It takes money to publish books, and most of that money flows out the door before the book is released and sales begin, so my publishing company, Shadowpaw Press, is turning to Crowdfundr to help us ensure that the wonderful books we’ll (“we” meaning me and the cat) currently plan to publish in Spring/Summer 2024 …
Help my Shadowpaw Press publish nine amazing books this spring and summer!
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Available now: Shapers of Worlds Volume IV
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Podcast, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
- 2 months ago
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Shapers of Worlds Volume IV, the fourth anthology featuring authors who were guests on my podcast, The Worldshapers, is now available everywhere, including directly from Shadowpaw Press. Here’s a handy universal URL with links to multiple sources. When it launched on January 23, it was, for a while, the #1 release on Amazon in Science …
New books from Shadowpaw Press
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Podcast, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
- 3 months ago
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My publishing company, Shadowpaw Press, has three great titles coming out in the first two months of 2024, all of them science fiction or fantasy. The first two, The Good Soldier by Nir Yaniv and Shapers of Worlds Volume IV, release on January 23, with The Headmasters by Mark Morton releasing two weeks later, on …
The Dragon Toy of the Seven: A Seven-Sentence Short Story
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Featured in Slider, Writing and Editing
- 7 months ago
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Here’s another seven-sentence short story! I ran the workshop again at Ganbatte, an anime convention in Saskatoon. It went well, and here’s the one I created, again with the instructions, created by noted SF short-story writer James van Pelt. The illustration above is AI-generated by Bing. Introduce what the main character wants and the first …
The Cat of Enlightenment: A Seven-Sentence Short Story
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Featured in Slider, Writing and Editing
- 8 months ago
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Another When Words Collide, another Seven-Sentence Short Story workshop, as I once again led a group of writers through this plotting exercise devised by noted science fiction short-story writer James Van Pelt. As always, I created a story myself. I usually call this a plotting exercise, but since I was also on a panel called …
Soulworm, my debut novel, now available again in a new edition
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
- 10 months ago
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Soulworm, my first published novel (originally released by Royal Fireworks Press in 1997), is now available in a brand-new, lightly revised edition from Shadowpaw Press Reprise. You can purchase it at one of these links or directly from Shadowpaw Press. Soulworm was shortlisted for Best First Book at the Saskatchewan Book Awards the year it …
SHAPERS OF WORLDS VOLUME IV fully funded: new supplementary Crowdfundr campaign for illustrations now running!
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Podcast, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
- 11 months ago
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The Kickstarter campaign for Shapers of Worlds Volume IV for the fourth annual anthology featuring some of the top writers of science fiction and fantasy working today, all of whom were guests on my Aurora Award-winning podcast, The Worldshapers, succeeded, topping out at $15,504 (the goal was $12,000). That means the book is a go! Shapers …
Star Song shortlisted for Saskatchewan Book Award
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
- 12 months ago
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Yesterday, the shortlist for this year’s Saskatchewan Book Awards was announced, and I’m pleased to say that my young adult science fiction novel Star Song, previously shortlisted for the Aurora Award for Best Young Adult Novel, is a finalist in the Young Adult Literature Award. This is my eleventh book to be nominated for a Saskatchewan Book Award; …
Featured in Regina Lyric Musical Theatre 45th Anniversary video
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- 12 months ago
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Star Song now available as audiobook
- By Edward Willett in Audiobooks, Books, Featured in Slider, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
- 12 months ago
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My Aurora- and Saskatchewan Book Award-nominated young adult science fiction novel Star Song is now available in audiobook format, narrated by Amy Cau Nugent. You can find it on Audible, Amazon (here are the Canadian and US links) and Apple Books. Here’s a handy link that also provides options for getting the print and ebook …
Julie Czerneda and I talk about our latest novels
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March 5, 2023
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Enjoy this conversation between Julie Czerneda and me about our latest novels from DAW Books–mine The Tangled Stars and hers To Each This World. This was supposed to be video from start to finish but the gods of the Internet had other ideas, so there’s a long audio-only portion in the middle, but the conversation …
The Space-Time Continuum: Neologisms
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Columns, Featured in Slider, Science Fiction Columns, Writing and Editing
