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Terra Insegura is a bestseller!

By Edward Willett in Blog
June 13, 2009
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Not, alas, on the New York Times‘s list, but at one store in Saskatchewan, anyway. It shows up as the fourth-bestselling mass-market paperback at McNally Robinson, which then translates into number nine on the overall bestseller list published by the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, which includes hardcovers. Thanks to Robert J. Sawyer (whose new novel Wake is …

Final book giveaway winners selected–and a new offer for reviewers!

By Edward Willett in Blog
June 1, 2009
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And (drum roll, please!) we have our winners in the final week of Terra Insegura/Marseguro giveaway draws for the month of May, to celebrate the release of Terra Insegura. The winner of a signed copy of Terra Insegura this week is Willis Couvillier of Reno, Nevada, and the winner of the signed copy of Marseguro is …

If an author signs in a bookstore and no one comes near, does he make a sound?

By Edward Willett in Blog
May 30, 2009
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Another slow day in the bookstore signing books…just as slow as last week, alas. Which is not to say I didn’t sell any on either occasion–I sold a few–but it’s a bit discouraging all the same. Today I was at Book & Brier, and once again it was a beautiful day outside–warmest day of the …

McNally Robinson posts an interview with me

By Edward Willett in Blog
May 28, 2009
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Chadwick Ginther of McNally Robinson Booksellers (an independent chain with stores in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Toronto and New York) has just posted a lengthy online interview with me on the company’s website. Here’s how it begins: CG: You’ve written a wide variety of works: SF, YA, Fantasy, as well as non-fiction for adults and children. Where …

I’m signing at Chapters in Regina today

By Edward Willett in Blog
May 23, 2009
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Come down to the Chapters by the Southland Mall in Regina today from 2 to 4 p.m.; I’ll be signing Terra Insegura (and Marseguro, too, probably). Also, I could use the company. It’s a very odd thing sitting at a table in a bookstore signing books. The looks you get range from the curious to …

See me at the Saskatchewan Festival of Words!

By Edward Willett in Blog
May 21, 2009
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I’ll be a presenter for the first time at this year’s Saskatchewan Festival of Words in Moose Jaw July 16 to 19. You’ll find a complete list of presenters here; by virtue of having a name that starts with “W”, I’m right at the bottom. Don’t go looking for me on the schedule just yet, …

Book giveaways Week 2: two more winners! Enter now for Week 3…

By Edward Willett in Blog
May 19, 2009
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The draw is done, and we have the winners of the second week of my month-long series of book giveaways to promote the release of Terra Insegura. I don’t have mailing addresses yet, so I can’t tell you where they hail from, but the copy of Terra Insegura was won by Tom Barclay, and the copy …

Marturia.net reviews Terra Insegura

By Edward Willett in Blog
May 14, 2009
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Ian Hecht at Marturia.net fires one of the first Terra Insegura reviews into the the blogosphere, and though he has some quibbles (not to be confused with tribbles–although both can multiply rapidly on occasion, tribbles are furrier), in general, he likes it. (As he did Marseguro.) Herewith, some excerpts: Willett’s usual moral tale style is …

Book giveaways Week 1: we have a winner! Now enter for Week 2.

By Edward Willett in Blog
May 11, 2009
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The first week of my month-long series of book giveaways to promote the release of my new science fiction novel Terra Insegura (have I mentioned I have a new novel out? I have? Well, what do you know!) has passed, and we have two winners! Michael Carter, who lives in British Columbia, has won the …

John Scalzi posts my Big Idea essay about Terra Insegura

By Edward Willett in Blog
May 5, 2009
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John Scalzi is one of the most popular SF bloggers on the Web, as well, of course, one of the most popular SF writers around. He’s also a tireless promoter of science fiction: not just his own, but everyone else’s. For several years he’s been running The Big Idea, a series of essays in which …

A month of Terra Insegura/Marseguro give-aways begins today!

By Edward Willett in Blog
May 4, 2009
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Tomorrow’s the big day when Terra Insegura officially hits bookstore shelves, and so, with great fanfare, I announce the Great Terra Insegura Book Give-Away Contest, twin to the very successful Marseguro give-away I ran when that book came out–except with one great exception: this time, I’m giving books to two people every week for the next month. Here’s how it …