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May 10, 2017
A Taste of Salt: Cooking the Books with Ruthanna Emrys
Ruthanna Emrys joins us for Cooking the Books this month, both here and at the extension kitchen over at The Booksmugglers! (check out Ruthanna’s answers to the bonus questions they asked!).
My co-host Aliette de Bodard looked forward to talking with Ruthanna about how she uses food to evoke memory in Winter Tide, her Deep Ones novel out recently from Tor.com publishing. What we didn’t realize is that we would also be ta...
May 8, 2017
My Nebula & Balticon Schedules, Philly book signing, Plus Exciting Booksmugglers News!
The 51st Annual Nebula Awards and Conference are coming to Pittsburgh in a week and a half (May 18-21
[image error] I’ll be there, acting as a mentor for new attendees, talking about Swag at 2pm on Friday, and at the 7:30 Nominees presentation for The Jewel and Her Lapidary and 8pm Mass Signing also on Friday. I’ll likely be a bundle of nerves on Saturday, but come find me and say hi! Here’s the full schedule so far.
On May 17, I’ll be at Chestnut Hill Academy Spring Book Fair in Philadelphia from 3:15 –...
April 27, 2017
New Short Story at Fireside, New Essay About Shifting Points of View, Mountains!
Hey there – I’m just back from teaching an amazing bunch of students at the Futurescapes writing workshop in Sundance, Utah, so I have piled up links to new fiction and essays for you and some photos! Oh the stars were glorious, you all.
PS Here are the details for next year’s Futurescapes Writing Contest!
and some pictures from the workshop!
Up first – at Fireside Fiction, a story of time travel, sharepoint, office backstabbing, and ancient Troy, co-written with my friend Raq Winc...
April 10, 2017
On the Hot Seat: Cooking the Books with Agent Barry Goldblatt
[image error]For the second Cooking the Books of 2017, we’re joined a few minutes into the podcast by my new! co-host! – the wonderful Aliette de Bodard. More exciting things are coming soon for Cooking the Books as well! Stay tuned…
With that in mind, Aliette and I concocted a fairly rowdy (ok it’s really rowdy) Cooking the Books session with agent & foodie Barry Goldblatt, which ranges all over the place but eventually comes back around to food and books. Since Barry’s also my agent, Aliette’s in charge...
April 3, 2017
Where we’ve been, where we’re going + picspam
So the past couple of months. Hahahah. We’ve seen things. So many things.
And friends, so so many friends.
And I’ve sold or completed a couple stories that are upcoming: “Grotesquerie,” to Uncanny Magazine (out in September); “An Explorer’s Cartography of Already-Settled Lands,” to Tor.com; “Death and My Mentions,” to The Death of All Things anthology; and “Happenstance” to Futurescapes. My episode of The Witch Who Came in From The Cold – Talisman – came out last week and I wrote a tell-all b...
March 13, 2017
Book Bites: Pirate Ramen with Jon Skovron
So Jon and I go way back to last year, when we read together in Southern Maryland, which was a lot of fun. And then we hung out in January at the Arlington public library, where we sparred over Issues of Writing.
Here’s a photo (Jon’s on the right):[image error]
We like Jon a bunch. So much that we handed over keys to the blog. He’s going to talk to you about the importance of proper ramen noodles before sliding a pirate ramen recipe out of the galley to be delicious at you. Welcome, Jon! (the wonder...February 22, 2017
Book Bites: Marshall Ryan Maresca
Book Bites is Cooking the Books’ more easygoing cousin. Authors talk about their book and share a recipe, all in one tasty bite.
Today, I’m in the Pacific Northwest, & Katie helped me post the latest Book Bites.
This time around, Marshall Ryan Maresca is stopping by to talk about one-pot dishes and the Maradine Constabulary novels! Welcome!
Satrine Rainey, the heroine of the Maradaine Constabulary novels, including the upcoming An Import of Intrigue, is the the sole support for her infirm...
February 13, 2017
Book Bites: Drink of the Gods with Stephen Blackmoore
Book Bites is Cooking the Books‘ more easygoing cousin. Authors talk about their book and share a recipe, all in one tasty bite.
You may know Stephen Blackmore as a purveyor of dark and strange horoscopes on twitter. Or by his fantastic enthusiasm for all things … fantastic.
We know him as an extremely good guy and an excellent writer, especially his latest, Hungry Ghosts, which hit the stands last week!
Today, Stephen’s dropped by Book Bites to talk about a drink of the gods. (21 and over,...
February 10, 2017
See You At Pandemonium Books & Boskone!
Next week, I’ll be heading to Boston MA for the 54th Boskone as well as a special Thursday night event at Pandemonium Books & Games. See you there!
The details:
7-10 PM – Pandemonium at Pandemonium: A Massive Multi-author Event with Elizabeth Bear, Max Gladstone, Scott Lynch, Ada Palmer, Charlie Stross, Jo Walton, and me. We play games, all sorts, answer your questions and sign things! Come on out.[image error]
Saturday, February 18
10 am (Harbor 1, K2) Kaffeeklatsch: Fran Wilde...February 7, 2017
Double Trouble: Cooking the Books with Mur Lafferty & Laura Anne Gilman
For the first Cooking the Books of 2017, we’re delighted to have Mur Lafferty, author of Six Wakes (Orbit, 2017) and Laura Anne Gilman, author of The Cold Eye (Saga Press, 2017) visit to talk about scarcity, intestinal distress, and things that can go wrong on a journey…
… really, these are good things!
Gilman and Lafferty also talked with Cooking the Books about f...
