Martha Wells's Blog, page 151
August 14, 2012
We had a scare here yesterday (we had a scare, other peop...
We had a scare here yesterday (we had a scare, other people had a horrible event). A man in a neighborhood a few blocks off campus started shooting out of his house and killed two people, including a cop, and wounded some other people. Since it was so close to campus, a notice was broadcast on the TAMU emergency system, which made it sound like a someone was on campus shooting. Since my husband and a lot of friends work on campus, this was very scary, but the news had the actual story pretty quickly.
And just saw this on Twitter: On the Oak Creek shooting: An American Tragedy
The murders took place at a house of worship on a Sunday. There was the heroic president of the congregation who, even though he was sixty-two, battled an armed attacker, sacrificing his own life. There were the children who sounded the alarm and joined fourteen women huddled in a tiny pantry for hours, listening to the agony of the wounded outside. There were the relatives at home, receiving texts and phone calls from loved ones. There were heroic police officers, a shootout, and the attacker’s death by self-inflicted gunshot.
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I took Tasha to the vet this morning, to see if she's actually not feeling well or she just hates Jack that much. Hopefully they'll be able to get a urine sample soon and she won't have to stay very long.
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Suricattus is having a contest for a free copy of The Crow God's Girl by Patrice Sarath
And just saw this on Twitter: On the Oak Creek shooting: An American Tragedy
The murders took place at a house of worship on a Sunday. There was the heroic president of the congregation who, even though he was sixty-two, battled an armed attacker, sacrificing his own life. There were the children who sounded the alarm and joined fourteen women huddled in a tiny pantry for hours, listening to the agony of the wounded outside. There were the relatives at home, receiving texts and phone calls from loved ones. There were heroic police officers, a shootout, and the attacker’s death by self-inflicted gunshot.
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I took Tasha to the vet this morning, to see if she's actually not feeling well or she just hates Jack that much. Hopefully they'll be able to get a urine sample soon and she won't have to stay very long.
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Suricattus is having a contest for a free copy of The Crow God's Girl by Patrice Sarath
August 13, 2012
Monday Report
Finished revisions on the short story and got it sent off to the editor again. I'm a little bit over halfway done with the revision to The Siren Depths -- that should be done by the end of the week, hopefully.
Other stuff I have out and coming out so far:
January 2012: The Serpent Sea Books of the Raksura #2
June 2012: "Revenants," in Tales of the Emerald Serpent
November 2012: "Donna Noble Saves the Universe" in Chicks Unravel Time non-fiction
December 2012: The Siren Depths Books of the Raksura #3
April 2013: Emilie and the Hollow World YA fantasy
Kitten Report:
Jack is still incredibly sweet and continues to grow like a bitey little weed:
Other people's books:
Queen's Hunt by Beth Bernobich, the sequel to Passion Play is out now. PW said Despite mutual mistrust, everyone works together in a masterful story of romance, honor, and a little bit of suspense, with plenty of history, geography, and mythology thrown in for good measure. This trip between the physical and magical realms is thrilling.
Powers by James Burton
Albert Johannson lives off the grid. He's forgotten more than he remembers about his past, but those snippets he's retained tell him two things: he's lived a long, looong time and he doesn't trust anyone, particularly gods. He's not any too fond of demons either, particularly the one that materializes in his kitchen wanting to hire him for a special mission.
James Burton also writes under the name James Hetley, and has a couple of discount ebook fantasies out: The Summer Country and The Winter Oak
Other stuff I have out and coming out so far:
January 2012: The Serpent Sea Books of the Raksura #2
June 2012: "Revenants," in Tales of the Emerald Serpent
November 2012: "Donna Noble Saves the Universe" in Chicks Unravel Time non-fiction
December 2012: The Siren Depths Books of the Raksura #3
April 2013: Emilie and the Hollow World YA fantasy
Kitten Report:
Jack is still incredibly sweet and continues to grow like a bitey little weed:
Other people's books:
Queen's Hunt by Beth Bernobich, the sequel to Passion Play is out now. PW said Despite mutual mistrust, everyone works together in a masterful story of romance, honor, and a little bit of suspense, with plenty of history, geography, and mythology thrown in for good measure. This trip between the physical and magical realms is thrilling.
