Victoria Sandbrook's Blog

I'm overjoyed to announce that I've sold my novella, Le Jardin Animé (1893) to GigaNotoSaurus! It will release January 1, 2020.

Roanhorse’s debut novel takes the wheel from beloved monster-hunters like the Winchester Brothers, makes a fast break into a post-apocalyptic setting, and delivers on its promises.

Lee’s Jade City and Jade War begin a family saga in which magic and loyalty are more treasured than life itself. In the sprawling, metropolitan capital of an island nation, family-run clans teeter on the edge of deadly conflict as the world seeks covert control of their cultural and magical wellspring: jade that offers the right bearers impossible … Continue reading Review: JADE CITY and JADE WAR by Fonda Le →

In his debut novel, Turnbull staes an alien invasion in the US Virgin Islands, where extraterrestrial Ynaa join a long line of human colonizers determined to dominate all those that came before.

Happy 2019 indeed! How lovely it is to get to start the year off with some good news to share! My beloved witch-queen story from last year’s Sword & Sonnet will run on an upcoming episode of Podcastle! That makes my third sale to an Escape Artists podcast and my first to this fabulous home for fantasy … Continue reading Reprint Sale: “El Cantar de la Reina Bruja”; General Update →

Readercon 29 is right around the corner–a few days from now, in fact–and it’s about time I shared my schedule for anyone interested. I’m thrilled to have time enough to attend and participate in programming this summer, and I cannot wait to catch up with some long-unseen friends from across the country! You can find … Continue reading My Readercon Schedule →

This week has been one of anxiety, grief, frustration, and rage for me. I have felt hopeless, powerless, and exhausted. I don’t often talk politics online, if only because I don’t often know what more to say when there are so many experts–self-proclaimed and otherwise–to whom the masses can listen. But let me be clear … Continue reading Podcast Live: “The Moon, the Sun, and the Truth” →

New sale–and not the one I teased in my post last week! I’m delighted that my fantasy story “El Cantar de la Reina Bruja” will appear in the battle poet anthology Sword & Sonnet. (Click the link; the artwork is phenomenal!) I’m as excited to read this as I am to be a contributor! I … Continue reading Story Sale: “El Cantar de la Reina Bruja” →

Ug. So. February ended and March began with a blizzard that knocked my power out for three days. All has been well since then, just busy and harried and I didn’t really have time until this moment to sit down and catch up with myself on this. WHAT WORKED The short of it really is … Continue reading February and March Writing Round-Up →

New year, new round-up format! WHAT WORKED I spent so much time reading this month! Ten books. TEN. That’s a full third of my goal this year! I’m going to feel so well-read by the time I get to my Boskone panels. This is totally all due to manuscript avoidance, but HEY. I. Read. Good. … Continue reading January Writing Round-Up →