I’m really excited to share some news. If you read my newsletter, you heard this story.  If you don’t, and you want new stories about once a month, you can sign up here. Here’s my news…..I finished my first-ever work as a fiction editor. This project, the anthology A Year Without a Winter, was full …
Wow – what fun. Â That was a wild first week for Wilders. Pun intended. Thought this list of all the events and interviews and the like might be worth putting together for folks since there are still ways to read parts of Wilders up on the web, a few giveaways, and lots of interviews. Â So …
I’m four days into the release of Spear of Light, which means I’m a pleased and exhausted author.  Here’s a round of some of what happened: three reviews, one reading (three to come), three giveaways, a preview, guest blog post and an interview. Thanks so much to everyone at Pyr, and to all of the bloggers …
It’s going to be a busy June!  I’m quite excited about Spear of Light, which is coming out June 7th. First up — I’m doing a mini-tour with my good friend Adam Rakunas. Adam is a brilliant writer, a fabulous cook, a fellow bike-rider, and one of the best people I know.  His new book …
How to Spear Light Like a Boss and other events… Read More »
Skiffy an Fanty asked me to post about the current topic of the day – women in science fiction.  My thoughts are now posted over at their site – please do drop by and read.  If you want to include this as part of the meta-coversation, please post this on social media and comment etc. I also …
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Seattle Geekly is one of my favorite podcasts. Â There are two reasons: Â the show is fun to listen to (even if you’re not from Seattle) and the creators, Shannon and Matt, are fabulous. Â Here they are in episode 206, interviewing me as well as fellow author William Hertling and filk singers Debs and Errol. Even …
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I’m pretty pleased with my Worldcon schedule this year. Â I’ll be busy! Please note the reading on Saturday — I’ll read from The Diamond Deep, which will be launching a month after Worldcon, at Orycon 35! Stroll with the Stars Friday Friday 09:00 – 10:00 Conflicting Cultures When Preserving the Environment Friday 12:00 – 13:00 …
I got to read at Tuesday Funk while in Chicago week-before-last. Â This is thanks to Bill Shunn. Â One the web now: Â recordings of most of the readers. Â I highly recommend dropping in to watch a few – and don’t miss Bill’s poem. Â It’s short and sweet and he reads very well. Â If you want to …
Bryan Thomas Schmidt hosts a great weekly chat at Twitter hashtag #SFFWRTCHT, which I was lucky enough to be invited to join. I got to talk about current work, and Mayan December, which is coming out soon, and about kids. Even nicer, he turned the chat into a very nicely illustrated blog post over at …
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In case you want a break from the generally disturbing news, here is the transcript of a lovely hour-long chat I had on Twitter at the hashtag #sffwrtcht. Thanks to Bryan Thomas Schmidt for hosting an excellent event. Topics included my next book, Mayan December, writing, collaborating, and dogs. Well, you know, there has to …
