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Interview with me! “PulpFest Profile — Sara Light-Waller, Artist of the Cosmos”

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 lucina

I’m a regular contributor to the PulpFest profiles column and it was a great treat to take my turn in the interviewee’s seat this month. Check out my new interview with Craig McDonald over at PulpFest.com. Many thanks to Craig, Mike Chomko and the rest of the PulpFest committee for honoring me with this interview. Here’s how the interview begins: “Pulp magazines have influenced writers, artists, film directors, software developers, and countless others over the years. Our “PulpFest Profiles” focus on contemporary creators who have drawn inspiration from these rough-paper…

The Road to Neotopia

September 25, 2022 lucina

Many science fiction writers are interested in “future histories.” Perhaps it’s a desire to control future events. Or a wish to explore another sort of time travel. Possibly, it’s nothing more than a desire to control something during uncertain times. For me, it’s about Neotopia. I have written about this before. It is my belief that we can make a good future based on human-centered values rather than idealized, elite, or globalized agendas. It seems a common opinion that the world has fallen (or is falling) into dystopian times. Naturally,…

Heroines of Science Fiction and Fantasy — Part Two

July 9, 2019 lucina

This morning I was utterly delighted to see this unexpected post from PulpFest editor, Mike Chomko. I am beyond flattered. Heroines of Science Fiction and Fantasy — Part Two Jul 9, 2019 by Mike Chomko Yesterday, we learned about the “Heroines of Science Fiction and Fantasy” from the past. Today, we’d like to discuss two PulpFest members who are among today’s “Heroines of Science Fiction and Fantasy.” It goes without saying that we consider Sara Light-Waller one of our “Heroines of Science Fiction and Fantasy.” Sara is one of more…

Bad Books

April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 lucina

Find out more about Landscape of Darkness – watch the book trailer, read reviews, sample chapters, and more! Find our more about ANCHOR: A Strange Tale of Time – read reviews, read a sample chapter, meet the characters, read the story behind the story.

EBook Snafu

February 9, 2019 lucina

I have heard from several buyers that the platform Gumroad was not working very well. I apologize for this inconvenience and have uploaded three eBooks to Amazon instead. Yes, THREE eBooks! Landscape of Darkness, Anchor, and the first of the Lucina Collections. The Lucina Collections provide thematic short works for an evening’s reading pleasure. The first collection is thematic in that it includes both of the first books. Later ones will collect Sam Mercury stories, or Time Keeper tales. Here are the links to the eBooks – ANCHOR eBook Landscape…

Good-bye 2018!

December 30, 2018 lucina

The countdown to 2019 has begun. Can you believe it? I’m busily finishing up preparations for the ANCHOR book launch on 1/9/19. EBooks of LANDSCAPE OF DARKNESS and ANCHOR are ready and will be available for pre-sale. There are eBook discount coupons inside the “Rocketeer” newsletter coming to subscribers on January 1. 2019 will be a fantastical year, I can already tell. I’ve got more books in the works — including a new Sam Mercury adventure and a novelette that takes place during the Threshold War. More eBooks and deluxe…

Anchor has shipped!

December 25, 2018December 25, 2018 lucina

What a happy Christmas! Print copies of Anchor are on the way! The eBook will launch the same day as our official print launch date. Stay tuned after January 1st for more details!

Anchor is coming!

September 24, 2018December 25, 2018 lucina

COMING SOON! ANCHOR, an illustrated scientification story. Summoned to a Far-Distant Time, Lucy Dean Fights For Survival Against Strange, Unearthly Forces! By Sara Light-Waller, author of “Landscape of Darkness.”

A Smashingly Good Review for Landscape!

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 lucina

Landscape has received another 5 Star review. The gentleman is himself an author of pulp space opera so the review is even more meaningful. He’s posted it on Amazon and on his blog, Pulp Den. Here’s an excerpt… “Right out of the pulp magazines of the 1930s & ‘40s, the author spins her tale of space opera as if she was writing for Amazing Stories in its heyday. …This was so much fun. I had to stop and check every so often to make sure I wasn’t reading a Captain…

Report from the Field — Nanocon Mk. V March 24, 2018

March 24, 2018March 25, 2018 lucina

Lucina Press (that’s me!) attended their first science fiction convention today to great results. But before we get to that, let’s recap. Landscape of Darkness: A Novelette of the Space Patrol has been in print since January 15th, 2018. Since then it has been featured on the Rodney’s Saga Blog and had a wonderful “coming out party” book singing at the Rectangle Gallery in Centralia. It’s scheduled for a reading as part of the New Fictioneers program at PulpFest 2018 in July. It has received several Five Star Reviews on…