Making Progress
Not much new to report today. Lousy weather kept me more confined to quarters than usual. Good writing and good coffee this morning, a slightly more strained editorial process this afternoon. I’ve...
View ArticleThe Year is Dead! Long Live the Year!
One of my favorite internet-geeky traditions over the last few years has been following the Death vs. Old Year chase on Tatsuya Ishida’s Sinfest. Considering this year’s installment just ended, I...
View ArticleHugo Awards Season is Here, and You Can Vote!
When I was a kid, just discovering science fiction and fantasy, my uncle recommended I start with books that won the Hugo and Nebula awards, and move on from there. I discovered some of my favorite...
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Three Parts Dead Charity Auction for Con or Bust
Boston / Somerville has survived Snowmageddon 2013—six foot drifts outside my house, but a few hours of shoveling and a mug of Burdick’s hot chocolate makes everything better. I spent as much of the...
View ArticleAccording to Wikipedia, I Exist
Just as it says on the tin. I should not feel as excited about this as I do; after all this is the Free Encyclopedia Anyone Can Edit. But the page has been up for a few days now and nobody’s deleted...
View ArticleThree Parts Dead Trade Paperback Tour!
I’ve been off-blog busy for the last couple months—finishing a first draft of another book, working on short stories, fencing in tournaments, and pondering revisions to the third book in the Craft...
View ArticleAbout the Craft Sequence and the Sequel to Three Parts Dead
In the eight months since Three Parts Dead hit stores, I’ve seen a lot of people wonder if the book was part of a series. I’ve answered this question in readings and in person, but as I was reading...
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Paperback Writer! Also post-Readercon catchup!
Today is run-around-getting-ready-for-the-big-tour day, but I wanted to take a second first to say how great a time at Readercon. Granted, I slunk home on Sunday after having slept only a few hours,...
View ArticleIn San Diego, Cons are Conning
But up here in La Jolla, I’m sitting in a Peet’s Coffee after a hair-raising game of real life Frogger that involved me passing through a breach in a wire fence, crossing a freeway and a couple of...
View ArticleComicCon Panel Today, Signing Tomorrow!
I’ve been an absentee blogger for the last couple weeks, I know, but it’s been for a good cause. If all goes according to plan I’ll have an Exciting Announcement or two in a few weeks. Today, I break...
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