Hey y’all,
You probably know Locus magazine.
Or if you don’t, you know me. I write reviews for them sometimes. I’ve even been on the cover once. Now Locus needs our help.
Locus is incredibly important to the science fiction and fantasy community. They are the place we go to know what’s happening in our community and they help those who care about the field know what is happening. They are our journal. Our chroniclers. The place the most successful authors and the up and coming stars or tomorrow have a level playing field, an equal chance at being recognized, written about, taken seriously. They report the up and downs. And when members of our community pass away, they help us remember.
Locus is the only venue that reviews short fiction. This means it is often the first place where emerging writers have a chance to be seen. This levels the playing field so that we don’t just get reviews of NYT best sellers and no one else. They have helped give visibility to so many great authors and stories including in the Locus recommended reading list to help readers find amazing new writers, reaching beyond the well known names to help emerging writers be seen. I think its where a lot of people first heard about me or my work. But, they need our help.
Locus is running a fundraiser to generate funds to cover operating costs and they are not even at the halfway mark with only a week left to go. Locus wants to do more, not less. Locus is already running on a skeleton crew. They’d love the chance to hire more people and cover everything more thoroughly, but if this fundraiser does not reach its goals, they might need to cut back on what they’re able to offer. Locus needs us. We need Locus.
As part of their fundraising campaign, they are offering a ton of excellent perks, SWAG and donor goodies, signed books, chats with authors, and more… including some by me:
- Personalized signed copies of my book Shigidi And The Brass Head Of Obalufon
- A coffee zoom chat with me
- A Tuckerization (you get to have your name or any name of your choosing used in one of my forthcoming books or stories)
There are also a lot of perks from may authors far more famous and well known than me that you’d probably enjoy. So go check them out and support them. Or you can even just donate even if you don’t want anything. If you do it now, SFWA has offered to match up to 10k in donations, so every penny donated now is effectively doubled.
So lets all lift up Locus and keep it going. For us.
Wole Talabi 