Well, boring to you, anyway. Mostly, time is split between 4th pass on Book 2 (which has gotten a deadline extension again, due to page proofs, but will not wait on me much longer), the side wine gig, and bringing two clients up to speed on the editorial gig. Basically, clearing out all the Due […]
This week I am Boring. Read More »
I I have been informed that there’s been a (short-time) price drop! STAYING DEAD (book 1 of the Retrievers series) is currently 2.99 at Amazon and B&N (ebook) CURSE THE DARK (book 2 of the Retrievers series) is currently 3.99 at both retailers. Meerkat’s first novels!  A magical NYC, where the modern world has INCREASED the amount of magic in the world,
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Today – and the next few days – will be given over to the page proofs for SILVER ON THE ROAD. As seen via a series of tweets: I can’t be the only writer who, when faced w/ page proofs, finds it uncomfortable/difficult to read even a beloved book One More Time? Y/N? 2nd-guessing foreign
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After much hair-pulling and coffee-drinking, Book 2 of The Devil’s West and I seem to be writing the same story again, just in time to bring things to a close…. Seriously, this would be SO much easier if the lizard brain would talk to the mammal brain during the FIRST pass of the draft, not
The light at the end of the tunnel is a chain-smoking dragon. Read More »
One short story has been handed in, awaiting editor’s response, one short story under sail – or would be, if there was any wind – and one novel due in 15 days and we’re going to make it, one way or another, by dog. And a client manuscript on the desk, and another one on
State of the Meerkat: Alive, mostly, kinda Read More »
And also ’cause I just like looking at it: So now you REALLY want to pre-order it, right? Book 1:  SILVER ON THE ROAD – 6 October 2015 Available for pre-order now at the following fine book-shilling establishments…. Simon & Schuster / B&N / Kobo / Mysterious Galaxy / Powells / Indigo/Chapters / Indiebound /Book Depository / Amazon / iBooks / Books-A-Million / GooglePlay
for those who prefer the visual impact of a tearsheet… Read More »
While I was offline, Publishers Weekly singled out SILVER ON THE ROAD (as well as many other fine books, including Aliette de Bodard’s THE HOUSE OF SHATTERED WINGS, which if you haven’t pre-ordered you really should) as one of “this fall’s most exciting books.” Needless to say (but I’m gonna anyway): I’m chuffed.  :-)
And I came home to this…. Read More »
“Why did the buffalo cross the road?” “Dude, I didn’t stop it to ask questions!” Hi! I’m home! There will be a trip report at some point, probably at BookView Cafe, and my photos are up on Flickr, but for now just know that it was wonderful, my travel companion Jaym Gates is awesome, even
She returns, weary but triumphant… Read More »
(or any other time) Kristi Charish and I talk whiskey, wine, what never to do at a convention, and a new kind of Weird West on the Adventures in SF Publishing podcast
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Occasionally (often) I pause and wonder WTF I’m hoping to do with these books – these incredibly complicated yet seemingly simple books, with their short story voice and their long-form goals, their delicate language and blunt characterizations, and I kinda weep for any of it ever working. And then I write something like this, and
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