IFWG Publishing is happy to announce the creation of a new web site, which incorporates blog posts.
The consequence of this restructure is that this site is no longer used for IFWG blogs, but it will be retained for a number of years as an archive site.
We ask that all of you who enjoy following our blogs and sites visit the following:
http://ifwgpublishing.com for US, International catalogues, news and blogs
http://ifwgaustralia.com for Australian imprint specific catalogues, news and blogs
(or both!!!)
Thank you so much for being part of us in this blog site - we look forward to seeing you in the new, improved sites.
IFWG Publishing Team
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Sunday, 10 November 2013
New Title: Blood Sabers by M F Burbaugh
We are extremely pleased to announce the publishing of M F Burbaugh's second instalment of his We Were Legends series, Blood Sabers.
We expect the book to be available in Amazon within the week, and to all good online stores over a period of weeks thereafter. The same goes for the ebook version.
Congratulations to Merle. He is our most prolific author and are proud to add to his collection in our imprint today.
This time he must first take over control of the corrupt government of the famed EMM (Earth, Moon, and Mars coalition) to provide the support needed for a war against the headhunting Blood Sabers who have but one mission, exterminate all humans when and where found to cleanse the universe of the plague called man, for their goddess.
With his army Jake comes head to head with the murderous Sabers on their home worlds.
While you wait a week or so, consider reading M F Burbaugh's first book in the series, the classic We Were Legends:
We expect the book to be available in Amazon within the week, and to all good online stores over a period of weeks thereafter. The same goes for the ebook version.
Congratulations to Merle. He is our most prolific author and are proud to add to his collection in our imprint today.
Jake Spoonbill, once a NASA pilot, later King and savior of a planet called Camelot, has once again been called back to life through a rather bizarre set of circumstances. Joining him is his army of sword-wielding wives, including his first love, Aawasa, and the woman called the Bronze Goddess. He must once more battle against evil forces in the universe.
This time he must first take over control of the corrupt government of the famed EMM (Earth, Moon, and Mars coalition) to provide the support needed for a war against the headhunting Blood Sabers who have but one mission, exterminate all humans when and where found to cleanse the universe of the plague called man, for their goddess.
With his army Jake comes head to head with the murderous Sabers on their home worlds.
While you wait a week or so, consider reading M F Burbaugh's first book in the series, the classic We Were Legends:
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Notes From the Editor November 2013
Taken from IFWG Publishing's November 2013 Newsletter.
Sorry about
the late newsletter - have been very busy editing and publishing new titles -
we in IFWG Publishing definitely have some momentum.
First, new
titles.
From the
previous newsletter we have published Paper
Magic, a wonderful children's book with strong messages about overcoming
disabilities, and friendship. Jeffery E Doherty, the writer and wonderful
illustrator, had his formal Launch last month in his home town in Australia and
it was extremely successful - it was in a school hall with general community
attendance, including one of the local bookstores. Over 140 people attended.
Well done, Jeffery! I truly wish I could have been there.
Brumbies in the Mist, the third of five books in the Brumbies series, was released in
October with a new-look cover - spectacular work by Elizabeth Lang, who is a
prolific author of ours, but also a book cover designer. Stay tuned, as we are
going to 'retrofit' the first two books of the series (Brumbies and Brumbies in the
Snow) into the same look and feel as Brumbies
in the Mist. They will be released over the coming four or five weeks.
It is with
great pleasure to announce that we have released Loria, book one of the Tower
series, by Canadian author Jesse McMinn. This is a unique epic fantasy,
with a parallel Earth backdrop, written by a young man who is still in College.
One of the wonderful things about being a small, independent publisher, is the
opportunity to give new writers leg-ups, and it is more pleasurable indeed when
it is someone who is young and talented. The cover is spectacular, a great
scene from the book by artist Jeffery Doherty.
Finally, I
would like to put a good word in for SQ
Mag. Since earlier this year it has become a paying market, and with a more
attractive system in place for prospective writers, and a lot of very hard
work by the SQ Mag team, the quality and production has been recently
outstanding. The covers are out-and-out professional, as is the spread of
fiction, book reviews, and smattering of articles. To top it all off, IFWG
Publishing Australia released the first of SQ
Mag's best fiction annuals, Star
Quake 1, with great cover (yes, again Jeffery Doherty) and 19 outstanding
work of short fiction.
I ask you all
to put good words in for Star Quake and
SQ Mag - it is a worthwhile journal
that supports new talent, as well as a major marketing wing for IFWG
Publishing's work, as it is the major sponsor. SQ Mag is free to the public, but relies heavily on donations, and
on sales of Star Quake.
Stay tuned
next month, because, yes, there will be further releases!
Gerry Huntman
Chief Editor
IFWG
Publishing Manager, IFWG Publishing Australia
Monday, 4 November 2013
News: Status of 2013 Story Quest Short Story Contest
We at IFWG Publishing and SQ Mag are ecstatic at the turnout of submissions for this year's contest. It settled on 114 submission, many of which were of very high quality...or better.
Round 1 is complete, which is in many ways the toughest - we culled the submissions to 29 - and it was tough. Real tough. I believe a number that were rejected would have been strong candidates for SQ Mag's general submission, but this is a contest. We have to remind ourselves every moment.
Round 2 and the final Round 3 are always handled in rapid succession - Round 2 we draw the field down to around 5 to 7, and Round 3 we choose 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
We should have the short list and winners published close to 15 November 2013.
The stories (without authors' names) that made Round 2 are as follows:
Round 1 is complete, which is in many ways the toughest - we culled the submissions to 29 - and it was tough. Real tough. I believe a number that were rejected would have been strong candidates for SQ Mag's general submission, but this is a contest. We have to remind ourselves every moment.
Round 2 and the final Round 3 are always handled in rapid succession - Round 2 we draw the field down to around 5 to 7, and Round 3 we choose 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
We should have the short list and winners published close to 15 November 2013.
The stories (without authors' names) that made Round 2 are as follows:
A Very
Special Ride
|
Anomoly
|
Arabesque
|
Black
Smoker Hero
|
Capuchin
|
Cremation
|
David's
Muse
|
Exponential
Growth
|
Fog
|
Good Luck
Charm
|
Hand of
Glory
|
Hand to
Mouth
|
Inside
Ferndale
|
It's Only
Going to End Badly
|
Jun
Nakamura's Dead Girlfriend
|
Keeping an
Open Mind
|
Mother's
Days
|
Prey
|
Semantikinetic
|
So Long,
The Dark
|
The Baby
|
The
Captain's Last Bath
|
The Color
of Mars
|
The
Dispatch Officer's Son
|
The Hoodoo
Nigger
|
The
Matchbox Sign
|
The
Working Strife of Red O'Leary
|
Vermin
|
Webs
|
There were no double-ups of titles, so if your story is listed here, you know it is in Round 2. If you haven't received a rejection email and your story is not in this list, please double check your entry in Submittable. If there is still uncertainty, please contact us by emailing: submissions@ifwgpublishing.com.
Good luck to all!
Story Quest Contest Team
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