Podcast interview all about Spear
A wide-ranging pocast of an interview about SPEAR, HILD, genre, rhythm, metaphor, and many other things
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Kitten Report #21: One year ends, another begins
The cats offer wisdom and I express two hopes for 2022.
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2021 Blog Stats
For the first time in 3 years the number of people visiting my blog increased—by about 11%. Here are the Top 15 new posts and the Top 15 overall.
Read moreSlay Bells: Tooth & Claw Drop Surprise Holiday Album!
Charlie and George have been in the studio. As Tooth&Claw they’re dropping a surprise holiday album, SLAY BELLS, features such classics and “Hit It!” (club remix) and “Wasted” (feat. Catnip) along with emo classics like “Luv My Bruv”
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Omicron—some new data
Two recent studies confirm the Omicron variant is very bad new in terms of infectiousness, ability to evade immunity, and resistance to existing therapies. In addition, UK data hints that there’s no significant difference in severity between Omicron and Delta.
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Pre-order Spear as a holiday gift
The first 10 people to pre-order Spear from Phinney Books will also get a signed and handwritten postcard specially designed for the book.
Read moreJolly Spearness
Early reviews are coming in for SPEAR which set me thinking of a competition and an offer for pre-ordering.
Read moreOmicron: Don’t panic
Omicron is much more transmissible than any SARS-CoV-2 variant so far. But it could also, just possibly, be the beginnings of the long winding road to Covid becoming less deadly.
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Two years later and 17 million dead
By some estimates Covid has killed 17 million people in two years. What will happen in the next two years?
Read moreKitten report #20: Not dead yet [photos]
Charlie and George continue to steadily deplete their nine-life ration. George had another close call—but everyone’s fine.
Read moreSpear available on NetGalley
Book professionals! SPEAR is now available for request on NetGalley.
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OtherLife now on Prime Video!
OtherLife, the film based on Kelley’s novel Solitaire, is now playing on Prime Video! Watch the trailer here first if you like.
Read moreMonstrously good! [video]
A monster video for a monstrously good book! But if you want to make sure you get a delicious, illustrated hardcover, you should pre-order now, because pandemic supply-chain issues.
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Wednesday October 13, 7 pm: Les Bailey Writers Series, Saint Martin’s University
If you’re in or near Lacey WA on Wednesday 13 October, come and hear me in conversation with Kelley Eskridge talking about using fiction to change the world.
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I haz a ramp!
I have a ramp! And it’s better than a platform lift because I can still use it when the power goes out.
Read moreKitten Report #19: Sad, abandoned, lost and betrayed! [photos]
We’ve been with Charlie and George 24/7 since we adopted them in August 2019. The thought of leaving them for nine days without being able to explain to them that we were coming back was…not thrilling.
Read moreEnter to win a copy of Spear!
From Shelf Awareness, Spear is the Galley Love Of the Week: Nicola Griffith (Hild) draws on legend, myth and history to create Spear, a…
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Travel in the time of Covid
Travel in the time of Covid is worse in some ways than pre-pandemic travel, and weirdly better in others. And—miracles!—many summer flowers were still in bloom when we got home.
Read moreSeason of change
I love autumn. For me it’s a season of change—slightly melancholy but also, always, deeply and fundamentally exciting. To me autumn is…
Read moreWhen accidents become icons
Most explanations for the nimbus on Celtic crosses are Just-So stories. Now there’s a much better explanation.
Read moreMore on the enamel pin for Spear
Image description: A round enamel pin in the shape of a red shield with raised rim and embossed rivets held between a…
Read moreHappy Birthday to Kelley
Today is Kelley’s birthday. Once again I feel so glad we met and that she took a chance on me. She is…
Read moreThe best of my books to read first
A thoughtful precis of my writing career so far up on Tor.com today. If only the Wikipedia article were a tenth as good
Read moreA spear and a shield
Tor have produced a beautiful enamel pin for SPEAR.
Read moreWedding anniversary x 2
28 yrs ago today Kelley and I got married. Exactly 20 years later, we did it again.
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