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Announcements, new editions, travel, diving, cooking and the working life of a novelist — 181 entries, all of them here in full.
October 28, 2013 · 49 words
Best
Hey, check it out! My novella “The Boolean Gate” is available in the collection The Year’s Top Shott SF Novels 3! Along with other fine stories by Robert Reed, Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake, and Stephen Popkes. Available both in Kindle and audio editions! Here’s your amazon link.
Read entry →October 27, 2013 · 311 words
Vampire Slayer Classic
Every two years, the talented and lovely Patricia Rogers, who had the good fortune to be born on All Hallows Eve, hosts a massive and dazzling Hallowe’en party. In the past, she’s decorated her house to look like an Egyptian tomb, the castle of Prince Prospero, and a hoodoo shack from the Louisiana swamps. Last [&helli
Read entry →October 24, 2013 · 128 words
Drawing Closer
Here we have a study for the upcoming re-release of my novel The Rift, by the artist/designer Ares Jun. This study for my earthquake novel was delayed because the part of the Philippines where Ares lives was hit by a 7.2 earthquake a few days ago. My heart goes out to the people of Bohol, who […]
Read entry →October 22, 2013 · 583 words
Cake
I mentioned in my last post that one of the events of the last few days has been a wedding. What I didn’t mention was that I was the officiant. I’ve been a mail-order minister for decades, and have had the pleasure of uniting various friends and acquaintances in matrimony. When I was asked to […]
Read entry →October 21, 2013 · 195 words
Time Passeth
Wow. What happened to that week? Well, there was a wedding, and the tractor broke, and a birthday party, and game night, and karate class . . . so it was a busy week, in truth. But what mostly happened was The Rift. Yes, I’m finally getting my longest novel ready for e-publication. It’s something like […]
Read entry →October 16, 2013 · 55 words
Taos Toolbox 2014
I’m pleased to announce that 2014’s Taos Toolbox, the master class for writers of science fiction and fantasy, will be held July 6-19 at Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico. Teaching will be Nancy Kress, Walter Jon Williams, and special guest Ian Tregillis. Submissions begin on December 1! Mark the date on your calendar.
Read entry →October 10, 2013 · 73 words
Special Shapes
More photos from the Balloon Fiesta. The bees, which are very popular, are velcro’d together so that they fly holding hands, sometimes with a third Baby Bee between them. This time Baby got off the ground on his own, but the others skimmed the ground for a bit, then came to rest, un-velcro’d, and then […]
Read entry →October 9, 2013 · 369 words
555 Luftballons
Morgan Stanley was apparently sufficiently impressed by my anti-Wall Street tirades in this forum that I was invited to their Corporate Tent this morning for Albuquerque’s annual Balloon Fiesta. (Thank you, Morgan Stanley! Our motto: “Hardly ever indicted!”) This involved getting up at 5am, a time at which I am rarely
Read entry →October 4, 2013 · 162 words
99 Cent Sale!
My novel Knight Moves, nominated for a Philip K Dick Award, is now on sale for a mere 99 cents, or a 99-cent equivalence if your home currency doesn’t happen to be USD. You will find the book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Smashwords, and iBooks. Word of the price change seems not to […]
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