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Duplicate Effort Published
The latest book in the Retrieval Artist series, Duplicate Effort, will hit the stores on February 3, 2009. If you’re planning to pick up a copy, please do so in the first week (preferably) or the first month, so that the publisher sees lots of movement. (It’s called velocity in publishing terms–and it’s valued almost as much as really, really high sales.) The book is also available on Audible.com, for those of you following the series in audio form. And for those of you with a Kindle, there’s a Kindle format book, too. Those of you who haven’t read a Retrieval Artist book, they’re designed like mystery series novels. They stand alone, but are a little better if you have gotten to know the characters. You can pick up a paperback here. … Read entire article »
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Writing Advice
SF Signals Mind Meld column is always interesting, and often useful. This time John DeNardo asked a bunch of writers, including moi, for the best writing advice we ever got. It’s all entertaining, of course, and diverse. Except for John C. Wright’s decision to shred Heinlein (what was the point of that?), it’s mostly upbeat as well. Do, as Wright says, take everything with a grain of salt, but there’s a lot of good stuff here. You can find the column at here. … Read entire article »
Filed under: On Writing, Tidbits
Titles
I went to the Asimov’s site to complete my voting for the Readers Choice Awards (you can do the same here), and I had a horrible realization. Writers are terrible at titles that make you recall the story. Because I was in a hurry, I didn’t make a list of the stories I liked. I just went from memory. I did fine in the novella and novelette categories, but when it came to the short stories, I was stumped. I knew there were stories that I liked, but I couldn’t recall them from the titles, and I didn’t have time to go look at the first paragraphs of the stories to bring the story back into my head. So you short fiction folks of the generic one-word titles, I’m sorry. If I liked … Read entire article »
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Two Best of the Years for G-Men
I found out the delightful news yesterday that “G-Men” will appear in The Best American Mystery Stories 2009, edited by Jeffrey Deaver with Otto Penzler acting as series editor. I’m so pleased, since “G-Men,” is an alternate history story that first appeared in Sideways in Crime. Gardner Dozois has also picked up “G-Men” for his Year’s Best Science Fiction for 2009. I think (although I haven’t researched it) that this is the first time the same story has appeared in a science fiction year’s best and a mystery year’s best. Just so it doesn’t feel left out, I should note that “Patriotic Gestures” from At the Scene of the Crime will appear in Ed Gorman’s year’s best mystery and crime stories which Bleak House will publish in 2009. (I’m not sure of the … Read entire article »
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December 2008 Recommended Reading
My goal in 2008 was to read every story in EQMM. Of course, I decided to catch up on 2007 first, and got overwhelmed by the task. By the end of November, I decided I’d better get cracking to read every single EQMM story published in 2008. I am not reading as fast as I want—I have to do research reading and it’s getting in the way of my reading time—but I’m finding a lot to enjoy. The stories are listed below. I didn’t make it, of course, because I got distracted, but I’ll finish early in the new year. I got caught up on my Asimov’s in 2008 (which made me feel comfortable voting in the Readers Choice awards for the first time in years), and I decided I’d better … Read entire article »
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We Are One
As my friends can tell you, I’m a political junkie. Many Americans are following the inaugural events this year. I follow them every 4 years. Which means I’ve seen all of the celebratory concert. I didn’t have high expectations for this concert. I didn’t have low ones either. I recorded it so that I could have it on while I shelved books in our TV room. Instead, I sat down and watched. Jumped up and sang. Stood near the books and cried. Wowza. What a great celebration of America. If you missed it, here’s the HBO schedule for the concert. Or you can see it on HBO’s website. The URL is http://www.hbo.com/weareone/. The music is great. The historical stuff is actually cool. Whoever organized this did a fantastic job. … Read entire article »
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Good news on Fast Forward 2
The anthology Fast Forward 2 in which I’m lucky enough to have a story has been nominated for the Philip K. Dick award. Here’s the press release (minus the phone numbers). For Immediate Release 2008 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced The judges of the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce six nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award: EMISSARIES FROM THE DEAD by Adam-Troy Castro (Eos Books) ENDGAME by Kristine Smith (Eos Books) FAST FORWARD 2 edited by Lou Anders (Pyr) JUDGE by Karen Traviss (Eos Books) TERMINAL MIND by David Walton (Meadowhawk Press) TIME MACHINES REPAIRED WHILE-U-WAIT by K. A. Bedford (EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing) First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday, … Read entire article »
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Portrait of the Writer as a Little Person
I found this while digging through some old files. Yep, that’s me, showing my true colors right from the beginning. … Read entire article »
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