reported by Libby Jordan, FictionFanatic.com

To get where you want to go, sometimes you have to change course. That message was driven home for Texas author and newspaper columnist Diana Estill when she vacationed in Grand Cayman, where cars keep left?and tourists frequently forget.

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Silhouette Nocturne intends to make its mark on the world of paranormal romance and Jersey author Caridad Pineiro is one of the award-winning authors Harlequin has chosen to help launch this new line with "Death Calls" in December 2006.

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reported by Stuart Rothenberg, FictionFanatic.com

Sitting in a waiting room with nothing to do? Instead of reading year-old magazines, readers can pull out their cellphones and read the latest volume of Jim Baen's Universe, the new magazine of fantasy and science fiction, at http://www.baens-universe.com

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reported by William A. Davis, FictionFanatic.com

Each year, Book Expo America (BEA) parades everything new in books for the publishing trade and this year at the Washington Convention Center, one author stood out: L. Ron Hubbard. As is traditional at the world?s largest book trade show, thousands of first-time novelists and international best-selling authors promoted their titles over the weekend to retailers and distributors who decide what will fill bookstore shelves for the next year.

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reported by Libby Jordan, FictionFanatic.com

Alan Van Dine thinks there is a place for humor in science ? and a place for science in humor.

His new book of light verse and humorous illustrations includes more than 30 entries involving questions of science ? along with a good deal else.

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reported by Brian Scott, FictionFanatic.com

For several generations of people, one face brings back immediate memories of adolescence, along with a chuckle, Alfred E. Neuman, the freckle-faced kid with the goofy smile.

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reported by Dawn L. Hall, FictionFanatic.com

Simon & Schuster Audio announced a distinguished list of American film, television, and stage actors chosen to narrate the major works of literary giant Ernest Hemingway. Launching the series will be Donald Sutherland, narrating the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA; Campbell Scott, narrating FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS; and John Slattery, narrating A FAREWELL TO ARMS. Academy Award-winner William Hurt will narrate THE SUN ALSO RISES, to be published in October 2006 for the 80th anniversary of the original Scribner publication.

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reported by Jenny L. Cox, FictionFanatic.com

One reason for the success of "The Da Vinci Code" is how author Dan Brown blurs the line between fantasy and reality. But exactly which elements are historical facts and which are fiction have been the constant source of heated arguments that have only intensified with the anticipated release of the best-seller's film version this Friday.

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reported by Ivan Messier, FictionFanatic.com

When author Steven Oliverez first started posting his short stories in his personal profile on the popular MySpace.com (www.myspace.com/oliverez), the response was little more than an occasional friend popping in to offer words of encouragement. Now that same web log has grown into an outlet with readership numbering in the thousands, and a vocal fan base that grows daily.

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reported by Ivan Messier, FictionFanatic.com

In every person's life and in every moment of reality, a dark side exists. And no matter how hard we try to move forward, the pains of the past return to haunt our lives, our souls. Inevitably, our darkest desire and inner torment will arise. Is it possible to achieve peace and harmony, knowing that such darkness awaits? To explore the answer, read Richard Geha's compelling new book As Marilyn Lay Dying: Stories of the Primal Scene. Venture into a cosmos of strange poetry and the secret currents that flow beneath everyday reality.

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reported by Dawn L. Hall, FictionFanatic.com

Restless Minds Press (RMP) announced that The Writer at Work? by Richard Krzemien, has been nominated as a semi-finalist in the humor category for the 10th Annual 2006 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards).

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reported by Dawn L. Hall, FictionFanatic.com

The Leaky Cauldron, www.leakynews.com, a top destination for Harry Potter fans worldwide, has become the first fan site to ever win a Webby Award. Today it was named the Best Celebrity/Fan Web site of 2006 in the annual People?s Voice voting. People?s Voice Winners will be honored at The Tenth Annual Webby Awards in New York City on June 12th.

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reported by Nigel Gimble, FictionFanatic.com

When the husband-and-wife team of Brian Skupin and Kate Stine received the Ellery Queen Award on April 27, it was the culmination of years of personal and professional involvement in the mystery world. In fact, the two first met in 1996 at Magna Cum Murder, a convention sponsored by Ball State University.

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reported by Cindy McGee Ellis, FictionFanatic.com

Too many fantasy novels for young adults rely upon a boy to save the world. Not this one!

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reported by Holly Smith, FictionFanatic.com

MIT physicist and acclaimed novelist Alan Lightman gave a talk recently on his twin careers in science and writing, urging students to "find something you love, something you are passionate about, something that you feel compelled to do."

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reported by Steven B. Alan, FictionFanatic.com

When her publisher closed business, fiction author Diane Lau (aka Diana Laurence) made use of current technology to keep her books alive. One author's story demonstrates the amazing new opportunities in the publishing industry.

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