Powers by James Burton
Albert Johannson lives off the grid. He's forgotten more than he remembers about his past, but those snippets he's retained tell him two things: he's lived a long, looong time and he doesn't trust anyone, particularly gods. He's not any too fond of demons either, particularly the one that materializes in his kitchen wanting to hire him for a special mission.
James Burton also writes under the name James Hetley, and has a couple of discount ebook fantasies out: The Summer Country and The Winter Oak
August 10, 2012
Revised WorldCon Schedule
The good news: I did get assigned a reading and a koffeeklatsch for WorldCon, both on Saturday. Yay!
This is nice, because Saturday of WorldCon is my birthday.
Friday:
Fri Aug 31 12:00:pm Female Villains
Where are the female villains in our stories today? We often speak of writing strong female characters, but what about strong female villains? The villain is often the hero/heroine in his/her own story, yet we rarely see strong female villains portrayed in SF&F. An examination of characterization that moves beyond the ever popular rape scenario that is often given as a primary motivation for women seeking revenge. Sometimes, women are just mean. Let's look at them.
David Boop, Gene Wolfe, Joan D. Vinge, Martha Wells, Stina Leicht
Fri Aug 31 7:30:pm Essential Worldbuilding
What are the tools and research methods writers use to craft complex, believable worlds? What are the essential elements necessary to ground a fictional world in a sense of tangible reality?
Jacqueline Carey, Jean Johnson, Martha Wells, Rachel Neumeier, Roberta Rogow, Valerie Estelle Frankel
Forgot to add this before: Friday Night Shade Books Party in Rm 2576
I think it starts after 7:00, and there will be free stuff, plus treats and drinks.
Saturday:
Sat Sep 1 10:30 to 11:00 Reading in Addams
Sat Sep 1 12:00:pm Drill Down Into Story Ideas
Picasso Many people ask authors where they get their idea . This panel asks: "How do you develop your ideas into stories?" We will take an idea or two and work on how we would turn it into a story."
Corry L. Lee, David Marusek, Ferrett Steinmetz, Jamie Todd Rubin, Martha Wells
Sat Sep 1 1:30 Kaffeeklatsche Fanzine Lounge (table 2)
Sunday:
Sun Sep 2 10:30:am Autograph Session 12
Chuck Wendig, Connie Willis, Daryl Gregory, Grant Carrington, Katy Stauber, Laura Frankos, Martha Wells, Roberta Gregory
Sun Sep 2 6:00:pm Face to Face Critique Writing Groups
Discuss the pro and cons of face to face writing groups and how working with your peers will help your writing.
David Boop, Gene Wolfe, J. Kathleen Cheney, Martha Wells, Sue Burke
This is nice, because Saturday of WorldCon is my birthday.
Friday:
Fri Aug 31 12:00:pm Female Villains
Where are the female villains in our stories today? We often speak of writing strong female characters, but what about strong female villains? The villain is often the hero/heroine in his/her own story, yet we rarely see strong female villains portrayed in SF&F. An examination of characterization that moves beyond the ever popular rape scenario that is often given as a primary motivation for women seeking revenge. Sometimes, women are just mean. Let's look at them.
David Boop, Gene Wolfe, Joan D. Vinge, Martha Wells, Stina Leicht
Fri Aug 31 7:30:pm Essential Worldbuilding
What are the tools and research methods writers use to craft complex, believable worlds? What are the essential elements necessary to ground a fictional world in a sense of tangible reality?
Jacqueline Carey, Jean Johnson, Martha Wells, Rachel Neumeier, Roberta Rogow, Valerie Estelle Frankel
Forgot to add this before: Friday Night Shade Books Party in Rm 2576
I think it starts after 7:00, and there will be free stuff, plus treats and drinks.
