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April 28, 2010
Cold Magic: The Cover
The catalogs are out, and there will be an "official" launch at the Orbit Books site sometime in the near future.
But meanwhile, here is the final cover** for my upcoming Cold Magic, first book of The Spiritwalker Trilogy. Orbit Books. Publication date: Sept 2010.
(**the US edition might be slightly different--and the back blurb will likely be different--but the graphics and image will be substantially the same; this will definitely be the UK edition)
But meanwhile, here is the final cover** for my upcoming Cold Magic, first book of The Spiritwalker Trilogy. Orbit Books. Publication date: Sept 2010.
(**the US edition might be slightly different--and the back blurb will likely be different--but the graphics and image will be substantially the same; this will definitely be the UK edition)
April 20, 2010
From the annals of middle aged female athletes, and our expectations for girls/women
Dear Doctor,
No, I don't feel inclined to continue seeing you when, after I have told you I am an athlete, and while you are asking me to do range of motion exercises to pinpoint where the pain may be lying, you tell me to do a forward bend and then when I do one (and, yes, I am flexible because I am, yes, an athlete) you say, "don't hurt yourself."
Signed,
Transferring to a different doctor.
When I led the discussion group for teens on Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Trilogy last weekend, at one point...
No, I don't feel inclined to continue seeing you when, after I have told you I am an athlete, and while you are asking me to do range of motion exercises to pinpoint where the pain may be lying, you tell me to do a forward bend and then when I do one (and, yes, I am flexible because I am, yes, an athlete) you say, "don't hurt yourself."
Signed,
Transferring to a different doctor.
When I led the discussion group for teens on Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Trilogy last weekend, at one point...
April 19, 2010
Crossroads Giveaway - 3 Winners
Because I received so many entries, including one third of the total from outside the USA, I decided to choose 3 winners: 2 from the USA and 1 from outside the USA.
Each winner will receive a signed set of the Tor Books paperbacks of the Crossroads Trilogy.
And the winners (chosen by random draw) are:
Evan E of Canada
(hmm, a Canadian won the Traitors' Gate Advance Reading Copy contest . . . I wonder if it is a conspiracy, or if Canadians are just fortunate).
Katrina K of Pennsylvania
Susan R of C...
Each winner will receive a signed set of the Tor Books paperbacks of the Crossroads Trilogy.
And the winners (chosen by random draw) are:
Evan E of Canada
(hmm, a Canadian won the Traitors' Gate Advance Reading Copy contest . . . I wonder if it is a conspiracy, or if Canadians are just fortunate).
Katrina K of Pennsylvania
Susan R of C...
April 16, 2010
Cold Magic
Check it out.
(This is the Little Brown UK catalog, but the US edition will look substantially or entirely the same.)
Can I just say: I love this cover.
(This is the Little Brown UK catalog, but the US edition will look substantially or entirely the same.)
Can I just say: I love this cover.
April 13, 2010
I ask you all a question: Running a workshop on making plot work
On Saturday, I will be running a 45 minute workshop/discussion on the topic: Making Plot Work.
45 minutes.
I expect to have anywhere from 5 - 35 students ranging in age from middle school to college age.
Do you guys have any particular ideas?
I cannot plan on having a blackboard or whiteboard to write on. I would prefer not to bring a pile of papers to hand out or anything, and I can't assume that people will have pens to write with. Within those parameters (don't forget: 45 minutes), dig in!
45 minutes.
I expect to have anywhere from 5 - 35 students ranging in age from middle school to college age.
Do you guys have any particular ideas?
I cannot plan on having a blackboard or whiteboard to write on. I would prefer not to bring a pile of papers to hand out or anything, and I can't assume that people will have pens to write with. Within those parameters (don't forget: 45 minutes), dig in!
April 8, 2010
Contest #1: Crossroads Trilogy
CONTEST! GIVEAWAY!
The winner will receive a complete (signed and personalized if you wish) set of the Tor Books (USA) mass market paperbacks of the Crossroads Trilogy (Spirit Gate, Shadow Gate, Traitors' Gate).
