Ask Me Anything….
okay guys, today’s the day to do it. My Reddit/f AMA is now officially (unless I screwed up the opening steps) LIVE. Go on, do your best. Rock the forum so hard they think AC/DC’s in town.
Away and Back Again…
After the whirlwind of San Diego and San Francisco, where it was Too Warm but I got to see all sorts of friends new and old, and sign a lot of books, there was the whirlwind of New Hampshire and Another Anime Convention. Which was awesome in all sorts of ways I didn’t expect, and
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When Your Novel is Actually a Thank-You Letter…
In which I talk about realizing the source of WHY I wrote SILVER ON THE ROAD, and how we are touched by the books of the past… “No book comes out of nowhere. In fact, no book comes out of only one direction. There’s the trigger, the push that takes a story from faint germ
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Silver on the Road: So yeah, San Diego (and NPR) happened…
The gig at Mysterious Galaxy was great fun, and getting to know my co-conspirator Cat Winters was also fun. We left the place standing, if listing slightly, and with a few signed copies for anyone who couldn’t make the reading. But the day was kind of thrown akilter (in a good way) by the news
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Silver on the Road Media Roundup, Week 1
I’m off to the airport, heading down to California (San Diego and San Francisco) and I hope to see some of y’all there (at Mysterious Galaxy and SF-in-SF @ Borderlands Books, respectively). For those hanging out online… TODAY: The “Big Idea” behind SILVER ON THE ROAD, admitting where (and why) SILVER almost didn’t get written…. In
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Where I Am, Where I’ll Be
Where I am right now is at my desk, trying to convince myself that yes really I DO have to tackle the List of Pending Things That Are Not New-Book-Related. More coffee may be required. But TONIGHT! I will be at the University Bookstore in Seattle, reading and signing and generally talking about SILVER ON
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SILVER ON THE ROAD hits the shelves!
What’s that? There’s something happening today I’m supposed to be paying attention to? *drinks coffee* Ooooo, riiiight! Today, SILVER ON THE ROAD is officially on shelves (and in your digital reader). And I’m not gonna lie – the reviews have been amazing so far. “Gilman skillfully plays with western folklore and history, infusing them with
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Excuse me while I hyperventilate a little….
via Barrnesandnoble.com‘s review of SILVER ON THE ROAD “With all due respect to Steve Earle, the devil’s right hand is a largely overrated appendage. In Laura Anne Gilman’s stark, sparkling Silver on the Road, the star of the show is the devil’s nimble, freshly minted left hand: Isobel, not a day over 16, reared alongside saloon girls
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Guest Bloggery!
Juliet McKennna invited me to take the mic today,  talking about writing a western, against all plan or intention.Â
Literate Liquors… as one might expect, NSFW
Oh lord, lord, cover the children’s ears and pour another shot of the good stuff. Â My episode of Literate Liquors is up. Me and John Hartness, several drinks into a Saturday night at DragonCon, shooting the book-shit (and dropping an impressive number of f-bombs, so this podcast is NSFW)
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