Saturday:
Sat Sep 1 10:30 to 11:00 Reading in Addams
Sat Sep 1 12:00:pm Drill Down Into Story Ideas
Picasso Many people ask authors where they get their idea . This panel asks: "How do you develop your ideas into stories?" We will take an idea or two and work on how we would turn it into a story."
Corry L. Lee, David Marusek, Ferrett Steinmetz, Jamie Todd Rubin, Martha Wells
Sat Sep 1 1:30 Kaffeeklatsche Fanzine Lounge (table 2)
Sunday:
Sun Sep 2 10:30:am Autograph Session 12
Chuck Wendig, Connie Willis, Daryl Gregory, Grant Carrington, Katy Stauber, Laura Frankos, Martha Wells, Roberta Gregory
Sun Sep 2 6:00:pm Face to Face Critique Writing Groups
Discuss the pro and cons of face to face writing groups and how working with your peers will help your writing.
David Boop, Gene Wolfe, J. Kathleen Cheney, Martha Wells, Sue Burke
August 9, 2012
Chicago WorldCon Schedule
I'm behind on comments, but I did get the first six books mailed out to the winners yesterday, and I'll mail one more out today. Right now I'm still waiting on addresses from three winners. And I'm a bit rushed because I've got the editor's comments for The Siren Depths and doing one last revision before it goes on to get copyedited, etc.
Below is my Chicago WorldCon schedule. I did request a reading, signing, and koffeeclatsch, but was passed over for all three. I did eventually get a signing, but I don't know if it was on time to be listed on the pocket program.
This is kind of disappointing for me. Participants like me, who aren't one of the top few guests of honor, have to pay for our own admission to the convention, hotel, travel, food, etc, so going to a WorldCon is very expensive, and often hard to justify compared to the other things you could be spending the money on. I'm already committed to the WorldCon in San Antonio (and since I can drive to it, it'll be considerably less expensive) but I'm thinking that might be my last one.
Friday:
Fri Aug 31 12:00:pm Female Villains
Where are the female villains in our stories today? We often speak of writing strong female characters, but what about strong female villains? The villain is often the hero/heroine in his/her own story, yet we rarely see strong female villains portrayed in SF&F. An examination of characterization that moves beyond the ever popular rape scenario that is often given as a primary motivation for women seeking revenge. Sometimes, women are just mean. Let's look at them.
David Boop, Gene Wolfe, Joan D. Vinge, Martha Wells, Stina Leicht
Fri Aug 31 7:30:pm Essential Worldbuilding
What are the tools and research methods writers use to craft complex, believable worlds? What are the essential elements necessary to ground a fictional world in a sense of tangible reality?
Jacqueline Carey, Jean Johnson, Martha Wells, Rachel Neumeier, Roberta Rogow, Valerie Estelle Frankel
Saturday:
Sat Sep 1 12:00:pm Drill Down Into Story Ideas
Picasso Many people ask authors where they get their idea . This panel asks: "How do you develop your ideas into stories?" We will take an idea or two and work on how we would turn it into a story."
Corry L. Lee, David Marusek, Ferrett Steinmetz, Jamie Todd Rubin, Martha Wells
Sunday:
Sun Sep 2 10:30:am Autograph Session 12
Chuck Wendig, Connie Willis, Daryl Gregory, Grant Carrington, Katy Stauber, Laura Frankos, Martha Wells, Roberta Gregory
Sun Sep 2 6:00:pm Face to Face Critique Writing Groups
Discuss the pro and cons of face to face writing groups and how working with your peers will help your writing.
David Boop, Gene Wolfe, J. Kathleen Cheney, Martha Wells, Sue Burke
Below is my Chicago WorldCon schedule. I did request a reading, signing, and koffeeclatsch, but was passed over for all three. I did eventually get a signing, but I don't know if it was on time to be listed on the pocket program.
