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I want to thank the folks at Seattle Magazine – for they have named me a 2010 Spotlight Award winner, which rocks about eight ways from Sunday. I've known about this for awhile, but they asked me to keep it to myself until the magazine made its announcements, and that was fine with me. Details are available at the link, and in September's issue of the magazine.

Everyone I met for the piece was a pleasure to work with, start to finish. The interviewer was lovely (and a fellow southerner, as...

DragonCon Schedule

I realize it's a little early, but people are starting to post these around – and I'm nothing if not a big fat bandwagon jumper. Besides, this way I'll have something to link for reference's sake, later on. So. Here goes, my schedule for DragonCon:

(Click the jump – or keep scrolling if you're reading via feed.)

Mayhem, Dragons, Atlanta - all of these things and more...

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August 11, 2010 – Word Metrics

Here's today's progress on my Hunley version 4.0 submarine book about Andan Cly and his crew having a damp misadventure in a Texian-occupied New Orleans, plus Bonus! guerrilla warfare, other assorted historic pirates, and an octoroon madam who moonlights as a Union spy.

Project: Ganymede

Deadline: November 1, 2010

New words written: 3166 (respectable)

Present total word count: 17,289 words

Things accomplished in fiction: Hung out at the Cafe du Monde and had tactical discussions re: continued ...

Heads up

Hey everybody - my main website is down. My awesome Webmaster Greg is flogging the server folks and jabbing them with sharp sticks even as we speak -- so thanks bunches to those of you who've emailed to warn me, but further emailings are not required at this time. We're aware of the issue, and crossing our fingers that all will be well soon.

Thanks again!

Edited to add: Literally MOMENTS after I posted this, it came back up. Excellent! The floggings and the stick-pokings must have worked.

August 11, 2010

It gives me great w00t to announce that German rights have sold on Boneshaker! For those of you playing the home game, this makes German, Spanish, French, Czech, and Polish … which absolutely blows my mind. As my most excellent agent and I have become so fond of saying: "Go book, go!"

[Crossposted from my website. If you'd like to comment, you can do so either here or there.]

August 10, 2010 – Metrics

Not much net gain to report today, but here goes.

Here's today's progress on my Hunley version 4.0 submarine book about Andan Cly and his crew having a damp misadventure in a Texian-occupied New Orleans, plus Bonus! guerrilla warfare, other assorted historic pirates, and an octoroon madam who moonlights as a Union spy.

Project: Ganymede

Deadline: November 1, 2010

New words written: 385 (terrible!)

Present total word count: 14,123 words

Things accomplished in fiction: Finished Andan Cly's first ...

August 10, 2010

I was going to wait until this afternoon to blog this, but I lost my saving throw vs. self-restraint – so here goes! It is with great and terrible squee that I present part one of The Rat Race … an introductory sample of Wild Cards XXI: Fort Freak, live on George R. R. Martin's website.

[:: Snoopydances like a Snoopy ::]

(Fort Freak is a production of the Wild Cards consortium, edited by Mr. Martin. It is slated for publication in the summer of 2011.)

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August 9, 2010

Here's today's progress on my Hunley version 4.0 submarine book about Andan Cly and his crew having a damp misadventure in a Texian-occupied New Orleans, plus Bonus! guerrilla warfare, other assorted historic pirates, and an octoroon madam who moonlights as a Union spy.

Project: Ganymede

Deadline: November 1, 2010

New words written: 2712 (respectable but not great)

Present total word count: 13,738 words

Things accomplished in fiction: (Cly chapter): Was given a sales pitch by Yaozu – and it...

Mary Robinette Kowal at Powell's

Hey all you Portland-area people: My friend Mary Robinette Kowal will be reading from her fantastic new book Shades of Milk and Honey at the Cedar Hills location of Powell's bookstore this Wednesday, August 11, at 7:00 p.m.

If you've ever met Mary or heard her speak, you know what an exceptionally entertaining carbon-based life form she is – and if you haven't, here's your chance! Consider this my Official Suggestion(tm) that you go check her out if at all possible.

:)

[Crossposted from my...

August 8, 2010

This afternoon I emailed Hellbent off to my editor. I am outstandingly relieved to have it off my plate for now, even though that relief is tempered with all the usual stuff — crippling insecurity that the manuscript sucks, and fear that I've forgotten something, or left an obvious plot hole.

A book like Hellbent is particularly nerve-wracking because it was not bought on the strength of its story, the appeal of its hook, or its awesome premise. Hellbent is a follow-up — book #2 of a...