Sunday Readercon was fun but lower key than the other days. I read from Shades of Milk and Honey and made the decision to read it the way I do in the audio book. The error was that I didn’t warn the audience that it was what I would be doing so the sudden British […]
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In 2005 I attended Orson Scott Card’s Literary Bootcamp and wrote this story, “Salt of the Earth.” I’d gone to the workshop wanting to come out knowing how to construct a plot. This story is the first one where I felt like I understood plot. I sent it out and kept getting close. Editors would
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I have a copy of Shades of Milk and Honey. An actual, physical copy of the finished hardcover. Of course, my phone chose this evening to have a card failure so I can’t actually take pictures with it, but Jim Freund snapped this one in the bar to prove that it exists. The reason I
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I mentioned this earlier, but it was the 4th of July weekend and I think a lot of folks missed it. There’s a contest at Shareable.net based on the Typewriter Tritypch stories. Basically, I wrote most of the stories on typewriter but had to switch to computer for travel. I think this resulted in a
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As we’ve noted, it is hot here. If you are going to be at Readercon this weekend, come find me because I have a solution in hand. Allow me to introduce you to the Shades of Milk and Honey promo item. I brought 144 sandalwood fans with me, each with a dance card that has
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Shades of Milk and Honey will be released on August 3rd, which is just a month away– not that I’m counting… To celebrate that, we’re releasing the first chapter as a sample. You may download it to read in .pdf or .epub or read the sample chapter below. I will say that of your options, the
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We’ve just finished recording the audio book for Shades of Milk and Honey. We’ll send it off to Macmillan to see if they want any changes and hope that there won’t be many. It was a fascinating experience in part because I realized that I want to change my revising process. Normally as part of
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This year at Readercon looks like it will be loads of fun. In particular because for the first time, I get to participate in the Kirk Poland Memorial Prose Competition. I am SO looking forward to that. Also feel free to catch me if you want to ask SFWA questions at any point over the
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Hey guys, I mentioned to Jeremy Adam Smith, the proprietor of Shareable.net, that I had written most of the Typewriter Triptych on a manual typewriter but that I’d switched to computer at one point due to travel. To me, the stylistic change in the writing is blatant and I was curious if other people could
Contest! Can you spot the difference between types of typing? Read More »
This is the final story in my typewriter triptych at Sharable.net. The first two are “A Type of Favor” and “Playing Against Type.” Here’s your teaser. Gloria flexed her wrists trying to work some of the tension out of them while she waited for the propmaster to reset the scene. How had secretaries used typewriters like this
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The second story in my typewriter triptych is up at Shareable. Here’s a teaser: Playing Against Type Harold pressed his hand against his knee to stop it from jiggling. It gave him a chance to wipe the sweat off his palm, too. Never show fear in front of actors. “I thought we had the camera
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I have three stories that will appear on Sharable.net over the next three days. They are examining what it might be like to make a film in a future with an economy based on sharing and cooperation. Each story can stand alone but hopefully you get more out of them when they are read as
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I’m sitting at JFK and there is some question about if I will be flying out tonight. The flight is oversold and late. They are offering me a voucher and to fly me straight to Seattle tomorrow, in time to arrive for the Locus awards. We’ll see what happens with that. Before I left I
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I’m giving away a copy of Shades of Milk and Honey on Goodreads. The drawing ends on July 20th and I will send the copy the moment I have it in my hot little hands so that some lucky person will get the novel before it hits the stores. Don’t worry if you aren’t a member
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I spent yesterday evening and part of today in Philadelphia, meeting with Stephen Segal to wrap up the layout on Weird Tales. This issue is a transition between his art direction and mine to make things smoother. I only have one more large thing to layout and then I think it’s off to the races
It is hot. HOT. I do not approve. Plus layout with melting brain. Read More »