This is kind of disappointing for me. Participants like me, who aren't one of the top few guests of honor, have to pay for our own admission to the convention, hotel, travel, food, etc, so going to a WorldCon is very expensive, and often hard to justify compared to the other things you could be spending the money on. I'm already committed to the WorldCon in San Antonio (and since I can drive to it, it'll be considerably less expensive) but I'm thinking that might be my last one.
Friday:
Fri Aug 31 12:00:pm Female Villains
Where are the female villains in our stories today? We often speak of writing strong female characters, but what about strong female villains? The villain is often the hero/heroine in his/her own story, yet we rarely see strong female villains portrayed in SF&F. An examination of characterization that moves beyond the ever popular rape scenario that is often given as a primary motivation for women seeking revenge. Sometimes, women are just mean. Let's look at them.
David Boop, Gene Wolfe, Joan D. Vinge, Martha Wells, Stina Leicht
Fri Aug 31 7:30:pm Essential Worldbuilding
What are the tools and research methods writers use to craft complex, believable worlds? What are the essential elements necessary to ground a fictional world in a sense of tangible reality?
Jacqueline Carey, Jean Johnson, Martha Wells, Rachel Neumeier, Roberta Rogow, Valerie Estelle Frankel
Saturday:
Sat Sep 1 12:00:pm Drill Down Into Story Ideas
Picasso Many people ask authors where they get their idea . This panel asks: "How do you develop your ideas into stories?" We will take an idea or two and work on how we would turn it into a story."
Corry L. Lee, David Marusek, Ferrett Steinmetz, Jamie Todd Rubin, Martha Wells
Sunday:
Sun Sep 2 10:30:am Autograph Session 12
Chuck Wendig, Connie Willis, Daryl Gregory, Grant Carrington, Katy Stauber, Laura Frankos, Martha Wells, Roberta Gregory
Sun Sep 2 6:00:pm Face to Face Critique Writing Groups
Discuss the pro and cons of face to face writing groups and how working with your peers will help your writing.
David Boop, Gene Wolfe, J. Kathleen Cheney, Martha Wells, Sue Burke
August 7, 2012
Book Giveaway Winners
There were 54 entries total from GoodReads, Live Journal, Dreamwidth, and Facebook, and the winners of the autographed hardcovers of either The Ships of Air or The Gate of Gods are:
The Ships of Air:
Sarah from GoodReads, anjak_j, oshimoi, corucia, freudinshade
The Gate of Gods
tingler, moonchylde, limbofsatan, theodosia21, arithon
Please send me your mailing address at msw at charisat dot com, and include if you want the book just signed or personalized to your name.
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Gawker: The jerk that threw the bottle at Usain Bolt before his race and how the date is set for his trial.
NASA JPL: Curiosity Has Landed
The Ships of Air:
Sarah from GoodReads, anjak_j, oshimoi, corucia, freudinshade
The Gate of Gods
tingler, moonchylde, limbofsatan, theodosia21, arithon
Please send me your mailing address at msw at charisat dot com, and include if you want the book just signed or personalized to your name.
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Gawker: The jerk that threw the bottle at Usain Bolt before his race and how the date is set for his trial.
NASA JPL: Curiosity Has Landed
August 6, 2012
Monday, Monday, Monday
Still taking entries for the book giveaway for a signed hardcover of either The Ships of Air or The Gate of Gods here. So far there are 34 entries on LJ, 7 on Dreamwidth, 1 from Facebook and at least 3 from GoodReads. I'm giving away five copies of each book, so your chances are still good.
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I was hoping we would get some rain either yesterday or today, but chances are dropping, augh.
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ESPN:
Shin A Lam of South Korea: The Saddest Story of the Olympics that American TV Neglected [UPDATE].
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Book rec:
Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch. This is the third book in the series Rivers of London (Midnight Riot in the US) and Moon Over Soho. I really love this series, it's funny, it's original, and it's an excellent fantasy mystery. I've described it before as being for people who like fantasy and also like the BBC or PBS Mystery series like Luther or Morse or anything with "Inspector" in the title. I enjoyed the third book a lot and don't want to say much about it for fear of spoiling it, but I'm wishing I had the fourth book already. (There is a bit in the description on the jacket about Peter having a conflict with an FBI agent over the fact that she's an evangelical Christian, but this is not a factor in the book at all. There are a couple of slight hints that that's her religion, but she and Peter never have a conversation about it and it doesn't effect anything that happens. So, yeah. Book jacket descriptions are weird like that sometimes.)
