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July 28, 2011
This Should Be At Livejournal
...but LJ's down, and may be down some time. I suppose there's always the option of switching the Dreamwidth, but...yeah, I dunno. Still not really feeling that place, considering its cast of proselytizing backbone inhabitants. So, instead: Have the entry I would've put up there, if that option was open to me.At the moment, I'm still behind as hell on A Tree of Bones, still unimpressed by my own
July 18, 2011
New Reviews: A Rope of Thorns/A Book of Tongues
I'm consistently amazed by how long the recognition tail on A Book of Tongues has been, thus far, and--given the initial distribution/release problems with A Rope of Thorns--can only hope this state of affairs will continue with the other two (especially once I'm actually done with A Tree of Bones).But I've been really negligent in terms of linking to new reviews of either, so here we go:A Book
July 12, 2011
Readercon Schedule
So--I'm off to Readercon as of Thursday, and here's my schedule:Thursday July 148:00 PM G We All Produce, We All Consume. Paul Di Filippo, Gemma Files, Robert Killheffer, K.A. Laity (leader), Jamie Todd Rubin. In a 2008 blog post, Leah Bobet connected the dots of increasing media interactivity and increasing independent authorship. Both trends have only escalated in the years since. When
April 25, 2011
A ROPE OF THORNS Interstitial #3: Gods and Monsters
As fans of the Hexslinger Series can probably figure out, I've been interested in the Mayan and Aztec pantheons for a very long time, so long that I almost can't actually recall what first pointed me in their direction. Most likely, however, it was a 1974 paperback called Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations by Robert Silverberg (http://retrobookshop.com/
April 11, 2011
This Is Not A Reading Series
It was a great Ad Astra, but Good God Almighty, I'm tired. And Cal seems to have picked up something, too--he was horky this morning, so he's spending the day with me. Fingers crossed it goes away quickly.Tonight, meanwhile--for those in Toronto who're interested--we have that This Is Not A Reading Series appearance--me, Claude Lalumiere, David Nickle at the Gladstone Hotel; blackjack, no hookers
April 7, 2011
Ad Astra 2011 Schedule
...for those who are interested:Fri., 8pm, Salon 241, Horror in Unexpected Places -- Ellan Datlow, Craig Davidson, Gemma Files, Rob Shearman, Rio YouersFri., 10pm, Salon 343, Tricks of the Screenwriting Trade -- Glenn Norman (m), Michelle Goodeve, Gemma Files, Herb Kauderer, Ryan McFaddenSat., 11am, Ballroom Centre, Chilling Tales: A New Chapter in Canadian Horror and Dark Fantasy -- Michael
April 4, 2011
New Story Post at Dark Is Better
"Crossing the River", first published in Dark Arts Books' Mighty Unclean anthology. Cut, paste, enjoy (https://sites.google.com/site/crossin...). Consider it my birthday gift to y'all.;)
A Rope of Thorns Interstitial 2: Hey, Ladies!
I must admit: I always expected to take far more crap than I've thus far wound up doing about there being so few women in A Book of Tongues, not to mention the equally fun fact that those few females who do make an appearance are best categorized as whores, victims, bitches, monsters or some amazingly non-PC combination of all four. (In my own defense, I still consider Dine sorceress "Grandma"
February 22, 2011
Black Static Interview
The excellent Ms. Maura McHugh interviewed me at Black Static magazine's main web-page. It was a lot of fun to do, and you'll find the result here (http://ttapress.com/1027/gemma-files-...).
February 17, 2011
First A ROPE OF THORNS Interstitial: Play On, Play Often
So...as we've established, music is a big part of my creative process. And one of the more fun things that happened this time 'round was that I ended up channeling my period-appropriate tunes obsession into a very weird little sidebar: In order to come up with a suitably enraging plot-point for Chapter Six of A Rope of Thorns, much of which takes place during someone's post-wedding after-party, I
