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A New Ulster – Go Fund Me! Proposal 2015

ntended Usage Of Revenue Generated:
Third Anniversary Print Run – Library copies of all of the editions so far, reprinted in full colour.
Special Third Anniversary Edition Print Run – The very best of A New Ulster’s submissions from the past three years, collated and reprinted in full colour; along with new essays, articles, and other bonus content.
Replacement Equipment – A New Ulster urgently needs a replacement computer and updated software if the publication is going to remain viable. Bluntly put, no money will equal there being no more editions of A New Ulster beyond October 2015.
Costs Of Living Stipend For All Editorial Staff – They lend their skills and their free time every month to enable other writers, poets, and artists to display their work. So far, they have not received any payment for this.

How Can You Help?
Simply donate £20. Encourage others to consider doing the same.

What Will You Get In Recognition For Your Help?
Everyone who donates will receive a copy of the Special Third Anniversary Edition – not available for purchase or download anywhere else. In addition, you will receive an honourable mention in A New Ulster, the prestige of being a supporter of the Arts, and of course the warm feeling generated by doing a nice thing for someone else.

http://www.gofundme.com/vbhu3bs

E.V. Greig author, editor and literary mentor

E.V. Greig is a graduate of Queen’s University Belfast, where she studied Ancient History and English. A native of Northern Ireland, the author has also lived and worked in Scandinavia – which was an amazing opportunity despite the terrifying electrical storms and overly curious elk! Despite being married, she has not managed to avoid owning several cats. She sometimes mentors other writers and authors; providing them with beta-reading, editing advice, and reviews.

Here are her thoughts on her own work:

Regarding “The Legend Of Graymyrh” (High Fantasy trilogy, first published 2014)

“Honestly, it owes me nothing; I learned a fair bit from developing it and I’m definitely a better writer because of that. Is it great? No, but it’s not completely awful either. It’s a High Fantasy meets Fairytale amidst the remains of a crumbling Fourth Wall, and was chiefly an experiment in whether anyone would notice my challenging the expected roles and tropes! More seriously, there are some very dark themes involved, and please don’t read it if you expect happy endings. It’s not that sort of story.”

Regarding “Project Nightingale” (Cyphernoire novella, first published 2015)

“I’m deeply fond of this little book. It’s a story written around the edges of things, and as such it gets to address the bigger pictures. I chose to set it in the near future because I wanted to speculate on where our own global society might end up. It’s a what-if scenario; with spies, and mega corporations, and a whole bunch of theoretical science and technology. The content is largely implied rather than explicitly portrayed; my aim was for the story to only be as dark and/or as graphic as the reader’s own mind. Likewise, the main protagonist is deliberately non-gender specific – that was probably the most challenging aspect to write.”

The Shankill Road Defenders in concert

New crime novel

In the Canyons of Shadow and Light

Authored by Emily Donoho; Cover design or artwork by Amos Grieg; Prepared for publication by Upatree Press

Publication Date: May 05 2015

ISBN/EAN13:151205268X / 9781512052688

Page Count: 514

Binding Type: US Trade Paper

Trim Size: 6″ x 9″

Language: English

Color: Black and White

Related Categories: Fiction / Psychological/Police Procedural/American Literature

About the Author:

Emily Donoho was born in Boulder, Colorado in 1983. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Mount Holyoke College, a master’s degree in history of science from the University of Durham, and a PhD in the historical geography of medicine from the University of Glasgow. She currently resides in Scotland.

About the Novel:

Delve into the depths of humanity and criminal justice with Homicide Detective Alex Boswell, in this thought provoking debut novel. Emily Donoho escorts her readers on a breath taking journey through the city that never sleeps, and the restless mind of one of its most dedicated servants. A tattered veteran of the NYPD, Boswell is a man beset: the combined weight of his case load and personal life grinding him down. The white lights are blinding, and the skyscrapers are closing in. It’s time to reach for the shore or drown trying – In the Canyons of Shadow and Light.

Links:

https://www.createspace.com/5478889

Art projects aka the reason for my absence :)

So I have been very quiet of late on my blog and that is because I have been working at two art commissions. One was the wrap around cover for a crime novel due out soon and the other is a canvas which will be auctioned for charity.

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Book cover

IN THE CANYONS OF SHADOW AND LIGHT (EMILY DONOHO)

Delve into the depths of humanity with Homicide Detective Alex Boswell, in this thought provoking debut novel. Author Emily Donoho escorts her readers on a breath taking journey through the city that never sleeps, and the restless mind of one of its most dedicated servants. A tattered veteran of the NYPD, Boswell is a man beset: the combined weight of his case load and personal life grinding him down. The white lights are blinding, and the skyscrapers are closing in. It’s time to reach for the shore or drown trying – In the Canyons of Shadow and Light.

AVAILABLE MAY 12TH 2015 https://www.createspace.com/5478889

 The last three are rough drafts to show the author how the cover design was coming along. I used inks to draw the entire piece. Inks are unforgiving when you make a mistake so it forces you to be extra careful.

PSA: Your Default Narrative Settings Are Not Apolitical

Foz Meadows

Image taken from tumblr.

Recently, SFF author Tansy Rayner Roberts wrote an excellent post debunking the idea that women did nothing interesting or useful throughout history, and that trying to write fictional stories based on this premise of feminine insignificance is therefore both inaccurate and offensive. To quote:

“History is not a long series of centuries in which men did all the interesting/important things and women stayed home and twiddled their thumbs in between pushing out babies, making soup and dying in childbirth.

History is actually a long series of centuries of men writing down what they thought was important and interesting, and FORGETTING TO WRITE ABOUT WOMEN. It’s also a long series of centuries of women’s work and women’s writing being actively denigrated by men. Writings were destroyed, contributions were downplayed, and women were actively oppressed against, absolutely.

But the forgetting part is vitally important. Most historians and…

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