March Mania Cage Match Festival!

Hey there, everybody,

Check it out! There's an exciting contest going on right now, the March Mania Giveaway where you could win a $500 Amazon Gift Card! I know, it's too happy to be true! But true it is! Click on the link and get entered to win!

It's going on all month, but don't delay, get entered to win today!

But that's not all that's going on!

Come See The Me at the Tucson Festival of Books, March 11 & 12, 2017, University of Arizona Mall!

I'll be at Booth 111 selling and signing all the bookie wookies, and Museum of Robots will be with me, too, selling all the cool stuff, including all the items in their Gini Koch Collection!

In addition to finding me at the biggest author booth of the Festival, come hear me and other awesome authors chat about various fun things!

Saturday, March 11, 4:00-5:00pm
Building Alternate Worlds
How to create worlds where magic is real and gods, ghosts, and ghouls walk among us.
Integrated Learning Center Room 150 (Seats 155, Wheelchair accessible)
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
Panelists: Gini Koch, Erika Lewis, Brian McClellan, Samantha Shannon
Moderator: David Lee Summers

Sunday, March 12, 1:00-2:00pm
How I Got Published
Stories of perseverance, resourcefulness, and serendipity.
Koffler Room 218 (Seats 142, Wheelchair accessible)
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Koffler Patio (following presentation)
Panelists: Gini Koch, Erika Lewis, Brian McClellan
Moderator: Janni Lee Simner

GET READY TO HELP KITTY RUMBLE!

Next up, it's time once again for the Unbound Worlds Cage Match 2017!

The Unbound Worlds Cage Match 2017 begins TODAY (March 6th)! And Kitty's in the battle and needs all your votes to be able to win! Please vote early, and check out all the other matches going on, too!

Last time I didn't make it out of the second round, but last time Kitty wasn't in the battle. Since she is, show her you believe that she's the best and Vote for Kitty!

Speaking of Kitty, remember to do your girl a solid and pre-order Alien Education and Aliens Abroad. You'll be happy you did and I'll love you even more than I already do.

Next up, we have a new Kickstarter starting on Tuesday, March 7th! (Say that three times fast.) Unidentified Funny Objects 6 is ready to start funding. There are lots of prizes, and I have four (that's right 4) tuckerizations available. So, if you've ever wanted to be in the Alien Series, now's your time, because my story for this antho is Tim's origin story, "Alien in the Classroom".

The Kickstarter is going live on the 7th, so watch my Facebook and Twitter feeds for the links to the campaign, or look on Kickstarter for Unidentified Funny Objects 6.

After that, listen to Moi run the Yap over at the Spaced Out With Lisa Caskey Podcast! Lisa's an awesome author, and she and I yapped for quite a while. So, there's a Part 1 and Part 2 for you to check out!

And, as a little teaser, I'll have some new (and good) Alexander Outland news coming soon!

Last but not least, if you're heading to the movies, check out my review of "Table 19" over at Pop Culture Geeks.

That's it for today, but, as always, more's on the way. So let's be March Mania, Cage Match fighting, Festival attending, with a side of Kickstartering readers out there! Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch you on the flip side!

Love, Gini

Come out and see the Gini!

Calling all Cali members (and those always up for a roadtrip) of the Alien Collective! The time to meet and mingle with Gini is upon us.

I know, dramatic much?...whateva I has flair.

This weekend the Gini (and her signature hat) will be in Victorville, California! If you're going to be in that neck of the woods -- or you could direct your wanderings in said direction -- stop by and spend some time with the lady herself and pick up something awesome from the Giniverse:

September 30, 3 pm to 7 pm - Barnes and Noble in Victorville Mall - Gini will speak and sign copies of the most recent release from the Alien series: Camp Alien. This event is free to the public

October 1, 10 am to 4 pm - High Desert Book Fair - Gini will be signing in the Barnes and Noble adults area from 12-1pm (and possibly more!) and will also give a Main Tent presentation with Q&A at 1:30 pm. A Main Tent book signing follows directly after.  Be sure to sign up for your FREE TICKETS to Main Tent presentations!

Robots, Water and Death Kickstarter makes its initial production goal 60 hrs left to pledge!

The Robots, Water and Death Anthologies meets its production goal! Don't miss out on this great Zombies Need Brains campaign and its opportunity to get two more stories from our author gal Gini. 