Upcoming book:
Blackwood by Gwenda Bond
On Roanoke Island, the legend of the 114 people who mysteriously vanished from the Lost Colony hundreds of years ago is just an outdoor drama for the tourists, a story people tell. But when the island faces the sudden disappearance of 114 people now, an unlikely pair of 17-year-olds may be the only hope of bringing them back.
Miranda, a misfit girl from the island's most infamous family, and Phillips, an exiled teen criminal who hears the voices of the dead, must dodge everyone from federal agents to long-dead alchemists as they work to uncover the secrets of the new Lost Colony. The one thing they can't dodge is each other.
This is the first release by Strange Chemistry, the new YA line of Angry Robot Books, which is the publisher for my upcoming YA fantasy.
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I was hoping we would get some rain either yesterday or today, but chances are dropping, augh.
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ESPN:
Shin A Lam of South Korea: The Saddest Story of the Olympics that American TV Neglected [UPDATE].
***
Book rec:
Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch. This is the third book in the series Rivers of London (Midnight Riot in the US) and Moon Over Soho. I really love this series, it's funny, it's original, and it's an excellent fantasy mystery. I've described it before as being for people who like fantasy and also like the BBC or PBS Mystery series like Luther or Morse or anything with "Inspector" in the title. I enjoyed the third book a lot and don't want to say much about it for fear of spoiling it, but I'm wishing I had the fourth book already. (There is a bit in the description on the jacket about Peter having a conflict with an FBI agent over the fact that she's an evangelical Christian, but this is not a factor in the book at all. There are a couple of slight hints that that's her religion, but she and Peter never have a conversation about it and it doesn't effect anything that happens. So, yeah. Book jacket descriptions are weird like that sometimes.)
Upcoming book:
Blackwood by Gwenda Bond
On Roanoke Island, the legend of the 114 people who mysteriously vanished from the Lost Colony hundreds of years ago is just an outdoor drama for the tourists, a story people tell. But when the island faces the sudden disappearance of 114 people now, an unlikely pair of 17-year-olds may be the only hope of bringing them back.
Miranda, a misfit girl from the island's most infamous family, and Phillips, an exiled teen criminal who hears the voices of the dead, must dodge everyone from federal agents to long-dead alchemists as they work to uncover the secrets of the new Lost Colony. The one thing they can't dodge is each other.
This is the first release by Strange Chemistry, the new YA line of Angry Robot Books, which is the publisher for my upcoming YA fantasy.
August 4, 2012
Ile-Rien Book Giveaway Contest
Last night I got a big plastic storage box and this morning sorted out some of our hurricane supplies into it, so I can find them when I need them and not have to search the whole house looking for the corners I stashed them in. (This is stuff like the first aid kit, emergency radios, battery lamps, battery fans, the bottles and instructions for the solar water disinfection kit I'm putting together, etc.)
But in the middle of closet archeology, I found a couple of boxes of hardcover copies The Ships of Air and The Gate of Gods that I need to downsize.
So, comment on this post and I will enter your name in a drawing for either an autographed (personalized with your name if you want) hardcover of The Ships of Air or The Gate of Gods. I will give away at least five of each and you'll have until Monday to enter or whenever after that that we have enough entries.
I would also give away the first book in the trilogy, The Wizard Hunters, but I don't have enough copies. All three books are still available at online retailers in paperback and ebook. (If you want more info about the books before you enter the contest, you can find it on the Ile-Rien page on my web site here.)
But in the middle of closet archeology, I found a couple of boxes of hardcover copies The Ships of Air and The Gate of Gods that I need to downsize.
