Michael R. Underwood is joining us today with his novel Shield and Crocus. Here’s the publisher’s description. In a city built among the bones of a fallen giant, a small group of heroes looks to reclaim their home from the five criminal tyrants who control it. The city of Audec-Hal sits among the bones of
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We had to say goodbye to our cat Harriet today. She was fine last week, but then lethargic over the weekend and when we took her in to the vet… The decline was very fast. Rob and I spent last night cuddling with her. She was such a lap cat, that it was easy to think
Josh Crute is joining us today to talk about his new web series WebCamelot, created in collaboration with David Rice and Matthew Barnette. Here’s the show’s description. In a recent discovery that rocked the historical community, archaeologists uncovered an ancient hard drive filled with video blogs dating from the reign of ARTHUR PENDRAGON, KING OF CAMELOT.
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What you are about to see is not brilliant dancing. It is, instead, an example of the ways in which my husband loves me. Before we got married, I had the standard checklist that people develop on things that their partner must have. One of those, for me, was ballroom dancing. My parents met in a
Dancing and accounting as an expression of love. Twue wuv… Read More »
C. Robert Cargill is joining us today with his novel Queen of the Dark Things. Here’s the publisher’s description. Screenwriter and noted film critic C. Robert Cargill continues the story begun in his acclaimed debut Dreams and Shadows in this bold and brilliantly crafted tale involving fairies and humans, magic and monsters—a vivid phantasmagoria that
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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
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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 »