There's still an opportunity for Tuckerizations available for Gini's story in Submerged as well as some pretty sweet backer rewards. Take a look, pledge some dough help bring new stories to the world! You'll feel better, I promise.

Supporting the folks who support Gini:

If you're a podcast listener/Gini-news follower, then you (should) know that Gini's been featured on Creative Play and Podcast Network before. As the road of fandom love is a two-way street, please consider supporting their fundraising efforts on Indiegogo. They're hoping to make Season 3 the best it can be.

Ever wanted to name a role-playing game character or give voice to a a role? Interested in being a Show Sponsor or Producer? Just want a shout out and a thank you for a mini-interweb moment of awesome?

Now's your chance to help keep the gaming and adventure going!

Heading to the movies? 

Check out Gini's joint review with her Slice of SciFi/Pop Culture Geeks editor, Summer Brooks, of The Magnificent Seven and plan your own movie night.

Stay tuned for more Gini-news!

Ro

Update To Begin All The Updates...

Howdy all, Ro here... new member from the land of Team Gini.

My mission (which I accepted prior to getting the "to do" list) is to try and catch up the Giniverse news so someone *ahem* can keep her butt-in-seat and focus on all that writing we do so love reading. Have no fear, The Gini is alive and sassy just like we like her. 

So without further ado, let's commence the updating...

Coming soon to (another) a Kickstarter campaign near you! 

"Submerged" by Justin Adams, Varia Studios

Zombies Need Brains launches the mother of all campaigns for THREE new sci-fi/fantasy anthologies on August 31st! Each anthology's set to feature 14 new stories from some of our favorite sci-fi/fantasy authors. That's right,  no reprints, no re-releases, all new stories for you to peruse.  

The picture featured to the right is the cover art for Submerged. The artwork for all three campaigns, including this piece, comes courtesy of Justin Adams of Varia Studios.

Gini's contributing stories to two of the anthologies: All Hail Our Robot Conquerors and Submerged. Just to keep everyone on their toes. Team Tuckerization, start your engines, and anyone else who wants to be in a story of hers (the Submerged story will be horror, the Robot story will be an Alien series short) get ready.  Check out the campaign page for further info. They're planning a serious mix of prize goodness, including ebooks from Gini, at various backer times and levels. Be an early backer...you know you want to. 

New way to keep in the loop on the Alien/Katherine "Kitty" Katt series news AND MORE: 

Gini's publisher for the Alien/Katherine "Kitty" Katt series, DAW, launched a new newsletter.

 The DAW newsletter features: new releases, e-book and back-list promotions, giveaways, especially exciting media hits DAWthors have in the preceding month, and other most excellent news. 

To take advantage of this direct from the publisher way to add to your Giniverse news stream, SIGN UP, then watch your inbox!  

Swag from the Giniverse: 

If you haven't had a chance to swing by Museum of Robots  and check out the collection of items available from the multi-verse of Gini you're totally missing out!  

You know you need a Poof tote. ...just look at it. 

I won't lie, I waved the Poof in many a person's face at SDCC this year. It's not my fault Mous-Mous felt feisty. I just facilitated the attitude. I mean, who am I to deny a Fluff Baby?

                                                                                                                 

Interviews around the Interwebs: 

As you're aware, Gini's been out and about this summer. All that go-go-go equals plenty of interviews to be found online.

In May: 

In betwixt holding court and signing all the things, Gini took a timeout during the Mysterious Galaxy birthday bash to sit down with geekitude to chat about the goings on in the Giniverse.

Gini also spent some time with Creative Play and Podcast chatting about "her writing trials and tribulations," her book, Plush Life, and the Kickstartered anthology MECH: Age of Steel.


 
If you've not had a chance to meet the Gini in the wild (or even if you have), here's the video of her full talk during the signing for Camp Alien at The Poisoned Pen on May 23rd:

and then comes...July: 

If you ever had a question you wanted to ask Gini but didn't feel you could (although, let's face it you can always ask...and you know she always answers) check out a her interview Q and A from Writerly Things. Mayhap author Tristan Vick already asked it for you. 

And to give you a wee taste of the goings-on from SDCC 2016, watch the video from the Worldbuilding panel wherein Gini and her fellow authors: Jon Skovron, Claudia Christian, Seanan McGuire, Brandon Mull, and Scott Sigler, with moderator Cindy Pon, discuss how they build a living, breathing environment for their characters.

