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April 22, 2015
Book Bites: Children of Arkadia by Darusha Wehm
Book bites is the laid-back younger sibling of Cooking the Books. Authors share a recipe and talk about their book, all in one tasty bite. Today, we have the pleasure of going all the way around the world to introduce you to New Zealand resident Darusha Wehm. She’s a fellow sailor and among the first non-relatives to sendme a photoof my (name-twin’s) beautiful walkway in Wellington, New Zealand. (Yes, Book Bites isbribable, but only with bridges.)
We hope you find the antipodean stewas delic...
April 20, 2015
Two Ways to Win an ARC of UPDRAFT!
Advance readers’ copies (ARCs) of Updraft have landed at Tor – one more sign that September is coming! [OMG]
While I’mposting various selfies with UpdraftARCs over on Instagram (who am I kidding, selfies will likely go everywhere) this month, here are two chances to win a copy for yourself and read Updraft before everyone else. Then you can post your ownUpdraft ARC selfie (&tag me!).
Con or Bust helps send fans of color to conventions! Go Bid Go Bid!
Con or Bust is auctioning off a copy fro...
April 15, 2015
An Empire’s Hunger: Cooking the Books with Ken Liu
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To hear Ken Liu tell it, writing his first novel,The Grace of Kings, made the multiple-award-winning author very hungry indeed.
There are justifiable reasons for this feeling… and Ken joined Cooking the Books recently to tell us why. He’s a delight to talk to, which shocked us at Cooking the Books not at all.
Ken also told us the secret recipe forwhat he himself likes best to eat.It’s a fantastic amalgamof good memories, great friendships, andexcellent tas...
April 8, 2015
The Secret Pulse: National Poetry Month
Antoni Austen, Low Tide After a Storm, 1892, Salon des Champs-Elyses 1892
We want what the woman wanted in the prison queue in Leningrad, standing there with cold and whispering for fear, enduring the terror of Stalin’s regime and asking the poet Anna Akhmatova if she could describe it all, if her art was equal to it.
Seamus Heaney, Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture
They give us one month, a singular set of days, to remember we are poets at heart.
Sometimes, when I find myself sound-bound...
April 6, 2015
Book Bites: Beasts of Tabat by Cat Rambo
Book Bites is Cooking the Books more easygoing sibling. Authors talk about their book and share a recipe, all in one tasty bite.Today, my friend (and co-editor of the soon to appear 50th Anniversary SFWA Cookbook) Cat Rambo is here to tell you about her gorgeous new book and first novel, Beasts of Tabat, just out!
And when you’re finished reading, check out the giveaway contest and new short story from the world of Beasts of Tabat, over at Beneath Ceaseless Skies!
March 31, 2015
So This Was Fun – Asimov’s at Barnes & Noble
Four Philadelphians and two New Yorkers had a great time at the Rittenhouse Square Barnes & Noble this past weekend. I mean, just look at these faces:
Gregory Frost, Michael Swanwick, Sheila Williams, Fran Wilde, Emily Hockaday, Tom Purdom, at the Rittenhouse Square Barnes Noble on March 28, 2015 … photo by Tom Wilde
Greg and Michael, editor Sheila Williams, Tom Purdom and I talked about how great thePhiladelphia science fiction writing scene is, how our stories in the April/May issue of Asim...
March 26, 2015
No Cookies for Ferrets: Cooking the Books with Jodi Meadows
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It’s tough to interview a friend for a podcast, but I did just that for you with Jodi Meadows, renowned cookie aficionado and author of the stupendously successful YA Incarnate Series, as well as the new Orphan Queen, out this month. The risks are many: giggling, talking too much, … that she knows where I live…
but I didn’t realize that I would be walking into a recipe mineshaft.
It’s true. Jodi Mead...
March 10, 2015
At A Dribble of Ink: Gravity’s Own Monster
Aidan Moher invited me to A Dribble of Ink to talk about sky-high worldbuilding. Here’s a peek, with a pointer��to the rest…����
A few things to know before we set out:
First, we���re going up��� and (maybe) down, so pack your chutes. Aidan asked me to write a post about worldbuilding in the air ��� a somewhat non-traditional fantasy setting ��� because of a few stories I have in the wind. I set both the short story, ���A Moment of Gravity, Circumscribed,���1 out this month in XIII: Stories of...
March 3, 2015
Book Bites: The Buried Life by Carrie Patel
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Book Bites is Cooking the Books��� more easygoing sibling. Authors talk about their book and share a recipe, all in one tasty bite. We’re so��glad to have the wonderful Carrie Patel here to talk about her new Angry Robot book The Buried Life,��which debuted on March 3.
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The view from Rainforest
I spent a few days writing without ice and snow last week. Also without much Internets. We had a weak WIFI signal, which made for many words, and an odd feeling of being disconnected on a global level, while very connected to my fellow writers. This was a very good thing. ��Many thanks to Patrick Swenson and everyone at session 2 of the��wonderful Rainforest Writers’ Village.
I gave a Deadlines 2.0 talk and��I made deadline-apocalypse stickers for it… I have some extra. Might give away a few....
