Harry Connolly's Blog, page 171

I blog prolificly!

Have you ever wondered what I sound like? Expecting a deep, rich voice? A high, shrieking voice?

Well, you can listen to the Seattle Geekly podcast right here and listen to an interview with me. Secrets are revealed! I talk about book 3! Even better (from my POV) they say why they think my books are good.

I only wish I knew how they digitally altered my voice, because there's no way I really, truly sound like that. I mean, I can hear myself inside my own head, right? Right?

Randomness for 9/2

1) Blind soccer championships, 2010. Video.

2) Gail Simone wants the comics industry to open their eyes.

3) Paul Krugman notices that Trantor is less dense than the state of New Jersey. That doesn't even include all those Jersey Devils.

4) Normally, I'm not someone who laughs a crotch-kicks, but this sketch gallery of Batman being hit in the balls is pretty funny, even if just for the facial expressions.

5) What it's like to be captured by Somali pirates. I put this here mainly for...

Book giveaways

All the winners of the book giveaways have been notified. The last three should receive messages as of a couple minutes ago, including the winner of Game of Cages. I'll mail my two books out the day after I get addresses for them, but the other books will be subject to the vagaries of wrapping and packing.

There are also two people who haven't written back with their addresses to claim their books. I'll be dropping them another line soon.

As for the unclaimed books… I'll donate them to...

The glamorous life of the writer

So! Yesterday was release day for Game of Cages, and how did I spend most of that day? Answering emails for one. Public transit for another.

Yeah, yesterday was one of those days when not having a car really hurt.

The mission was simple: sign books on the day they were released. Sometimes it can take a while for new releases to make their way out of the back room onto the shelves, and often the books are delivered late in the day. So I went into the store, introduced myself to an...

Announcing a month of book giveaways! Day 31

It's the last day of the book giveaway, and that means it's time for someone to win a copy of —

Speak up if you want it! This contest will close on September 1st at 6pm PST, when my son rolls the die and chooses the winner. Good luck!

I have web presence!

This morning my wonderful wife made a fancy breakfast for me. Soon I'll be heading out into the rain and bluster to visit local book stores so I can sign copies of my books (and "encourage" the staff to move the books onto the shelves).

But! Things I have written have appeared at various online spaces today. On the very same day my book comes out! What a coincidence! Here's a quick list of where I am today:

My Big Idea essay on John Scalzi's "Whatever" blog, in which I talk about the...

Reviews of my books, part 17

Yay! It's a special Book Day review roundup of my first two books. Whoo-hoo!

1) Starred review from Publishers Weekly! Whoo-hoo! "Connolly fulfills and sustains the promise of his 2009 rural noir debut, Child of Fire, with this thoughtful Lovecraftian sequel." (no direct link, because it's behind a pay wall at PW, but you can read the whole thing at Amazon).

2) Game of Cages gets a Harriet Klausner review, and she liked it. "The second Twenty Palace Society rural fantasy (see Child of...

Today

Sometimes you just have to walk away

Here I am at my computer, and what do I need most? To not be at my computer.

I'm refreshing my email inbox to search for new comments, searching for places to send review copies of Game of Cages, checking Twitter to see if anyone has re-tweeted the announcement that chapter 3 is online, refreshing the book's Amazon.com page…

And you know what? I'm not going to do that anymore. I'm not going to check the Amazon.com or B&N page again. I'm not going to do an Icerocket search looking for...

Announcing a month of book giveaways! Day 30

Game of Cages will be coming out on the last day of the month, so I've decided to hold a special month of book giveaways. Every day (unless I screw up, which I probably will) I'll give away a book or themed set of books to someone who asks for it. To enter, you have to comment on this blog or on my LiveJournal–email, Facebook, and Twitter won't count, and if more than one person speaks up, I'll roll a die to determine the recipient. U.S. residents only, please.

You get a new book every...