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ACX Audiobooks: Can You Hear Me Now?

Posted on March 30, 2016 by SharonJoss

Just in time for Hugo nominations, I’m celebrating the arrival of my very first audiobook! Stars That Make Dark Heaven Light, narrated by the lovely Angela Dawe, is now available from Audible (ACX) as an audiobook. And if you’re new … Continue reading →

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2015 Awards – Eligible Fiction

Posted on January 20, 2016 by SharonJoss

          It’s January– time to offer up a list of my eligible fiction for consideration for the Hugo and Nebula awards. If you are eligible to vote in the Nebulas or Hugos, please consider my work. … Continue reading →

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Happy Solstice – Writing Year 2015

Posted on December 21, 2015 by SharonJoss

Here it is, the shortest day of the year. A time to celebrate the end of darkness and return of the light.  It’s the time of year I review my accomplishments against the goals I set for myself twelve months ago, … Continue reading →

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Canopus Award Finalist

Posted on September 23, 2015 by SharonJoss

Maybe you can’t feel the sense of delight I got last week when I was notified that my novella, STARS THAT MAKE DARK HEAVEN LIGHT has been named a finalist in the very first 100 Year Starship Canopus Awards for … Continue reading →

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Building Your World With Biomes

Posted on June 8, 2015 by SharonJoss

Several people have asked me about the world-building in my Writers of the Future award-winning story, “Stars That Make Dark Heaven Light”.  It’s about a human colony living on the planet Hesperidee, a rocky, arid planet with a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, … Continue reading →

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Having Written Feels Better Than Anything

Posted on May 30, 2015 by SharonJoss

Dorothy Parker once said, “I hate writing, I love having written.” I don’t hate writing, but this week has certainly proven to me that having written feels better than (almost) anything. I completed the arguably final revisions to my thriller … Continue reading →

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