A. L. Kaplan

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  • Arisia 2020 Preliminary Schedule

    I’ll be attending my first Arisia this January. Here is my preliminary schedule. I’ll let you know of any changes.

    Friday – 5:30 PM — Where Shall I Begin?

    Gordon Linzner, James Hailer, A. L. Kaplan, Alex Feinman, Kristin Janz

    The easy answer to starting a story is beginning the moment the conflict is introduced, but how do you know when that is? Answering this question and whether or not to prologue, panelists will explore the unique challenge of starting a story in settings with thousands of different worlds, millennia of history, and dozens of characters.

    Sunday – 2:30 PM – Writing in Brief

    A. L. Kaplan, Timothy Goyette, Ian Randal Strock, Laurence Raphael Brothers

    Could Flash fiction (stories shorter than 1000 words) be one of the literary forms best adapted for the Tweeting, FOMO, Entertainment-on-Demand moment we are living in? What are writers doing with the ultra short story? How can 1000 or less words really be enough to tell a complete (or mostly complete) story. Panelists will bring examples of flash fiction (which in some cases could be read entire) and techniques for boiling fiction to its most basic elements.

    January 17-20, 2020: Arisia
    Westin Boston Waterfront
    425 Summer Street
    Boston, MA 02210
    “New England’s Largest, Most Diverse Sci-Fi & Fantasy Convention”

    See you there!

    Don’t forget to pick up your copy of

    Star Touched       and     Wolf Dawn

    Startouched front cover2   Wolf Dawn 13

  • GIVE THE GIFT OF READING

    Looking for that perfect holiday gift?

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    I’ll be signing copies of Star Touched

    on

    Sunday, November 12, 2017

    at the

    Northern Virginia Christmas Market

    from

    10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

    Booth #364

    Dulles Expo and Convention Center

    Chantilly, VA

  • Come To The Broad Side: Rapid Fire Reading This Saturday At Balticon 51

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    Saturday, May 27, 6 PM — Renaissance, Kent (6th Floor)

    Award-winning author and editor Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. She’s published six novels, a book on writing, and three collections. In 2014 she co-founded eSpec Books (http://www.ESpecBooks.com/). (http://www.Sidhenadaire.com)

    Roxanne Bland grew up in Washington, D.C., where she discovered strange and wonderful new worlds through her local public library and bookstores. These and other life experiences have convinced her that reality is highly overrated. (http://www.RoxanneBland.rocks/)

    Lauren Harris is a fantasy author, audiobook narrator, and assistant editor of Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show Magazine. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with three naughty cats and a pet librarian. (http://www.LaurenBHarris.com)

    A. L. Kaplan’s work has been included in several anthologies and magazines. Her first novel, Star Touched, comes out this fall. She holds an MFA in sculpture from the Maryland Institute College of Art and loves wolves. (ALKaplan.wordpress.com)

    Gail Z. Martin writes epic fantasy, urban fantasy and steampunk for Solaris Books and Orbit Books. Scourge: A Darkhurst Novel, is the first in a new epic fantasy series for Solaris (coming July 2017). (http://www.AscendantKingdoms.com/)

    Cara McKinnon is the author of the Fay of Skye fantasy romance series. She has an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and lives in Western Maryland with her husband and kids. Find her online at CaraMcKinnon.com.

    Award-winning author Christie Meierz writes space opera and science fiction romance set in a dystopic Earth empire. Her most recent work, Farryn’s War, explores how empaths would live together and what can happen when empaths and normal humans collide. (ChristieMeierz.com)

    Jennifer R. Povey writes everything from heroic fantasy to stories for Analog. Her current project is the Lost Guardians, an urban fantasy series. Fallen Dusk, the first book in the series, was released last spring. She also rides horses. (http://www.JenniferRPovey.com/)

    Roberta Rogow writes historical mysteries, in which she tends to twist the history, and filk songs that refer to anything she feels like singing about. Roberta is a retired children’s librarian living in New Jersey. Learn more at (https://www.facebook.com/ManatasSkyline/?fref=nf)

    D. H. Timpko is the author of The Firma Twins and the Purple Staff of Death, a middle grade science fiction novel. She is finishing the second Firma twins novel, The Firma Twins and the Flute of Enchantment. (DHTimpko.com).

    Jean Marie Ward writes fiction, nonfiction and everything in between. Her credits include a multi-award nominated novel, numerous short stories and two popular art books. Her video interviews and short subjects are regular features of BuzzyMag.com.  Learn more at (JeanMarieWard.com).

  • BALTICON 51

    Looking for something do do Memorial Day weekend? Come to Balticon May 26-29, 2017 and say hi.  There are tons of great activities. Here is my schedule.

    When Where What
    Saturday    
    2:00 PM Mt. Washington Reading Outside Your Genre for SF/F Writers
         
    6:00 PM Kent Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading
         
    7:00 PM St. George Writing Flash Fiction
         
    Sunday    
    11:00 AM St George Reading: I’ll be reading from my novel, STAR TOUCHED
         
    1:00 PM Mt. Washington I’ve Done My Research and You’re Going to Suffer for It
         
    8 PM Homeland Writing SF/F from Societal Trauma

  • UPCOMING APPEARANCE: BALTICON 50 – May 27 – 30, 2016

    From May 27 – 30, I’ll be part of, Balticon 50, a fantastic convention in Baltimore, Maryland at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. There will be four days of Multi-Track Programming featuring authors, publishers, editors, artists, scientists, musicians and much more. Everything Science Fiction and Fantasy in one huge package. 

    I’ll bYoung Adventurerse reading a portion of WOLF DAWN, from YOUNG ADVENTURERS: Heroes, Explorers & Swashbucklers on Saturday at 1:00. I’ll also read my winning poem, SCALES OF GLORY at the poetry contest reading on Sunday. (Time TBA)

     

    On top of this year’s guest of honor, George R. R. Martin, past guests of honor were invited back to celebrate Balticon’s 50th anniversary. Here’s a list of Alumni that are coming.

    John Varley – Balticon 15, 1981,
    R. A. MacAvoy – Balticon 19, 1985
    Nancy Springer – Balticon 20, 1986
    Michael F. Flynn – Balticon 26, 1992
    Compton Crook Award 9, 1991,
    BSFS Heinlein Award 2003
    Donald Kingsbury – Balticon 26, 1992
    Compton Crook Award 1, 1983
    Allen Steele – Balticon 27, 1993,
    BSFS Heinlein Award 2013
    Harry Turtledove – Balticon 32, 1998
    Phil Foglio – Balticon 36, 2002
    Kaja Foglio – Balticon 36, 2002
    Steve Miller – Balticon 37, 2003
    Sharon Lee – Balticon 37, 2003
    Steve Barnes – Balticon 39, 2005
    Larry Niven – Balticon 41, 2007,
    BSFS Heinlein Award 2005
    Peter Beagle – Balticon 41, 2007
    Connie Willis – Balticon 42, 2008,
    BSFS Heinlein Award 2011
    Charles Stross – Balticon 43, 2009
    Jody Lynn Nye – Balticon 46, 2012
    Joe Haldeman – Balticon 47, 2013,
    BSFS Heinlein Award 2009
    Jo Walton – Balticon 49, 2015
    BSFS Heinlein Award 2009

    Check out the website to see the full list of participants and activities.

    Hope to see you there.

    A.L. Kaplan