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October 9, 2018
Twin Cities Book Festival, Writing Update, and a New Puppy
Twin Cities Book Festival
If you're looking for something to do this upcoming Saturday, come to this year's Twin Cities Book Festival. The day, according to my weather app, is slated to be gray, cold and overcast - perfect for writerly events and book browsing! The festival is being held at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Admission is free.
Here's some festival info from the organizer's website:
Rain Taxi’s TWIN CITIES BOOK FESTIVAL is not only the larges...
March 23, 2018
Rosemount Writers Festival
My apologies, but I'll have to miss tomorrow's Rosemount Writers Festival as I'm down with the flu. If you're interested in purchasing one of my books, more information can be found on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Uncle Hugo's.
Read more about the festival here. Hope a good time is had by all!
Read more about the festival here. Hope a good time is had by all!
December 18, 2017
Happy New Year, 2018
Hello dear readers, fellow writers, and friends and family members who subscribe to this newsletter!I’ve been a little lax about keeping you updated, so here’s a quick look on writerly matters going forward. First, the book I’ve been working on for a while, a standalone novel (tentatively titled, ta da… THE LIST: A NOVEL) is FINALLY done (yay!) and has gotten the thumbs-up from my agent (double yay!). Stay tuned -- hope to have news soon about the how and when of publication.
Meanwhile and se...
June 6, 2017
Summer Sale!
Summer sale! Regarding Ducks and Universes is on sale for all of June on Kindle. Mystery! Parallel universes! Ducks!
The book is part of a promotion, "150 Kindle books for $1.50". You can find all the included books here.
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The book is part of a promotion, "150 Kindle books for $1.50". You can find all the included books here.
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March 16, 2017
Rosemount Book Fair
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January 1, 2017
NEW YEAR
Happy New Year, one and all!
Over the holidays I’ve been re-reading Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; if you haven’t read this sci-fi classic before, I highly recommend it if you’re looking for something lighthearted, original, or just plain funny to read.
Even though we own the hardcovers of the books, I’ve been reading Hitchhiker’s on my Kindle app, which is is always a little odd at first. The familiar opening (“Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end o...
Happy New Year, one and all!Over the holidays I've been r...
Happy New Year, one and all!
Over the holidays I've been re-reading Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; if you haven't read this sci-fi classic before, I highly recommend it if you're looking for something lighthearted, original, or just plain funny to read.
Even though we own the hardcovers of the books, I’ve been reading Hitchhiker's on my Kindle app, which is is always a little odd at first. The familiar opening ("Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of t...
September 22, 2016
Update on the New Book
A brief update on the new book: it's taking longer than expected.
In somewhat more detail: the working title is just that ("The New Book") and there's a full draft of just under ninety thousand words, or 300 pages. The story takes place in near-future Seattle. I'm in the process of incorporating early feedback from beta readers -- my agent and a couple of writer friends who kindly agreed to take a look at the manuscript.
How long will this editing pass take? Hard to say. I'm making slow and ste...
In somewhat more detail: the working title is just that ("The New Book") and there's a full draft of just under ninety thousand words, or 300 pages. The story takes place in near-future Seattle. I'm in the process of incorporating early feedback from beta readers -- my agent and a couple of writer friends who kindly agreed to take a look at the manuscript.
How long will this editing pass take? Hard to say. I'm making slow and ste...
March 29, 2016
AnomalyCon Recap
Yesterday was a travel day plus the frame of my reading glasses broke so I couldn't see well enough to post, but now I'm back home and the glasses have been fixed. I had an absolutely fantastic time at AnomalyCon in Denver. I missed the big blizzard by a day or so -- the snow had already mostly melted by the time I got there. The con runs from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon and there are various activities and panels, the main focus being Steampunk, which, for those of yo...
January 25, 2016
AnomalyCon 2016
Just a quick note to say that I’ll be attending AnomalyCon this year as a panelist. What is AnomalyCon? It’s a science fiction/fantasy convention that takes place the last weekend of March in Denver. Its main focus is steampunk, but it encompasses everything from time travel to alternate history. As I have heard very good things about the conference, I’m very much looking forward to it and to meeting up with fellow Westmarchers there—Stant Litore, Melissa Olson, Richard Ellis P...
