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Announcements, new editions, travel, diving, cooking and the working life of a novelist — 163 entries, all of them here in full.
December 30, 2015 · 86 words
Knight for 99
It’s not as if you haven’t already had plenty of chances to buy my novel Knight Moves, but here’s another: as a way to welcome in 2016, I’ve put it on sale for 99 cents. Happy New Year! You may find this Philip K. Dick Award- nominated masterpiece at Amazon, iBooks, Google, Smashwords, Barnes & […]
Read entry →December 30, 2015 · 339 words
The Year in Toolbox
Looking back from late December 2015, it’s clear that veterans of Taos Toolbox had a great year. Lawrence Schoen’s Barsk: The Elephant’s Graveyard has only been available for a few days, but is already creating quite a buzz. One review claims it “resurrects the smart science fantasy novel,” which is a nifty trick for a
Read entry →December 28, 2015 · 498 words
On to Ottawa!
The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) might be just a wee bit behind on their paperwork, because they finally got around to declassifying the U.S. Navy’s plan to invade Canada. In 1887. The U.S. and Canada were having a dispute over fisheries, so the enterprising Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Charles C. Rogers, USN, havin
Read entry →December 27, 2015 · 181 words
Completely Your Choice
2016 is almost upon us, and of course you’re going to want a large, full-color, deluxe wall calendar, because they are awesome. Not to mention full of great photos that you can frame and pretend you took yourself. And of course you’ll have a choice. Here, for example, is the Vladimir Putin calendar, in which you [&hell
Read entry →December 25, 2015 · 56 words
Tamales
Here in New Mexico we celebrate the holidays by eating tamales, decorating the graves of our kin, and setting things on fire. Whatever your solstice tradition may be, may you practice it in joy and peace. (Though if it doesn’t involve tamales and setting things on fire, I feel just a little bit sorry for […]
Read entry →December 22, 2015 · 152 words
Third Time’s the Charm!
I’m pleased to report that I’ve completed the process of making the three Praxis novels available outside North America. All revised! Improved! At a better price! And just in time for the holidays! Conventions of War, the third in the series, is currently available at Google Books, Amazon, iBooks, and Kobo. Because App
Read entry →December 22, 2015 · 548 words
Following the Money
My friend Constance, who I’ve known since our college days, has written fantasy as “Constance Ash,” and now something very different in a collaboration with her husband, the musicologist and historian Ned Sublette. This is The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry. Which is about the single mos
Read entry →December 19, 2015 · 102 words
Parkour on a Bicycle
I’ve been doing holiday-type stuff, which leaves me little time for thought or leisure or posting on my blog. Within a single week, I’m scheduled for three potluck dinners, one birthday dinner (not mine), and a concert in Santa Fe (with dinner). Right now I’m home, but I’m exhausted. So in my absence, by all […]
Read entry →December 11, 2015 · 271 words
Getting Expansive
I’m off doing karate things all weekend, so I thought I’d leave you with some entertainment. Here’s one of the trailers for The Expanse, the new Syfy series based on the books by James S.A. Corey. (Disclosure: Jimmy Corey’s a pal of mine.) I was in Santa Fe last week for the premiere of the first […]
Read entry →December 9, 2015 · 243 words
Two Goodies
My campaign to make all my work available throughout the world continues with the second of my Praxis books, The Sundering, which is now available as an ebook outside North America for the first time. Find it at Amazon, Kobo, iBooks, and Google. (As with previous attempts I’m not 100% confident about the Kobo and iBook
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