Well, not until tomorrow. But I will be en route then, so I’m posting about it now. Utterly logical time travel, right? If you’re going to be there, here is where you can find me. If you’re not going to be there….well, why NOT? >>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<< Friday Panel Room 5 pm Reading (your first chance to […]
Illogicon! In lovely Raleigh/Durham, NC. Â Where I will be doing a few panels and shilling a few books and possibly reading a few words…. Arisia! In lovely but probably still-very-cold Boston! Where I will be doing a few panels (very few, this year) and shilling a few books, and definitely reading some words… If you’re
Convention Sighting Update: January Read More »
Gone and back again, reunited with the cats and planning to spend the rest of the day putting my house in order for 2014, in oh so many ways both literal and metaphorical. I hope your celebrations were enjoyable and safe, and you woke this morning feeling good about the year to come. Stolen from
This is a story about a story. Â But it’s more than that. Somewhere in early 2012, I’d started working on a story, set in the same universe as my short stories “Crossroads” and “The Devil’s Jack” (forthcoming in DEAD MAN’S HAND). Â But about three thousand words in, I realized that there was more here than
“I am terrified, but I’m not afraid” (a writing year in review) Read More »
There are many people who despise mornings, who consider the only 6 allowable is 6pm (and don’t even speak to them of 5!). I may, possibly, pity those people, although I respect their dedication to the slow slothful waking process and emulate it on regular occasion. But to miss the early morning, especially in winter,
a meditation on mornings Read More »
From December 24th to January 5th, Kobo is running a Serious Sale (up to 80% off!) with the coupon code 50COUPON. You MUST enter that code, or you’ll be charged full price! I have, of course, given you a link that starts with my own MILES TO GO. Because the very best present to give is one
Own an e-reader? Want to NOT support either Amazon or B&N? Read More »
Well, some of you earned it. The rest of you are freeloading off their #2feedothers good works. But we’ll let that pass. Anyway, it’s hit 3k and may have a while to go yet but I’m thinking it’s Pre-Draft – that is, I know where it starts, where it ends, and have a whole bunch of stuff
so yeah, that story y’all earned… Read More »
Every Tuesday I take a small chunk of something I’m working on – fantasy, mystery, mainstream, whatever… and post it.  No titles, no other info, utterly random. There will be no prizes for nitpicking typos: all teases are from works in progress, which means typos are a natural side-effect of production. ——————– The girl I
Tease Tuesday for December 10th Read More »
Every story opens in its own way, with the slow lead-in or the sudden drop into action, the burst of dialogue or a detailed description of the setting.  But when I write that first line, the very first time I open a file, and type “chapter one?† I always (okay, 98% of the time) start
In The Beginning: Begin, and then Begin Again. Read More »
I’m delighted to say that the page for the omnibus paper edition of MILES TO GO/PROMISES TO KEEP (Sylvan Investigations 1 & 2) is NOW LIVE, with links to buy in the US and Canada, in the UK, in Australia, India….. (and, bless them, links to buy the digital editions, too) And yes, if
All Your SYLVAN INVESTIGATIONS Buying Options! Read More »