Two SWG Members on the Final Ballot for the 2014 Aurora Awards

This year, two of the members of the Stop-Watch Gang have short stories on the final ballot for the Aurora Awards.

If you pay the small fee to join CSFFA, you'll have access to the voters' package which includes free samples of all of the nominated works.

Voting closes at 11:59PM ET, Saturday, September 6, 2014.

"A Bunny Hug for Karl" by Mike Rimar was published in Masked Mosaic, Canadian Super Stories (Tyche Books).

"Living Bargains" by Suzanne Church was published in When the Hero Comes Home 2 (Dragon Moon Press).

Read "Living Bargains" on Suzanne's blog.

Click here for a full list of all the 2014 Aurora Award nominated works.

Book Tour for Suzanne Church's "Elements: A Collection of Speculative Fiction"

Suzanne has posted the details of her 4-city book tour over on her blog:

Suzanne's Book Tour for Elements

Please join her in celebrating the book at one of the events.

Suzanne's Writing Resolutions for 2014

I know I'm six days late, but Happy New Year!

Over at my personal blog, I posted my writing resolutions for 2014.

Like last year, I will likely Tweet more than I blog.

Watch this space for all of the Stop-Watch Gang's writing news in 2014.

On the topic of coolness, my upcoming book: Elements a Collection of Speculative Fiction is now available for pre-order at Amazon.ca!

And the award goes to...

I am very honoured and elated to announce that my short story, "The Needle's Eye" won the Aurora Award in the Short Fiction English Publications category.

Check the Aurora website for the full list of winners.

An Interview with SWG member Suzanne Church

Stop-Watch Gang writer Suzanne Church's Proust-questionnaire-style interview is now live at Open Book Ontario.

Another story success by the Gang

Suzanne Church's story, "Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop" is now live at Clarkesworld Magazine.

I am tripled excited! This story was critiqued by the gang, so thank you, all of my fellow SWG members for the help.

Science Fiction's Ideas to Save the Planet

Over at the Toronto Star website, they've posted an article in honour of Earth Day.

Fifteen SF writers share their ideas on how to reverse climate change.

Including an idea from SWG member Suzanne Church. (yay, me!)