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February 29, 2016 · 58 words
Going Viral
The last few days I’ve been laid out by a virus, and I’ll probably be laid out for a while yet, so let me direct you to James Patrick Kelly’s column in Asimov’s magazine. Jim interviews me, Carrie Vaughn, and new writer Alan Smales on the subject of series. The tag line? “Don’t be afraid to […]
Read entry →February 27, 2016 · 176 words
Bright Lights, Big Sale
My Nebula-nominated novel Metropolitan is on sale for a mere 99 cents, and may be purchased at Amazon, Google Play, iBooks, Kobo, Smashwords, and Barnes & Noble. If you’re interested in more about the novel and its, um, colorful history, you’re welcome to check out the series of essays I wrote about it, the Worldbuildi
Read entry →February 24, 2016 · 236 words
Wild Cards Bundled
Wild Cards fans may know of two “nearly lost” Wild Cards books, Deuces Down and Death Draws Five. These were published in the early 2000s by ibooks, inc.— which was a company run by publisher Byron Preiss, and is not and never was the iBooks run by Apple. Byron Preiss died in a car accident in 2005, […]
Read entry →February 23, 2016 · 165 words
Toolbox Rocks
Four Taos Toolbox veterans have been nominated for this year’s Nebula Awards! Congratulations to Fran Wilde for Updraft, Lawrence Schoen for Barsk: The Elephant’s Graveyard, Kelly Robson for the novella “Waters of Versailles,” and David Levine for the short story “Damage.” Updraft has also been nominated for the Andre
Read entry →February 17, 2016 · 447 words
Boskone 53
I’ll be spending the weekend at Boskkone 53, Boston’s stellar science fiction convention. (Our motto: “It’s still about the books! Except when it’s about the whiskey! But it’s mostly about the books!”) But beforehand I’ll be in Cambridge, MA, for a signing and chat at the Pandemonium bookstore, Thursday at 7pm. The sig
Read entry →February 17, 2016 · 701 words
The iBooks Store: Stairway to Oblivion
So let’s all do this exercise together, shall we? Let’s say that you want to find one of my books on iBooks, but you’ve never been on iBooks and don’t have an account there. So the first thing you do is Google iBooks, which gives you this: So let’s say you click the link to […]
Read entry →February 16, 2016 · 58 words
Public Service Announcement
I saw last night’s episode of Castle, in which Richard Castle read from one of his books at a party for $15,000. I would like you all to know that I, too, will read at your party for $15,000, and that you’re more likely to get me than to get Richard Castle. Thank you. Operators are […]
Read entry →February 15, 2016 · 87 words
Reliable
Unreliable Narrators has posted a podcast interview with me, in which we discuss Taos Toolbox and then go on to other subjects. (UPDATE: Part II of the interview is now available.) Three of the four interviewers are Toolbox graduates, and their enthusiasm for the workshop is evident. (Which means, folks, that they like
Read entry →February 14, 2016 · 488 words
Reviews in the Nick of Time: Hail, Caesar!
Hail, Caesar is a love letter from the Coen Brothers to Old Hollywood, and if you’re a fan of old movies, this is the movie they made just for you. The film is even better if you have any memories of Esther Williams flicks, hokey Victor Mature historical epics, and anything with singing cowboys and/or […]
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