New Members

Welcome to our new members Arcane Reno, Yannarra Cheena, and Andres Cyanni Halden!

Member News

Trick or Treat Volume Two: Historical Halloween is now available from Rabbit Valley, edited by member Ianus J. Wolf and featuring horror “tricks” from Huskyteer, Jason “Houston” Walther, NightEyes DaySpring, Slip-Wolf, Bill “Hafoc” Rogers, and Tarl “Voice” Hoch, as well as erotic “treats” from Whyte Yoté, Chris “Sparf” Williams, Roland Jovaik, and Ianus J. Wolf.

Vixyy Fox has teamed up with artist Cara Bevan to bring us the children’s book Improbable… Never Impossible, also now available from Rabbit Valley.

Renee Carter Hall will be the writer Guest of Honor at Rainfurrest 2015. (And she still find it weird talking about herself in third person in the newsletter.)

Check out Paul Kidd‘s Indiegogo campaign for the GeneStorm RPG.

Associate member Jay was interviewed over at The Dragons’ Geas.

Feel like listening to a werewolf love song? (Who doesn’t?) Check out Daniel Lowd’s “Walking in the Moonlight” on YouTube.

(Members: Want your news here? Start a thread in our Member News forum!)

Market News

Upcoming deadlines: Further Confusion’s conbook has a deadline of November 15 (details at our conbook page), and the Rabbit Valley anthology Fur to Skin: Ladies First closes to submissions on November 30 (details at our Paying Markets page).

Just opened: Furry sports anthology to be published by Jaffa Books – see the guidelines here. (Remember to keep an eye on our Calls for Submissions thread and our Publishing and Marketing forum for the latest openings and news!)

Guild News

Doing NaNoWriMo this month? We’ve got a thread for that. And if you’ve got something you need a beta for at any time of year, we have a critique board in our forum (you’ll need to be registered with the forum in order to view it). Remember, our forums are open to everyone, not just FWG members. Come register and join the conversation!

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 and now Saturday nights at 8 p.m. Eastern — both held right in the forum shoutbox. More info here. (On a related note, we have new conduct guidelines for the shoutbox; please be sure to have a look here before you chat.)

Members — want to write a guest blog post for us? See our guidelines.

That’s all for this month! As always, send an email to furwritersguild (at) gmail.com with news, suggestions, and other feedback, or just comment here.

 

New Members

Welcome to our newest members Eduardo Soliz, Franklin Leo, Cadence, and Slip-Wolf!

Member News

Huskyteer recently participated in a short story reading at Kirkdale Bookshop as part of the Sydenham Arts Festival, and her story “The Wolf’s Holiday” was voted the audience’s favorite. You can read more about the evening at her blog. She also has a poem in Far Off Places, Volume II, Issue II (Sartorial), available here.

Kandrel’s Pile is now available as a digital edition from Rabbit Valley.

M. C. A. Hogarth published the children’s book Vinny the Armadillo Makes a Friend, the e-book Some Things Transcend (sequel to Even the Wingless), and the audiobook edition of “Broken Chains.”

Mary E. Lowd’s story “The Hand-Havers” appears in the October 2014 issue of Analog.

And yours truly (Renee Carter Hall) has a flash piece, “How Mother Rabbit Lost Her Name,” in Lakeside Circus. (Definitely not a children’s story.)

(Members: Want to make sure your news gets included here? Start a thread in the Member News forum!)

Market News

Some deadlines coming up fast: You’ve only got until August 4 to submit to the Fur Reality conbook, and both FANG and Will of the Alpha 2 close to submissions on August 31. There’s also an August 31 deadline for the conbooks of Oklacon and Furpocalypse. (See our Convention Books page for the rundown.)

Markets now open to submissions: Heat and Hot Dish, both from Sofawolf and both with a deadline of September 30 (see our Paying Markets page for details and links). The VancouFUR conbook is now open as well.

