Victoria N. Alexander's Blog, page 24
July 16, 2014
Permanent announces 2015 titles
The Permanent Press, which will be publishing my novel Locus Amœnus, announced its 2015 titles today. I am pleased to find myself among some very talented writers. I am also happy to discover that several of the sixteen novels on … Continue reading →

Published on July 16, 2014 06:57
May 23, 2014
How can art and science interact meaningfully?
Based on a talk at the Leonardo Art and Science Rendezvous (LASER) meeting in NYC on April 12, 2014, Victoria N Alexander, PhD discusses how art can benefit science through a biosemiotic perspective. This is the second video in the … Continue reading →

Published on May 23, 2014 08:03
March 24, 2014
Victoria N Alexander speaking at NY LASER 4/12/14
NY LASER, a Leonardo Education and Art Forum (LEAF) Rendezvous Event What: Wine + discussion Where: LevyArts: RSVP for info info@dactyl.org When: Saturday, April 12th from 4:00 – 7:00 pm NYC LASER is a series of lectures and presentations on … Continue reading →

Published on March 24, 2014 04:12
February 24, 2014
The Science of Making Choices
What happens in your body when you choose to go right or left? What makes your choices? your Self? What does the word “choice” really mean? VN Alexander, PhD discusses the science of making choices from a complexity science-biosemiotics perspective. … Continue reading →

Published on February 24, 2014 09:50
February 6, 2014
Permanent to publish Locus Amœnus!
Great News! My new novel, Locus Amœnus, will be published by Permanent, the same press that did my first and third novels, Smoking Hopes 1996 and Naked Singularity 2003. Help me make this novel a success by going to Amazon.com and posting quick … Continue reading →

Published on February 06, 2014 14:01
January 22, 2014
Locus Amœnus on “No Lies Radio”
I just sent my manuscript off to the publisher a week ago, and, as luck would have it, I got a call from Andrew Steele, radio host of 9/11 Free Fall, which airs on No Lies Radio, asking me to … Continue reading →

Published on January 22, 2014 16:29
December 28, 2013
Dactyl Foundation Literary Fiction Award 2013
Originally posted on Dactyl Review:
Because we were unable to give awards in 2011 and 2012, due to lack of qualifying entries, we decided to give two awards in 2013. The first award goes to The Double Life of Alfred Buber…
Because we were unable to give awards in 2011 and 2012, due to lack of qualifying entries, we decided to give two awards in 2013. The first award goes to The Double Life of Alfred Buber…

Published on December 28, 2013 08:00
December 20, 2013
Why cheap POD books are great for Literary Fiction authors
Unaware, perhaps, that they no are no longer reaping rewards for their creator, used hard copies of my novels find their ways into online used bookstores and resell and resell. I am all for recycling, in theory, but not in … Continue reading →

Published on December 20, 2013 05:44
December 4, 2013
New Award for Literary Fiction
The greatest fault of literary awards is that they, like the review industry, are largely directed at new writing. There is no reason why the “best” books should be “new” books. Whereas commercial fiction is topical, trendy, and has a very short … Continue reading →

Published on December 04, 2013 13:59
November 23, 2013
What is literary fiction?
Literary fiction is often linguistically difficult, or unusual, in the way that poetry is. It often contains unfamiliar words or supports political, ideological, religious positions that are not widely accepted. It subverts sentimentality. It makes people think. Non-fans of literary … Continue reading →

Published on November 23, 2013 11:00