Tag Archives: science fiction

The Horde without End Release Day!

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Suzanne van Rooyen

I am so excited to bring you the release day blitz of Nazarea Andrew’s The Horde Without End, the sequel to her NA zombie romance, The World Without a Future. Check out the release day blitz, and the first chapter!! … Continue reading →

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WIPmarathon Check-in No. 5

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Suzanne van Rooyen

Where the heck did June go!? Granted I was travelling a lot, but it still felt like this first month of my summer holiday just evaporated. Given that I was Sweden for a week and then South Africa for almost two, … Continue reading →

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#WIPmarathon check-in No. 4!

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Suzanne van Rooyen

May has felt exceedingly long. It was the end of the school year for us and the involved grading a bunch of projects and putting together all the marks for around 100 students and getting those into various report formats. It … Continue reading →

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First translated publication!

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Suzanne van Rooyen

Today I’m celebrating my first ever translation! My story Where Dreams are Grown, originally published by Niteblade Magazine in September 2012, has been translated into Finnish and published by Finland’s leading science fiction and fantasy magazine Tähtivaeltaja. It’s rather surreal seeing my … Continue reading →

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Assured Destruction

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Suzanne van Rooyen

Teenage hacker, Janus Rose, doesn’t care about the moral choices of living multiple lives online, until the real life consequences of her actions enslave her to the local PD’s High Tech Crime Unit, forcing her to become the very creature … Continue reading →

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Qualify cover reveal

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Suzanne van Rooyen

The year is 2047. An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward earth, and the descendents of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars in their silver ships to offer humanity help. But there’s a catch. They can only take a tiny percent of the … Continue reading →

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WIPmarathon Report #3

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Suzanne van Rooyen

It’s the end of April already – this totally snuck up on me – which means time to report in on the WIP again except this time I’ll be reporting on edits for I HEART ROBOT since they’ve taken priority … Continue reading →

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Five: Out of the Pit Excerpt

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Suzanne van Rooyen

A little while ago Holli Anderson stopped by the blog for a chat about her newest novel Five: Out of the Pit. Today, I’m delighted to share an excerpt from this novel. 

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H is for Humanity

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Suzanne van Rooyen

I’m currently editing my novel about robots and tweaking my next book that’s all about cyborgs. Fact is, though, these books aren’t about robots or cyborgs at all. They’re about humans, about that ineffable thing that makes us human beings. At the … Continue reading →

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E is for Editing

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Suzanne van Rooyen

For the past week, I have been embroiled in edits for I Heart Robot, my YA science fiction novel due for release from Month9Books in January 2015. So, I thought I’d share my editing process with you as well as … Continue reading →

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