Guild News

Members, there’s just one week left to get your votes and nominations in for the Cóyotl Awards! Voting for the 2013 awards and nominations for the 2014 awards both end August 8. The 2013 voting form (for works published in 2012) is here, and the nomination form for 2014 (works published in 2013) is here. If you have any trouble getting to the Cóyotls website, you can also send your votes and nominations via email to coyotlawards@gmail.com. (Don’t know what to nominate from 2013? Check out our recommendations thread.)

We remain open to guest blog posts from members! See the guidelines here.

Want to hang out and talk shop with other furry writers? Come join us for the Coffeehouse Chats, Tuesday evenings from 7-8 p.m. Eastern in the forum shoutbox. (Sometimes later than 8 p.m. if we really get going!) It’s an informal way to check in with your weekly writing progress and goals.

And if you’ve got something you need a beta for, we have a critique board in our forum (you’ll need to be registered with the forum in order to view it).

That’s all for this month. As always, send an email to furwritersguild (at) gmail.com with news, suggestions, and other feedback, or just comment here.

One last question…

Between Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Guardians of the Galaxy, it’s been a decent summer so far for fans of anthro characters. Who’s your favorite anthro movie character of all time? (Okay, you can list a top 5 if you can’t narrow it down to one!)

 

I know a lot of our members — especially the editors and publishers — are busy gearing up for Anthrocon, so I’ll keep this as short as I can. Happy travels to all heading to Pittsburgh, and may you have awesome sales, a great time, and a lack of con crud!

New Members

Welcome to our newest members, Roland Jovaik and Gene Breshears!

Member News

Among the many releases from FurPlanet for AC is ROAR #5, which features stories by several FWG members, including Searska GreyRaven, Mary E. Lowd, Ryan Campbell, Huskyteer, Sarina Dorie, H. A. Kirsch, Ben Goodridge, NightEyes DaySpring, and Roland Joviak.

Check out Mary E. Lowd’s “Weremoose” in Untied Shoelaces of the Mind.

Huskyteer also has a poem in Apex and a story in Heat #11 (another issue that features some familiar names — you’ll also find stories there by members Tempe O’Kun, Whyte Yoté, Dark End, and Kyell Gold).

Bill “Hafoc” Rogers’ story “The Language of Emotions” has been featured on the Anthro Dreams podcast. Give it a listen!

Also new from FurPlanet for AC is James L. Steele’s novel Huvek, as well as the anthology Anthropomorphic Aliens (edited by associate member Fred Patten).

Besides the new issue of Heat, Sofawolf Press’ Anthrocon debuts include new novels from Kyell Gold (Uncovered) and M. C. A. Hogarth (The Godson’s Triumph).

Finally, Rabbit Valley brings us Alflor Aalto’s latest, Stories From Lakeforest U.

(Members: Apologies if I’ve missed anyone’s new stuff. Want to make sure your news gets included here? Start a thread in the Member News forum!)

Market News

The World Weaver Press anthology Corvidae opens to submissions today.

You’ve only got a few days left to send conbook submissions to Rocky Mountain Fur Con and (the very last) Condition. See our conbook page for details and links.

Guild News

Sean Rivercritic has this update on the first FWG anthology, Tales from the Guild, Volume 1: Music to Your Ears: “All finalized items are to the publisher. Just have to put it together and confirm release dates.” Watch this space for updates!

Members, now’s a great time to freshen up your bio pages. Just email new bios and/or pictures to furwritersguild (at) gmail.com.

We’re always open to guest blog posts from members! See the guidelines here.

Want to hang out and talk shop with other furry writers? Come join us for the Coffeehouse Chats, Tuesday evenings from 7-8 p.m. Eastern in the forum shoutbox. It’s an informal way to check in with your weekly writing progress and goals. And if you’ve got something you need a beta for, we now have a critique board in our forum (you’ll need to be registered with the forum in order to view it).

That’s it for this month (and thank goodness — that was a lot of links). As always, email furwritersguild (at) gmail.com with news, suggestions, and other feedback, or just comment here.

One last question…

Which of the new releases are you most looking forward to reading?