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Editorial July 1993
Well…this essay isn’t really dated. When I search for the Dated Essay of the Month and I’m in a hurry, like this month, I just go back to an F&SF editorial from the same month, only years (and years! Ack!) ago. I clicked on this one, and was a bit stunned at how fresh it is. What’s dated? The usual: I don’t edit any more, haven’t since 1997. And, I think that whole “exercise” thing went out the window. But political correctness is still with us in horrible ways. And I think we’re just starting to see the results of coddling an entire nation, trying to keep them from “disturbing” emotions. As a nation, we no longer cope with bad things … Read entire article »
Filed under: Dated Essay of the Month, On Writing
The End of the Freebie
Well, The Disappeared is no longer available for free on Audible.com, although it is now available for a small fee (hint, hint). Audible did this free promotion to get y’all to sign up for their newsletter and to buy audiobooks. They were hoping for a few thousand. By the end of the first weekend, 10,000 of you downloaded the audiobook, stunning all of us–including the Audible folks. They’re happy and I’m happy. The final numbers aren’t in yet, but they will be higher than that. I know that not all of the 10,000 will like the book, but both I and Audible are hoping that a significant number of you will–enough to download the remaining audiobooks in the series. I’ve been getting some wonderful private … Read entire article »
Filed under: Current News
The Dark Knight
Another midnight show, a completely different crowd. Our small band of local writers went to the six-plex (yes, we only have one) at midnight July 17 (July 18, official opening day) to discover the movie was sold out. (Fortunately we had our tickets from earlier in the week, when we saw Hellboy 2.) Now, you have to understand that in our little coastal town, we often have private screenings in the winter. We’re a tourist town of less than 7000 full-time residents and the idea of a sold-out film is laughable. The night the six-plex held its private grand opening for the people with “special invitations,” the entire town showed up and there were still seats to spare in the theaters. But it’s the middle of the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Tidbits
New column
I write a regular column for Aeon Magazine online. The new issue is out with the new column. You can find it here. Then take some time to read the fiction and the rest of the magazine. It’s quite good. Tweet This Post … Read entire article »
Filed under: Current News
June Recommended Reading List
I didn’t have a lot of leisure reading time in June, and what I did read disappointed me greatly. For a while, I thought I’d only have two entries in the June Recommended Reading. Fortunately, the last two weeks of June provided an abundance of great stories and books, so much that I stayed up late several nights in a row, finishing not just the novels, but the non-fiction as well. June, 2008 Crais, Robert, Chasing Darkness, Simon & Schuster, July, 2008. When I first picked up my copy, I was disappointed at how thin this book was. I shouldn’t have been. Bob packed a lot of story into a small area. The sparseness of the tale reflects the horrors he’s dealing with. The book … Read entire article »
Filed under: Recommended Reading
More Retrieval Artist News
Just got the new cover for the upcoming Retrieval Artist novel, Duplicate Effort. The novel will be released in February. I love this cover. It’s pretty–and it’s green! It’s the first green cover of the series. Tweet This Post … Read entire article »
Filed under: Current News
Free Retrieval Artist Audio Book
From today through July 24, Audible is offering The Disappeared for free. They’re so confident that y’all will like the series, they think the first book will hook you. Prove them right. All it takes is an Audible account. Once you have that, you can download for free. You can find the pertinent information here. Tweet This Post … Read entire article »
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New interview posted
Travis Heermann interviewed me for his writing blog. He asked some interesting questions. You can find it here. You might want to play around on his site for a while. He has many author interviews as well as some other worthwhile things there. Tweet This Post … Read entire article »
Filed under: Current News, On Writing, Tidbits
