Welcome to the Spectrum of Speculative Fiction Blog Hop, contest, and giveaway!From March 8th to the 10th, you'll have multiple opportunities to enjoy the wit, wisdom, and writing of a top-notch cadre of speculative fiction authors, including story engineers of everything from military science fiction, to fantasy, to science fiction horror, to science fantasy, and still more shining jewels that fit in the spaces between these genres. In other words, a cornucopia of speculative deliciousness for all palettes.You're probably asking yourself, isn't all fiction, by definition, speculative? Oh dear readers, you are so right! That being said, I'll merely comment that this group of writers has a coloring-outside-the-lines habit of speculating a bit more than some.Who Are the Authors?K. Scott Lewis ~ Inner Worlds FictionThe Magical World of Peter LukesIsaac Hooke (my review of Isaac's serial novel The Forever Gate – Part 1)The Stoneforger's DenThe Official Website of T.L. SmithNyki BlatchleyW.J. DaviesFalcon's Fables, Nancy DiMauroMartin Bolton and David PillingEleni KonstantineDevin HodginsMichael K. RoseClarissa Johal ~ Writing With ScissorsAnd, of course, yours truly |*salutes* | Tammy Salyer ~ Alternative Reality EngineerWhat You'll GetMy giveaway includes an ecopy of one of my three books, Contract of Defiance, its followup Contract of Betrayal, or a short story collection, On Hearts and Scorpions (winner's choice). ALSO the winner will receive a $20 Amazon gift card (to buy even MORE books).How To Enter And WinAs mentioned in this recent blog post about Why I Write Science Fiction, one of my primary inspirations for writing SF has been the range of female characters in the media who you'd definitely want at your back in a knockdown dragout. I want to know, as SF&F readers and movie watchers, which women protagonists have really turned your knobs and why.Leave a comment on this post by midnight March 10th and you'll be entered to win. As a bonus, if you also share news of the blog hop with your social networking circles and let me know as part of your comment, you'll be entered twice. And finally, if you sign up to follow my blog, you'll be entered three times! The more entries you have, the better your chances.All entries will be very non-scientifically tossed into a hat and the winner drawn at random on March 11th. I'll announce the winner right here.Happy reading and contest-entering all! Click here for another list of all participating authors.