Walter Jon Williams's Blog, page 30

More Quotes

Still sleepless at Taos Toolbox. Some more quotes from Nancy’s notebook:

“He should make a more romantic gesture, like cleaning her sword.”

“There is too much capitalization going on.”

“Alex is kind of a Schrodinger’s Boyfriend.”

“Migraines suck but they’re not magical.”

“All I know about medieval weapons is that they are either pointy or smashy.”

“Nako is my favorite character–please don’t kill him!”

“You need more gross stuff.”

Percival was unremittingly terrible and ...

Tooling Along

I’ve spent the last week at our new, undisclosed location, teaching with Nancy Kress at Taos Toolbox, the master class for writers of science fiction and fantasy. This year is actually the workshop for 2020, 2021, and 2022, due to repeated postponements due to the pandemic. Kudos to those accepted for earlier years who hung in there and worked hard during the interim, because their first week’s submissions were all superior to their application stories.

Here we are with guest speaker...

Two Bucks!

The ebook of my novel The Accidental War is available for a mere $1.99 for the month of June. Wherever fine ebooks are sold.

Ramping up, I’m guessing, for the release of Imperium Restored in September.

Agley

So quite a number of plans have gang agley in the last days, so I’ve been putting out fires— nearly literal fires.

Taos Toolbox, the master class for writers of science fiction and fantasy, starts this weekend, and has been held at the Angel Fire resort for the last decade or more. It’s a deluxe place in a beautiful mountain setting, and unless there’s a mountain bike rally or something, it’s not too crowded or noisy and we can concentrate on our work.

Except this year we have the Hermit...

Summery

Dinner salads by Kathy and Aperol spritzer by me.

Cheers!

Less Than Four Bucks

For the next 26 days, the audio book of the Author’s Preferred Edition of The Praxis, read by Stefan Rudnicki, will be available on Chirp for a mere $3.99.

But why wait 26 days? Download it now, and give your ears a treat.

Newly Launched

The second audio book of my Privateers & Gentlemen series, Brig of War, has just been released from Blackstone Audio. Narrated, like the first, by Bronson Pinchot.

It was originally released as The Raider, but now I’m the boss, and I can use the title I like.

I think the book is probably the best in the series, but you should listen to all of them to find out for sure!.

Rowing

It’s Mother’s Day, and here’s a picture of my mom messing about in a boat.

I have written elsewhere about my mother’s escape from poverty and superstition, and the hard work and dedication it took her to give me something like a perfect childhood.

Mom, here’s to you. Enjoy your Day!

Gent

Another photo of Kathy’s grandmother Estelle, this time ready for a drag act at New York’s Hippodrome.

“Male impersonation, complete in every detail!” as the emcee might have said.

Totally True

Here we have a history of Finland’s totally genuine fake hero, St. Urho. Who was born in a Minnesota town called Virginia.

This is true fake history. You should know this.