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TV Debut

ALMOST TO DIE FOR hit the stores yesterday, and as part of that I was on KARE-11's "Showcase Minnesota" _live_. The link to my segment is here:So Sixteen Ain't So Sweet in Tate Hallaway's Almost to Die For.

I wrote a bit about how weird it is to be on TV over at my LiveJournal blog.

Also, there's an interview with me over at Ellz Readz: Interview Tate Hallaway.

Hopefully, with all this publicity, people will feel as though they simply can not live unless they run off to the store today and buy...

Other High Points of Diversacon

Mike Levy said that "Mammoths of the Great Plains" is "one of the best tales of alternative history I've ever read." I can quote exactly, because the comment is on his handout for the Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy panel. I will probably frame the handout.

And Sandy Lindow said (in facebook) about seeing me at Diversacon, "I get the feeling that you are in an amazing part of your life. Retirement becomes you. You seem more vital than you have in years."

This second comment needs to be in c...

Diversacon

I am the only person in Wyrdsmiths who goes to Diversacon. It's a small local Twin Cities con. It peaked as 200 members a number of years ago and now is somewhere under a 100. Very quiet, but for me very pleasant. The guests this year were Bill Wu and Rob Chilson, whom I had not seen for more than 20 years. They are sf and fantasy writers much like me. We've been around a long time. We've never hit it big. We keep trucking.

Mark Rich, Mike Levy and Sandy Lindow were there from Wisconsin. Mark...

Astronomy Photo of the Day

The astronomy picture of the day is awesome, but copyrighted. Go look at it! There is a story here!

Daily Photo from NASA

What's causing those strange dark streaks in the rings of Saturn? Prometheus. Specifically, an orbital dance involving Saturn's moon Prometheus keeps creating unusual light and dark streamers in the F-Ring of Saturn. Now Prometheus orbits Saturn just inside the thin F-ring, but ventures into its inner edge about every 15 hours. Prometheus' gravity then pulls the closest ring particles toward the 80-km moon. The result is not only a stream of bright ring particles but also a dark ribbon where ...

Fun Interview

The Book Butterfly posted a lovely 10-question interview with me on her blog, which you should check out: "Ten Tantalizing Questions with Tate". Alas, I have since learned that my alter-ego's new book won't be out until March 2011. However, just for fun, let me reprint one of my answers here.

If you could inhabit the life of one literary character and dive into their world for just one day, who would you choose and why?

It's a well known fact that I want to be Captain America from the Marvel...

Pioneer Press Article

A VERY nice article about my newest release came out in the Pioneer Press today.

Octopus's Garden

A new species of octopus discovered (potentially,) according to The Animal Blog. Isn't s/he cute??

Friday Cat Blogging

Iz in mah tent, campin'



Go 'way!



It's cold n gray out and sleepy n gray in



I'z the real napsterzzzzzzzz



Look at mah magnificent belly



I seez yer belly n raises a lap



Bonus big white woggie (Cabal)

Mid Career Advice

I read the Tobias Buckell essay why there isn't a lot of blog discussion of the problems that mid-career writers face. (See Kelly's post below.) I thought I'd comment. I need to add that I'm having a problem with foot-in-mouth right now. So I'm a little worried about writing anything about anything. But here goes.

It seems to me there are two reasons why there is a lot of discussion of early career problems, but not about later problems. Tobias Buckell covers one reason, which is as follows:

A...