Albacon and the Hotlist
Quick post this morning as I need to be out the door shortly. I’m putting Dani and the baby in the car and taking them to my parents’ house, then my partner in crime/evil twin Jay Franco and I are heading up to Albany, NY for Albacon. I will be on a handful of panels at the convention, talking about worldbuilding, writing strong female characters, and a host of other subjects. If you’re in the Albany area, I suggest you swing by. Should be a fun time. I’ll blog all about it when I get back.
In the meantime, I want to point everyone to an interview I did with Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist. Pat contacted my UK editor a few days ago, and asked if I would be interested in doing an interview. I do a lot of trolling around the internet, looking at what people are saying about my work on blogs and forums, and I was interested to see that on the Westeros forum (shame on you if you don’t know what it’s named after) there was a pretty active thread about The Painted Man, which included some comments from Pat himself, who has been really friendly.
I’ve done a half dozen interviews by now, and felt a lot of them were a little stiff, and that I was just regurgitating some of the same answers over and over, so I tried really hard this time to relax into the interview and just be my usual dorky self. It was pretty fun. I need to keep reminding myself that author interviews are not job interviews. I don’t need to wear a shirt & tie.
Anyway, time to bathe and pack up the baby. Have a good weekend, all.
Hope you have a blast at Albacon. Wish I could have made it.
Yay, as of four weeks ago I do know why the Westeros forum is named so. I’ve gotten through two of the Song Of Ice And Fire books so far and the third one should be with me next week 🙂 (The series will fill the void left by waiting for Desert Spear, for a while…)
Martin is the master. The rest of us are just fumbling around trying to figure out how the hell he does it.
I’ve got to honestly say that all I’ve read of GRRM is the first volume of his short-stories collection, but the man is incredible, no doubt. 🙂 I was waiting to see how long it would be before Pat did an interview with you, Peter; you’ve now well and truly hit the big time – Pat’s blog is probably the most-read on the net, and I’m pretty sure your sales are going to climb steadily! 🙂 Also thought I’d tell you that our interview is the most-read post on my blog (hitting 250 seen), more than anyone else, so there’s consistent interest in TPM. 🙂 Have a great time in Albany!! 🙂
*soon* I mean, not ‘seen’. 🙂 Got a major hangover and my fingers don’t wanna work. 🙂