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October 28, 2013
Rifting Down the Mississippi
Some thoughts on my novelThe Rift,which has now been re-released in electronic form, and is available via Amazon, Nook, andKobo. (I’ve been trying to load and convert the file ontoSmashwords for something like 30 hours, and it seems to have comprehensively crashed. All I can get now is “500 Internal Server Error,” which can’t be good.)The Riftwas my biggest book in the most literal way. 310,000 words, about the size of A Game of Thrones, so large that it tested the limits of the bookbinder’s...
Best
Hey, check it out! My novella “The Boolean Gate” is available in the collection The Year’s Top Shott SF Novels 3! Along with other fine stories by Robert Reed, Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake, and Stephen Popkes.Available both in Kindle and audio editions! Here’s your amazon link.
October 27, 2013
Vampire Slayer Classic
Every two years, the talented and lovely Patricia Rogers, who had the good fortune to be born on All Hallows Eve, hosts a massive and dazzling Hallowe’en party. In the past, she’s decorated her house to look like an Egyptian tomb, the castle of Prince Prospero, and a hoodoo shack from the Louisiana swamps.Last night’s party was on the theme of Dracula. A good many of Vlad’s victims were impaled on stakes in the pumpkin patch, eerie ghost lights shone in the trees, a witch’s cauldron burbled o...
October 23, 2013
Drawing Closer
Here we have a study for the upcoming re-release of my novelThe Rift, by the artist/designer Ares Jun.
This study for my earthquake novel was delayed because the part of the Philippines where Ares lives was hit by a 7.2 earthquake a few days ago. My heart goes out to the people of Bohol, who suffered over 100 dead and the destruction of many historical buildings.
InThe Rift, the characters are faced with the reality of a world, indeed a universe, where destruction and violence can happen at any...
This study for my earthquake novel was delayed because the part of the Philippines where Ares lives was hit by a 7.2 earthquake a few days ago. My heart goes out to the people of Bohol, who suffered over 100 dead and the destruction of many historical buildings.
InThe Rift, the characters are faced with the reality of a world, indeed a universe, where destruction and violence can happen at any...
October 22, 2013
Wedding Pictures
More pictures from the wedding mentioned in the last post.
I told you there was a Tardis rescue vehicle, now didn’t I?
And on the shoulder of the driver, we find a tattoo of the Tardis actually paid for by David Tennant.
I told you there was a Tardis rescue vehicle, now didn’t I?And on the shoulder of the driver, we find a tattoo of the Tardis actually paid for by David Tennant.
October 21, 2013
Cake
I mentioned in my last post that one of the events of the last few days has been a wedding. What I didn’t mention was that I was the officiant.I’ve been a mail-order minister for decades, and have had the pleasure of uniting various friends and acquaintances in matrimony. When I was asked to officiate at the wedding of a couple of people I knew only very slightly, I was happy enough to oblige. It was all kind of thrown together over a couple weeks, but it came together at the last minute the...
October 20, 2013
Time Passeth
Wow. What happened tothat week?
Well, there was a wedding, and the tractor broke, and a birthday party, and game night, and karate class . . . so it was a busy week, in truth.
But what mostly happened was The Rift.
Yes, I’m finally getting my longest novel ready for e-publication. It’s something like 310,000 words long, more than three times the length of the average novel. It’s taken avery long time to edit it into shape, and there’s more editing left to do, but it should be available at your f...
Well, there was a wedding, and the tractor broke, and a birthday party, and game night, and karate class . . . so it was a busy week, in truth.
But what mostly happened was The Rift.
Yes, I’m finally getting my longest novel ready for e-publication. It’s something like 310,000 words long, more than three times the length of the average novel. It’s taken avery long time to edit it into shape, and there’s more editing left to do, but it should be available at your f...
October 15, 2013
Taos Toolbox 2014
I’m pleased to announce that 2014′s Taos Toolbox, the master class for writers of science fiction and fantasy, will be held July 6-19 at Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico. Teaching will be Nancy Kress, Walter Jon Williams, and special guest Ian Tregillis.Submissions begin on December 1! Mark the date on your calendar.
October 10, 2013
Tick Tick Tick
The sale ends at midnight on Friday! But until then, you’ll still be able to buy my novelKnight Movesfor 99 cents atAmazon,Barnes & Noble,Kobo,Smashwords, andiBooks.
October 9, 2013
Special Shapes
More photos from the Balloon Fiesta. The bees, which are very popular, are velcro’d together so that they fly holding hands, sometimes with a third Baby Bee between them. This time Baby got off the ground on his own, but the others skimmed the ground for a bit, then came to rest, un-velcro’d, and then were deflated. Baby joined them. I don’t know what went wrong, but maybe the wind forecast wasn’t good.
