POINTS OF IMPACT is out and doing well. As always, some oopsies made it through the entire editorial process past a dozen sets of eyeballs. And as always, I started getting Tweets and emails about continuity bloopers not 24 hours after the book hit the virtual shelves. Thanks to all to took the time to…
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Low Chicago
So I have something pretty wicked to show you today. Remember how I mentioned that my first Wild Cards novella in the U.S. will be out in June as part of a novel called LOW CHICAGO? Well, the final cover of LOW CHICAGO is in, and it’s freaking glorious. Not just because it’s cool by…
Kindles, and stuff to put on them
Andrew Liptak over at The Verge included Frontlines in a list of thirteen sci-fi series starters to fill up that new Kindle you got for Christmas. I’m in some really lofty company there, along with James S.A. Corey, Ann Leckie, Linda Nagata, John Scalzi, and N.K. Jemisin. My favorite reads this year were the Broken…
It was the night before the night before Christmas
Those are my author copies of POINTS OF IMPACT. They just arrived on the Big Brown Truck of Happiness yesterday. This is the culmination of my productive output in 2017, which has been a super difficult year for getting creative work done. POINTS OF IMPACT, the sixth book in the Frontlines series, will be out…
Home again, home again, etc. etc.
We have been back from Europe for a week now, and my brain is still adjusting. You know when you start a lawnmower up for the first time in the spring after it’s been sitting in the garage all winter? That hesitant sputtering? Yeah, that’s what it feels like, even though I came back from…
Emerging from the word mines
I turned in the final edits of POINTS OF IMPACT today, so now it’s full steam ahead toward publication. (I don’t have a date for you yet, but you’ll know as soon as I do.) That makes six novels in the last five years, which isn’t bad for a slacker like me. That reckoning is…
Novels and conventions and such
I finished Frontlines #6, POINTS OF IMPACT, and sent it to my publisher. Now we do some editorial ping-pong, and then I’ll be able to share the publication date with you so you can preorder the book in VERY LARGE QUANTITIES. I had to cancel plans for attending ConFusion in Detroit in January because I…
Last day for your Hugo nominations
Today is the last day for Hugo nominations for Worldcon 75 in Helsinki. If you’re a member of Worldcon 74 (MidAmericon II) or Worldcon 75, and you haven’t yet finalized your ballot, now’s the time. And I won’t engage in self-pimpage for the Frontlines stuff, but if you’re still nominating, I’d urge you to consider…
One for the fountain pen fans
I have a little tradition for book release days. Every time a new novel comes out, I get myself a nice new fountain pen to commemorate the event. For FIELDS OF FIRE, I didn’t have to shell out my own money, because this one was paid for by 47North, my publisher. It’s a gold-trimmed Parker…
FIELDS OF FIRE, Amazon reviews, and gay Russian space marines
FIELDS OF FIRE has been out for not quite a week, and it’s sitting on 54 Amazon reviews and a 4.8 star review average already, which is much better than a sharp kick in the crotch. Thank you to everyone who has bought it, and extra special thanks to those of you who took the…