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| June 2006 My essay, "10 Things I Learned Developing My Writers' Website" is now available in the current SF and Fantasy Workshop Newsletter. Thanks to editor Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury. * * * I've been invited to become one of the writers' for Carnifex Press's Freehold series. Thanks go to editor Armand Rosamilia. * * * On the Bookshelf: Fyodor Dostoyevsk's The Brothers Karamazov (1880) and Peter Dickinson's Flight of Dragons (1979). * * * Site News: The site got a mention in Armand Rosamilia's June "Swords & Scribes" column at EpicSFF.com. May 2006 Rob Santa has reviewed "The Dragon's Scale," part 1 of "The Rise of the Necromancer," in the latest Firebrand Fiction column. Among other things, he says, "The dialog is quick and clever, the action more so." * * * "The Dragon's Scale," part 1 of "The Rise of the Necromancer," has received good feedback from readers. It's available now at www.SwordandSorcery.com's Flashing Swords. * * * The April 2006 Newsletter has just gone out. * * * My book review of Brian Froud and Terry Jones's A Goblin Companion: A Field Guide to Goblins is available at FantasyBookSpot. * * * On the Bookshelf: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (1868); Clash of Steel Book One: Reluctant Hero, Clash of Steel Book Two: Assassin, and Clash of Steel Book Three: Demon (2006), all edited by Armand Rosamilia. * * * Site News: I've posted a few more awards. Thanks again to the webmaster who've taken the time to review this site. As I've mentioned before, your comments have improved this site tremendously. I'm in the midst of some changes, so you may see some inconsistency among the papers. April 2006 "The Dragon's Scale," part 1 of "The Rise of the Necromancer," has been published at Flashing Swords, www.SwordandSorcery.org, edited by Howard Andrew Jones. * * * My book reviews of Weta Workshop's The World of King Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island and Fritz Leiber's The Book of Fritz Leiber are now available to SFReader. * * * My book review of David Day's A-Z of Tolkien is now available at FantasyBookSpot. * * * My short story "The Demon War" has been reprinted at Worlds of Wonder, edited by Sharon Partington. Thanks, Sharon! * * * I have several reprints upcoming in the Greek magazine Universe Pathways, edited by George Sotirhos, et al. My short story, "The Burning River," and my essay, "Why We Should Care About Michael Moorcock's Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy," will appear both the English and the Greek versions of the magazine. * * * The latest session of www.SwordandSorcery.org's critique groups has begun. You can find more information on either the writing pages of that website, or right here. * * * On the Bookshelf: Still working on those magazines, although great progress has been made. As far as books go, there's been Brian Froud and Terry Jones's A Goblin Companion: A Field Guide to Goblins (1986), Shannon Hale's Princess Academy (2005), and Sophocles's Oedipus Rex (c. 430 BC). * * * Site News: I'm working on improving the newsletter, so be sure to let me know what you think. I've also made a multitude of minor changes that should improve visitor experience. March 2006 My essay, "Dorian Hawkmoon, Part 2: The History of the Runestaff," has been published by www.SwordandSorcery.org and is now available at that site. You can read the full text there or read an excerpt here. * * * I was mentioned by Pitch-Black Books editor Daniel E. Blackston in his interview by Armand Rosamilia of Carnifex Press for his monthly column at EpicSFF. The full interview is here: http://www.epicsff.com/articles/06/03/danieleblackston/index.php. There's also an excerpt on my Interviews page. Thanks, Dan and Armand! * * * My short story, "Let the Black Earth Take It All," has been accepted by editor CJ Burch for a sequel to the Justice Wears A Dress anthology to be published by Rage Machine Books next year. You can read an excerpt of my story here. * * * My book review of Garth Nix's Abhorsen has been published Fantasy Book Spot. * * * The first edition of SCBryce.com's newsletter just went out. Thanks go out to my new subscribers! * * * On the Bookshelf: I finished The Book of Fritz Leiber (1974) by Fritz Leiber before moving onto Beverly Cleary's Otis Spofford (1953), Fred Gipson's Old Yeller (1956), Weta Workshop's The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island (2005), Edwin Murphy's After the Funeral: The Posthumous Adventures of Famous Corpses (1995), David Day's A-Z of Tolkien (1993), and Fritz Leiber's The Second Book of Fritz Leiber (1975). Also still working on that huge pile of magazines... * * * Site News: Well, I've had to expand the Essay Excerpts section to two pages. New excerpts will be posted here. Resources have been added to pages A, B, and C. Also posted are a few more site awards. Thank you to all the web designers who have taken the time to look at my site and make suggestions for improvement. I hope you check back often to see how your comments have improved this site. Another change is that I've joined several Web Rings. February 2006 I'm very excited to announce that my novella, "A Long Night with Five Mothers," has been accepted for publication in Lords of Swords 2 by editor Daniel E. Blackston of Pitch-Black Books. LOS2 will be the second