So I learned this week that SILVER ON THE ROAD is the Vaginal Fantasy Book Club pick for May. Specifically, it was Felicia Day’s pick. I am informed that my geek cred has now skyrocketed. Which is nice, since I’m pretty sure I had no geek cred, previously. :-D Meanwhile, SILVER ON THE ROAD is […]
Off in the distance, this is happening… Read More »
Winding down the year, taking a few days off from work to bake and chill and read Other Peoples’ Books, but I came across this today, and, well. Â Maybe my birthplace library shows no love, but the place where my siblings spent their earliest years DOES… The Peabody (MA) Institute Library says of SILVER ON
Yankee love keeps you warm in the winter… Read More »
After the first month or so post-release, generally, the excitement over a new book dies down as the first wave of eager fans (bless them every one) get their hands on the book, read it, and then…move on to the next book they’re eager about. This is the natural life cycle. The writer will still
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Got my first 2-star review on Amazon for SILVER ON THE ROAD! Mostly, it seems, for using “they” as a gender-neutral pronoun. “The author created engaging characters and a story that kept my interest. But… the worst, and most frequent, glitch was the use of “they” as a gender-neutral singular pronoun. “They” is always plural
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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
Silver on the Road: So yeah, San Diego (and NPR) happened… Read More »
“[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 »
Did you know? RT Magazine says SILVER ON THE ROAD is “fresh and original…both stark and lovely!” (now you know!) full text: Silver on the Road takes an underused setting for fantasy—the American West—and uses it to explore coming of age, the limits of power and responsibility, and the importance of mingling compassion and justice.
We’re on the SILVER standard, here… 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
Publishers Weekly on SILVER ON THE ROAD…. Read More »
So, remember a while back I was talking about that thing that made me Very Happy, but I couldn’t talk about it? I can talk about it now. Â Laura Anne Gilman’s SILVER ON THE ROAD, launching The Devil’s West series, the story of a sixteen-year-old growing up in the Devil’s Territory, west of the newly-formed
Exhales, inhales, lets out the news… Read More »
Oh, *squeak* Purely by accident I stumbled across Black Gate’s review of HEART OF BRIAR, and I am a happy happy happy author…. “She got me. I didn’t expect to get caught up in this book, thought I would just read the first couple of chapters, because it’s not my usual kind of thing. Gilman
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