When Kevin Anderson approached me about being part of the Storybundle for his Disasters collection, I was surprised – because I’d never thought of DRAGON VIRUS in that way before. I mean, disaster books are action-adventure stories, as a rule. DRAGON VIRUS has action, and it has adventure, and courage and tragedy and all that, […]
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Gilman (the Vineart War trilogy) takes readers on a scenic tour of a very weird Wild West in this delightful start to the Devil’s West series. In an early 19th-century America where superstition, magic, and unusual beings flourish, a man considered to be the devil has claimed a vast region west of the Mississippi
Publishers Weekly on SILVER ON THE ROAD…. Read More »
Everyone visiting went home, post-WorlCon. Birthdays were celebrated (several times over). It rained (finally!) and is still on-and-off-again raining. We had a massive windstorm that knocked power out for a lot of people, area-wide. I worked on two short stories that I intend to finish this week, damn it. I posted my DragonCon schedule oh,
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The DragonCon programming folk were kind enough to give me afternoon/evening panels, for the most part, so Operation Meet-Me-For-Breakfast is a Go. Â I repeat: Operation Meet-Me-For-Breakfast is a Go. Â Friday morning, 8:30-9:30, at a Location TBA here and via Twitter. Â There may (will) be t-shirts, galleys, and Other Items for the early birds…. The Official
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Have you ever wanted to immerse yourself in a series of really EPIC disasters – from a safe reading distance? Of course you have. And the folk at Storybundle heard you…. Every time you turn on the news, you see a different possibility for how the world might end—and imminently! Climate change, Ebola, asteroid impact,
So much STUFF to talk about! But first, a Disaster…. Read More »
Confirmation: I have indeed sold a story (“First Dance”) to Jonathan Maberry‘s OUT OF TUNE II. Let the environmentally-friendly and biodegradable confetti fly! For those paying attention, this story could, if you squint, be read as happening in the world of The Devil’s West. Or it could be our own. Who can say for certain…?
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Friday night, I dreamed an incredibly detailed dream of taking a publishing-related course in Germany. I’m pleased to say that once I found the classroom (the tiny cabins filled with firewood within the hotel facade were a nice touch, brain) everything worked out well, despite a) my arriving late and b) my having about five
Me, listening to my iPod on the way to the side gig: “…Now I been out in the desert, just doin’ my time Searchin’ through the dust, lookin’ for a sign If there’s a light up ahead well brother I don’t know But I got this fever burnin’ in my soul So let’s take the
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When you absolutely, positively have to find me at Sasquan (WorldCon), here’s how you do it. In addition to putting in my hours as part of the Writing Workshop, I will be doing the following Fabulous Items: Autographing (Ann Chamberlin, Laura Anne Gilman, Kay Kenyon, Mike Resnick, Shanna Swendson, Fran Wilde) Thursday 15:00 – 15:45,
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110,000 words and still in need of some editorial poking and prodding to get it to where it needs to be, but hey, that’s WHY I have an editor. And it’s his problem now. :-) *falls over goes thud for 16 hours before GISHWHES starts* And, because I’m at the far edge of obsessing about
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