Someone reading my work to me

June 30th 2009 at 9:29 pm

At this stage of my writing career, I’ve gone through a number of the fabulous firsts.  I’ve sold my first story, and my first novel, had my first awful review and my first stellar one.  I’ve won my first award, and I’ve taught writing for the first time.  These are things I’ll remember.  Well, today was another first – hearing a piece of my fiction professionally podcast at starship sofa.  It was quiet lovely to listen to my words being read out loud to me from my ipod.  Thanks to Tony and Grant at the Starship Sofa for producing this.  This is a piece of flash fiction called “A Hand and Honor” that first appeared in Nature Magazine.

I am also going to have a podcast come out at Escape Pod soon.  Both markets I didn’t even know about a few years ago and didn’t contemplate the technology for a decade ago.  Isn’t this a lovely time to be a writer?

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3 Responses so far

  1. 1. Diane Severson on Jul 21st, 2009 at 11:28 am

    Brenda, it was a pleasure to narrate your story for the StarShipSofa, I’m glad I was given the opportunity to do it! I’m looking forward to discovering more of your work. Best wishes for the future!

  2. 2. brenda on Jul 22nd, 2009 at 5:44 am

    Diane – thanks for stopping by to comment. I think you did a fabulous job, too. I really enjoyed listening to you bring the story to life in a new way. I try to read most of my own work out loud, but that’s just not the same.

  3. 3. Diane Severson on Jul 23rd, 2009 at 11:26 pm

    Oh, I really hope I got the name pronunciation right! Tony wanted it quick, or I would’ve asked, and I didn’t know where to find you on the interweb yet…

    I’m glad you enjoyed my rendition. You can always tell when a writer has read their own work out loud, it makes my job so much easier!

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Wings of Creation by Brenda Cooper

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Available November 10th, 2009 from Tor Books.

Reading the Wind by Brenda Cooper

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Available in July, 2008, from Tor Books.

The Silver Ship and the Sea by Brenda Cooper

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"The first solo novel by Larry Niven's Building Harlequin's Moon (2005) coauthor portrays the thoroughly convincing human colonial society on Fremont, a dangerous planet rife with vicious predators, frequent earthquakes, and falling meteors....Distinctive characterizations, well-limned interrelationships, and the vividly realized Fremont contribute to an exciting coming-of-age story with a strong message about the evils of prejudice." - Sally Estes, Copyright American Library Association.

Mass Market Paperback, July 2008.
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Building Harlequin's Moon by Brenda Cooper and Larry Niven

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"Fans of both hard and softer, psychological SF will welcome veteran Niven and newcome Cooper's well-written tale of a 60,000 year layover in space, in which physical challenges of world building are matched by the social challenges of collaboration among disparate groups." - Publisher's Weekly

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