Baby it’s cold outside…
It’s a cold, cold morning. But bright. Happy Sunday! Perhaps you’d like to do some armchair shopping?
Read moreMonth: November 2014
How to get signed and personalised HILD for holidays, 2014
Updated 11/29/14 This year I’m teaming up with a new bookshop, Phinney Books, on Greenwood Avenue, Seattle to bring you signed books…
Read moreThanksgiving
My thanksgiving started last night with a fig. Just an ordinary fig, snatched from its bowl as I made a mental list…
Read moreTwo more unprocessed pics of me
Yesterday’s photos are black and white, which covers a multitude of sins. Here, for the sake of truth-in-advertising, are two full-colour shots,…
Read moreRecent photos: tired but relaxed
Two photos of me from my last Seattle reading of Hild at Third Place. Unretouched, according to the photographer (Jennifer Durham). Her verdict:…
Read moreHild is a #1 bestseller!
Hild is the PNBA’s number one bestseller. That means that for the week ending November 16, it’s the overall top-selling paperback at…
Read moreImmersive storytelling: are books better than film?
After a recent post on Hild’s film/tv rights, I started a conversation in the comments with my friend Brooks, posting as Myseyeball….
Read moreLast HILD reading in Seattle: Third Place, Ravenna, Wednesday 19th, 7 pm
Tomorrow is my very last Hild reading in Seattle. By last I mean last. The next set of readings will be for…
Read moreToday is Hild’s 1400th anniversary
Today is Hild’s 1400th birthday. That is, Hild, who became St Hilda of Whitby, was born 1400 years ago, and November 17th…
Read morePlanes, trains, and automobiles
Kelley and I got in late last night—given jet-lag, it was about midnight when we walked in the door, 2 am when…
Read moreTonight: Left Bank Books, St Louis, 7 pm
I’ve been to St Louis many times. I’m particularly fond of Left Bank Books where my friend Mark Tiedemann (author, most recently,…
Read moreThe ending of HILD
From: ChristineI was at your reading for Hild at the Elliott Bay Bookstore on Friday evening*. I did not have a book…
Read moreBranding for writers
A while ago I was thinking about “branding” as it is applied to (and by) novelists, and wondering why I have such…
Read moreTonight: Porter Square Books, Boston, 7 pm
Tonight I’m at Porter Square Books in Boston. It’s a new place to me, but I already know lots of people who’ve…
Read moreTonight: Washington DC, Kramerbooks, 7 pm
Tonight we’re finishing our fabulous time in DC with a reading at Kramerbooks and Afterwords Café. I’ve never done a reading in…
Read moreMen are afraid that women will laugh at them
From Morgan: In the first few chapters of Hild, there is a line that goes something like “Men are afraid that women…
Read moreToday: World Fantasy Convention
I’m doing a few things today and tonight at WFC. The first public event is a panel at 3 pm on historical…
Read moreCharis Books is a jewel
Charis Books last night was a real homecoming. The store, in many ways, looked the same: bright, warm, cheerful. Feminist posters on…
Read moreTonight: Charis Books in Atlanta, 7:30 pm
When I first moved to this country it was to Atlanta. The first bookshop I went to was Charis. It’s where I…
Read moreToday I start the 11-day paperback tour
Today Kelley and I get on a plane and head east for a bunch of readings and signings. Here’s the schedule: Wednesday…
Read moreBranding: It Burns
According to an Economist review of Wally Olins’ posthumous Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come (Thames & Hudson, 2014), branding is “about knowing who you are…and showing it.” It sounds simple but for a novelist it is not.
Read moreEtymology and insult
From: Larry Well, this is excellent timing. I read and fully understood and agreed with your “Lame is so gay” post. And…
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