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Honoring the awesome

Just wanted to post a whoot! for Patti O’Shea, whose IN THE DARKEST NIGHT won Best Paranormal in the Beacon Awards.  Congratulations, Patti! Also, Publishers Weekly posted their excellent interview of author N.K. Jemisin, award-winning author of THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS here.  Check it out!

Books

I love books.  This might sound self-evident, given that I work in the industry.  It’s certainly true for all the “lifers” I know — those of us who are likely to die at our desks because we can’t even conceive of doing anything else with our lives.  Publishing is not generally a high profit marginContinue reading “Books”

Dear Bully

DEAR BULLY: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories edited by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones HarperTeen Trade Paperback September 2011 ISBN-13: 978-0062060983 I can barely even talk about this wonderful anthology and the terrible events that sparked it without a tear in my eyes.  I’m touched and amazed by the generosity of the contributors, whoContinue reading “Dear Bully”

More pictures from Dragoncon

1- Me, Shannon Aviles from More than Publicity and Jade Lee, sporting her stylin’ new corset and near-matching blood donation tape. 2-Rachel Caine, Samantha Sommersby, Michelle Young and me in our booth. 3-Don’t know the origin, but v. cool costume. 4- Red shirt meets Predators. 4- Andromeda and Perseus (aka me and my husband withoutContinue reading “More pictures from Dragoncon”

DragonCon, Music Video, Book Talk

Over Labor Day weekend, I attended my first-ever Dragon*Con, and I just have to say…WOW.  Huge, amazing, such a sense of community.  Loved it.  Yes, there will be pics at the end of this post.  Before I get to that, a few things: More than Publicity debuted the music video for my Vamped series atContinue reading “DragonCon, Music Video, Book Talk”

Query vs. Critique

I saw a post recently on Facebook (one of those groups I seem to get automatically subscribed to whether I want to be there or not but decided to check out) where a woman said something like, “My daughter received a rejection saying the agent didn’t connect with the plot.  What the heck does thatContinue reading “Query vs. Critique”

DragonCon Schedules

I can’t believe how quickly DragonCon is coming up!  It’s their 25th anniversary, so it should be a blow-out.  Guests include Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, Jonathan Maberry, Adam Baldwin, Christopher Lloyd, Edward James Olmos, Colin Ferguson…the list goes on and on. For those of you planning your visit, I hope you’ll swing by andContinue reading “DragonCon Schedules”

Worldcon

Worldcon this year was an amazing affirmation of the continued strength of science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy fiction and a smorgasbord of steampunk and other wonderful costuming.  I wish I hadn’t been too busy running from appointment to appointment to panel to take more photos, but here are those I managed to grab, includingContinue reading “Worldcon”