I will, occasionally, insert things into my novels strictly to amuse myself. My rule is that I can slide these private jokes in only if they don’t interrupt the story. In Shades of Milk and Honey, I managed to fit Doctor Who into the Regency. Oh, yes. I’m not kidding about this. He’s easy to spot
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This week’s book is vN: The First Machine Dynasty by Madeleine Ashby. Amy Peterson is a self-replicating humanoid robot known as a VonNeumann. For the past five years, she has been grown slowly as part of a mixed organic/synthetic family. She knows very little about her android mother’s past, so when her grandmother arrives and
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For those wondering why I made the trip to Chattanooga this week, it’s two fold. The less interesting one, but the one requiring a cargo van, is that I needed to bring some furniture back home — family pieces that we aren’t using now. But the reason I’m coming home this week is because tonight
Allied Arts’ Harrison to be honored tonight — That’s my mom! Read More »
I’m going to get out of the way on this one and give you the publisher blurb because it does a better job of setting up the latest Nightrunner book, Casket of Souls, than I can. The Nightrunners are back in this gripping novel full of Lynn Flewelling’s trademark action, intrigue, and richly imagined characters. More than
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Well, I’ve just voted for the Hugos. Have you? The voting closes at Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at 11:59 p.m. PDT. So, tomorrow’s the last day.
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It’s time for our fourth “Project in Depth” episode, and now Dan Wells is on the spot. The Hollow City is Dan’s latest book, and while it’s not a new John Cleaver book, it’s still a supernatural thriller with a tight psychological focus. Spoilers galore, of course. If you haven’t read The Hollow City yet, go read
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I’ve just posted Chapter 4 for those of you reading along with the Valour and Vanity draft. There was a slight bit of retconning, but very mild. I had been saying “Adriatic Sea” but Peter Ellis found a map of Italy from 1817, the year the book is set, which shows the “Gulf of Venice.” I checked
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Yesterday was a short day, only 1500 words. My nephew is visiting me so there was some fun that needed to be had. Fortunately, he’s also a writer so when I said that I needed to get caught up, he was happy to go with me on a writing date. The miracle of peer pressure
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You know how this sort of things goes. My keyboard was failing so I had to install a new one. Then, since the rest of my computer had been modified to be a sort of Art Deco steampunk, I needed to mod the new keyboard. And then it looked so shiny next to the rest
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For those of you reading along, I’ve just posted Chapter 2 of Valour & Vanity. Typically, I like to stay two chapters ahead of where you are reading because it allows me to respond to input on story direction, but also not get bogged down in waiting for feedback. Plus, it’s a carrot for me
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I’m very happy to have my first guest in to speak about a short story. I often feel that short story writers don’t have enough opportunities to talk about their craft. So the My Favorite Bit feature is a place where they can. My first guest is Gregory Frost. He writes both short fiction and
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With Shades of Milk and Honey, I posted the first three chapters in the clear as I wrote them and then password protected the rest. For Glamour in Glass, and Without a Summer I also had people reading along and found it very helpful so I’m doing the same for book 4, Valour and Vanity. Chapter 1 is posted,
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