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Wyrdsmiths Sighting -- UPCOMING

What: Speculations Readings Series -- NAOMI KRITZER
When: Friday, June 3, 2011 6:30 PM
Where: DreamHaven Books
2301 E 38th St
Minneapolis, MN 55406

On Friday, June 3, NAOMI KRITZER reads her fiction. Ms. Kritzer's short stories have appeared in Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, and Tales of the Unanticipated. Her novels (Fires of the Faithful, Turning the Storm, Freedom's Gate, Freedom's Apprentice, and Freedom's Sisters) are available from Bantam. Since her last novel came out, she has written an urban fantasy novel about a Minneapolis woman who inherits the Arc of the Covenant; a science fictional shipwreck novel; and a children's fantasy novel about illegal immigration. She has two e-book short fiction collections out: Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories and Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories.

Each Speculations Reading includes a reception with free soda pop and cookies.

Speculations is a co-production of DreamHaven Books and SF MINNESOTA, a multi-cultural speculative fiction organization that also hosts a mid-summer convention, Diversicon, the 19th edition of which will be held July 29-31 at Best Western--Bandana Square, St. Paul with Guest of Honor David G. Hartwell; Special Guests John Calvin Rezmerski and Lyda Morehouse; and Guest Scientist Joan Slonczewski.

www.dreamhavenbooks.com
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Information from Michael Mirriam and MinnSpec

Tooting my Own Horn

Check out this AMAZING review of Resurrection Code at Tor.com (by Alyx Dellamonica): A Necessary Apocalypse.

Dang.

New E-Book!

Wyrdsmith Naomi Kritzer has published a new collection of her short stories on Kindle. This one, Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories, includes the title story which is one of my personal favorites. It was originally published in Strange Horizons and then was picked up for Year's Best Fantasy.

She's blogged about her process of making this Kindle book on her livejournal, http://naomikritzer.livejournal.com. You can start with this post and go backwards.

May 7 Is Free Comic Book Day

So while you're out and about for Tate Hallaway's signing at Uncle Hugo's from 1:00 to 2:00 this afternoon, drop by your local comic book shop—today is Free Comic Book Day!

Friday Cat Blogging

Roast cat under sun beam:



You woke me up, I'm totally going to laze you



I…taste…like…nose… Yep, nose.



Halp I'z bein' eaten by the blanket monster!*



I'z the blanket monster, fear me.



*previously seen on twitter, but I wanted the set. An additional Isabelle pic has been inserted at the front of the post so no one feels cheated.

Local (and At Large) Signing

If you're in the Twin Cities area, please drop by on Saturday (May 7) to see me at Uncle Hugo's from 1:00 - 2:00 pm.

I'm going to say it again, though I can count how many times I mention this, and people still say, "Sorry! I don't live near you!!" -- Uncle Hugo's does book orders. What this means is, if you want a personalized, signed copy, you can contact them before Saturday and I will sign it FOR YOU and they will send it TO YOU no matter where you live.

Yes, even there!

Why consider placing a mail order? For several reasons.

1) It's nice to support independent, locally-owned, brick and mortar bookstores, generally. Specifically, Uncle Hugo's is one of the oldest science fiction/fantasy specialty bookstores in existence. AND they're always super-duper supportive of me and my work.

2) It will boost my sales at the bookstore and possibly get me on the LOCUS bestseller list. More importantly, it will encourage the fine folks at Uncle Hugo's to invite me back!

3) A signed book is kind of cool. It takes no more time to order from Uncles than it does to order from Amazon.com.

4) I'm not a big star. This means I will NOT be coming to your state any time in the foreseeable future, unless I win the lottery and decide to book the venues MYSELF. So, this is one way to actually get a signed book from me.

Have I convinced you? I hope so!

Neil vs. The Bully

Did everyone see this response to the whole Neil vs. Matt Dean thing? Thanks to Kelly who linked to it on Twitter.

Bill (and other comicbook fans), I think you'll appreciate this particularly.

Matt Hates Neil

Republican House majority leader Matt Dean calls Neil Gaiman "a pencil-necked little weasel." Via Galleycat.

Shameless Selfless Promotion

Just so's ya know, I might talk smack about my fellow writers, but, at the end of the day, we're the same tribe, dig?

To that end, I'm pleased to announce that my friend and fellow Wyrdsmith Kelly McCullough's newest series' first book is available for pre-order on Amazon.com. It's called Broken Blade. How shall I describe it? It's awesome, first off, but you should expect that from anything by Kelly. It fantasy, but it's noir, kind of like "Burn Notice" meets Thieves' World... only even better.

So, go bookmark it. I know you spent your money for new books on me yesterday, but you should consider buying it ASAP.

ALMOST #2 Launch!

Today is the official launch date of the second book in my vampire princess of St. Paul series, ALMOST FINAL CURTAIN.

The back cover copy says:


Craving the spotlight is in her blood.

Ever since high school student Anastasija Parker discovered she was vampire royalty, her life has been sort of crazy. The half-vampire- half-witch just wants some normalcy, and trying out for the spring musical seems like the perfect fix.

But when the ancient talisman that stands between vampire freedom and slavery to witches is stolen, Ana has to skip rehearsal and track down the dangerous artifact before someone uses it to make this year's curtain call her last...

And, you can read the first chapter here: www.tatehallaway.com

----And this just in: an interview with the Booki3