Here's the deal:
1) Send an email to Kate.Elliott@(no-spam)sff.net with the header "Crossroads Giveaway". Remember to remove the (no-spam) part.
2) In the body, your email needs your full mailing address (snail mail). Without that, I can't enter you.
3) One entry per person, please. Multip...
The winner will receive a complete (signed and personalized if you wish) set of the Tor Books (USA) mass market paperbacks of the Crossroads Trilogy (Spirit Gate, Shadow Gate, Traitors' Gate).
Here's the deal:
1) Send an email to Kate.Elliott@(no-spam)sff.net with the header "Crossroads Giveaway". Remember to remove the (no-spam) part.
2) In the body, your email needs your full mailing address (snail mail). Without that, I can't enter you.
3) One entry per person, please. Multip...
April 3, 2010
April is Here: Crossroads, Cold Magic, Twitter, Facebook
In a day or two I will announce two contests for complete sets of the Crossroads trilogy mass market paperbacks (the Tor Books USA edition, as the Orbit UK mass market paperback edition--they have a specialized name for it--isn't yet out). So if that is the kind of thing that seems of interest to you, keep your eyes open.
I have completed my work going through the CEM (copy-edited manuscript) of Cold Magic. As I said on Twitter and Facebook (where these days I post a bit more often than I do...
I have completed my work going through the CEM (copy-edited manuscript) of Cold Magic. As I said on Twitter and Facebook (where these days I post a bit more often than I do...
March 27, 2010
The Upside of Copy-Edits
I think that I like my books most at the copy-editing stage.
By this time I am through the agony of working through the beginning, a process which may involve several false starts as well as the general feeling of pushing forward through sludge. I have gotten through the peaks and valleys of doubt and loathing (from doubt to loathing and back to doubt, doubt being the peak of this cycle), and enjoyed my own enthusiasm and exhaustion at finishing, even though the end of the first draft simply ...
By this time I am through the agony of working through the beginning, a process which may involve several false starts as well as the general feeling of pushing forward through sludge. I have gotten through the peaks and valleys of doubt and loathing (from doubt to loathing and back to doubt, doubt being the peak of this cycle), and enjoyed my own enthusiasm and exhaustion at finishing, even though the end of the first draft simply ...
March 26, 2010
Copy edited ms and Map
Too much going on for a proper post.
I received the copy edited ms today for Cold Magic. So I will keep writing on #2 while switching out working through the copy edits. I have a few changes to make, nothing major, just a bit of polishing and some detail work that comes from having visited Mali.
Also, I have seen a pdf of the map that will be going in the book--and it is fabulous. I hope to be able to post it sometime later (like, early summer) if I'm given permission as a lead in to the Sep...
I received the copy edited ms today for Cold Magic. So I will keep writing on #2 while switching out working through the copy edits. I have a few changes to make, nothing major, just a bit of polishing and some detail work that comes from having visited Mali.
Also, I have seen a pdf of the map that will be going in the book--and it is fabulous. I hope to be able to post it sometime later (like, early summer) if I'm given permission as a lead in to the Sep...
March 25, 2010
Paris! And also: Bragelonne & Milady
Recently my spouse, hereafter to be known as J, and I flew halfway around the world to West Africa, specifically, Mali and Burkina Faso. More on that another time.
Meanwhile, we spent 4 days in Paris, in January (wow, was it cold), because 1) we had to change planes there anyway, 2) neither of us had ever visited Paris, and 3) as it happened and entirely coincidentally (I think), the wonderful French publisher Bragelonne was launching my novel King's Dragon in a French edition with their impr...
Meanwhile, we spent 4 days in Paris, in January (wow, was it cold), because 1) we had to change planes there anyway, 2) neither of us had ever visited Paris, and 3) as it happened and entirely coincidentally (I think), the wonderful French publisher Bragelonne was launching my novel King's Dragon in a French edition with their impr...