Early August feature: 

Since the Giniverse transcends borders (and time...) check out this interview with Zwartraafje. (Yes, it's in Dutch, but don't worry -- there's an English translation included. Just scroll down...all the way down...and it'll be there.) The interview celebrates all things Gini and, who knows, you may learn something you'd yet to discover.  Gini guarantees that you will, since there were some very new questions asked.

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I know, you're wondering if any movie-going or TV watching went on in the time of silence; this is Gini, so OF COURSE movies happened. If you missed any reviews head on over to  Slice of SciFi and Pop Culture Geeks check out what she thought of: 

• Warcraft
• Finding Dory 
• The Legend of Tarzan
• The Secret Life of Pets
• Ghostbusters
• War Dogs

And now a few for moments in SCIENCE: 

This week at NASA we reexamine when a supernova actually happened in our galaxy. Give it a read and see why their findings stripped away the exploded planet's connection to an event previously recorded by the Chinese, thereby kicking it from the annuls of history. 

For those of you following all things Planet Nine (I still say we're up to planet ten because number nine is Pluto now and forever-My Very Educated Mother Just Served U Nine Pickles!- yes, I hold a grudge against Pluto Killers dangit), I hope you caught the Science Alert piece on what Physicists think Planet Nine really is back in June. 

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I'd hate for you to be tired of me all in one go so I think that's it for now. Have no fear there's more to come ( I didn't even get to the part where I clue you in to the things coming [back] to the Giniverse (there's this Instagram account just SITTING there...) or all the latest places you can find reviews and commentary on the works of Gini around the webisphere or who she wants to shout out and support. 

Leave me a comment below, let me know what you'd like to be kept up-to-date about or things you'd like to see added to the news blasts.

So stay tuned, more to come, and I'll catch you on the flip side (I do hereby solemnly swear I used this phrase before ever meeting Gini, talking to Gini or reading her blog...blame Rocco from Boondock Saints).

Ro

Pop Culture and the Cosmos

Happy Thursday!

I know, I know -- two months of literal silence, and now you're hearing from me regularly again. Well, there's just a lot going on right now. Though, trust me, the Cone of Silence is going to descend again soon. But it's not fully covering me yet, so let's get to things, shall we? We shall!

Heading to the movies this weekend? Check out my review of Zootopia over at Slice of SciFi and see if it's right for you. Speaking of Slice, we're branching out and adding a sister site, Pop Culture Geeks. Which means that I and the other reviewers just got to add a whole lot of other movies into our reviewing queues.

So, check out the sleek new site and my reviews for Hail, Caesar!, Zoolander 2, Risen, and Race. And, as with Slice, if you agree, disagree, or want to discuss the movies, join in the conversation over at PCG!

After pop culture fun, it's time for some science! The New York Times shares that gravitational waves have been detected that confirm Einstein's theory. Per Earth/Sky there's also good evidence for a ninth planet -- no, not poor Pluto, but one that sounds quite a lot like what H.P. Lovecraft said was out there. And Space.com shares what Kitty and Company already know -- that our universe is just one of many.

Reminder that the Kickstarter for Unidentified Funny Objects 5 is going on right now. As of Day Three of the Kickstarter I have only one tuckerization left, so if you want to be a character in my Steampunk Alien series and get a role in "The Problem With Poofs", head over now. If you just want to get in and fund a really cool anthology so you get the book first, head over now. If you like funny science fiction and fantasy, head over now. Basically, head over now!

As you may know, I hit Motley Crue's last tour. There are a lot of pics shared by Talking Stick Arena including a few of mine! So, if you didn't get to see the All Bad Things tour, take a look -- it was pretty darned awesome.


The Galaxy Express 2.0 has a list of twenty SFR properties that should be adapted for TV or movies. I fully support this initiative! In fact, I share who I think should play whom over at My Book, The Movie. And, if you agree, or have other ideas for who should play what, hit The If List and add in your votes.

And, last but not least, for all you mystery fans, alt. Sherlock Holmes: New Visions of the Great Detective featuring my novella, "A Study in Starlets" is available for pre-order right now. The pre-order only shows the ebook, but for all those who prefer to hold the bookie wookie in their hands, physical books will be available as well and the pre-order for that should be up soon. You can also get just "A Study in Starlets", in ebook only, a well. I know, so many options!

That's it for today but, as always, more's on the way. So let's be pop culture purveyors out there. Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch you on the flip side!

Love,
Gini