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December 2, 2015
Book Bites: Pickled Moths with A.M. Dellamonica
Book Bites is Cooking the Books more easygoing cousin. Authors talk about their book and share a recipe, all in one tasty bite.
A.M. Dellamonica‘s The Heroine Question numbers among my favorite reads on the web right now. Moreover, A.M Is a delight to visit with, despite living far too far away (and farther still sometimes when she gets kidnapped to Stormwrack, the setting of two novels, Child of a Hidden Sea and Daughter of No Nation .)
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November 27, 2015
Ad Astra Cookbook Part of Humble Bundle to Support Charity!
We are delighted to share that Ad Astra: The 50th Anniversary SFWA Cookbook is part of a tremendous Humble Bundle now throughDecember 9, 2015. Even better, this Humble Bundle supports charities including the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Worldbuilders, and our own Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America–Giver’s Fund.
In celebration of fifty years of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America,Ad Astra: The 50th Anniversary SFWA Cookbookcollects r...
November 25, 2015
Gratitude – The Best Part of Debut Season
at University Bookstore, Seattle This fall has been an astounding, wonderful blur.
I’m grateful for all of it. From the actuality of Updraft, to friends new and old, the bookstores, the travel, the blogs and podcasts, to the team at Tor, and most especially to you who came out — and keep coming out — in support of Updraft in person, online, and at all points in between.
Some of you know I’ve been carrying one particular copy of Updraft around with me. That I’ve asked my hosts, the booksellers...
November 19, 2015
Robot Sweet Tooth: Cooking the Books #2 with Adam Christopher
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indiebound There is something nefarious going on in the basement of The Temple of the Magenta Dragon, a high-octane Hollywood nightclub. And Raymond Electromatic, the lone employee of the Electromatic Detective Agency and the world’s last robot is just the detective to figure it out.
In his second visit to Cooking the Books, Adam Christopher talks with us about Robot Food Favorites, root beer floats, and whether or not Ray has a bottle of something stashed in his des...
November 16, 2015
Philcon, Akron OH, & Library of Congress Plus Limited Bookplates for Holidays
GiftingUpdraft for the holiday? I have a few, limited bookplates left that I’ll personalize for you! Send proof of purchase to online[dot]wilde[at]gmail [*unscramble that to prove you’re not a bot*], mailing address, and your personalization request before Dec. 1, or before supply is eaten by invisible cephalopod, and I’ll get them to you ASAP.
Pls. don’t make fun of the bow! I’m on deadline… Severalgreat events are coming up, starting with this weekend… Most also exist on the web calendar (...
November 10, 2015
Book Bites: By the Numbers with Loren Rhoads
Book Bites is Cooking the Books more easygoing cousin. Authors talk about their book and share a recipe, all in one tasty bite.
Today, author Loren Rhoadsjoins us to talk about her novel, Kill by Numbers , out this month — welcome, Loren!
Barnes & Noble | Amazon Food ended up playing a surprisingly large role in Kill By Numbers, the second novel of my space opera trilogy.
The Veracity’s captain is a young man named Mykah Chen. Mykah’s mother was killed during the Human-Templar War. After the W...
November 3, 2015
See You At World Fantasy!
I’m at World Fantasy this weekend – reading! Food Panel! Mass Signing!
Come find me – I’ll have some Updraft swag, **plus** Questionable Answers postcards.
Here’s when & where:
Friday:8:30 pmCity Center2A and City Center2B – Mass Autographing
Saturday: 3:30 pm Broadway 1: Reading
Sunday: 11:00 am CCA – Panel
Food FantasyBeyond the seemingly ubiquitous quest stew, food plays a major role in fantasy. Our panel discusses food in fantasy, and fantasies that revolve around food. Foodies, in...
October 31, 2015
Ghostfood: Cooking the Books with Jaime Lee Moyer & Paul Weimer
Jaime Lee Moyer knows her ghosts. And Paul Weimer knows his authors. Put the two together and you have one fine Halloween-spirited Cooking the Books!
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Amazon | Barnes & Noble | So grab a mixing bowland your Ouija boardand enjoy the latest Cooking the Books guest-hosted by Paul Weimer:
The ingredients for podcast #016:Ghostfood with Jaime Lee Moyer & Paul Weimer
several fantastic hats earthquakes one fantastic guest host (not for eat...October 26, 2015
Elsewheres: Actual UPDRAFT Recipe, Audible.com Narrators, & What Was I Thinking!
This is awesome. The wonderful Diana at Fiction-Food Café has made a recipe for Updraft.
Apples are some of Kirit’s favorite foods, and the blackberry reduction sauce looks so very good. Diana’s done excellent research on geese too.
This is just wonderful. Go check it out yourself!
Audie-award winning Audible.com narrator Khristine Hvam answered my questions over at GeekMom.comabout her work, and her life. She’s as lovely to talk to as she is to work with, and I’m delighted with the work s...
October 19, 2015
Book Bites: The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron with A.C. Wise
Book Bites is Cooking the Books more easygoing cousin. Authors talk about their book and share a recipe, all in one tasty bite.
Today, author and editor (and friend!) A.C. Wise joins us to talk about her short story collection, The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again, out this month from Lethe Press. And she had one of her characters make me a cocktail! So pull up a barstool and welcome A.C. Wise!
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