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WINTERLING ARC Giveaway!

Hello all! This week I'm giving away an advance review copy of Sarah Prineas's new book, Winterling.

Sarah Prineas is one of my favorite children's fantasy writers. She writes like a great watercolor artist, painting vivid pictures with spare and economical prose that makes every syllable count. It's a perfect style for the kind of book Prineas specializes in: tales of mystery and magic deep enough to satisfy readers of all ages. Her Magic Thief series is absolutely fantastic fantasy; such a...

Whose Free Speech Rights? (Hint: Not Ours)

Well, it finally happened last night. Police moved in and cleared Zuccotti Park in an operation carefully timed to begin after 1 am and happen overnight while America and Twitter were sleeping. I haven't posted about Occupy Wall Street for a while now, mostly because enough other people were talking about it that I didn't feel I had anything valuable to add. But I do have a few thoughts I'd like to share this morning:

1. Well over 3000 Occupy protesters have been arrested nationwide. I don't t...

Enter by Midnight to win a signed copy of THE INQUISITOR'S APPRENTICE!

Sarah Prineas is giving away a signed copy of THE INQUISITOR'S APPRENTICE at midnight tonight! All you have to do to be eligible is go to www.sprineas.wordpress.com and pick a number between one and 343. Then she'll quote you a line from that page and run a random number generator to pick the winner. It's really clever, actually, and I think I may start doing the same thing here too. Perhaps even with Sarah's truly brilliant MAGIC THIEF books, which I burned through in about a week last...

THE INQUISITOR'S APPRENTICE coming to New York next week

I'll be doing several events in New York next week for The Inquisitor's Apprentice. I'm loading up the car with dry socks and cookies to take down to Zuccotti Park. (I only mention this in case you're looking for somewhere to donate your excess dry sock supply.)  Also, I'll be doing signings and panels with with Very Cool People, including some I've never met before and am fannishly excited about meeting….

Complete listing of upcoming events at www.inquisitorsapprentice.com, but here's a...

Wall Street Going Crazy….

I'm going to bed, but I've been watching Occupy Wall Street all night. This is crazy. Today the SIEU, several other labor unions, and moveon.org joined the protest (finally!!). Reports have up to 20 THOUSAND protesters on Wall Street facing off against police. I'm sure that's hugely exaggerated, but still, there are a huge number of people down there …

The march during the day was peaceful. But afterwards craziness. A Fox News crew has been maced in the face. Numerous protesters were maced...

Wall Street Going Crazy, National Guard Called In?

I'm going to bed, but I've been watching Occupy Wall Street all night. This is crazy. Today the labor unions, moveon, and a whole bunch of other groups joined the protest. Reports have up to 20 THOUSAND protesters on Wall Street facing off against police. I'm sure that's hugely exaggerated, but still …  A Fox News crew got maced in the face. Numerous protesters got maced and night sticked. I saw several videos of people getting beat up and at least one cameraman with the occupy wall street...

Inquisitor's Apprentice BOING BOINGed

I think Boing Boinged is a verb now. If it isn't, it should be. Anyway, Cory Doctorow just posted a lovely review of The Inquisitor's Apprentice, which says this (among other things):

Chris Moriarty's The Inquisitor's Apprenticeis the first volume in a fantastic new historical young adult series that takes place in a turn-of-the-twentieth-century New York where magic is the key to power and the infamous robber-barons of the age have cornered the market on enchantment … Moriarty's plotting is...

Paging Wall Street Security….

Honestly, I have nothing rational to add to this weekend's insanity, except to point to the commenter on the New York Times 'coverage' of the Brooklyn Bridge Arrests who asked, "Why do the police wear jackets that say NYPD instead of Wall Street Security?" As someone who supports the protesters' goals, I'm almost afraid to say anything, lest Bloomberg and the NYPD come to their senses and stop putting their collective foot in their collective mouth.

Here's a link to the Huffington Post...

Paging Wall Street Security and the New York Slimes

Honestly, I have nothing rational to add to this weekend's insanity, except to point to the commenter on the New York Times 'coverage' of the Brooklyn Bridge Arrests who asked, "Why do the police wear jackets that say NYPD instead of Wall Street Security?" As someone who supports the protesters' goals, I'm almost afraid to say anything, lest Bloomberg and the NYPD come to their senses and stop putting their collective foot in their collective mouth.

Here's a link to the Huffington Post...

Watching Occupy Wall Street

I really didn't have time to post today, but I'm watching the Occupy Wall Street protests on-line. This is crazy. It's hard to know what to think, let alone what to say. Three things though…

1. I grew up in a neighborhood full of NYPD families. I know these guys. Thirty years ago they could make a decent life for themselves, buy a nice house, afford to have their wives stay home, send their kids to college and retire comfortably. Now most of them are strapped to the limit with both spouses...