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 …
Tag: science fiction
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 …
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 …
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 …
Novels ending badly
I’ve occasionally posted about the annual Bulwer-Lytton contest for the worst beginnings for novels. Now the Washington Post has inverted that and run a contest for the worst possible endings to novels. (Via Scott Edelman.) The winner: As the wail of the nearing sirens shook him awake, Todd rose from the charred remains of Rensfield …
I make the news in Meadow Lake!
The Meadow Lake Progress has posted an article about my visit to that community the weekend before last for a library reading. It’s a good article, although I wouldn’t take the quotation marks around what I supposedly said very literally… You can read the whole thing here, but here’s how it starts: Regina-based science fiction …
Pre-order Terra Insegura now!
The pre-ordering link is up at Amazon for Terra Insegura, due out May 5–you know, if you just can’t wait: A print-out of a confirmation of your pre-order from Amazon would make a great Christmas gift! Wouldn’t it?
Thus sayeth the Preacher:
“Of the making of revisions to your latest science fiction novel there is no end, and much editing is a weariness of the flesh.”
Inspired by my own cover art
This sentence didn’t exist in Terra Insegura until today’s revisions, though the scene it’s part of did. Compare it to the cover art: They watched as Karl and the rest of his tiny band of followers exited the shuttle and headed across the vast flat expanse of the spaceport toward the looming towers of the …
Cover art for Terra Insegura!
DAW just sent me a sneak peek at the cover art for Terra Insegura, my next novel, due out in May. The cover’s by Hugo Award-winning artist Stephan Martiniere (who was also nominated for a World Fantasy Award this year). It’s completely different from the Steve Stone-created cover of Marseguro, but I like it! Now …
World Fantasy Convention, Day 2
I had a pretty slow day today since I didn’t go to any panels (because the ones I was interested in coincided with other things). First thing I did this morning was take the obligatory Photo From My Hotel Room Window. Once I’d been out and had coffee and all that stuff (I had a …
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