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October 3, 2016
Feeding Community: Cooking the Books with Nisi Shawl
All buying links can be found at nisishawl.com Speaking with author Nisi Shawl about any topic whatsoever is one of my great pleasures. Hearing her read is another. And singing? That’s the best.
The acclaimed short story writer, and now novelist, joins us this month to talk about food (of course), community, and re-engineering history in Everfair, just out from Tor Books!
This month’s Cooking the Books Podcast, #027: Feeding Community – Cooking the Books with Nisi Shawlcontains:
Singing at t...
September 29, 2016
Launch Photos! Plus Four Blogs & a Giveaway Make A Post
Tuesday’s launch for Cloudbound was amazing – thanks so much to Barnes & Noble Rittenhouse Square and to everyone who came from far and wide! And especially to the gracious, wonderful, and funny Chuck Wendig, who is almost certainly not made of spiders.
I’ve been out blogging – a couple of posts relevant to me, Cloudbound, or both – would love it if you’d share them as you see fit! (And like always, share your feels for Updraft and Cloudbound [and every book you love] whenever you can!)
Launc...
September 21, 2016
One Week to CLOUDBOUND! Gratitude Time & A Giveaway
There are a lot of things happening behind the scenes this week, getting ready for next week’s big launch at Barnes & Noble Rittenhouse (you’re coming, right? YES – lemme know here.).
At the launch, I’ll be giving away some prizes, including (yes more)invisible ink, two fabulous tentacle rings, swag, and books from localauthors, plus severalTor.com novellas (because they are awesome).
As I did last time, for those of you who can’t make the launch, I’m also raffling off at onemixed bag contai...
September 20, 2016
Rosewater: Book Bites with Tade Thompson
Preorder from Apex Books! Book Bites is Cooking the Books‘ more easygoing cousin. Authors talk about their book and share a recipe, all in one tasty bite.
Tade’s work has appeared in Escape Pod, Apex Magazine, and Ideomancer. Tade’s debut,MAKING WOLF (Rosarium 2015), won a Kitschie Award in 2015. His latest, ROSEWATER (Apex 2016), coming in November from Apex Publishing, but you can preorder now!
Welcome, Tade!
My Nigeria exists in the aftermath of a benign alien invasion. The most visible s...
September 14, 2016
Two Weeks Until Cloudbound! – Where I’ll Be*!
With less than two weeks until Cloudbound, I’m getting super excited (while also trying to finish a book – eeeeek!)
Buy! | Discuss! | Reserve at your local library!There have been some new lovely things said about the second book in the Bone Universe – here are a few:
Barnes & Noble Best SFF of September
Add All 19 of These SFF Books to Your Reading List
24 of the Most Exciting SFF Books Coming Out In September
The SFF Books We Loved… (B&N Blog)
And Locus (which isn’t online yet, but you ca...
September 7, 2016
Invasive Cuisine: Cooking the Books with Chuck Wendig
Indiebound | Amazon | B&N Let’s face it. Chuck Wendig practically owns Cooking the Books(actually he’s been charging me for the knock knock jokes and I had to put the podcast in hock to pay for it, so he kind of does). Sometimes he lets me play on his blog, Terribleminds, too. But as I’m still cleaning up from all the ants he sent over to celebrate the launch of Invasive – the companion novel to Zeroes, which I loved last year – we have to work out of the Cooking The Books kitchen today becau...
September 4, 2016
Inception BBQ: Book Bites with Michael J. Martinez
Book Bites is Cooking the Books‘ more easygoing cousin. Authors talk about their book and share a recipe, all in one tasty bite.
Michael J. Martinez is the author of the Daedelus Trilogy, as well as MJ-12 Inception, which I have an early copy of, since I’ve had the pleasure of hanging out with Michael at Dragoncon this week!
I have to head to a panel soon, so I’m going to let Michael take it from here — enjoy!
When it comes to writing, I’m a big fan of making sure the setting is as much a ch...
August 31, 2016
Three Weeks To Go: The FABULOUS Indies
Dear ones, have I mentioned how much I love my independent bookstore friends? There are so many reasons why.
Today, with three weeks to go until liftoff, I’m very excited to to share one of those reasons:You can now pre-orderCloudbound and get signed, personalized bookplates, especially at these very fabulous independent bookstores!:
Main Point Books in Wayne, PA &Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego, CA
Are officiallyCloudbound Indie Headquarters!
If you live nearby, definitelygo say hi! Cathy &...
August 25, 2016
My DragonCon Program!
It’s time for DragonCon! Here’s where I’ll be …
(… When I’m not in the halls looking at all the costumes because zOMG costumes. Honestly, anyone comes up to me cosplaying from Updraft? I would fall right over and probably tell them all the secrets. Just sayin’.)
Also, Updraft isup for a Dragon Award (YA/MG category) – it’s a great list with many great authors on it! Voting registration deadline ends tomorrow (9/27) – make your choices heard!
Ahem. Right. Where was I?
The Villains of YA
Time:...
August 24, 2016
Four Weeks To Go! CLOUDBOUND Launch Party Details!
In just under four weeks, Cloudbound launches! I. Cannot. WAIT.
We’re doing it up at Barnes & Noble Rittenhouse Squareon 9/27 at 7pm
and I have a special guest coming to help me raise the roof…
Special Guest: Chuck Wendig… all of him, not just his head. Chuck Wendig, author of all the things spiders INVASIVE, ZEROES, several Star Wars novels, and THE HEARTLAND TRILOGY, among many books, will join me to talk about CLOUDBOUND, clouds, and all things bookish.
There will be shenanigans. There mig...