installment in the critically acclaimed and highly popular anthology series. It is scheduled for release in Spring 2007. Thanks, Dan! In the meantime, you can read an excerpt here. * * * I was mentioned by Bruce Durham in a round table interview of small press fantasy authors moderated by Armand Rosamilia of Carnifex Press for his monthly column at EpicSFF. The full interview is here: http://www.epicsff.com/articles/06/02/swordsandscribes0206/index.php. There's also an excerpt on my Interviews page. Thanks, Bruce and Armand! * * * The book on Fritz Leiber, in which I have an essay called "Power Plays: Explorations of Social Power in Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Adventures," is expected to be formally announced by the publisher shortly. I will surely have another update then regarding release date and purchasing information. Read an excerpt here. * * * My essay, "Dorian Hawkmoon, Part 1: The History of the Runestaff," has been published by www.SwordandSorcery.org and is now available at that site. You can read the full text there or read an excerpt here. * * * I finally got my Author Page up and running at SFReader. You can take a look by clicking here. Thanks go out to webmaster Dave Felts for his help. * * * My book review of Garth Nix's Lirael has been published by Fantasy Book Spot and is available at www.FantasyBookSpot.com. * * * Unfortunately, I will not be able to work on the Robert E. Howard project mentioned in last month's column. No time! * * * On the Bookshelf: Trying to catch up on all the ridiculous number of magazines that I'm behind on, as well as taking a second glance at Pitch-Black Books' anthologies Lords of Swords and Sages and Swords (both edited by Daniel E. Blackston) and diving into The Book of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber. Away from the world of speculative fiction are David Elliot Cohen's One Year Off, Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame, edited by Robin Robertson, and The Mouse and the Motorcycle, by Beverly Cleary (a book on which I based a puppet theater presentation in elementary school). * * * Site News: Of course, I'm adding more Resources this month. As always, I'm open for link exchange. There have also been many little upgrades that will hopefully improve visitors' experience. One major change is that I've added a page on www.SwordandSorcery.org's critique groups. I've creatively named the page "Critique Groups." Another major change is the addition of a monthly newsletter. You can find more information about the newsletter by visiting Administrative Stuff. The last major addition this month is the Web Rings page. This website has been added as a resource to About.com's sci-fi/fantasy page. Special thanks go out to all the additional award programs that have reviewed the site. Your comments and suggestions have made www.SCBryce.com better and better! You can see this site's awards at Site Awards. January 2006 My two essays on Michael Moorcock's character, Dorian Hawkmoon, have been accepted for publication by www.SwordandSorcery.org. The first (on The History of the Runestaff series) is scheduled to appear in February. Thanks go out to Ryan Harvey! In the meantime, you can read excerpts of them here. * * * I've received another invitation to submit, this time an non-fiction essay for an academic work on Conan's creator, Robert E. Howard. I don't know if my schedule is going to allow it yet... * * * "The Demon War," a Dermanassian short story, has been accepted by editor Sharon Partington for reprinting in the Spring edition of Worlds of Wonder. It is expected to be available in April. In the meantime, you can read an excerpt here. * * * My book review of Garth Nix's Sabriel has been published by Fantasy Book Spot and is available at www.FantasyBookSpot.com. * * * My book reviews of Michael Moorcock's The Vanishing Tower, The Weird of the White Wolf, and Stormbringer have been published at www.SFReader.com. * * * The www.SwordandSorcery's January critique group sessions are just about to start. As always, if you're looking for more information on that, please check out the writing pages on www.SwordandSorcery.org. * * * Watch for my four-part Dermanassian novella, Rise of a Necromancer. This story will be published in installments in Flashing Swords, edited by Howard Andrew Jones. Thanks, Howard! You can read excerpts of those stories here. * * * Well, I spent much of the holidays finishing up short fiction projects, so I hope to have good news on them soon! * * * On the Bookshelf: This month, I am finishing Michael Moorcock's The Chronicles of Castle Brass (Count Brass, The Champion of Garathorm, and The Quest for Tanelorn). Also on the bookshelf are Garth Nix's Lirael and Abhorsen. * * * Site News: Boy, it's been a long year revamping the website. Please let me know what you think! In other site news... I've added tons of links to the Resources section. As always, if you see any dead links or have any suggested links, let me know. I've also added both a "Site Map" page and a page called "Administrative Stuff" that address my Privacy Policy, Copyrights and Credits, and other such things. Yet another addition: these sections in the "What's New?" pages on "Site News" and "On the Bookshelf." My website has won several site awards, resulting in a new page (Site Awards). 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