(NZ: Epic Fantasy)<\/p>\n

Kim Falconer<\/strong><\/a> (AU: Epic Fantasy)<\/p>\n

Tracey O’Hara<\/a> <\/strong>(AU: Paranormal Urban Fantasy)<\/p>\n

Marianne de Pierres<\/strong><\/a> (AU: Science Fiction)<\/p>\n

Michael Pryor<\/strong><\/a> (AU: Fantasy YA)<\/p>\n

Tim Jones<\/strong><\/a> (NZ: Science Fiction, Fantasy)<\/p>\n

Juliet Marillier<\/a> <\/strong>(AU: Historical Fantasy)<\/p>\n

Anne Hamilton<\/strong><\/a> (AU: Junior Fantasy)<\/p>\n

Julie Czerneda<\/strong><\/a> (CAN: Science Fiction, Fantasy)<\/p>\n

Gillian Polack<\/strong><\/a> (AU: Fantasy)<\/p>\n

James Norcliffe<\/strong><\/a> (NZ: Junior\/YA Fantasy)<\/p>\n

If you would like to re-read the full series (plus a few spin-off posts), or if there is an author you missed and would like to read now, you will find the collected posts under Categories: F-SF Author Guest Series<\/a> <\/strong>in the far right-hand sidebar.<\/p>\n

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Competition Result<\/h3>\n
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AU\/NZ Cover <\/p><\/div>\n

The other reason for delaying this post is that I have been waiting for the “Sorting Hat” to do its independent thing with the competition that has been\u00a0 running from the AU\/NZ launch.\u00a0 You may recall that, as part of the launch of The Heir of Night<\/strong><\/em> into AU\/NZ, together with the giveaway prizes, I also ran a competition concurrent with the F-SF Guest Author series, as follows:<\/p>\n

“Everyone who posted either on October 7 of AU\/NZ Launch Day<\/a><\/strong> or<\/strong> on any of the posts by F-SF writers<\/strong> in the Guest Author Series<\/strong><\/a>, would enter the draw to have their name included as a character name in The Wall of Night Series, Book Two. <\/strong>The qualifying provisos for the competition were:
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