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Write Angles Conference 2010

I'm happy to say that I'll be on a panel at this year's Write Angles Conference at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA. It takes place on October 23rd and includes a wonderful line-up of writers from many genres. Andre Dubus III and Magdalena Gómez are headlining, but it also includes panels with YA authors, Non-fiction writers, poets and all sorts - like the hard to define but very cool Jedediah Berry.

My panel is called "Inspiration Throughout the Writing Process". The folks I'm up the...

Hugos 2010

Have just been handed out at Aussiecon4 in Melbourne, Australia. Wish I could have been there, but instead I'm painting the outside of my house. So it goes.

Looks like my Campbell Tiara has been passed on to Seanan McGuire. Congrats.

The winners can be seen HERE: The Hugo Awards. Congrats to all!

Franzenfreude?

I won't offer my opinion on Mr. Franzen. Who would care anyway? But I do offer this link to a Slate article on the criticism of the NY Times male slant.

Am I surprised? Not in the slightest. One could easily extend the criticism to lots of other categories, though. For example, what do their percentages look like on reviews by authors of color? What about male vs female people of color?

Personally, The Times has actually been quite good to me. When I was a literary historical novelist they gush...

Shades of Milk and Honey

I was thrilled to get an audio copy of Mary Robinette Kowal's new novel, Shades of Milk and Honey. (Thank you, Mary!) I listened to it with keen interest, not least because Mary narrates it herself. Could she really pull off hours of English accents? Apparently so. I'm no connoisseur of English accents (Scottish are more my thing), but I think she did a great job.

So what's it about? Booklist describes it wonderfully:

Take Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and add a dash of magic and you have ...

The Other Lands, Version Wee (Small)

The Other Lands is out in bookstores in the US as of yesterday!

I hope very much that it's in a store near you. Go check for me. If it's not, ask somebody in the store what they're thinking! If it is… well, consider buying one. For a friend if not for yourself. Spread the word? Why not? They're cheap at $7.99. They won't exactly fit in a trouser pocket, but you could slip one in a coat pocket. And fall is coming - despite the 90 degree temperatures here in Massachusetts the last week. Anyway…

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Hey, There's A Pub Date Coming!

What with travel, a new pooch, and a few other things of significance having happened recently I've almost forgotten that the paperback of The Other Lands is just about to pub! It's in stores on August 31st! I very much hope you'll pick up a copy for yourself (if you haven't read it) or for a friend (if you have read it and would be kind enough to pass it on).

For my part, I'm making good progress on Acacia 3. I'll have more specifics on that as we head into the fall.

Saba!

I promise not to let this interrupt my writing schedule...

More details on my wife's blog HERE.

Wildcards Paper

Look what came in the mail!

It's the manuscript for Fort Freak, the collaborative Wild Cards novel that I'm a part of. Nice to see my name mixed in their with the other authors. (And nice to see it on the same page as George RR Martin!) Not out in real form until next year, though...

Home Again!

Got home from Scotland a couple days ago. Pretty much adjusted back to East Coast time now. Great holiday, now on with the business of finishing Acacia 3! (And catching up on old emails.)

"Acacia" o la nueva "Canción de Hielo y Fuego"

Well, I don't know about that, but...

HERE'S a link to a nice piece on the Spanish edition of Acacia.