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Update: Galley Proof Auction
The galley proof of The Republic of Thieves is safe in its new home! Its owners may choose to reveal themselves if and when they please. I have realized that posting an image of one of my personal checks is probably a really bad idea; I assume the NFFF will send some sort of letter when my donation arrives, and I’ll post that instead. Many thanks ( Read more... ) -
Rogues and Magi in an Adventure with Firefighters
I’ve been a volunteer firefighter for eight (how can that be possible?) years now, and we’re all well-versed in the theory and actuality of wildland fires (though most of the grass and forest fires I’ve been on-scene for have been very tame by the standards of the big western/southwestern conflagrations). We know that these things can turn on a ( Read more... ) -
Karthain!
I promised that if the CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE: STEAMPUNK VS. ALIENS Kickstarter broke $4,000 I’d offer up a copy of my official map of Karthain from The Republic of Thieves. And I do mean my map, since this time around I actually got out my technical pens and tried to re-conjure my old drafting skills. This is scanned from an original piece about 10.5 ( Read more... ) -
My Convergence Schedule, July 4-7
Convergence is imminent, and here’s my formal schedule:
FRIDAY, JULY 5
- Things I Wish I’d Known Before I started Writing
11 AM, Atrium 4
A panel of experienced writers will share the secrets of the profession they wish they knew when they first started writing. Come learn tricks of the trade that your publisher will never tell you! Panelists: Abra ( Read more... ) - Things I Wish I’d Known Before I started Writing
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In The Wake of MAN OF STEEL: A Timely Proposal
The lights dim… the screen flickers to life…
EXT. CALAIS COAST OF FRANCE - DAY
The cliffs of Dover are faintly visible on the horizon. A GERMAN GENERAL addresses a group of WEHRMACHT STAFF OFFICERS. As he begins speaking, a pristine Nazi flag snaps in the breeze behind him and the ominous shapes of dozens of HE-111 BOMBERS growl past overhead, ( Read more... ) -
Lamacklemore
I’m so sorry. I couldn’t resist. All the fan-arty stuff going on on Tumblr. It just popped into my head a night or two ago. All apologies to Shen Ying-jieh, Anna Jung, Benjamin Carre, and Macklemore. Also, I’m in the middle of the galley proofs right now and I’m goofier than a kitten on nitrous oxide. Send help. Send caffeine.
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Mighty Mouse is a cartoon. Superman’s a real guy.
CAUTION: This review does not merely contain spoilers. It is constructed from solid Spoilerium.
*****
So, Man of Steel. Saw it on Friday with my favorite actual Kryptonian, Elizabeth Bear, who wrote up her thoughts here. We’re of a very like mind concerning the film; the parts we enjoyed were spectacular and the parts that underwhelmed us were sad ( Read more... ) -
Commencement of the Snoopy Dance
Monday, 17th of June 2013. This morning my editor in London found these waiting on his desk.
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Being good can be a shortcut. There is no shortcut to being good.
The give-and-take with the audience at any bookstore or convention appearance I make usually comes around sooner or later to the topic of publication. How to get published, how to stay published, what it’s like working with publishers; all that inside baseball. It’s probably a dreary subject to the folks that just love the stories or the genre, yet ( Read more... )
