from the copyedits of THE COLD EYE (October 2016) Gabriel had been born in the Territory, his father the son of settlers, his mother the daughter of a Métis woman…. He had grown up seeing Métis cousins and the occasional Anishinabeg or Dakota come through, either hunting or trading. He had grown up learning hand […]
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Since I haven’t done a run-down of things recently… You can get new fiction (not available anywhere else!) when you support my Patreon You can pick up all four Sylvan Investigation novellas at Book View Cafe! (plus, “From Whence You Came,” the companion novella to the Vineart War trilogy) You can also pick up my
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Normally, I’m all about digital. Hitting “send” on a manuscript is a hell of a lot better than printing it out and slogging it to the post awful, hoping against hope that nothing eats it en route to NYC. But when it comes to copyedits, I admit, I miss the days of paper edits, post-its,
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Back in the Steady Writing Mode – 1K on the days when I have the side gig, ~2K other days. Running hot and fast over the outline, and well-aware that every bit of research I do tweaks things slightly, but with book 3 there’s no chance to sit back and spend three months on nothing
Oh. Oh, hey. Lookit that! The 4th Sylvan Investigations novella, AN INTERRUPTED CRY, is up at Book View Cafe! Danny Hendrickson — ex-cop turned PI — and his partner Ellen could be any low-rent private investigators trying to make a difference, and a living, in New York City. Except Danny’s father was a faun, and
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for the first time, I actually kept file of deleted bits from THE COLD EYE. Hey, waste not, want for something to post, not. Or something. She was reminded suddenly of old Abraham, who had taught them how to find trouble at the table. “A player too focused on the game has too much to
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Another fabulous night at the SFWA Pacific Northwest Reading Series, with Fran Wilde, Susan Forrest, and Jason Gurley. It’s always fun to hear three very different styles/voices, in one setting – good for the ear, good for the brain. And it was good to have a distraction from watching portions of the US fail their
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I will be a Guest at Anachrocon this weekend, and there’s something I want everyone there to know. I may look about as tough as a toasted corn muffin, but I lived and worked in NYC for two decades. I take no shit, and I give no shits. If you are at the convention and
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Specifically, at Kris Rusch’s “Women in SF” blog, talking about… um, women in fantasy. (yes, Kris knew I was going to do that. Yes, she asked me to do that. Sheesh, people I have SOME manners…)
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THE COLD EYE has gone back to my esteemed editor, wherein he will hopefully assure me that I did not break anything new in the fixing of previous breaking things, and ready it for production. Which is good, because we have a Pub Date! And a Pre-order page! (for Amazon US.  Canadians click here.  Australians! The