ZP Author and Artist News for April 2016

April 2016

News

 

(writing as K.D. Hays) will be featured in Southern Writers Magazine’s “What’s the Story” section explaining the inspiration for her latest book, Roped In. Since Kate was a jump rope coach for eight years and Roped In is a mystery surrounding a jump rope competition, the story behind the story could have easily stretched to novel length all by itself.

Stephen Tiano – who works as a book designer, Page Compositor and Layour Artist – has been quite busy recently. He’s currently working on three book interiors, one of which is a sort of retelling of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with a transgender twist!

See some of what he’s been working on below.

Author has signed a contract with Leadstart Publishing Corp. for his upcoming non-fiction work Life After Life; Lifting the veil on Death. Congrats!

has a short story titled “It’s…Complicated” in the anthology Lightships and Sabers which should see release 4/18/16.

 

 

 

Appearances

 

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  • ArmadilloCon 39

    ArmadilloCon 39

    12:51 -22:00
    2017-08-04
    4140 Governors Row, Austin Texas 78744

    We are a literary focused convention here in Austin Texas. Not only do we have great guests and programming but there is also an art show to explore, dealers room, and a Writers Workshop for aspiring authors as well.

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  • ArmadilloCon 39

    ArmadilloCon 39

    10:00 -22:00
    2017-08-05
    4140 Governors Row, Austin Texas 78744

    We are a literary focused convention here in Austin Texas. Not only do we have great guests and programming but there is also an art show to explore, dealers room, and a Writers Workshop for aspiring authors as well.

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  • ArmadilloCon 39

    ArmadilloCon 39

    10:00 -16:00
    2017-08-06
    4140 Governors Row, Austin Texas 78744

    We are a literary focused convention here in Austin Texas. Not only do we have great guests and programming but there is also an art show to explore, dealers room, and a Writers Workshop for aspiring authors as well.

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  • WorldCon 75

    WorldCon 75

    All day
    2017-08-09
    WorldCon 75

    The World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”) is an international gathering of the science fiction and fantasy community, with a great tradition behind it. The first Worldcon was held in 1939, and, after a break during WWII, the event has been held annually since 1946, with the location changing each year. Although some locations have hosted Worldcon many times over the years, Worldcon 75, in August 2017, will be the first Worldcon ever to be held in Helsinki. We are proud of this, and of the opportunity to share Finland with Worldcon – and Worldcon with Finland.

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  • WorldCon 75

    WorldCon 75

    All day
    2017-08-10
    WorldCon 75

    The World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”) is an international gathering of the science fiction and fantasy community, with a great tradition behind it. The first Worldcon was held in 1939, and, after a break during WWII, the event has been held annually since 1946, with the location changing each year. Although some locations have hosted Worldcon many times over the years, Worldcon 75, in August 2017, will be the first Worldcon ever to be held in Helsinki. We are proud of this, and of the opportunity to share Finland with Worldcon – and Worldcon with Finland.

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  • WorldCon 75

    WorldCon 75

    All day
    2017-08-11
    WorldCon 75

    The World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”) is an international gathering of the science fiction and fantasy community, with a great tradition behind it. The first Worldcon was held in 1939, and, after a break during WWII, the event has been held annually since 1946, with the location changing each year. Although some locations have hosted Worldcon many times over the years, Worldcon 75, in August 2017, will be the first Worldcon ever to be held in Helsinki. We are proud of this, and of the opportunity to share Finland with Worldcon – and Worldcon with Finland.

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  • WorldCon 75

    WorldCon 75

    All day
    2017-08-12
    WorldCon 75

    The World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”) is an international gathering of the science fiction and fantasy community, with a great tradition behind it. The first Worldcon was held in 1939, and, after a break during WWII, the event has been held annually since 1946, with the location changing each year. Although some locations have hosted Worldcon many times over the years, Worldcon 75, in August 2017, will be the first Worldcon ever to be held in Helsinki. We are proud of this, and of the opportunity to share Finland with Worldcon – and Worldcon with Finland.

