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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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)
Literate Liquors… as one might expect, NSFW Read More »
Professional reviews are lovely. Reader reviews make my heart grow two or three sizes. But peer reviews give me the shiver of craft-recognized on a while different level – because most writers, willingly or not, become jaded readers. So if you can wow them, that’s a job very well done. ——————- Originally posted by difrancis
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“[A] fresh take on the hero’s journey….The world felt very much like ours but was different enough that I could see the similarities while keeping it separate it from our world. It’s layered and textured and feels real…I liked Izzy and loved seeing her growth. At only sixteen she’s already quite strong and courageous; I
Bea’s Book Nook weighs in on the SILVER standard…! Read More »
I did warn y’all, right? So here’s a new early rave to continue whetting your appetite…. Â “[SILVER ON THE ROAD is] captivating, vivid, and impossible to stop reading… I could taste the dust, hear the rattle of the snakes, feel the wind, and sense the road. Filled with wonderful mythology and strong, compelling characters,
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SILVER ON THE ROAD will hit the shelves in 21 days (give or take 24 hours). Â Not-quite-nonstop squee and promotion will begin NOW. (or, you can go directly to the buy-links and skip all this) Â I aim to land somewhere in the safe zone between that one commercial you saw once and liked
In Which I Give Fair Warning…. Read More »
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
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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
That’s actually pretty much how it goes… Read More »
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
Book 2, more or less on deadline. 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 »