Congratulations and my 2014 Convention Schedule

First of all, a HUGE congratulations to Ramez Naam for finaling in the Kitschies Awards (given out by The Kraken Rum!) for his debut SF thriller NEXUS from Angry Robot Books.  You can check out an interview with him here on the publisher’s website. For those of you who want to find me in personContinue reading “Congratulations and my 2014 Convention Schedule”

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!  May yours be filled with magic and all that is miraculous! Logging on just briefly today today, because I can’t resist letting you all know that Ramez Naam’s incredible SF thrillers NEXUS and CRUX are are Kindle Daily Deals.  Today only they’re $1.99 each and practically a steal at the price,Continue reading “Happy New Year!”

Shout out to new voices!

Sending for the newsletter, but also for a huge WHOO HOO! So beside myself with excitement to see J. Kathleen Cheney’s debut novel THE GOLDEN CITY on Library Journal’s list of Best Books of 2013: SF/Fantasy! It’s so funny, because just the other day some writers were bemoaning on my Facebook page the way theContinue reading “Shout out to new voices!”

Crux, Comiccon and YA writing advice.

First, Ramez Naam’s CRUX, the even more amazing (if that’s possible) sequel to NEXUS releases today in the US (Sept. 5th in the UK)  CRUX by Ramez Naam Six months have passed since the release of Nexus 5. The world is a different, more dangerous place. In the USA, the freedom fighters of the Post-Human LiberationContinue reading “Crux, Comiccon and YA writing advice.”

A few fun things

First, a welcome to my newest client, Marie Langager! You can find out about her journey and how we came to be working together in a fun post over on her blog. Next, Amy Christine Parker, the author of debut YA thriller GATED is over at Random Buzzers answering questions, so fire away! Over onContinue reading “A few fun things”

So much excitement

There have been so many exciting things going on lately that I haven’t found time to blog about them!  If you’re looking for something pithy-ish, I was over at Magical Words last week with an ode to stream-of-consciousness, my fifth grade teacher and the writing process.  If you’re looking for me to share with theContinue reading “So much excitement”

While We’re on the Subject…

While we’re on the subject of “Best of” lists, holiday book recommendations, et. al., iO9 has come out with their Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2012 list.  Fabulously (and unsurprisingly to those who’ve read and loved her), N.K. Jemisin’s Dreamblood series, THE KILLING MOON and THE SHADOWED SUN, made the list! In other news,Continue reading “While We’re on the Subject…”

Congratulations and Happy Book Birthdays!

I’m so excited today to congratulations to D.B. Jackson for being named one of the winners of WordNerds’ Best First Book in a Series Award for his most excellent historical urban fantasy novel THIEFTAKER! Also thrilled to wish happy book birthdays to Ramez Naam for NEXUS and to Kira Sinclair for THE RISK TAKER. NEXUSContinue reading “Congratulations and Happy Book Birthdays!”

Excitement!

I don’t often post on Saturdays, but it’s incredibly awesome to see a novel doing so well even before it’s out of the gate, so I had to jump on to give huge kudos to Ramez Naam, whose fiction debut, NEXUS, has been chosen by Kirkus Reviews as one of the December Best Bets forContinue reading “Excitement!”

GoodReads et. al.

So many exciting things going on over at GoodReads! Here are a few things of note: Diana Pharaoh Francis’s publisher, Pocket Books is, doing a giveaway of her latest Horngate Witches novel BLOOD WINTER. Enter now for a chance to win! Rachel Caine is doing a giveaway of her latest bestselling Morganville Vampires novel BITTERContinue reading “GoodReads et. al.”