So, comment on this post and I will enter your name in a drawing for either an autographed (personalized with your name if you want) hardcover of The Ships of Air or The Gate of Gods. I will give away at least five of each and you'll have until Monday to enter or whenever after that that we have enough entries.
I would also give away the first book in the trilogy, The Wizard Hunters, but I don't have enough copies. All three books are still available at online retailers in paperback and ebook. (If you want more info about the books before you enter the contest, you can find it on the Ile-Rien page on my web site here.)
August 3, 2012
Friday
Almost done with short story. I'm going to finish it up today, then sit on it for a bit, revise again, and then send it off to the editor next week to see if she likes it. I have a bunch of other stuff to work on this weekend, so it'll be good to get that done.
Jack the land piranha is growing huge as expected. He's gotten quite a bit better about food manners, but there's room for improvement. Tasha still hates him with the red-hot fury (I almost typed furry) of a thousand suns, and she's not keen on me, either.
We have a tropical storm coming in by early next week, which is good because we still need the water. Just hope it brings lots of nice rain but doesn't turn hurricaney.
links:
Facebook: David Bowie posing with wolves Yes, I know. You're welcome.
Olympics: Incredible photo of Gabby Douglas
I can't remember if I linked to this before, but here it is again anyway: Atlas Obscura: Hang Son Doong
Hang Son Doong (roughly translates to Mountain River Cave in English) is the world's largest cave and it is so large that it could hold a modern-day skyscraper inside of its caverns, so large that it has its own small jungle. What's more, the cave was only discovered about 20 years ago and is just now being explored as a recent feature in National Geographic points out.
Kobo finally got unstuck and City of Bones is available, DRM-free, for 2.99. The buy links (at least all the ones I've found) for paperback and ebook of all my other books are on my site here. My Raksura books are available as DRM-free ebooks on the Baen Webscription site here, cheaper than Amazon.
Jack the land piranha is growing huge as expected. He's gotten quite a bit better about food manners, but there's room for improvement. Tasha still hates him with the red-hot fury (I almost typed furry) of a thousand suns, and she's not keen on me, either.
We have a tropical storm coming in by early next week, which is good because we still need the water. Just hope it brings lots of nice rain but doesn't turn hurricaney.
links:
Facebook: David Bowie posing with wolves Yes, I know. You're welcome.
Olympics: Incredible photo of Gabby Douglas
I can't remember if I linked to this before, but here it is again anyway: Atlas Obscura: Hang Son Doong
Hang Son Doong (roughly translates to Mountain River Cave in English) is the world's largest cave and it is so large that it could hold a modern-day skyscraper inside of its caverns, so large that it has its own small jungle. What's more, the cave was only discovered about 20 years ago and is just now being explored as a recent feature in National Geographic points out.
Kobo finally got unstuck and City of Bones is available, DRM-free, for 2.99. The buy links (at least all the ones I've found) for paperback and ebook of all my other books are on my site here. My Raksura books are available as DRM-free ebooks on the Baen Webscription site here, cheaper than Amazon.
August 1, 2012
Found out I'm going to be very, very busy for the rest of...
Found out I'm going to be very, very busy for the rest of the year, but that's a very, very good thing.
Also working on an anthology short story that was supposed to be turned in yesterday, but the editor was super nice and gave me an extension. I really like how it's turning out so I hope she does too. I'm hoping to be done with it by the weekend.
links:
YouTube: An Octavia Butler profile "As a child, she said she wanted to be a writer, and they said, you can't be a writer. Black women aren't writers."
John Scalzi: Who Gets To Be a Geek? Anyone Who Wants to Be
BBC America: Another part of the Olympics opening ceremony that wasn't shown in the US: the opening bit with Benedict Cumberbatch
World SF Blog: The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction now on the Kindle!
Mad scientists! Desperate housewives! Murderous robots! Scandalous starlets! Sordid, drug-fueled love affairs! This anthology features seventeen stories by ten best-selling authors of Tamil crime, romance, science fiction, and detective stories, none of them ever before translated into English, along with reproductions of wacky cover art and question-and-answer sessions with some of the authors. Grab a masala vadai, sit back and enjoy!
