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Writer on the Verge: Howard A. Jones
The Writers on the Verge series interviews the new faces in the fields of SFF. This one is a crosspost at Tor.com; click through to join the discussion there. Also check out past WotV interviews of Peter Orullian, Sam Sykes, Mary Victoria, and Saladin Ahmed. * * * As I’ve noted in past interviews, 2011 [...]
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Endosymbiont on the Air
Dearly Beloved You All: As you might recall from this post, I’m very passionate about read-aloud fiction. For that reason, I’m especially proud to announce that the distinguished Escape Pod podcast has produced a performance of my novella, Endosymbiont. (If you’re a reader more than a listener you can read an online copy of the [...]
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Belated, Updated
Dearly Beloved You Guys: My high school football coach was fond of the zen phrase “There are no excuses; only reasons.” Problem was, he belted out said gem of tranquility while exhorting me and other semi-armored pubescents to compromise each others’ skeletal systems. Not. So. Zen. Like. But these days, I’ve found that phrase bouncing [...]
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Blake at Writers With Drinks
Dearly Beloved Peoples, Should you be in the Bay Area this weekend, come out to the hippest literary event in the city, Writers with Drinks, featuring famous people and (somehow) me. Saturday, January 8, 2011 At The Make-Out Room 3225 22nd. St., San Francisco CA, From 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, doors open at 6:30 [...]
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Writer on the Verge: Peter Orullian
Here’s another entry in the Writer’s on the Verge series I’ve been working on. This one’s a crosspost at Tor.com; click through to join the discussion there. Also check out the WotV interviews of Sam Sykes, Mary Victoria, and Saladin Ahmed. * * * 2011 is shaping up to be an, shall we say, “epic” [...]
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Spellwright’s French Cover & a New UK Cover
Tis the season for cover art. As you might have seen, Spellwright recently received a beautiful German cover with Nicodemus in full kick-ass mode. Today, I’m very proud to unveil the book’s eye-catching Frech cover. I’m very happy to report that Mortilège–a melange of sortilège (spell) and mort (death)–is one of the titles that will [...]
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Risingshadow.net Interview (diversion post)
Dearly Beloved Y’all, I’m taking a break from posting today, mostly because after an embarrassing number of months working on it, I have at long last finished a wonderful interview for Risingshadow.net. Click through for a preview of Spellbound, a peak at the French cover, then stay for the wonderful literary community there.
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Spellwright’s German Cover!
I showed this wonderful bit of artwork off on Facebook and Twitter yesterday, but thought it’d be nice to have a higher res version here. The book ‘s title is “Nicodemus Der Zauberverschreiber” and will be published by Klett Cotta in February (pre-order here). See below for my thoughts and check back next week for [...]
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Writer on the Verge: Sam Sykes
A while back I started interviewing up-and-coming fantasy authors with my “Writers on the Verge” feature. First time round I chatted with Saladin Ahmed before he fully burst onto the scene. After that it was a Q & A with New Zealand’s rising star Mary Victoria. And I’ve an upcoming interview with Peter Orullian. I [...]
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Help Me Name My Third Book
Dearly Beloved You People: So as we put the polishing touches on Spellbound, it’s time to start thinking more seriously about the third and final book in the Spellwright Trilogy. I have a good chunk of the book already written, but a recent realization sent me back to the beginning. Much of what is written [...]
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