Here’s the latest news in the world of Christian speculative fiction: ~Name change for Marcher Lord Press. Marcher Lord Press is now Enclave Publishing. New website and updated social media to follow in the next couple months. Here is a preview of the new logo: ~A Cast of Stones, the first in a medieval fantasy series by Patrick Carr, won the 2014 Clive Staples Award for Christian speculative fiction. ~Dragonwitch by Anne Elisabeth Stengl took this year’s Christy Award in the Visionary category. ~Two cover reveals for Enclave’s fall release: A Time to Die by Nadine Brandes and Failstate:Nemesis by …
Video interview with Steve Laube about Enclave
New video interview with Steve Laube on speculative fiction and Enclave. Interview by Storymen.
Marcher Lord Press is Rebranded with a New Name
At the recent Realm Makers conference in Philadelphia I (Steve) had the privilege to announce that Marcher Lord Press is being rebranded as Enclave Publishing. I am excited to officially reveal the new logo below (More thoughts after the picture). Notice the tip of the sword… Why the name Enclave Publishing? An enclave is essentially defined as a group of like-minded people in a place where they are surrounded by those who are not like-minded. West Berlin was an enclave during the Cold War. In Rome there is an enclave called Vatican City. Enclave Publishing is a place where authors …
A Name Change for Marcher Lord Press?
Greeting earthlings. We bring you tidings of peace…. After considerable thought and talking with some people who’s opinion I trust, I am on the verge of creating a new name, a new imprint, for our books. In case you are wondering I have talked with Jeff Gerke, the founder of Marcher Lord Press, and he agrees it is a good idea. If you can weigh in, please answer the following survey and give your opinion on some choices: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TQS9K9W The survey will take only a minute or two. There are a couple factors that have gone into this conversation: The initials MLP …
March Speculative News
Here is the news from around the net for the month of March: ~Melissa Turner Lee revealed the cover for her next novel, a time travel story with a romantic twist. Click to see the cover for Forever Layla and enter the giveaway for an advance copy! ~Jill Williamson has released another novella in her Mission League series: Ambushed. ~The 2014 Clive Staples finalist for Christian speculative fiction vote is going right now. In order to vote, you must have read at least two of the books nominated. To find out more or to vote, click here: Clive Staples Award. …
February Speculative News
The last Friday of every month MLP will be posting news and links so you can see what your favorite authors are up to. Here is February’s news: ~Fantasy author Morgan L. Busse is a participant in the Leap into Books Blog Hop, a 150+author hop with lots of giveaways. Head on over to her site to find out more and enter for a chance to win a $10 Amazon gift card. ~Nadine Brandes, newest author to join the MLP ranks, is currently blogging about her journey through her first set of edits and what it’s like on this side …
Realm Makers Blog Voyage
Realm Makers 2014 is just around the corner! A fun conference for speculative fiction writers with faith, this conference promises to be an amazing weekend. This year, it’s being held at Villanova University in Pennsylvania on Friday, May 30-Saturday, May 31. Why would a speculative fiction writer want to attend such a unique (and smaller) writer’s conference? Oh, let me count the ways! · Realm Makers has the unique platform of being a conference for Christians. We often feel that we are not weird enough to be in with the general crowd, and not normal enough to be in with …
Q and A with Steve Laube
Check out the Q & A with the new owner of Marcher Lord Press at the following link: http://stevelaube.com/steve-laube-buys-marcher-lord-press/
Steve Laube Buys Marcher Lord Press
Welcome to 2014. And with 2014 comes a new change to Marcher Lord Press. Steve Laube has officially purchased Marcher Lord Press from Jeff Gerke. There will be a question and answer post on Monday, January 6th on Steve’s own site that we will link when the post is up.The official press is as follows: STEVE LAUBE BUYS MARCHER LORD PRESS (Phoenix, AZ) Steve Laube, president of The Steve Laube Agency, has agreed to purchase Marcher Lord Press, the premier publisher of Science Fiction and Fantasy for the Christian market. The sale was finalized on January 1, 2014. Laube has …