Posts Tagged ‘Space Opera’
Sunday Brunch interview with Leigh
September 15, 2024I had the pleasure this week of being interviewed on Athena Elizabeth‘s “Sunday Brunch” blog, where we talked about my novel, Memoirs of a Synth: Gold Record, the SPSFC competition (where I took fourth place), my thoughts on writing, and a few other things!
Check it out: Sunday Brunch Author Interview Series: Leigh Saunders
(And don’t you just love my “official author photo” by the wonderful digital artist, parrotdolphin? I saw this image in her DeviantArt gallery a few years ago, and she was gracious enough to allow me to use it. I think it’s amazing – and even looks a bit like me!)
SPSFC3 Award Announced!
June 19, 2024I’m so excited to announce that out of over 200 entries, my space opera heist novel, “Memoirs of a Synth: Gold Record” took 4th place in the 2024 SPSFC Competition – and from what I’ve heard, the competition was fierce among all six finalists!
Tour Guide. Emissary. Diplomat. Thief.
On her 317th birthday, Brianna Rei hooks up with smuggler-thief Jerrold McKell to steal the legendary Voyager Gold Record. But their partnership doesn’t go exactly as planned…
Pursued across the Hundred Worlds by bounty hunters, and hiding the secret of her true identity as a Synth, Brianna finds herself having to make a series of increasingly difficult choices – choices that could put both of their lives in jeopardy.
If you’d like to read it, you can pick up a copy of the book in print or ebook from your favorite online retailers at:
https://books2read.com/SynthGoldRecord
Where All Memories are One in “Alien Days” anthology
May 17, 2019There is a scene fairly early in Memoirs of a Synth: Gold Record where Brianna uses the sticky label from a beer bottle to preserve the memory molecules given to her by Y’reui, an aged Callibrini Queen. The story in those molecules is never revealed in the novel – it has no bearing on the events of Brianna and Jerrold’s first adventure – but the Alien Days anthology gave me a perfect opportunity to share the tale.
Told entirely from Y’reui’s chemical-memory point(s) of view, Where All Memories are One recalls the events of Brianna’s first encounter with the insectoid Callibrini – and the disastrous results of that meeting.
This was a difficult story to write, not only because the events themselves were so very painful, but also because of the sheer challenge of trying to present the thoughts and multiple points of view of the insectoid characters in a way that we mere humans could wrap our heads around.
I hope you enjoy it.
Memoirs of a Synth: Gold Record in the 2019 StoryBundle “Space Opera” collection!
March 27, 2019“…Covering vast areas of space with flashing spaceships and nifty alien races, space opera in the hands of great authors helped me time after time to get off this planet and live among the stars where life was a lot more fun than my real life. So for me, great, classic space opera is always my favorite kind of reading still to this day…”
– Dean Wesley Smith
I am delighted to announce that my novel, Memoirs of a Synth: Gold Record, is included in the 2019 Space Opera StoryBundle! It’s truly an honor to see my book on the shelf with this amazing collection.
If you don’t know how StoryBundle works, they assemble a themed collection of great novels, and then make the whole set available, DRM-free and in both .epub and .mobi formats (for your Kindle or other ereading apps/devices). Best of all, you not only get to set your own price, but you can choose to donate part of your purchase price to AbleGamers, to help them provide custom video gaming setups to people with disabilities so they can have fun with their friends and family.
UPDATE: The Space Opera Storybundle is over, but you can still find many of these great books at your favorite online retailers:
- Sticks and Stones: A Trek Novel by Robert Jeschonek
- Dreams of a Fool by Michael D. Britton
- Naero’s Run by Mason Elliott
- Gold Record – Memoirs of a Synth by Leigh Saunders
- The Runabout by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Fiction River Presents: Among the Stars by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Star Rain by Dean Wesley Smith
- The Drath Series: Books 1-3 by Meyari McFarland
- The Jani Kilian Chroncles: Books 1-3 by Kristine Smith
- Queen Anne’s Revenge by Blaze Ward
And thanks to all our readers for supporting us!