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February 18, 2023
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Here’s my latest Space-Time Continuum column from the January 2023 issue of the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild’s magazine, Freelance. “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” —Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass Humpty Dumpty, noted wall-sitter and …
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Episode 160: Breakfield & Burkey – Enigma Tracer
A chat with the writing team of Charles Breakfield and Rox Burkey about their long-running techno-thriller series, Enigma, and Enigma Tracer, first book in their new Enigma Heirs trilogy. Websiteenigmabookseries.com Facebook@TheEnigmaSeries X@EnigmaSeries@1rburkey Instagram@enigmabookseries YouTube Amazon Links for Engima TracerAmazon.comAmazon.ca About the Book The clock is ticking … can Gracie uncover the truth? Phillip Pliant is…
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Episode 159: Steve Truitt – The Mindset Chronicles
A chat with author and former television host Steve Truitt about his new science fiction novel series, The Mindset Chronicles. Websitestevetruitt.com Facebook@AuthorSteveTruitt Amazon Links for The DeletionAmazon.comAmazon.ca Steve Truitt’s Amazon Page About the Book In a world where artificial intelligence has become an integral part of daily life, the sudden death of all AI sends…
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Episode 158: Danièle Cybulskie – Chivalry and Courtesy: Medieval Manners for a Modern World
A chat with noted medievalist Danièle Cybulskie about her new book, Chivalry and Courtesy: Medieval Manners for a Modern World. Websitedanielecybulskie.com X/Twitter@5minmedievalist Facebook@5MinMedievalist Instagram@5minmedievalist YouTube@5MinMedievalist Amazon Links for Chivalry and CourtesyAmazon.caAmazon.com Danièle Cybulskie’s Amazon Page About the Book Medieval people are often portrayed as having poor hygiene and table manners—licking their knives or throwing chicken…
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Episode 157: Marie Brennan – The Market of 100 Fortunes (Legend of the Five Rings Book 3)
A chat with Hugo-nominated author Marie Brennan about her Legend of the Five Rings trilogy, which just wrapped up with The Market of 100 Fortunes. Websiteswantower.com Bluesky Patreon Amazon Links for The Market of 100 FortunesAmazon.caAmazon.com Marie Brennan’s Amazon Page About the Book Enthralling fantasy mystery from the world of Legend of the Five Rings as two…
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Episode 156: Douglas Smith – The Lost Expedition (The Dream Rider Saga, Book 3)
A chat with Canadian author Douglas Smith about his young adult fantasy trilogy The Dream Rider Saga, which has just culminated in Book 3, The Lost Expedition. Websitesmithwriter.com Facebook@WritingtheFantastic X/Twitter@smithwritr Instagram@douglassmithwriter Amazon Links for The Lost ExpeditionAmazon.caAmazon.com Douglas Smith’s Amazon Page About the Book The Thrilling Conclusion to the Multi-Award-Winning Trilogy Will is the Dream…
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Episode 155: Matthew Hughes – A God in Hiding & The Emir’s Falcon
A chat with award-winning author Matthew Hughes about his newest fantasy novel, A God in Hiding, and his recent young adult outdoor adventure tale, The Emir’s Falcon (Shadowpaw Press). Websitearchonate.com Facebook@hapthorn Amazon Links A God in HidingAmazon.caAmazon.com The Emir’s FalconAmazon.caAmazon.com Publisher’s Book Page for The Emir’s Falcon About the Books A God in Hiding In…
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Episode 154: David Nabhan – Thinwalker
A chat with David Nabhan, author of the new far-future nanotechnological science fiction thriller Thinwalker from Stairway Press. Websiteearthquakepredictors.com X/Twitter@DaveNabhan Facebook@David.Nabhan Amazon LinksAmazon.caAmazon.com Publisher’s Book Page About the Book Eight hundred years from now and a hundred light years from Earth, at the periphery of a vast interstellar civilization, humanity itself is changing—each individual injected…
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Episode 153: Mark Morton – The Headmasters
A chat with author Mark Morton about his new young adult dystopian science fiction novel, The Headmasters, published by Shadowpaw Press. Websitemarkmorton.ca X/Twitter@NotromKram Facebook@Mark.Morton.Author Amazon LinksAmazon.caAmazon.com Publisher’s Book Page About the Book How do you learn from the past if there isn’t one? Sixty years ago, something awful happened. Something that killed everyone except the…
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Episode 152: Nir Yaniv – The Good Soldier
A long chat with author Nir Yaniv about his new humorous, satirical military science fiction novel, The Good Soldier: “M*A*S*H meets Starship Troopers in outer space,” published by Shadowpaw Press. Websiteniryaniv.com X/Twitter@TheNirYaniv Instagram@nyfiction Amazon linksAmazon.comAmazon.ca Publisher’s Book Page Nir Yaniv’s Amazon Page About the Book The Imperial Navy has long been at war. It is…
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Episode 151: Robert J. Sawyer – The Downloaded
A chat with Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer about his latest novel, The Downloaded, now available as an Audible original audiobook and coming in print from Shadowpaw Press on May 7, 2024. Websitesfwriter.com Amazon linksAmazon.comAmazon.cahttps://youtu.be/H5pURHwuGg0 Publisher’s book page Robert J. Sawyer’s Amazon Page About the Book The new novel by Canada’s top…
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