Last year, I got a package in the mail that is the very definition of bitter-sweet. It was from Jay Lake. I say that it was bitter-sweet because I knew what it was. I’d heard Jay talk about this project. This is his genome, woven by Astrid Bear. More specifically, it’s the base pair sequence of
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I have a 2300 word short story, that I’d love to have a few beta-readers on. It’s been ages, but this is actually one I wrote just for fun so there’s no rush on feedback. Here’s a teaser. Rockets Red Watching his mother kneel awkwardly in her rented space suit, Aaron worried his lower
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I have three doctor’s appointments within the space of a week. Not because I am drastically ill, but because my insurance will not allow my doctor to bill for more than one thing at a time. All of this could have been done at one appointment, but I can’t even book them on the same day.
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Jodi McIsaac is joining us today with her novel Among the Unseen. Here’s the publisher’s description. Life just keeps getting more complicated for Cedar McLeod. As the recently crowned queen of Tír na nÓg, she’s trying to understand her magical new kingdom, even as she misses her life back on Earth. It doesn’t help that
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Howard Tayler is joining us today with his book Longshoreman of the Apocalpyse. Here’s the publisher’s description. The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse follows the crew of the mercenary ship Touch-and-Go through what should have been a routine food delivery to the Credomar habitat, a human space colony that’s having some—a lot—of political problems. The contract
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So this is what it’s like tour when Marie Brennan and I tour together.
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Several years ago, I was talking with a puppeteer friend of mine who had helped me land an audition. I thanked him for that. He said, “But you helped me get the part on Avenue Q. That’s what we do. You gave me a boost up the ladder. Now I’m in a better place to pull you
Some thoughts about diversity, writing, and why it’s selfishly important Read More »
This is a difficult video to watch, because it frankly discusses living with multiple severe mental illnesses. And it’s important, because it is difficult. We hope to raise awareness: not only for Robison’s problems, but to use his example as a basis for storytelling, for raising awareness. Not all of the symptoms of mental illness
There’s a cut scene from VALOUR AND VANITY included in this fundraiser… Read More »
Lauren Skidmore is joining us today with her novel What is Hidden. Here’s the publisher’s description. In a land of masquerades and mystery, Evie is a mask maker in Venesia, where masks represent rank and identity. When a cryptic bandit strips away Evie’s mask and destroys her home, she goes into hiding at the palace
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Ooo! Look what the post brought me! @Paul_Cornell
Withdrawing from Wiscon due to illness. Darn it. Read More »
I had these good intentions of blogging while on booktour and that totally didn’t happen. For the first three or four days, I was sick and no one wanted to hear me talk about how many handkerchiefs I went through in an hour. So, instead, I have for you a random collection of photographs from
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Brian McClellan is joining us today with his novel The Crimson Campaign. Here’s the publisher’s description. GUNPOWDER AND BULLETS WILL DETERMINE THE VICTOR. When invasion looms… Tamas’s invasion of Kez ends in disaster when a Kez counter-offensive leaves him cut off behind enemy lines with only a fraction of his army, no supplies, and
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Katherine Addison is joining us today with her novel The Goblin Emperor. Here’s the publisher’s description. The youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court and the deadly intrigue that suffuses it. But when his father and three sons in line for the throne are
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I am very, very pleased to announce that I will be co-hosting the Retro Hugos in London with Robert Shearman. I have been sitting on this news since February, which was not easy. I mean, there’s a live band; we’re incorporating a radio play into the script. I might be singing. Robert Shearman is a delight
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Cassandra Rose Clarke is joining us today with her novel The Wizard’s Promise. Here’s the publisher’s description. Hanna has spent her life hearing about the adventures of her namesake Ananna, the lady pirate, and assassin Naji. She dreams of the same adventures, but little does she know she is about to tumble into one of
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