Kelly McCullough's Blog, page 51

Friday Cat Blogging

I am art cat, ooh and ahh for me.



I'm arty caty too, and thoughty to boot!



That's no moon it's a cat station!



Nope nothing to see here, move along.



Of course, I'm comfortable, don't I look comfortable?



I was told this was the place where the snacks happen…



Peek-a-boo!



I haz a flavor and it is pure elegance!

How scary is it?

Quote from last night's Wyrdsmiths' meeting:

"It's scary; but not, you know, RUTGER HAUER scary!"

Take that in whatever context you wish. :)

Oops, He Did It Again

Because everyone's talking about it, you should read this review of Orson Scott Card's newest book HAMLET'S FATHER at Rain Taxi.

Contemplate the FAIL.

NASA APOD

In the shadow of Saturn, unexpected wonders appear. The robotic Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn drifted in giant planet's shadow for about 12 hours in 2006 and looked back toward the eclipsed Sun. Cassini saw a view unlike any other. First, the night side of Saturn is seen to be partly lit by light reflected from its own majestic ring system. Next, the rings themselves appear dark when silhouetted against Saturn, but quite bright when viewed away from Saturn, slightly scattering sunlight, in this exaggerated color image. Saturn's rings light up so much that new rings were discovered, although they are hard to see in the image. Seen in spectacular detail, however, is Saturn's E ring, the ring created by the newly discovered ice-fountains of the moon Enceladus and the outermost ring visible above. Far in the distance, at the left, just above the bright main rings, is the almost ignorable pale blue dot of Earth.

Friday Cat Blogging

Do these stripes make me look fat?







I was gonna tag you it, but I decided to nap instead.









I'm sorry, is my eeeeevil showing again?







Dude, this is the best…have you ever really looked at your paw?







Holy shit, is that a camera?







No, these aren't my crazy eyes, why do you ask?







And then, I LOLed, like this!

Covers!

Here are the covers for the second book in the Tales of the Kin cycle, Sworn in Steel:
(click on either one to enlarge)

U.S.



U.K.


Current release date is slated for early April, 2012.

Also, in related news, Among Thieves and Sworn in Steel have both sold in Poland and Russia, while rights to Among Thieves recently sold to Bulgaria. My characters are now much better traveled than I am, but I'm not complaining. :)

ETA: And yes, the extra rapier across Drothe's back on the U.S. cover is there for a reason.... ;)

Happy Birthday to the King of Comics

After a slight rain delay on account of Irene, my brother's and my third annual Jack Kirby tribute, with contributions by Stan Lee, Howard Chaykin, Tim Sale, Matt Fraction, Dan DiDio, and many more, is up and running at kraalo.com this morning.

Friday Cat Blogging

You are getting very sleepy…

When you wake you will bring me nip!







Mousie is mah friend.







Dude! This is the best nip evah!







I swear if you don't stop taking pictures when I'm bathing, I'm a smack you one!

Polish Edition!

My editor sent me a couple of copies of ALMOST TO DIE FOR's Polish edition. Probably the coolest part of foregin language versions is seeing the acknowledgement page translated, because everyone's names stand out. Normally, they don't get translated or changed at all, but in Polish Shawn became "Shawnowi."



Cool.

Wyrdsmiths.com

Hey, everybody! We have a website!