from Publishers Marketplace: “Laura Anne Gilman’s SYLVAN INVESTIGATIONS, a two-novella set about a half-human, half-faun PI, investigating cases that fall between the cracks of the magical and the mundane, to Jacqueline Smay at Plus One Press, for print rights only.” Yes, these are the Danny novellas we Kickstarted. Yes, I am pretty damn pleased. :-) […]
Reposting the good news from late December, for the New Year. Read More »
So, the last week of the year probably isn’t the best of times to announce a deal (nobody’s around to cheer) and I’ll probably re-announce it come January, but the details have been hammered out and I’m pleased to say that PlusOne Press will be doing the trade paper edition* of Miles to Go/Promises to
In which I’m getting the hang of this new-fangled multi-prong publishing world…. Read More »
There’s nothing like the panic of waking up and thinking OMG NEW BOOK TODAY! If I ever get blasé about that, please hit me. Because EEEEEEEEE! *manages to hop in excitement and shudder in concern, all at once* And yes, launching a new identity AND a new series kind of cranks both sides of that
Welcome, welcome to L.A. Kornetsky! Read More »
Thanks to the offices of a good friend who -despite gas rationing and shortages- was still willing to drive me to the airport at oh ack thirty, I made my flight with a minimum of stress. And we apparently had not a tailwind but a shake-your-tailwind, because we beat the predicted arrival time by a
TourKornetsky launches with some velocity… Read More »
From the fantasy WiP draft, in which our heroine has an encounter with a Jenny Greenteeth, a river sprite, and we have a moment of levity before the storm breaks…. ————- “Relax, human,†the river spirit said, still grinning. “I’m no brownie-man, to begrudge you your place in the court. She uses us as she
Something Not Mysterious… Read More »
Yeah, it’s sort of been “all mystery all the time” here, and that will probably continue for another month or so. But there will be stuff on the fantasy front soon too, I promise! —————– So, everyone loves it when a reviewer – a professional critic – likes their book. But honestly, the thing that
Delighted Author Dance: “an underlying strength that elevates it…” Read More »
The Library Journal reviewer was not entirely pleased by my not tying up every single thread at the end (this is me, guys, I don’t make everything 100% tidy, nope) but overall she seemed to like COLLARED…. “VERDICT The plot moves quickly, enhanced by smart dialog and good characterizations… a fairly strong beginning to what
And another country is heard from, for Ms. Kornetsky’s COLLARED… Read More »
“From Whence You Came” is now available at Wizard’s Tower Books! Centuries before the Vineart War, massive sea-serpents roamed the seas, endangering the lives of all who sailed there. Only the greatest magic could keep them in check, and protect the coastlines from their depredations. And then…they disappeared. Legend credited Master Vineart Bradhai, and
For Readers in the UK…. Read More »
Of my alter-ego, and her forthcoming Collared (November 2012), Publishers Weekly sez: Fantasy writer Kornetsky’s charming first mystery introduces an enterprising heroine in Ginny Mallard, the owner of a fledgling concierge business in Seattle, Wash., and a supporting cast that includes a couple of four-footed friends. While having a drink in Mary’s, a neighborhood pub, (Ginny) overhears
Three Cheers for Ms. Kornetsky! Read More »
Reportedly, one last day of over-90’s heat, and then we’re back to reasonable seasonable. I plan on spending all of next week in various stages of Outdoors, to celebrate. [hopefully, everyone has come through their heat, excessive rain, or quench-already-you-damn-fire, and can relax a little now, too. Â Why can’t we send the rain to the
salt bagels and surf and simmering sun…. Read More »