Kate Elliott's Blog, page 53
June 26, 2010
kateelliott @ 2010-06-25T20:14:00
The power of Star Trek is such that even Ke$ha can be rendered temporarily palatable by the addition of a little ST:TOS.
June 23, 2010
I will be attending AussieCon 4: Australia Worldcon
That's the plan, anyway.
Worldcon is Sept 2 - 6 in Melbourne.
I'll be in Sydney the week before that, and will almost certainly be doing signings there -- I'm penciled in to sign with Charles Stross at Galaxy Bookstore on August 26 at 5:30 pm.
Worldcon is Sept 2 - 6 in Melbourne.
I'll be in Sydney the week before that, and will almost certainly be doing signings there -- I'm penciled in to sign with Charles Stross at Galaxy Bookstore on August 26 at 5:30 pm.
June 21, 2010
News: King's Dragon in France, Cold Magic review, Paddling in Hawaii
This falls under the five things make a post department.
The fabulous Ken Scholes alerted me that we both have novels (his Lamentation and my King's Dragon) that are finalists for the prix Elbakin.net, in the translated fantasy novel division. You can find the announcement here, in French. Very cool.
Another review of Cold Magic can be found at Fantasy Book Critic. Honestly, you know, when I read a comment in a review or on a message board like "Kate Elliott writes fantasy for the brain-dead...
The fabulous Ken Scholes alerted me that we both have novels (his Lamentation and my King's Dragon) that are finalists for the prix Elbakin.net, in the translated fantasy novel division. You can find the announcement here, in French. Very cool.
Another review of Cold Magic can be found at Fantasy Book Critic. Honestly, you know, when I read a comment in a review or on a message board like "Kate Elliott writes fantasy for the brain-dead...
June 17, 2010
What to post about, Questions, Shutter Island review
I am 90% done with a post on Authorial Intent, although I'm not sure when I'll post it.
Due to several requests, I am poking at what will certainly prove to be a long and possibly multi part post on the Revisions Process, but don't hold your breath. It will take me a while, will not be definitive, and even once I complete a first draft it will need revision before I can post it!
I would like to open this up to questions. If you have any questions for me, on any topic (although naturally I res...
Due to several requests, I am poking at what will certainly prove to be a long and possibly multi part post on the Revisions Process, but don't hold your breath. It will take me a while, will not be definitive, and even once I complete a first draft it will need revision before I can post it!
I would like to open this up to questions. If you have any questions for me, on any topic (although naturally I res...
June 16, 2010
Winners! Plus: a new Cold Magic ARC contest.
The winners of the contest for an ARC of Cold Magic are:
USA: Heather C of Connecticut
outside USA: Monica E of Madrid, Spain
Congratulations!
But wait! There's more!
That contest was a straight draw. You send in your name, you get a chance to win.
Today I announce a new contest. The winner will receive an ARC (advance reading copy) of Cold Magic.
This contest?
I'm really not very good at certain things, and one of them is coming up with clever ideas. So I turn to you. I would love it if one of...
USA: Heather C of Connecticut
outside USA: Monica E of Madrid, Spain
Congratulations!
But wait! There's more!
That contest was a straight draw. You send in your name, you get a chance to win.
Today I announce a new contest. The winner will receive an ARC (advance reading copy) of Cold Magic.
This contest?
I'm really not very good at certain things, and one of them is coming up with clever ideas. So I turn to you. I would love it if one of...
June 15, 2010
And now for something completely different.
This lip dub is from Kamehameha Schools (Oahu campus). If you like this kind of thing, you'll like this. It's very cute.
By the way, Kamehameha Schools is a private school established and endowed from the estate of Princess Beatrice Pauahi Bishop (thus the note at the very end).
By the way, Kamehameha Schools is a private school established and endowed from the estate of Princess Beatrice Pauahi Bishop (thus the note at the very end).
Cold Magic: Giveaways, Contests, & a Review
Today is the last day to enter to win a copy of the ARC (Advance Reading Copy) of the forthcoming Cold Magic. Giveaway details here.
Because I live in the uttermost west, my June 15 time frame closes rather later than yours, so technically anything I receive before midnight Hawaiian Time counts. I'll announce the results first thing tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow morning I will also set in motion the next contest. This will have a shorter run time, and will be a contest to suggest a contest. Th...
Because I live in the uttermost west, my June 15 time frame closes rather later than yours, so technically anything I receive before midnight Hawaiian Time counts. I'll announce the results first thing tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow morning I will also set in motion the next contest. This will have a shorter run time, and will be a contest to suggest a contest. Th...
June 8, 2010
My Mind is Full of Thoughts: Spiritwalker, Jaran, and the Wellspring
Sometimes my mind becomes so full of thoughts churning away that I stop reading fiction because there is no space for it**. I stop posting because I have too many posts I want to write that I can't settle on starting with one, and after all you have to start with one. You have to start somewhere.
I am working on Cold Magic #2, currently titled Cold Fire (as Cold Steel is now being saved for book 3), and it is going so well that it is almost impossible to start writing each day because my hea...
I am working on Cold Magic #2, currently titled Cold Fire (as Cold Steel is now being saved for book 3), and it is going so well that it is almost impossible to start writing each day because my hea...
June 5, 2010
Contest! Giveaway of ARC of Cold Magic
CONTEST! GIVEAWAY!
I'm very excited to have received a few copies of the Advance Reading Copy of Cold Magic, which is Book 1 of The Spiritwalker Trilogy. It will be available in bookstores in early September 2010 in the USA/Canada, UK, and Australia markets, and most likely in English language bookstores elsewhere in the world.
I am giving away two copies, one to a USA mailing address and one to an international (non-USA) mailing address.
The winner will receive a (signed and personalized if yo...
I'm very excited to have received a few copies of the Advance Reading Copy of Cold Magic, which is Book 1 of The Spiritwalker Trilogy. It will be available in bookstores in early September 2010 in the USA/Canada, UK, and Australia markets, and most likely in English language bookstores elsewhere in the world.
I am giving away two copies, one to a USA mailing address and one to an international (non-USA) mailing address.
The winner will receive a (signed and personalized if yo...
May 29, 2010
The good, the bad, and the ugly: porn for the female intellectual, and the Hawaii 5-0 reboot
The good:
I was so thrilled to discover the existence of the film Agora, released internationally last year, about a subject that I would call porn for the female intellectual: a sweeping toga flick centered around the famous scholar Hypatia and the fall of pagan Alexandria. Oh my. Rachel Weisz plays the lead, and clearly she can pull it off. I have no idea how the film is overall, although it appears the script might be intelligent, but I will certainly see it on Netflix at the least if ...
I was so thrilled to discover the existence of the film Agora, released internationally last year, about a subject that I would call porn for the female intellectual: a sweeping toga flick centered around the famous scholar Hypatia and the fall of pagan Alexandria. Oh my. Rachel Weisz plays the lead, and clearly she can pull it off. I have no idea how the film is overall, although it appears the script might be intelligent, but I will certainly see it on Netflix at the least if ...
