Cover Reveal of My New Book

Posted on March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 by Sally Wiener Grotta

Of Being Woman, Coming mid-August, 2023

I’m over the moon that my publisher Noble Fusion Press sprang for this cover. It captures all the energy and emotion of my soon-to-be-published collection of feminist science fiction stories.

What do you think? Will folks be drawn to check out a book that has such compelling art on the cover? I do hope so.

I’m also hoping that you’ll help me get word out about the book and otherwise build up the buzz. Here are some ways you could help:

Pre-Order Of Being Woman using the button or QR code in the sidebar to help boost the book in Amazon’s algorithms.
Share the cover and link with your friends and family.
Reviewers: If you’re interested in writing a review of Of Being Woman, please email my publisher Barbara E. Hill at BHill@noblefusion.com.

To wet your appetite, download a free story excerpt from Of Being Woman:
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Living the Creative Life: Embracing Reciprocity Failure

Posted on December 30, 2019March 14, 2021 by Sally Wiener Grotta

When I was a young photographer, I enjoyed experimenting with reciprocity failure.

While it may sound like a philosophical or psychological concept, reciprocity failure relates to the chemical limitations of film. Back in the 20th century, photographers quickly learned that each type of color film (known as its emulsion) was rated for certain light parameters. Push an emulsion beyond its rating by using a longer than acceptable shutter speed (to capture a picture in low light situations), and you’d end up with false colors. Those were the barriers inherent in the technology that pro photographers just didn’t overstep.

But… well… I never did color within the lines.

When I toyed with reciprocity failure, I purposely pushed beyond what was “correct” to seek new creative visions. I remember one moonless night Read More

Reading at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Posted on December 23, 2019January 8, 2020 by Sally Wiener Grotta

What a thrill and an honor it was to be invited to read one of my science fiction short stories at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Sunday, December 22nd. The event was hosted by Lawrence M. Schoen, and also featured a reading by David Walton. And it was in conjunction with the museum’s fascinating Designs for Different Futures exhibit which combines art, sculpture, science and futurism.

“Sally and David read two very thought-filled stories about an all-too-believable woman who’d won the Nobel-prize in medicine (Sally Wiener Grotta) and the problems inherent in a new type of ‘drive-by’ accident (David Walton)”
~ Samuel R. Delany

David read the first chapter of his novel Three Laws Lethal, which is a thriller about how self-driving cars and AI are rewriting our futures. It’s been getting all kinds of raves, including being listed first on “The Wall Street Journal’s” Best Science Fiction of 2019.

I read an excerpt my story One Widow’s Healing, a Health Odyssey award winner which explores the personal and ethical issues of technology-driven health care.

And Lawrence provided an interesting intro regarding science fiction predictive “what if” nature, and how mass media has taken over part of that role.

The art museum’s staff made us feel very welcome, and what a great audience! I’m still riding high on the entire experience. Thank you everyone.