Also working on an anthology short story that was supposed to be turned in yesterday, but the editor was super nice and gave me an extension. I really like how it's turning out so I hope she does too. I'm hoping to be done with it by the weekend.
links:
YouTube: An Octavia Butler profile "As a child, she said she wanted to be a writer, and they said, you can't be a writer. Black women aren't writers."
John Scalzi: Who Gets To Be a Geek? Anyone Who Wants to Be
BBC America: Another part of the Olympics opening ceremony that wasn't shown in the US: the opening bit with Benedict Cumberbatch
World SF Blog: The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction now on the Kindle!
Mad scientists! Desperate housewives! Murderous robots! Scandalous starlets! Sordid, drug-fueled love affairs! This anthology features seventeen stories by ten best-selling authors of Tamil crime, romance, science fiction, and detective stories, none of them ever before translated into English, along with reproductions of wacky cover art and question-and-answer sessions with some of the authors. Grab a masala vadai, sit back and enjoy!
July 29, 2012
ArmadilloCon Saturday and Sunday
Saturday morning, I mainly did the dealers room and art show, and then had lunch with Jeremy Lassen from Night Shade Books. The big news of the convention was the cause of the fire alarm that interrupted the 6:00 panel yesterday. Apparently, someone in a room hung something from a fire sprinkler nozzle, causing it to break off and gush water. Since this was an atrium hotel, the water came out of the room, over the balcony and plunged to the floor of the lobby, much like an attractive water feature. It was startling and entertaining for the people sitting in the bar and the coffee kiosk.
Here's some early morning photos of the dealers room and art show before too many people got there.
Saturday afternoon I definitely fell down on my picture-taking duties. I had a panel at 2:00 on SF/F Mysteries that was a lot of fun. (see below)
Me, Patrice Sarath, Rob Rogers, and Scott Cupp.
Then I had a reading at 4:30 (I read a section from chapter 4 of The Siren Depths) and then a panel right afterward at 5:00, so I didn't have much time to take pictures (and I forgot I had the camera.) The panel was on world-building, with guest of honor Anne Bishop, Jessica Reisman, Amanda Downum, Julie Mandala and Abby Goldsmith.
Then we amassed a large group of about ten people and went out to dinner. We got back in time to go to Aaron de Orive's reading, where he read a couple of sections from the (unsold) middle-grade fantasy we co-wrote together.
Then we sat in the bar area for a while, then Troyce and I staggered back to the room to go to sleep.
Sunday was pretty relaxed. I went to Jessica Reisman's reading, then we went to lunch, hung around until my signing at 1:00, then said goodbye to everybody and left. We did take a walk that morning around the hotel, and I took some photos of that.
In short, I had a great time, and am now very tired.
Here's some early morning photos of the dealers room and art show before too many people got there.
Saturday afternoon I definitely fell down on my picture-taking duties. I had a panel at 2:00 on SF/F Mysteries that was a lot of fun. (see below)
Me, Patrice Sarath, Rob Rogers, and Scott Cupp.
Then I had a reading at 4:30 (I read a section from chapter 4 of The Siren Depths) and then a panel right afterward at 5:00, so I didn't have much time to take pictures (and I forgot I had the camera.) The panel was on world-building, with guest of honor Anne Bishop, Jessica Reisman, Amanda Downum, Julie Mandala and Abby Goldsmith.
Then we amassed a large group of about ten people and went out to dinner. We got back in time to go to Aaron de Orive's reading, where he read a couple of sections from the (unsold) middle-grade fantasy we co-wrote together.
Then we sat in the bar area for a while, then Troyce and I staggered back to the room to go to sleep.
Sunday was pretty relaxed. I went to Jessica Reisman's reading, then we went to lunch, hung around until my signing at 1:00, then said goodbye to everybody and left. We did take a walk that morning around the hotel, and I took some photos of that.
In short, I had a great time, and am now very tired.
