Chris A. Jackson's Blog, page 14

20 Questions for Chris #4

This one is from Erica:

At Dragon*Con 2009 in Atlanta I was speaking with you brielfy about your latest book was picked up by a new publisher. Are you excited about that? Is it nerve wracking to be starting someplace different?

Great question, and thanks for dropping by at Dragon*Con, Erica.  Yes, I am very excited, and it was very different.  Dragon Moon Press is my new publisher, and they are great people.  I would highly recommend them to any writer trying to break into small press.  They ...

Necronomicon, once again, a great little con

We just barely made it to Necro this year, moored the boat in Vero Beach and rented a care to drive over.  A lot of work to make a convention that only boasts about 1000 attendees, guests and vendors included, but it was well worth it.  Necronomicon offers something that many of the larger conventions, and none of the huge trade shows do, and that's a special feeling of camaraderie that I've only seen once or twice.  Mobicon, in Mobile, AL has a feeling like that, but on top of this Necro...

Scimitar Moon, ForeWord Book of the Year Finalist!

It's definitely WOOT time here!  Scimitar Moon has made it to the final round of the ForeWord Book of the Year competition.  There are 13 finalists, out of who knows how many applicants, so we're feeling pretty awesome.  The results will be out in May, so keep those fingers crossed.

The sequel to Scimitar Moon, Scimitar Sun is off to the publisher and ready for the editing process…  Should be in hand for DragonCon in September.  The third in the series, Scimitar's Heir should follow the same s...