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April 27, 2016
25 Years of Moving the Conversation Forward: Cooking the Books with the Tiptree Motherboard
Twenty-five years ago (February of 1991, to be exact) at Wiscon, award-winning SF author Pat Murphy set out to recognize and celebrate works that explored and expanded the understanding of gender roles. The James Tiptree Jr. Literary Award was born. Today, three members of the Tiptree Motherboard join Cooking the Books to talk about lists, awards, bake sales, space
babes, jam, and James Tiptree Jr. Come for the history, stay for the food puns!
If you can’t change the world withchocolate chip...
April 11, 2016
Three Weeks Away! Some Facts about The Jewel And Her Lapidary
Amazon | iBooks | Barnes &Noble | Goodreads Justthree weeks until “The Jewel and Her Lapidary” comes outandI’m pretty excited, as this is my first novella-book.
So I thought I’d pull together afew facts about “The Jewel and Her Lapidary,” coming fromon May 3, from Tor.Com Publishing. (I’m doing this beforethe coffee kicks in, so you may be getting more than I bargained for…)
I started writing “The Jewel And Her Lapidary” in 2012. It became a hidden history in 2014. The original title was “Th...March 28, 2016
Fantastic Food & Fiction: Cooking the Books with Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel
On the third Wednesdayof every month, Manhattan’seclectic KGB Barhosts KGB Fantastic Fiction. TheSFF reading series hasbeen going since the 1990s, featuring writers including Joyce Carol Oates, Lucius Shepard, Jeffrey Ford, Scott Westerfeld, Kelly Link, China Miéville, Nancy Kress, Jack McDevitt, Stewart O’Nan, James Patrick Kelly, Barry N. Marlzberg, Samuel (Chip) Delany, Holly Black, Michael Swanwick, Kit Reed, Peter Straub, Andy Duncan, Richard Bowes, Catherynne Valente, Ellen Kushner, Jef...
March 16, 2016
Locus Interview, MindMeld, Cage Match
A bunch of links for you, while I head out on the road…
For starters,The March 2016 issue of Locus is pretty amazing.
There’s an excellent tribute to David Hartwell, editor of many of my favorite authors &books. There’s a fantastic column by Cory Doctorow. And interviews with authors Lisa Goldstein and me.Not to mention a really gorgeous, tentacular layout by the very talented Francesca Myman – my fellow Fran.
Here’s a link to excerpts from the interview. If you want to read the whole issue...
March 11, 2016
My ICFA, Vericon, & U. Richmond + Fountain Bookstore Schedules
Sevendays, three cities, and two temperate zones – that’s what the next week looks like!
From Wednesday to Friday, I’ll be in Orlando, FL, at the International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts(such a great conference). Then I’m delighted tobe a guest at Harvard’s Vericon from Friday to Sunday, and then I’m extremely excited to be a writer-in-residence for two days at University of Richmond, followed by a visit to a local school and an appearance on Tuesday, March 22 at 6:30pm at Fount...
March 9, 2016
Book Bites: For Appearances, with Sonia Lyris
Book Bites is Cooking the Books‘ more easygoing cousin. Authors talk about their book and share a recipe, all in one tasty bite.
I met Sonia at the Rainforest Writers’ Retreat, just a few days before her debut novel, The Seer, arrived on the shelves. Today, she’s joining us to talk about appearances in The Seer.
The Seer Saga “No,” says my first reader. “This man is the Lord Commander of the empire, so he’s not going to be eating cheese and meat and a hunk of bread for a working lunch. How w...
March 5, 2016
5 Things to Do When You Get Sick at a Writers’ Retreat
Augh this was so frustrating. Last week, I went to The Rainforest Writers’ Retreat, which I love and where I usually get a huge block of writing done.
Little did I know that the conference I’d attended the weekend before was home to ATerrible Crud that was slowly taking out my fellow east coasters. So when I finished my Rainforest Day 1 lecture and felt completely awful, I figured a nap would take care of everything.
I didn’t get out of bed for three days. Three days that I’d set aside to jam...
February 25, 2016
Book Bites: Mellified with E. Catherine Tobler
Amazon Kindle Book Bites is Cooking the Books‘ more easygoing cousin. Authors talk about their book and share a recipe, all in one tasty bite.
E. Catherine Tobler has never eaten honey to the point she’s dissolved, but has probably come pretty close.
In her spare time, she edits the short fiction magazine Shimmer and keeps a close eye on the itinerant badgers who set the type.
Today, she’s joining Book Bites to talk about her latest Folloy-Mallory Adventure: The Honey Mummy.
Please welcome E....
February 22, 2016
An Honor to Be Nominated – Compton Crook & Nebulas
Last week, I sat on some news until I thought I was going to burst. I can keep other people’s secrets just fine. Mine own? Agony.
It didn’t help that I’d used the child lock settings on my tech to wall myself off from all the awards chatter, so I had no idea what was coming… Or maybe that helped a lot.
Here we go:
I am so honored and grateful to be nominated for several awards this spring.
The fact that when people went to nominate they thought of Updraft is in itself an honor. So, too, is a...
February 16, 2016
A Penny for Your Sins: Cooking the Books with Matt Wallace
Kindle| Nook| Goodreads 
Kindle | Nook | Goodreads 
Kindle | Nook | Goodreads The first time I metMatt Wallace, he made me laugh. That’s the kind of guy he is. Granted, we were in the middle of fire season in Spokane, Washington, and laughing was a little painful and too filled with scorched air, but that’s the kind of guy Matt is too.
Even better, Matt’s written the funniestsupernatural catering novellas I’ve ever read, and he came to Cooking the Books to tell us all the behind-the-scen...