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  • WorldCon 75

    WorldCon 75

    All day
    2017-08-13
    WorldCon 75

    The World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”) is an international gathering of the science fiction and fantasy community, with a great tradition behind it. The first Worldcon was held in 1939, and, after a break during WWII, the event has been held annually since 1946, with the location changing each year. Although some locations have hosted Worldcon many times over the years, Worldcon 75, in August 2017, will be the first Worldcon ever to be held in Helsinki. We are proud of this, and of the opportunity to share Finland with Worldcon – and Worldcon with Finland.

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  • AnimeFest

    AnimeFest

    12:00 -19:00
    2017-08-17
    400 N. Olive Street Dallas, Texas 75201

    AnimeFest, as the name suggests, is largely based around “anime” or Japanese animation. It has always been one of our primary motivations to educate the public about anime and the cultural aspects surrounding it.

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  • AnimeFest

    AnimeFest

    All day
    2017-08-18
    400 N. Olive Street Dallas, Texas 75201

    AnimeFest, as the name suggests, is largely based around “anime” or Japanese animation. It has always been one of our primary motivations to educate the public about anime and the cultural aspects surrounding it.

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  • AnimeFest

    AnimeFest

    All day
    2017-08-19
    400 N. Olive Street Dallas, Texas 75201

    AnimeFest, as the name suggests, is largely based around “anime” or Japanese animation. It has always been one of our primary motivations to educate the public about anime and the cultural aspects surrounding it.

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  • AnimeFest

    AnimeFest

    10:00 -15:00
    2017-08-20
    400 N. Olive Street Dallas, Texas 75201

    AnimeFest, as the name suggests, is largely based around “anime” or Japanese animation. It has always been one of our primary motivations to educate the public about anime and the cultural aspects surrounding it.

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Book Trailers

 

This month’s book trailer is for novel – Always Ali!

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ZP AUTHOR AND ARTIST NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER 2015

News

ALWAYS ALI!, the fourth book in the Ali Caldwell series, by Christine Marciniak will be released soon. Ali finally thinks she has her life together, when a new girl at school sends everything topsy-turvy.
If you prefer getting your ebooks from iTunes – some of our more recent titles can now be found there! If you check for your favorite title here at the ZP site, there’ll be a new iTunes/iBook icon on the book page.

Yet another way to find our titles for your enjoyment! 🙂

We keep adding more venues as ties go by and we’ll keep you informed of developments.
One of our artists, Tamian Wood, was chosen by the publisher of Pope Francis to do the cover for his Encyclical Letter Landato Si. How cool is that? Congrats, Tamian!


Rie Sheridan Rose will be celebrating the release of Bruce and Roxanne: From Start to Finnish from Yard Dog Press at FenCon in Sept 2015.
Lyndi Alexander participated in the First Annual Book Sale on the Mercer County Courthouse grounds, July 25, 2015, sponsored by the West Pennsylvania authors. The event, held in conjunction with the Saturday Farmer’s Market, was well attended and very successful.

**This month we got some not so great news and our second loss to our roster**

“It’s with deep sadness that I report our fellow Zumayan, James Choron, died of pneumonia and complications of asthma in Moscow, Russia, on July 23 of this year. Jim and I were in the process of developing a new, updated version of his excellent collection of paranormal investigations, Footprints in the Snow: True Tales of Haunted Russia. He was a delightful person to talk with and will be very much missed.”

He will be missed.

 

Appearances

Sep 4-7, 2015 – Author Gloria Oliver is on the Emergency Waiting List for Animefest 2015 in Dallas, TX. What this means is if a table frees up at the last minute, she’ll have to drop everything that Friday and GO! Wish her luck! 🙂
Sep 25-27, 2015 – Will see several Zumayans at Fencon 12 in Dallas, TX. Attending will be Gloria Oliver Rie Sheridan Rose and Elizabeth K. Burton – This year they’ll be at a new venue, so should be exciting!

 

Book Trailers

This month is a book trailer is for K.D. Hays and Meg Weidman from the Thresholds Imprint called – Toto’s Tale

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