Reddit AMA

Hello, all! Just wanted to let you know I’ll be on Reddit May 16th, at 12:00pm Easter Standard Time, ready to answer any burning questions you have about the Noumenon series, the upcoming fantasy series, writing, hobbies, life, and sci-fi and fantasy in general.  Username: MarinaJLostetter I’ll be posting a direct link to the AMA

Arkansas Literary Festival, April 25th-28th

Hello all!  At the end of this month I’ll be attending the Arkansas Literary Festival in Little Rock, Arkansas. Arkady Martin, author of A Memory Called Empire, and I will be on a joint panel at 2:30pm on April 27th, at the UA Little Rock Downtown location, next to the Main Library (333 President Clinton

Women in SF&F Post at Fantasy Café

I’ve got a new article up over at Fantasy Café, wherein I do the dreaded thing: give writing advice.  More specifically, I talk about my learning journey, and the trail of bad-to-good advice that got me, skill-set-wise, to where I am now. If you’re a new spec-fic writer looking for straws of knowledge to spin into story-telling gold,

Noumenon now in German!

Deutsch: Sprichst du Deutsch? Ich spreche kein Deutsch, aber die wunderbare Irene Holicki hat Noumenon für Heyne ins Deutsche übersetzt. Und es gab eine Titeländerung! “Die Reise”. Dies ist das erste Mal, dass meine Arbeit offiziell in eine andere Sprache übersetzt wurde, und ich bin so aufgeregt! Der Roman ist heute heraus! Fröhliches Lesen! https://www.randomhouse.de/Taschenbuch/Die-Reise/Marina-Lostetter/Heyne/e509768.rhd

Noumenon Infinity Honored by the ALA

Noumenon Infinity was honored by the American Library Association and The Reading List Council at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle.  It made the short list for their 2019 Reading List in the Science fiction category.  The winner and other short listed sci-fi novels are as follows: Winner “The Calculating Stars” by Mary Robinette Kowal. A

For Your Judgement and Sheer Enjoyment

It’s that time of year again, when we authors crow about what we’ve accomplished. More specifically, which publications are eligible for award nominations. In the Best Novel category, I of course am super-duper-phantasmagorically proud of Noumenon Infinity, which is eligible for awards such as the Nebula and the Hugo.  Vanhi’s hands flew away from her

Noumenon ebook on Sale!

Haven’t gotten your copy of Noumenon yet? Or perhaps you’ve been bugging your friend to read it but they need a little extra incentive? Or maybe it’s on a family member’s holiday wish-list?  No matter why you’re looking for a copy, you’re in luck! Noumenon is one of BookBub’s sci-fi deals of the day. It’s only $1.99 for North American

Places to Catch Me this Fall

Hello, all!  Just wanted to update you on my upcoming events schedule. Saturday, October 20th, I’ll be at Fayetteville Barnes & Noble (Northwest Village Shopping Center, 4144 N College Ave, Fayetteville AR) for an all-day Bookfair event to help promote the True Lit festival!  (http://www.truelitfest.com/)  True Lit takes place this year from October 28th through November

NOUMENON INFINITY is HERE!

Today is release day in North America!  Yay!  Here’s me this morning, ridiculously ecstatic (wild hair and everything): Tonight is my party at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville, AR, and you’re invited!  Details here. If you can’t make it to the party, you can still pick up a copy of Infinity at Barnes & Noble, Amazon,

NOUMENON INFINITY is One of August’s Best Sci-Fi Novels!

Noumenon Infinity is making all sorts of recommendation lists, and I couldn’t be happier!  There’s still time to pre-order.  August 14th will be here quicker than you think! Check out these roundups–Infinity is in great company. Bookish: Summer 2018’s Hottest Sci-Fi and Fantasy Unbound Worlds: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of August 2018 Barnes