Gemma Files's Blog, page 9
January 6, 2011
New Year, New Book, New Posts
Yes, I fell off mightily near the end of 2010, for which I'm very sorry. There have been reviews to link to a-plenty since then, along with upcoming supplementals for the newest Hexslinger book. But today's big news is this:Available right now for pre-order, through Horror Mall: A Rope of Thorns, the hardback (http://www.horror-mall.com/
September 15, 2010
Unsurprising Surprising News
As we move towards the already-extended deadline (end of November), A Rope of Thorns has officially become the middle book of a trilogy. As my friend Jason Taniguchi says: "Of course! The only person surprised by this is Gemma."Book Three will be called A Tree of Bones, and is due in April of 2012, just in time for the Mayan Apocalypse. Damn my luck!
July 23, 2010
Queering SFF Review of BOOK up at Tor.com
...by Brit Mandelo, and crazily good, here:http://www.tor.com/blogs/2010/07/quee..., my World's Biggest Bookstore interview is up on the 'Net in full, here:http://scififanletter.blogspot.com/20... realize I haven't been around a lot, but that's because I really need to pour on speed if I'm going to break my way through
June 26, 2010
After Great Silence...
…a huge influx of critical response, starting with:Rue Morgue #102by Justine WarwickGraced with an absolutely beautiful cover by designer Erik Mohr, Gemma Files' first novel, A Book of Tongues, is a "weird West" tale set in 1867. It tells the story of Pinkerton detective Ed Morrow, who is sent to infiltrate a brutal gang of outlaws led by the Reverend Asher Rook, ex-Confederate chaplain and dark
May 26, 2010
P.R.!
My Torontoist profile is up , and lookin' damn fine, if I say so myself. You'll find it here:http://books.torontoist.com/2010/05/s...!
May 23, 2010
ChiZine Short Story Contest
Also: Some of you may recall that I won this particular competition a few years back, with "Spectral Evidence". But as of June 1st, I'm well-pleased to be helping judge the 15th ChiZine Short Story Contest, along with such coolio fellow judges as Dave Nickle, Brent Hayward and Paul Tremblay. Hellblazer writer Mike Carey will be the tie-breaker.Details:PRIZES:1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes: Publication
Amazon
Ah, can't please everybody!;) (http://www.amazon.com/Book-Tongues-1-..., I've been waiting for my first Amazon review, and thought it would likely as not be from somebody who was more put off than enthused over my trouser-ripping sensibilities. Nevertheless, I'm happy to note he seems to have liked the
May 20, 2010
OMG, Fangoria!
Fangoria #294Book of the Month: A Book of Tongues by Gemma FilesBy Chris AlexanderFango readers residing in Toronto may recall the days when noted, International Horror Guild award-winning Gemma Files used to scribble film reviews for lefty arts and culture newspaper Eye Weekly. As a film-school-slogging youth, I fell in love with her, the way she championed the less fortunate and less popular
April 21, 2010
A Book of Tongues Review, from Locus Magazine (April 2010)
At some point, most religions seem to offer visions of widespread gore and pending annihilation—perhaps none more gorily than the linked faith of the ancient Aztecs and Mayans. For her first novel A Book of Tongues, Gemma Files injects elements from that religion into the already-brutal Wild West soon after the Civil War, amping up the horror of a very dark tale that introduces the Hexslinger
April 19, 2010
A Book of Tongues Interstitial: Music, Music, Music
Whenever it comes to music, like Laurence-as-Prince-Naveen in Disney's The Princess and the Frog might say, "I'm for it." It's undeniably important to my process—setting a mood, giving me character insight, helping me explain things to myself. For years now, the second thing I always do when I start a new project (after my initial notes) is to cobble together a play-list of songs that remind me
