Falling Off The Map
I am actually still alive. Thanksgiving did us in. We have too many family in the area, so Turkey Day stretched over two and a half days with multiple events, endless prep, cleaning, and moaning on the couch with too many croissants in my belly… and my experience is that if I lose three days in one week, it takes me two weeks to recover. 
Like I always say, would you rather have me writing or have me blogging? Writing, I hope. That's what I've been doing.
Meanwhile, my return to Horror Addicts at the end of November included a short interview and their smoothly disturbing podcast of my short story "Pattern Masters," which you can find in Episode 51 on HA's fun and freaky web site.
In other awesome news, E-Ninja and super fan John Koziol has stepped up to help maintain my web site, which is wildly appreciated. Behind the curtains, months ago, John was also a great resource in answering some odd questions for the new book involving things like data packets and ECC circuitry. Let's all give this guy a hand, please. I'll be sure to mention his updates to my web site here on Ketchup so everyone can ooh and aah over his mastery when his changes go live.
Continuing on with catching up, I've made my debut in the Netherlands on the cover of SF Terra, whose latest issue includes their translation of "Long Eyes." Contributor copies showed up in the mail on the second day of Thanksgiving. Excellent timing! My in-laws were most impressed, and, hey, if you can't impress the in-laws, why bother to have 'em over. 
Also, O/R Books has added Gordon Van Gelder's latest anthology to their catalogue. 
Welcome To The Greenhouse: Science Fiction About Climate Change is a sharp-looking book and e-book that includes new stories by the likes of Brian Aldiss, Ray Vukcevic, Bruce Sterling, Greg Benford, Paul Di Filippo, Alan Dean Foster, and some guy named Jeff Carlson.
You can find Greenhouse here but not in stores or on Amazon even after it ships in February. They're taking pre-orders now.
Maybe best known for their Sarah Palin shred Going Rouge (not Rogue) or the brand new At The Tea Party, O/R Books does things a little differently and sells directly to readers with, to date, gargantuan success. I'm excited to be included in their ongoing experiment with twenty-first century media. That's me. Cutting edge. I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel.
Uh, advance word on my story is that it's "mind-stretching, literary, and wistful." Shazam!!!
More soon. Next week I promise I'll post another deleted scene from the Big New Secret Thriller as an advance peek. Somebody remind me.
