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March 31, 2009
May Steve Be With You
It’s probably no surprise that I’ve been getting emails about the First Church of the Intergalactic Fruitbat Steve, given how much joking, joshing, and general tomfoolery has taken place both online and in public on this spiritual subject. So a little bit of context is due.
Picture it: The Paranormal Bender Tour, Day One. March 10, let the record reflect. After a late start to our travels, Mark, Mario, Caitlin and I found ourselves approaching California. There upon the border, we spied a frui
March 28, 2009
Excerpts from Conversations with Electricians
Electrician: These ceilings are pretty tall. What are they, maybe ten or eleven feet?
Me: Something like that.
Electrician: Thus the step-ladder in the kitchen, eh?
Me: Natch.
Electrician: [:: looks at the foyer ceiling ::] What about the smoke detector? Can you reach it, even with that ladder? What are you, five foot nothing?
Me: Five foot five, thank you. And the answer to your question is, “Sort of.”
Electrician: Sort of?
Me: Sort of. In fact, just the other day the battery began to die, and I h
March 26, 2009
quick and dirty
Must be hasty, while the internet still holds — drat those somewhat-evil-but-kitty-loving electricians:
50 ubergeeks worth following on Twitter. I made this list? Someone’s smoking the blue crack (but at least I’m in good company).
Bleeders and Readers glamour shot. That event on Sunday night went pretty well; neat audience, new listeners, peculiar (but entertaining) sketch comedy*. Sweet picture wherein Cait looks great, and I look only marginally stoned/psychotic; taken by Angel Leigh McCo
March 25, 2009
And slightly terrifying news
Just got the copyedits for BONESHAKER. They aren’t due for another couple of weeks, thank God. Yes, that’s an ordinary can of Diet Coke (with Splenda!) sitting in front of it, for size comparison.
And what was the official Spain the Cat reaction to this delivery?
Click the jump to see.
Click here to see my greedy, impatient cat attempt havoc »
[Crossposted to/from my website. If you'd like to comment, you can do so either here or there.]Most excellent news
Sorry to have been so intermittent lately, but the electricians are on the warpath in my apartment, and I have only sporadic access to the internet (and sometimes, to power at all); so things have been a little touch-and-go over here.
But while I’ve got a moment with a steady connection and no electricians swarming my premises (they’ve gone home for the day), I wanted pass along the following: As the inimitable George R. R. Martin reports on his Not-a-Blog, it’s going to be a Wild Cards Christma
March 24, 2009
Technical Difficulties
Hello all. I’m coming at you live from down the street, where a coffee shop has free wifi, hurrah. For you see, at some point during my day (wherein electricians did spend literally 8 hours drilling holes in my walls, and turning my power on and off) … our internet decided, “Screw this noise. I’m outta here.” And yea verily, it did vanish.
We’re in the process of trying to get it sorted out, but heaven knows how long it’ll take us. I’m still Twittering because I can do that from my phone, but
March 22, 2009
Don’t forget:
Tonight, 7:00 p.m. at the Historic University Theater, Seattle (in the U-district). Bleeders and Readers with yours truly, Caitlin Kittredge, and the Blood Squad.
Come on out! We’d love to see you there.
Tickets are ten bucks at the door.
[Crossposted to/from my website. If you'd like to comment, you can do so either here or there.]
March 21, 2009
Be Just and Fear Not / Be Evil and Fear Nothing
I’ve been sitting on this since I was out of town last week, because that’s just how these things go sometimes, but now it can finally be shared, so here I go, sharing it.
As most of you know, I spent the first half of last year working on a steampunk novel called BONESHAKER. I referred to it as my “west coast steampunk Victoriana book with zombies, air ships, toxic gas clouds, mad scientists, dead folk heroes, secret criminal societies, and Bonus! extended deleted scenes from the Civil War” book
March 20, 2009
Undead and Unrepentant
Sunday night this is where you’ll find me — reading like a madwoman, knocking back a few drinks (maybe not in that order), and kicking it with my buddy and fellow writer Caitlin Kittredge, plus the horror-comedy improv troupe The Blood Squad.
All the mayhem goes down at 7:00 in the Historic University Theater in the U-district, Seattle. ONE NIGHT ONLY, YO. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door or right here. Seriously, come on out and see us. It’s going to be a goddamn hoot.
[And sta
March 19, 2009
Tour Recap
As you know Bob, I just spent a week out of town with Mario Acevedo, Mark Henry, and Caitlin Kittredge. — undergoing my first ever book tour. This tour took us out to Las Vegas, over to San Diego, up to Los Angeles, and on to San Francisco … then back up to Portland, and then home to the Seattle area.
Or to put it more succinctly: four authors, one car, eight days, six stops, and 3300 miles.
Nobody killed anybody (of which I am aware). We didn’t sleep enough, we ate poorly — mostly gas stat
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