New Members
Welcome to our new members T. S. McNally, Ajax Baback Coriander, Dronon, and our newest associate member Weasel, of Weasel Press!
Member News
In media-related news, M. C. A. Hogarth was interviewed for Publishers Weekly, and Tempe “Tempo” O’Kun was interviewed on Prairie Public radio.
Book birthdays! Vixyy Fox’s Reach for the Sky is now available in print format from Weasel Press, Jay has released his latest novel Impossible Magic (sequel to Axinstone), available from Jaffa Books, and Michael H. Payne has released Neighbors.
In anthology news, Abandoned Places is now available, edited by Tarl “Voice” Hoch and featuring stories from Rechan, Bill “Hafoc” Rogers, T. D. Coltraine, John Lynne, Adam “Nicodemus” Riggs, Ianus J. Wolf, Roland Jovaik, David Ramirez, Patrick “Bahumat” Rochefort, Taylor Stark, Kandrel, Tarl “Voice” Hoch, Ryan Campbell, Ben Goodridge, James L. Steele, and Tonin. (If any of you non-linked guys are actually members under a different name, my apologies — the various pen names can be kind of tough to keep up with sometimes.) You can see all of FurPlanet’s new and upcoming releases here.
(Members: Want your news here? Start a thread in our Member News forum!)
Market News
Upcoming deadlines: The Rabbit Valley anthology Fur to Skin: Straight Up closes to submissions on December 30, and the erotic lesbian shapeshifter anthology Song of the Wilds closes on December 31 (details on both can be found on our Paying Markets page).
Just opened: Applications are open for Sean Rivercritic’s “Furry Novel in 20 Voices” project. Full details here. Spaces in that project are reportedly filling up fast, so get yours in soon if you’re interested.
Guidelines for the Rainfurrest 2015 anthology are now available here.
(As always, remember to keep an eye on our Calls for Submissions thread and our Publishing and Marketing forum for the latest openings and news!)
Just added: You can find Weasel Press listed on our Novels and Other Works page of the Furry Writers’ Market.
Guild News
The ebook version of Tales From the Guild: Music to Your Ears is now available from Rabbit Valley! (The ZIP file includes PDF, mobi, and ePub formats, without DRM.)
Want to hang out and talk shop with other furry writers? Come join us for the Coffeehouse Chats, Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. Eastern, Thursdays at noon Eastern (starting this week), and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. Eastern — all held right in our newly upgraded forum shoutbox. More info here. (Remember, our forums are open to everyone, not just FWG members. If you haven’t stopped by yet, come register and join the conversation!)
Members — want to write a guest blog post for us? See our guidelines.
That’s all for this month! As always, email furwritersguild (at) gmail.com with news or suggestions, or just comment here.
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