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June 17, 2014
Freshly Pressed, Novelocity, Drabblecast, SFWA Blog: Elsewhere
from over at the Tumblr
I’m working on a new Cooking the Books interview today with author Adam Christopher — it’s going to be so good, you guys. SO. Good.
Meantime, tons of thingsgoing on. Thank you so much to the folks at WordPress, who featured my essay on voice and competence on Freshly Pressed last week. I’ve met so many new people through that experience and am very grateful. The FP site is a great source of new insights and voices. I highly recommend it.
June 9, 2014
Before the Mast and on The Deck of the World
I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Acouple weeksago, I found myself at a place I consider more home than the house where I grew up. In that place, there is a rocky beach and access to a large swath of the upper Chesapeake Bay.
Believe me when I say that I know how lucky I am to have that place. I do not think I would...
June 3, 2014
“Nine Dishes on the Cusp of Love” at Daily Science Fiction
“Nine Dishes on the Cusp of Love” appears atDaily Science Fiction today and was emailed out to subscribers in the wee hours of the night.
I read this publicly for the first time at Boskone51during a group reading withJulie C. Day, Michael J. DeLuca, Sean Robinson, Margaret Ronald, and Hannah Strom-Martin.On Valentine’s Day. After dinner.
I’m on the road today, so if you have questions about the story or how it came to be, leave them here or on tumblr. If you ask, I might tell you about a couple...
May 15, 2014
Cookies and Con-versations: Cooking the Books with Rachel Kory
Must remember to be nicer to agent…
By day (and sometimes evenings and weekends and possibly the wee dawn hours), SGGLiteraryagent Rachel Koryencourages and promotes herwriters. She’s awesome at it.* When she’s not scouring contracts, Rachel can be found at conventions throughoutthe country.Here’s the catch about cons:You may not recognize her when you see her, not at first:she’s excellent at costuming too. (Rachel’s been kind enough to share some of her photos below.)
A hint, for those who are...
May 7, 2014
Elsewhere: Storium on i09; SF MindMeld about re-reading
Bunch of fun things happening elsewhere!
i09 talked about Storium a couple of days ago – it’s a great article! (I’d say that even if they didn’t mention me, but I’m glad they did!) You can read more about this online RPG storytelling tool.More news to follow about State Liminal, the world I’m building for them.
Three out of the five books I listed. I think it was five. Might have been six. Or seven.
And SFMindMeld asked “What genre books have you worn out re-reading?” Lots of great answers from...
April 30, 2014
My Writing Process*
Emily Jiang’s Summoning the Phoenix – Amazon | B&N | Indiebound
There’s a series of questions going around the blogosphere about writing processes. Author Emily Jiang — whose beautiful children’sbook, Summoning The Phoenixdebuted this month to great fanfare (seriously, you should check it out!) — tagged me to talk about my writing process.
And I’m late getting the post up.
Why? Because I was finishing an edit pass, and …. I was late. No excuses. My letting this post go a few days longer than it...
April 24, 2014
When You’re What’s On The Menu: Cooking the Books with Mur Lafferty
Presenting the first-ever Cooking the Books podcast! – brought to you in no small part by Mur Lafferty’s I Should Be Writing podcast expertise.
photo by JR Blackwell
Mur Lafferty is the author of The Shambling Guide to New York City (Orbit, 2013) and the recently released Ghost Train To New Orleans (Orbit, 2014). The 2013 John W. Campbell Award winner is alsoa fantastic friend to new writers. Her I Should Be Writing podcast contains a regular dose of encouragement, empathy, and advice.
What’s mo...
April 17, 2014
Reading & TBR – January through April
It’s been a while since I did one of these. Many reasons for this, traveling and working on books being big ones. But I have some lovely reads to share, and a momentto do so. Onwards!
Novels and Anthologies (selected):
What Makes This Book So Great - A selection of Jo Walton’s re-readings from across the science fiction and fantasy bookshelf. Does exactly what it says on the tin. (Tor, 2014)
The Waking Engine – David Edison’s debut novel. Check out his Sandwich Manifesto inCooking the Books. (To...
April 11, 2014
Bear & Underwood Giveaways! A few words about Storium!
Earlier this week, Cooking the Books took a road trip - Michael R. Underwood and I piled everything in the car and headed out for new frontiers…
The next day,over at Apex, I interviewed the amazing Elizabeth Bear about Steles of the Sky, the third book in her Eternal Sky series.
Don’t miss her brill...
April 4, 2014
My God, it’s full of books
My first-ever podcast interview is up, thanks to Shaun Duke and Julia Rios! During ICFA, theyinterviewed me for the Skiffy &Fanty Show and it was excellent fun. We talked about Cooking the Books, upcoming stories in Asimov’s and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and the worldbuilding behind Bone Arrow… which led me to talk about:
(A) Clouds &wind
(B) Monsters
(C) Wingbuilding
or
(D) Poop
If you selected D, you win! Great Job, Me! I blame this odd turn of events on my forebears, engineers all. But, truth...
