Hey Tri-Staters! I will be appearing this weekend at Lunacon in Rye Brook NY (March 19 – 21). If you’re in the neighborhood and want to stop by, I’d love to sign your books, chat, or whatever. I try to make it out to Lunacon every year. It’s a fun time with a lot of [...]
Live Chat RPG on Suvudu
Kaitlin Heller, one of the editors at Del Rey books, is a nerd.
I know, I know. That’s hardly a surprise, and Creator knows I live in a glass house in that regard. I’m just saying.
Kaitlin has been trying to get a Del Rey D&D game between authors and editorial going for quite some time, but [...]
DSAC Winners
Okay, enough dithering. It’s time to pick some winners.
I’ve kind of been dragging my feet with this contest on purpose, hoping that my UK ARCs of The Desert Spear would arrive early in the month and I could add those to the pot, but I don’t know exactly when they are going on press, so [...]
Facebook Frenemies
They say you should never friend your boss on facebook. Or give them your blog URL. Apparently the same rule applies for authors and their editors. If you can get past Blake Charlton’s ranting about his swine flu-contaminated roommate, NYT Bestselling Author Brent Weeks and his editor Devi will illustrate this clearly:
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Fun with Brent, Blake and Gail
You may recall that I took a ton of funny videos at the World Fantasy Convention this past October, and never posted them. My bad. In part it is because I came down with a flu son after, and then came my trip to Toronto, and then the holidays, and then Dani had the flu, [...]
Toronto Afterlife
Just got back last night from my visit to Toronto and the set of Resident Evil: Afterlife (in 3D). It was a fantastic trip, both from a business standpoint and for the gleeful SF fanboy inside me.
My buddy Matt and I flew in Thursday and thanks to the negotiating power of Hollywood, got to stay [...]
World Fantasy 2009, Part 2
As I mentioned in the first WFC post, one of the best things about the convention is meeting virtual friends and coworkers in person, often for the first time. Sometimes when you don’t even expect it.
Back in 2004, I started a small blog on a site called Journalscape. It started mostly a platform for me [...]
SFWA Mill & Swill 2009
Went to the Science Fiction Writers of America annual NY publishing reception on Monday night at Planet Hollywood in Times Square. Like World Fantasy, this is an event I never miss, since as someone who works from home, it is a rare chance to see all my peers and coworkers in person.
I had a really [...]
World Fantasy 2009, Part 1
So I went to WFC this year in San Jose, and had an awesome time. I kept meaning to blog about it, but I came back to a mountain of work, and then I got the swine, and then my computer broke, etc. Due to the comedy of errors the last few weeks of my [...]
Jinxed
Apologies to my mom for all the cursing in this entry, but it’s been an interesting week.
Sunday was the Brooklyn Book Festival, which was pretty fun. The weather was perfect, and the festival drew a sizable crowd. There were kids activities and cool swag and semi-celebrities like that guy who played Vizzini and Grand Negus [...]