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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
27: Steven Savile: Genre Hopping
Steven Savile writes religious political thrillers (SILVER), Germanic and Celtic fantasies, projects for Sci-Fi TV series (including Stargate, Torchwood, Primeval and Dr. Who), Golden Age Sci-Fi (TAU CETI in collaboration with Kevin J Anderson), "Fabulist Victoriana," Arthurian Historical novels (BLACK CHALICE), YA Paranormal (THE MOONLAND DIARIES), Horror, and "Weird Western." He describes himself as: ".. the bestselling author you've never heard of". Part of that is because he lives in Europe, but part is because he's like a magpie when it comes to genres. He likes bright, shiny new things, and can't stay put in just one.
Steven told us about his drive to genre-hop, why he doesn't use a pseudonym, why he's an agent's worst nightmare, and why he's able to defy the odds as an author. He's planning to take a couple of years building a brand in a single genre, but he'll inevitably return to... whatever strikes his fancy next.
If you've ever wanted to write in more than one genre, this is the call for you.
Big thanks go out to Mr. Savile for sticking around through the conference call problems. Once Robin got him on the line he was both hilarious and and knowledgeable. I loved his advice on always using your true name on a project, because you never know how it's going to sell.
If you guys keep getting so many great guests, I'll never clear my to-read list.
The text books for the Higher Secondary First and Second year students are now available in digital format. In the changing scenario of present day, as the class rooms becoming hi tech, it becomes necessary to adopt similar changes in the case of text books also. SCERT/NCERT text books are followed in the State syllabus. While the SCERT books are prescribed for some subjects, SCERT Kerala +1 Books 2021-2022 NCERT books are followed for certain other subjects. As the class rooms have been elevated to hi tech level, it is also possible to provide visual presentation of text books in class rooms. LCD projector, lap top etc are now available for this purpose. Moreover, SAMAGRA portal is created to share study materials. Higher Secondary first and Second year text books can be downloaded in PDF format for the teachers and the students.
Big thanks go out to Mr. Savile for sticking around through the conference call problems. Once Robin got him on the line he was both hilarious and and knowledgeable. I loved his advice on always using your true name on a project, because you never know how it's going to sell.
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David--if all we accomplish here is to give everyone more great books to read, it will be time well spent. :)
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ReplyDeleteThe text books for the Higher Secondary First and Second year students are now available in digital format. In the changing scenario of present day, as the class rooms becoming hi tech, it becomes necessary to adopt similar changes in the case of text books also. SCERT/NCERT text books are followed in the State syllabus. While the SCERT books are prescribed for some subjects, SCERT Kerala +1 Books 2021-2022 NCERT books are followed for certain other subjects. As the class rooms have been elevated to hi tech level, it is also possible to provide visual presentation of text books in class rooms. LCD projector, lap top etc are now available for this purpose. Moreover, SAMAGRA portal is created to share study materials. Higher Secondary first and Second year text books can be downloaded in PDF format for the teachers and the students.
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