Sasquan was my first Worldcon, and it turned out to be quite the doozy for this first-timer. When we arrived on Thursday, the place wasn’t on fire, but smelled and looked like it. The nearby wildfires in central Washington were sending up smoke, and the wind conditions blew that smoke right across and into Spokane….
Category: writing.
book deal news.
Minions! I have news for you. You will like these news if you’re the kind of person who likes good Frontlines news. Item the first: 47North has bought my next THREE NOVELS in one package deal. This will mean a.) two more Frontlines books after CHAINS OF COMMAND, and b.) a new book that will…
“be a space marine” update.
Thanks again to all of you who donated to the Semper Fi Fund to get a slot in a Spaceborne Infantry squad in Frontlines #4. I’m happy to report that I managed to slot everybody who made a donation into a squad position in the Ass-Kicker Platoon featured in Frontlines #4, CHAINS OF COMMAND. (In…
GRRM read “angles” and didn’t hate it.
In the wake of my Hugo withdrawal, George R.R. Martin picked up “Lines of Departure” a while ago and had some pretty nice things to say about it. It must have entertained him enough to move on to “Angles of Attack”, which he considers to be better than “Lines”, an assessment shared by quite a…
convention schedule for (the rest of) 2015.
I just got back from Readercon, which was perfectly lovely and fun. Being in New England, Readercon is sort of my home convention, and I go every year to reconnect with friends and keep up the annual traditions we have developed over the years. When I was there, I realized that I had not mentioned…
i went to europe, and it’s still there.
You may not have seen me around on the blog or social media these last few weeks. That’s because I went on a two-week trip to Europe, from which I just returned a few days ago. I had some novel research to do in various places, and the German edition of TERMS OF ENLISTMENT was…
paradise lost.
I just spent a long weekend down in San Antonio, Texas, for the Paradise Lost 5 writing workshop. I was invited to be a guest lecturer at the event, and I took the opportunity to participate in the retreat track. San Antonio is a lovely city, and the company was fantastic. I met up with…
gladness.
I am relieved beyond measure to see that “The Three-Body Problem” by Liu Cixin (translated by Ken Liu) has been added to the Best Novel Hugo shortlist in place of “Lines of Departure”. I honestly can’t think of a novel I would have rather seen on the ballot this year than this one. It’s precisely…
a statement on my hugo nomination.
Dear friends and readers: I have officially withdrawn my acceptance of the Best Novel nomination for “Lines of Departure” at this year’s Hugo Awards. It has come to my attention that “Lines of Departure” was one of the nomination suggestions in Vox Day’s “Rabid Puppies” campaign. Therefore—and regardless of who else has recommended the novel…
frontlines the fourth.
Great news, people of Earth! Contracts are signed, so I am free to share the news. 1.) There will officially be a fourth Frontlines novel. 2.) It will be called “Chains of Command”.3.) If all goes well, it will be out THIS YEAR, which means you’ll get two new Frontlines novels in 2015. (Angles of…