1. •HG World hosted Elizabeth Donald, Keith R.A. DeCandido and Dayton Ward recently for a roundtable interview and snarkfest to discuss their upcoming project to write three standalone episodes of the popular zombie apocalypse podradio serial. There was much discussion of the writing life, the convention circuit, the state of fandom and something about space whores. Check it out! It’s fun and it’s free!


  1. •Elizabeth Donald was a guest on DragonTalk Radio recently, in which she got to spend a whole hour talking about herself. Host Jon Klement was terrific, and while she said “um” about 932 times, it’s still a good listen. Check it out here!


• Remember: Authors make more money selling books themselves than waiting on a bookstore to order them. So buy from The Literary Underworld and you buy directly from authors’ private stash, helping them feed their families and keep writing.


  1. •Elizabeth Donald will be the guest of honor at Contraception 22 in Kansas City! The convention will be Nov. 12-14, 2010, and the theme (appropriately enough) is “Creatures of the Night.” Make your plans to attend (adults only), join in the creepy festivities and have fun at the party!


• THE COLD ONES is now available in ebook! Check out SciFiDriveThru for a $2.50 PDF. Of course you can still get it in book form from The Literary Underworld! Hurry - this one won’t be available forever!


  1. •A review of THE COLD ONES from funnyman Jeff Strand. Elizabeth is not responsible for your keyboard, or for Jeff’s decidedly unwise mockery of James A. Moore. “I’d say more, but I don’t want to include spoilers and face Elizabeth Donald’s wrath, because based on this book I think she’s a biter.”


  1. •A review of SETTING SUNS from Rick Silva, founder of Dandelion Studios. “A nice collection that showcases the range of the author’s talent, and delivers a good variety of scares and thrills while it gets the reader thinking, and in some cases worrying a bit.”


  1. • A look at THE COLD ONES from Kym Lambert, founder of the Sarah Conner Charm School, in which she gives it the SCCS stamp of approval for strong female characters. “She targets in on what is actually the scary part of the idea of a zombie invasion... it’s the bite, it’s always the bite that’s really the scary concept. Donald gets that. Fear of death is nothing. Fear of what might happen after... to you or someone you want to be the same... that’s the disturbing thing.”


  1. •We had a great article in the Edwardsville Intelligencer! A very nice feature on Elizabeth’s career, not just about THE COLD ONES.


  1. •Last year Elizabeth was elected vice president of the St. Louis Society of Professional Journalists and later was appointed to the SPJ National Commission on Ethics. Elizabeth continues to give guest lectures at local journalism schools on the practical applications of journalism ethics. She has been invited to return to SIUE’s Kimmel Leadership lecture series in 2011 to discuss the state of the newspaper industry and the public perception of journalism today. If you’re interested in having Elizabeth speak about this aspect of her career, about the timely issues facing newspapers in particular or journalism in general, contact us.


  1. •Elizabeth is captain of a Relay for Life team in Edwardsville, Illinois. They raise money for the American Cancer Society. To donate, click here with Elizabeth’s gratitude.



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P.O. Box 741

Edwardsville, IL 62025

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2010 CALENDAR

  1. •Conflation, St. Louis, Mo. Feb. 19-21

  2. •Midsouthcon, Memphis, Tenn. March 12-14

  3. •Fan chat, March 16

  4. •Steamposium, St. Louis, Mo. April 9-11

  5. •Guest speaker, SIUE Mass Comm Week, April 19-23

  6. •DragonTalk Radio interview, April 22

  7. •Reporters & Authors panel, St. Louis SPJ, May 6

  8. •Hypericon, Nashville, Tenn. June 4-6

  9. •Fan chat, June 16

  10. •Julnawrimo Kickoff, Glen Carbon, Ill. July 1

  11. •“Writing the Things That Go Chomp in the Night,” O’Fallon (Ill.) Public Library, July 24

  12. •Edwardsville Author Fair, Edwardsville Public Library, 2-4 p.m. Aug. 1

  13. •Imagicopter signing, Jackson, Tenn. Aug. 14

  14. •Dragoncon, Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 2-6

  15. •I-CON, Springfield, Ill. Sept. 10-12 (tent.)

  16. •Collinsville Authors Fair, Sept. 18-19 (tent.)

  17. •Strange Folk Festival, O’Fallon, Ill. Sept. 25-26

  18. •Archon, St. Louis, Mo. Oct. 1-3

  19. •Society of Professional Journalists National Convention, Las Vegas. Oct. 3-6

  20. •Contraception, Kansas City, Mo. Nov. 12-14 GUEST OF HONOR



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