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April 8, 2016
Gideon/Jericho dreamcast and other things
I had a chance to consider my dream casting for the Gideon miniseries over at MY BOOK, THE MOVIE:
Lauren Reardon—a 30-something Sandra Bullock. Lauren is an outdoorsy woman who enjoys kayaking, backwoods camping, rock climbing. Girl-next-door attractive, and very down-to-earth. Bullock appeals to me in those respects. She’s always struck me as someone you could run into at the local drugstore or mini-mart and have a friendly, funny no-drama conversation with. But there’s a toughness there, and a sense that something happened to her that she simply does not discuss with anyone.
Follow the link for more.
There’s also a link to the COFFEE WITH A CANINE post from back in November.
This weekend, the BRAIN TO BOOKS CYBER CONVENTION is going on over at Goodreads. I have a booth–stop by and post a comment.
April 1, 2016
Busy April
RT Convention prep is ongoing. I’ve had Alex Gordon purse mirrors made. Today, I bought little black bags and tags, eye and sugar skull stickers, little bits of eerie to use as badge decorations. Also, business cards. There will also be candy, but I’m going to get it in Las Vegas.
I’m also editing Contact Imminent in preparation for its reissue next month. I needed to reread it so that I could write the cover copy, and oh dear what was I thinking when I tossed in all those exclamation! points! A bunch of those got deleted.Also, em-dashes. They have their place, and I loves them to bits. But there are limits.
As for today, so many links!!!!!**
Incident on a Small Colony, the one and only Jani Kilian novella, appears this month in Lightspeed Magazine’s ebook issue. Yes, I know it’s available on the website, but if you buy the issue, you also get my Spotlight interview in which I discuss how I came up with the tech and why I took the directions I did with Jani’s character and other aspects of the story. Plus, there’s a lot of other great fiction and reviews. Definitely worth $3.99US.
As for Alex Gordon, she’s interviewed in this month’s issue of THE BIG THRILL. I discuss the development of Lauren Reardon, the different worlds of GIDEON and JERICHO, and how I got started on this writing thing in the first place.
Also, Marie Brennan is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the release of her first novel and the upcoming release of her new one, IN THE LABYRINTH OF DRAKES, by hosting other writers on her site and asking us questions over the next five days. Today’s question is, What is the earliest story you ever recall writing? I am in awe of the memories of my fellow authors.
**I had to do something with those deleted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 20, 2016
Law of Survival!
It’s available for preorder over at Amazon. The other ebook purveyors may take a few days.
Cover by Dave Smeds:
March 15, 2016
JERICHO Lending Library
As you can see from the stack below, I have a limited number of copies of JERICHO. But I wanted to try something with one of them:
Email me at alex @ alexgordon dot net
1st 10 people go on a list
I mail a copy to the 1st person, who will read it and then mail it to the second person
In return, I ask that you please consider leaving an honest review on either Amazon or Goodreads. It’s not a requirement, but I sure would appreciate it.
I stole this idea from Bryon Quertermous and Rob W. Hart, but iirc I did this ages ago with a Jani Kilian book, and it worked fairly well.
Anyway, here goes….
Books!
March 10, 2016
Welcome
This is the official site for Kristine Smith, the author of the Jani Kilian series and other science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. As Alex Gordon, she has written the supernatural thrillers Gideon and Jericho. Her fiction has been nominated for the Locus Award for First Novel, Philip K. Dick Memorial Award and the IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, and she was the 2001 winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, she spent 26 years working in pharmaceutical product R&D. She was born in the Northeast, grew up in the South, and currently lives in the Midwest.
New & Upcoming Releases
Coming April 5th, 2016! 
Book 3 of the Jani Kilian Chronicles 
March 9, 2016
I’m here
February 26, 2016
Checking in…
I’m in the midst of a slam dance here. Articles and an interview due over on the Alex Gordon side of the street. Reformatting Contact Imminent in preparation for ebook conversion and proofreading.
Adjusting to the fact that 2016 is almost 1/6 over.
NE Illinois will get a taste of Spring this weekend. Sunny. Highs in the 50s. Then Winter returns because this is the Midwest in March that we’re talking about.
Just finished breakfast. Time to take Gaby to puppy playcare, then settle in and get some work done.
Later!
February 16, 2016
A Winter’s Tuesday
A Tuesday
Still in a post-con mindset, catching up on emails and wondering what I missed. Working on Alex Gordon interview questions, LAW OF SURVIVAL prep, counting down to the JERICHO release, and pondering new work. I need to fit taxes in there somewhere. And oh look, it’s already mid-February.
Capricon was fun. Saw a few folks I hadn’t talked to in years, and met some folks I had to that point known only online. The panels went well, too, with much good discussion about the purposes of SF (should it be predictive, or extrapolation, or commentary, or AOTA*), and about new technologies that may help overcome antibiotic resistance.
The con weekend did start out rocky on Friday morning when I rushed out to the car only to find one of my month-old tires had gone flat. Tried to fill it using my little garage compressor, but no go. Luckily, the tire place was on the way–they took the car right in, and fixed the tire. Turns out that I had run over a leveling bolt from a stove or refrigerator. Yup, hit it just right. So yes, the tire was fixed, and I made it to the con with 20 minutes to spare. But it irks me that my BRAND NEW TIRE already has a patch.
Next up–C2E2! Alex Gordon me has a panel; I’ll post all the info when I have it.
Cold and quiet outside today. Gaby is at the vet’s getting her teeth cleaned, so I’ll take advantage of the stillness and get an early start on work….
*All Of The Above
February 4, 2016
Capricon
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