When you’re buying an anthology, whether that’s by backing a Kickstarter (like Temporally Out of Order), or after picking it up in a shop, what often seals the purchase is seeing a story listed by one of your favourite authors. It’s one reason why I like anthologies; seeing something new by a valued writer or getting a sidelight on a novel or characters of their’s that I’ve loved.
As an extra bonus, I also find anthologies a good way to find new authors to read, as I work my way through the rest of the stories. And yes, as a writer, that’s one reason why I like to be part of these projects. I love getting those emails from folk new to my books, who say they first came across my work in an anthology where another author was the main draw. Trust me, I don’t mind that in the least!
Occasionally though, there’ll be an anthology where I’ve read none of the names. I’ll doubtless know of them from the Internet or conventions or bookshops but for some reason or other, I’ve never got round to trying their work. Hurrah for the Internet and authors willing to share a taste of their work for free, along with the writerly advice and pictures of cats and all the other stuff that writers put up on their websites.
So here’s a few links if you’re curious to know more about some of the ‘Temporally Out of Order’ team
– editors
Joshua Palmatier’s Throne of Amenkor series (including free chapters)
Patricia Bray’s website by way of a link to her podcast ‘Everything I know about writing a series’
– core authors
David B Coe (and his alter ego D.B. Jackson)
Laura Anne Gilman, a woman of many talents and now several names.
Faith Hunter and her Jane Yellowrock series
Gini Koch’s Blah, Blah, Blah blog
Stephen Leigh (whose First 400 Backer Extra is still available!)
Seanan McGuire (who is also Mira Grant)
Laura Resnick’s website – a work in progress, lots of good stuff to find in the left hand links.
– and my fellow stretch goal authors –
Jean Marie Ward, via her page of free reading
Jack Campbell, via a full novelette he’s made available online!
That should give you some idea of why this project is so well worth backing.
