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Announcements, new editions, travel, diving, cooking and the working life of a novelist — 136 entries, all of them here in full.
September 13, 2018 · 154 words
Encouraging Word
Reviews for The Accidental War are beginning to tumble in. B&N SFF BLOG: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/a-countdown-to-disaster-in-the-masterful-space-opera-the-accidental-war/ “The Accidental War eventually breaks open into genuinely exciting action, but the book’s most dramatic moments are the mos
Read entry →September 9, 2018 · 167 words
Hella Week
So Barnes & Noble finally got around to putting the Investments paperback on sale, and here’s your link. Otherwise, it’s been a hella week. The Accidental War dropped on Tuesday. I sent Quillifer the Knight to the publisher at 1am Friday morning. I opened a bottle of champagne afterwards, but discovered it had turned t
Read entry →September 4, 2018 · 529 words
Launch Day!
Launch Day! It’s no accident! Two new books drop this week! September 4 is the release date for The Accidental War, which continues the story of star-crossed lovers Martinez and Sula begun in The Praxis. Seven years after the conclusion of the Naxid War, they find themselves caught up in a war that no one wanted, no [&
Read entry →August 30, 2018 · 200 words
Fraught. (And Schizophrenic)
My life at the moment is fraught, because I’m juggling two important tasks. First, I’m gearing up for the launch of The Accidental War next week. Second, I’m madly trying to finish Quillifer the Knight, which is also due next week. I’ve got three scenes to go, but the problem with my scenes is that I never […]
Read entry →August 29, 2018 · 149 words
La Reina
I have been lax in posting a tribute to Aretha Franklin, so here it is. This is a Kennedy Center Honors tribute to Carole King, in which the Queen of Soul takes one of King’s most famous songs and shows what she can do with a piano, a mink coat, and her own astounding voice. […]
Read entry →August 24, 2018 · 227 words
I Am At Bubonicon
. . . or will be shortly, anyway. The weekend will be spent at the 50th annual Bubonicon held in Albuquerque. In the time, I’ve missed maybe 6-8 of them, and attended all the rest. I’ll be doing a reading, participating in panel discussions, and giving a speech. But if you don’t come for me, […]
Read entry →August 20, 2018 · 75 words
It Begins
Another set of goodies arrived in the mail over the weekend, copies of The Accidental War fresh off the press. The official release date is September 4, but apparently the books actually exist, and in my experience books that actually exist do manage to find their way to stores. So if you’re interested in the […
Read entry →August 15, 2018 · 236 words
Top of the World
Now here’s an interesting phenomenon. It’s raining on the left side of this photo. On the right side, it’s clear. This is Taos Ski Valley, which is quite narrow. This allows you to observe weather as it creeps along between the walls of the canyon. There was one memorable day when I was sitting on […]
Read entry →August 14, 2018 · 252 words
What’s Happening?
My current reading is Sarah Perry’s The Essex Serpent, an amiable, eccentric pseudo-Victorian work. Reading it is pleasurable, but I’m over 100 pages in and as yet have no idea what the novel is about, if anything. Amiable eccentric Victorians amble through the work encountering one another, and there either is or isn’
Read entry →August 8, 2018 · 104 words
Loin
Here at the height of summer, fruits and veg are flying in from the farmers’ markets, as wonderful accompaniments to the vast hunk of protein I cooked tonight. Here we see a pork loin, to which I added aromatic herbs from the garden (not ours), and which I then cooked sous vide to a nice […]
Read entry →August 4, 2018 · 73 words
New Format Quillifer
. What should arrive in the mail but a box of Quillifer! These aren’t the hardbacks that have been out since October, but brand-new trade paperbacks! For those of you who didn’t want to shell out for the hardback, and prefer fine crisp paper to ebooks, this is clearly for you! Order Quillifer at your favorite bookstore
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