Shannon Page

Calendula Isadora (Callie to her friends) is a powerful witch with a mind for science...magical science. Her independent ways, not to mention her unseemly affection for her human boyfriend, put her at odds with her San Francisco coven. The last straw comes when she builds and animates a massive golem. Really, such things are simply not done among respectable witchkind. Then a sexy Old Country warlock arrives on the scene, just to complicate things further, as Callie's best friend, Logandina, falls ill with an inexplicable malady. As Callie delves deeper into the swirl of mysteries surrounding her, the witchkind powers-that-be try to keep her in her place. Naturally, she defies them, with help from her mentor, eight-hundred-year-old Gregorio Andromedus, her mother, a "wild magic" witch with a talent for the tarot, and a few new friends. But when illusion, deception, danger and intrigue are the common currency, how can any witch know who to trust or where to turn? Can Callie rely on anyone besides herself-and her familiar, Elnor?

The Queen and the Tower

THE USUAL PATH TO PUBLICATION 27 stories about 27 ways in Edited by Shannon Page It looks straightforward from the outside, doesn't it? Write an amazing book, get an agent, get a book deal, and voila! Fame and fortune! As you will see in these essays, however, a writer is vastly more likely to follow a complex, switch-backing trail than a straightforward path, one strewn with the boulders of rejection letters, the quicksand of endless revisions, and the snake pits of publishing house reorganizations, business failures, and would-be scammers. To the right is the sheer cliff of despair; to the left, the impassible mountain of the slush pile. Fear not, brave writer! There is a destination at the end of that journey. Here are twenty-seven tales to inspire and encourage you-if they don't send you off to a more accessible pursuit, like lion-taming or rocket science or spinning straw into gold. Personal Essays by Jo Walton, Cherie Priest, Jim C. Hines, Tina Connolly, Ken Scholes, Katharine Kerr, David D. Levine, K. Tempest Bradford, Ada Palmer, Trisha Leigh/Lyla Payne, Alma Alexander, Laura Anne Gilman, Chaz Brenchley, Randy Henderson, Nancy Jane Moore, Jennifer Brozek, Rhiannon Held, Chris Dolley, Brenda Cooper, Elizabeth Bourne, John A. Pitts, Mindy Klasky, Amy Sterling Casil, Deborah J. Ross, Phyllis Irene Radford, Sara Stamey, and Mark Teppo.

27 Stories about 27 Ways in

The Usual Path to Publication

Jay Lake

"Sian Katte is a successful middle-aged businesswoman in the tropical island nation of Alizar. Her life seems comfortable and well-arranged ... until a violent encounter one evening leaves her with an unwanted magical power. Arian des Chances is the wife of Alizar's ruler, with vast wealth and political influence. Yet for all her resources, she can only watch helplessly as her son draws nearer to death. When crisis thrusts these two women together, they learn some surprising truths: about themselves, their loved ones, and Alizar itself. Because beneath a seemingly calm facade, Alizar's people - and a dead god - are stirring." --Amazon.com.

Our Lady of the Islands

Shannon Page has been a backwoods hippie child, a nude model, a trophy wife, a failed realtor, a successful copy editor, and a wine enthusiast. She has been monogamous and polyamorous, vegetarian and enthusiastically carnivorous, poor and rich. But she has always been a writer. In this engaging collection of essays on topics ranging from personal growth to money to relationship styles to life on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest, Page explores the pressing questions of life, such as why she never wanted children, why do we have to wear bras anyway, how to make cassoulet, what to do when you're snowed in, what it was like to pose for Playboy, and how to write a novel in three weeks.Other essays include reflections on the loss of parents, money and inequality in relationships, reclaiming a yoga practice after falling badly out of shape, and waiting (or NOT waiting) for permission to do what you really want to do.Tying all these threads together is Page's warm and welcoming voice. So get comfortable, put your feet up, and have a favorite beverage by your side-because once you start reading, you won't want to stop.

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