As fellow VP'er Chris Kastensmidt [ckastens] points out, I am eligible for the John W. Campbell Award (for best new writer of science fiction and fantasty; not a Hugo). This is my second year of eligibility, and for the sake of completeness and giving voters all the information they could ever need, I'll get the bibliography updated on the writertopia ( Read more... )

Hello, 2009. Sorry to have neglected you. I've been busy, and will continue to be so for some time. My attention for you is but the length of a twitter post. Come find me there ( Read more... )

Jason Erik Lundberg (jlundberg) has wrangled a book trailer for the Surreal Botany Guide (site). It is produced by the clever folk at Living Jacket, and is a very charming little thing.

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I get a kick out of Blue Tyson's one line summary of stories. Even more so when they neatly summarize works of mine better than I ever could. "Wolves, In Darkness" is up at the CODEX site.

Blue's review: 'Lost in a Mage game.' 3 out of 5 stars.

Those pesky mages. Always playing head games.

So, Internets, I have a question.

What the hell was Frank Martin transporting in Transporter 3? I mean, Johnson gave him the girl and then followed him across Europe to pick up the girl. Why was Frank there again?

Also, Luc Besson? Why are you forcing us to endure crap like this? I know we have to wait another two months for B13-U, but I ( Read more... )

I tore myself away from Oracle last night (well, okay, I shoved the keyboard away, flipped off my monitor, and said, "Later, doglicker. Just keep throwing those errors all weekend."), and dashed up the street to the University Bookstore to catch Caitlin Kittredge and Cherie Priest read. Both were a hoot, reading samples from Second Skin and ( Read more... )

Official word from Night Shade HQ. Me and a metric ton of others are dropping in January. Something to save all those Christmas gift cards for.

I've been waiting for the killer app that will make the difference in ebook reading, and I may have just stumbled onto it. Stanza. Free for the iPhone/iTouch generation. Additionally, Random House is giving away a handful of titles as a promotional thing.

So, free and free. Which means you can be reading Charlie Huston's Hank Thompson ( Read more... )

Solomon stayed home sick today and so we did those things that this small boy likes to do when he is under the weather: crossed bridges, went through tunnels, rode up and down in elevators, and took a trip on the light rail. Along the way we saw a new bookstore, and hustled off the train to do the thing that Dad likes to do: look at books.

Meta ( Read more... )

Not much. Just posting "Wolves, In Darkness" to the CODEX site. Free novella, set in the Lightbreaker world. Takes places prior to that book, and informs some of the conflict that'll come about in HeartlandThe publicity machinery will whip it into a frenzy over the next few weeks, but if you wanted to get a head start and all, here's your chance ( Read more... )