{"id":861,"date":"2012-12-28T14:08:31","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T14:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/?p=861"},"modified":"2012-12-28T14:08:31","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T14:08:31","slug":"nick-wood-novdec-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/?p=861","title":{"rendered":"Nick Wood – Nov\/Dec 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

The end of another year (2012) that – in the minds of some – almost heralded the end of the World, SFnal style! Not a bad year though, writing wise at least. I successfully completed the MA in SF\/F Creative Writing at Middlesex University<\/em> and received a Distinction for my Dissertation, with a new (my second) book as the basis of this. (The work is entitled ‘Azanian Bridges<\/em>,’ and is a contemporary counter factual history, set in a current South Africa where apartheid still survives. (The book is currently sitting – like so many others I\u2019m sure – with a UK publisher, awaiting any signs of interest.)<\/p>\n

Furthermore, I had two short stories sold – ‘Azania’<\/em> to the first African writers SF anthology, AfroSF<\/em>. The book was released in December 2012 – available at various Amazons in Kindle version, for example in the UK here: http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/AfroSF-Science-Fiction-African-ebook\/dp\/B00AEUH112<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

‘Azania’<\/em> has picked up good reviews so far – notably from the South African dark fantasy writer, Nerine Dorman<\/strong>:\u00a0http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/465639524<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, Karen Burnham’s<\/strong> Locus<\/em> Magazine<\/em> review in the November 2012 issue:<\/p>\n

“Some of the stories venture out into space, as in ‘Azania’…It portrays a planetary colonisation mission led by an African woman. The writing here is some of the strongest of the anthology and the character tensions are effectively drawn…Two authors that I was previously unfamiliar with, Nick Wood and Efe Okogu, are now on my radar<\/em>…”<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>My other story, ‘Case Notes of a Witchdoctor’<\/em> was picked up by The World SF Blog<\/em> and will no doubt appear there in 2013. I have also recently published a non-fiction article in The World SF Blog<\/em>, ‘Africa in Science Fiction’<\/em> and have added this to my website series of articles on Science Fiction Within the (Southern) African Context (Part 17.)<\/p>\n

\u00a0I have also joined The Clockhouse London Writers<\/em> group, with a web presence here: http:\/\/clockhouselondonwriters.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/span> A productive year it feels then, despite my on-going health sagas and ever-present pain. Still, as Aneni<\/strong> says in ‘Azania’<\/em>,<\/p>\n

“As we move, I note the pain \u2014 neither an adversary, nor a friend. Like rain and bananas, mice and joy, it just is<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

May 2013 be a good year for all of you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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