Terra Insegura revisions complete!

Whee! I just emailed the revised manuscript of Terra Insegura to my editor, Sheila Gilbert, at DAW Books. It’s much better than the original version, thanks, as always, to Sheila’s excellent editorial input. So now you can look for it on schedule on May 5, with that amazing Stephan Martinere cover. (Oh, look, there it …

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A preview of Saskatchewan Express

My preview of Saskatchewan Express‘s December show Deck the Halls, Broadway Style is in today’s Regina LeaderPost. It begins: Saskatchewan Express does a December show in Regina every year, but it doesn’t always do a Christmas show. This year, it is, and it opens tonight at the Shumiatcher Theatre in the MacKenzie Art Gallery. “I …

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The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 24: Prisoner of War

I’m posting the First World War memoirs of my grandfather-in-law, Sampson J. Goodfellow, a few pages at a time… (Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Part 7. Part 8. Part 9. Part 10. Part 11. Part 12. Part 13. Part 14. Part 15. Part 16. Part 17. Part 18. …

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I’m in Locus!

No, no review (alas), but I show up in two photos in the coverage of the World Fantasy Convention in the current issue of Locus (“The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field“): one with fellow Canadian authors Simon Rose and Leslie Carmichael at the mass autograph session, and one with DAW editors Sheila …

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The First World War Memoirs of Samspon J. Goodfellow, Part 23: Deeper into Germany

I’m posting the First World War memoirs of my grandfather-in-law, Sampson J. Goodfellow, a few pages at a time… (Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Part 7. Part 8. Part 9. Part 10. Part 11. Part 12. Part 13. Part 14. Part 15. Part 16. Part 17. Part 18. …

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A new review of Lost in Translation…

…has popped up at the blog Bibliophagic. Brazilian blogger Adiel Mittman gives it four stars out of five (and says it reminded him of Asimov’s Foundation series!) but he does have some thoughtful caveats. A few highlights: This book is a good read. The author’s idea of translators is an interesting one…If translating between human …

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The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 22: Interrogation

I’m posting the First World War memoirs of my grandfather-in-law, Sampson J. Goodfellow, a few pages at a time… (Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Part 7. Part 8. Part 9. Part 10. Part 11. Part 12. Part 13. Part 14. Part 15. Part 16. Part 17. Part 18. …

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What I’ve Just Read: Off Armageddon Reef

I’m a big David Weber fan (and had a chance to meet him and be on a panel with him at ConVersion in Calgary a couple of years ago)…or perhaps it would be more accurate to say I’m a big Honor Harrington fan, since nothing else he’s written has captured my interest as much as …

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The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 21: Shot Down Over Germany!

I’m posting the First World War memoirs of my grandfather-in-law, Sampson J. Goodfellow, a few pages at a time… (Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Part 7. Part 8. Part 9. Part 10. Part 11. Part 12. Part 13. Part 14. Part 15. Part 16. Part 17. Part 18. …

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Seizing appetite by the NAPE

’Tis the season to begin newspaper columns with the phrase “’Tis the season,” and who am I to resist? Failing to resist that particular temptation is of little moment, of course. Failing to resist another temptation endemic to this time of year is not: the temptation to eat…and eat…and eat. Why do we eat more …

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The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 20: The Independent Air Force

I’m posting the First World War memoirs of my grandfather-in-law, Sampson J. Goodfellow, a few pages at a time… (Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Part 7. Part 8. Part 9. Part 10. Part 11. Part 12. Part 13. Part 14. Part 15. Part 16. Part 17. Part 18. …

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On the occasion of Madeleine L’Engle’s 90th birthday…

…her granddaughter has posted some lovely and moving thoughts. Madeleine L’Engle, from the moment I read A Wrinkle in Time as a child, has been one of my all-time favorite writers. I can’t say how she’s influenced me–there’s not much relationship between one of her elegant stories and my novels, at least on the surface–but …

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