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July 6, 2015
Monday Night Gaming: Legendary
Publisher:
Upper Deck Entertainment
# of Players: 1-5 players
Best with: 3-4 players
Playing Time: 1st time through, 1 hour. After that, 40-60 minutes depending upon cards used.
# of Expansions: 7
# of Parts: Game board, rule book, and 500 cards (plus dividers for box).
With my love of deck-builders, my husband was only to happy to introduce me to Legendary. The game is set in the Marvel universe and pits heroes/good guys again...
July 3, 2015
Flashforward Friday: Neurology
For this week’s Flashforward Friday: Neurology and the new strides science has made.
Scientists have built artificial neurons that fully mimic human brain cells.
Let that sink in for a moment.
Image Copyright Physics World.
As someone who has neurological issues, I wanted to cry when I read the article. The idea that we could replace damaged nerve cells and help folks with spinal cord injuries, Parkinson’s, and a possibly even fibromyalgia, gives me hope.
One of the best and worst parts of readin...
July 2, 2015
Book Cover Throwback: Mathemagics
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Mathemagics by Margaret Ball.
What I Love about This Cover: “A Chicks in Chainmail Novel”–when I was in middle & high school, stuff like this was right up my alley. Cheesy + cheesy covers = Awesome. Throw in the math humor, and I was sold.
What I Don’t Love about This Cover: Her chainmail bra or whatever that is, makes her chest look deformed. Her proportions are weird. But then, it’s cheesy SF/F so….
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July 1, 2015
Locus Weekend Wrap-Up
This past weekend was the Locus Awards and the Locus Writers’ Workshop, hosted by sci-fi Grand Master Connie Willis and author Daryl Gregory. It was my second year attending, which included dragging my husband along (he complains until he’s there, and then he laughs himself silly, heckles Connie Willis, and enjoys himself).
The award’s ceremony was hysterical as always, with Connie serving as the MC. Nancy Kress, her official heckler, was absent this year but the audience did its best to fill...
Win a Copy
If you’ve been waiting to snag a copy of my new bestselling novella Class-M Exile, you’ve got the opportunity to win a copy from the fabulous folks at the Sci-Fi Diner Podcast. They interviewed me in late June (you’ll be able to listen to that a bit later) and are giving away a free eBook copy.
To enter, all you have to do is send them a tweet at @scifidiner or visit their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/scifidiner, scroll down to the June 24th post about me, and comment that you wa...
June 30, 2015
Class-M Exile Bestseller!
Amidst a sea of con crud and chaos, Class-M Exile launched. I didn’t see what it’s best ranking was (I was too busy fighting a nasty fever), but it remained in the Top 100 Bestsellers in Space Opera on Amazon in both the U.S. and the U.K for a good, solid week!
That’s reason to celebrate!!
Since the book began at the Locus Writing Workshop with Connie Willis, I gave a copy to her this past weekend. Not only was she excited and proud, but she made sure I autographed it.
Here’s some of the newest...
June 29, 2015
Monday Night Gaming: Fallout Shelter
Developer:
Bethesda Game Studios
# of Players: Single Player
System: Mobile Devices
Genre: Simulation / Resource Management
Cost: Free-to-Play, with the usual pay add-ons
If there is anything I love in this world, it is the Fallout video game series. Something about the 1950’s thoughts on a post-apocalyptic world just rocks my socks off. Fallout 3 is in my top 5 favorite games of all time, so I was really excited by the announcement...
The Making of Eerl
Greetings folks. I’m woefully behind on posts on here, but things should be back to normal beginning this week. For the moment, I’ve got a great guest post over on author Erik Buchanan’s site entitled, “The Making of Eerl.”
In it, I talk about how Eerl (from Class-M Exile) came to be and why writers should speak their minds and ask difficult questions more often. Be sure to check it out at:
http://erikbuchanan.ca/2015/06/guest-post-the-making-of-eerl-by-raven-oak/
The post The Making of Eerl app...
June 23, 2015
Top 10 Things Guest Post
My apologies to all for the lack of posts. This viral crud has me pretty down and out. In the meantime, I’ve got a guest post over on What Is That Book About? entitled Top 10 Things I Learned from Reading SF/F.
Go give it a read and a comment.
The post Top 10 Things Guest Post appeared first on Raven Oak.
June 19, 2015
Book Launch Tonight!
Sorry that my usual posts haven’t happened this week as I’ve been recovering from Anglicon Con-crud. Despite that, I’m ready to go for tonight’s book event!
WHO: Science fiction & fantasy author Raven Oak
WHAT: Book launch party for Class-M Exile. There will be wine, humorous Texas trivia by way of a Texas Headline or The Onion game (with prizes), and Raven will read from Class-M Exile with her best Texas drawl. Books available for purchase and signing from UW Bookstore in Bellevue.
WHEN: Frid...
