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Rosemary Claire Smith

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Writing time travel tales for the past 156 million years; writing book reviews for Analog since 2023; winner of the Sidewise Award for alternate history; rcwordsmith.com

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #437 Issue #437 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Rosemary Claire Smith and Malda Marlys.

BCS #437 ebook is out early at @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of identity and stone by Rosemary Claire Smith @rcwordsmith.bsky.social and Malda Marlys @aardwyrm.bsky.social: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...

17.07.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast

Supporters of BCS Patreon got a free early ebook of BCS #437, w stories of identity and stone by @rcwordsmith.bsky.social and @aardwyrm.bsky.social. Want free early BCS ebooks and to help us pay authors a pro rate and our First Readers an honorarium? Support BCS here: www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas...

15.07.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Reference Library - Analog Science Fiction and Fact {!{wpv-view name='issue-current-reference'}!}

Woo Hoo, I wrote some more book reviews for everyone looking for some fun summer reading. Check out the July-August issue of Analog where I talk about books by Ray Nayler, Mary G. Thompson, Gregory Frost, Sharon Shinn & Nalo Hopkinson. analogsf.com/current-issu...

23.06.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fun-filled Nebula Awards Conference in Kansas City | Rosemary Claire Smith Kansas City was a fun place to get together with other science fiction and fantasy writers for SFWA's sixtieth anniversary. It was a joy to watch the My newest T. rex came with me to SFWA's Nebula Awa...

More fun at the Nebulas: rcwordsmith.com/2025/06/09/f...

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Hmmm, I seem to have gotten a bit excited after packing bags with new books for those coming to Kansas City for the @sfwa.bsky.social Nebula awards this weekend.

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How is it that I keep attracting T. rexes wherever I go?

14.05.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Feels like a giant step: updating my website w/ a free dino story, book reviews, Q&As. Have a look see: rcwordsmith.com

18.03.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Timidity Rex is female but this does not diminish her bite.

25.02.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lots of intriguing new fiction awaits whenever you need a break. Check out my latest recommendations in the March/April issue of Analog Science Fiction.

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Timidity Rex wishes everyone happy holidays #dinophotography

24.12.2024 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Cardamom sugar cookies

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Scorpions under UV light at night in the New Mexico desert remind me of the hazards of field archaeology in the SW.

27.11.2024 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The very best thing abt getting to write my regular book review column in Analog is telling people abt the wonderful new SF books by writers from many countries.

30.10.2024 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Here’s a fabulous read for everyone who wishes we had kept on pursuing human exploration of the Moon in the 1980s.

30.10.2024 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This event clearly happened in an alternate timeline where I thanked Steven, the judges, and nominees for being astounding!

18.10.2024 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting my Dino-geekitude on for @capclave.bsky.social this weekend

25.09.2024 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Graphic: PSFS September meeting with guest speaker award-winning author Rosemary Claire Smith Friday, Sept. 13 @ 8 pm email info@psfs.org for Zoom link, with picture of Rosemary Clair Smith smiling, PSFS rocket logo

Graphic: PSFS September meeting with guest speaker award-winning author Rosemary Claire Smith Friday, Sept. 13 @ 8 pm email info@psfs.org for Zoom link, with picture of Rosemary Clair Smith smiling, PSFS rocket logo

Our September PSFS meeting features award-winning author @rcwordsmith.bsky.social as our guest speaker! Friday 9/13 at 8 pm on Zoomβ€”email info@psfs.org for the link!

04.09.2024 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So honored and excited to be nominated for the Sidewise Award and in great company. Thx also to Analog editor Trevor Quachri for his support.

13.07.2024 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This new dragon has opinions about being caged.

28.05.2024 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Little dragon came home with me from Balticon and is guarding the book/magazine hoard I brought back.

27.05.2024 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The first yellow roses of the season.

03.05.2024 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Flying Spaghetti Monster and colander pals are ready for the eclipse!

08.04.2024 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Made a new friend last year!

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ZOMG! Look! My novelette, β€œApollo in Retrograde,” is a finalist for the Anolog's Readers’ Award! It's in the November/December, 2023 issue For a little while, you can read it for free. It's alternate history about a woman astronaut in the Apollo space program. www.analogsf.com/about-analog...

23.02.2024 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's so much good fiction in the brand new anthology, 99 Fleeting Fantasies, available starting today. Find out what happened after Hercules stole Cerberus in my story, "Who's a Good Hellhound?" Here's the link to purchase the paperback or ebook: www.amazon.com/99-Fleeting....

15.02.2024 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still some room to sign up for this class.

14.02.2024 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Curious about how to get started writing book reviews, and what you should (and shouldn't) do in them? Join Rosemary Claire Smith for an online session covering it all in The Art of the Book Review.

www.kittywumpus.net/blog/class-t...

14.02.2024 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Class: The Art of the Book Review | The World Remains Mysterious The World Remains Mysterious - Speculative Fiction Writer/Editor Cat Rambo's blog

Curious about how to get starting doing book reviews, and what the whys and wherefores are, as well as the unspoken protocols? Join @rcwordsmith.bsky.social for "The Art of the Book Review" this Sunday. Scholarships available!

www.kittywumpus.net/blog/class-t...

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