A reminder: no blurbs or signal boosts for a while
A reminder: I’m not reading other people’s work right now for blurbs; I’m not signal boosting; I’m not coming to your library/school/bookclub/radio show to chat. Sorry.
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Saturday: Seattle, 1 pm, Search for Meaning Book Festival
If you’re in Seattle or environs come to Seattle University tomorrow, Saturday, 28 February, where I’ll be taking part in the day-long…
Read moreThird Place Books on Thursday, February 19, 7 pm
If you’re in the Seattle area on Thursday night, February 19, come to Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park), and join me…
Read moreThe Year’s Best SF and F
Jonathan Strahan has released the table of contents for his upcoming The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Vol…
Read moreBlowing shit up!
There’s something about the earnest wishes of the media and populace at large that this should be a peaceful time of year…
Read moreAmmonite: why in 10 years no one will notice there are no men
From: Scott Barrett I just wanted to send you a quick note and let you know how much I enjoyed reading your two…
Read moreLovely audio discussion of HILD on Writer and Critic
Some of you might enjoy this in-depth discussion of Hild (starts around 12.5 minutes, run about 45 minutes) by Kirstyn McDermott and…
Read moreThe Year in Review
I find I’m getting 2013 and 2014 confused: “I became a citizen this year!” I think. But, no, that was last year… Some might…
Read moreUnselling books
Much to the horror of individual booksellers, I seem to have spent a lot of time explaining to potential customers why, no, they shouldn’t buy Hild for their eight-year old niece, or 10-year old son.
Read moreTruth: a writer’s job
I did an hour live on “Global Griot” yesterday morning. It turns out that sixty minutes is a long time to be…
Read moreGoing out with a bang! And a podcast…
Shamelessly stolen from Kelley’s Instagram feed The trip to Port Townsend took exactly 24 hours. Well, okay, 24 hours and 3 minutes:…
Read moreTonight: Port Townsend!
Tonight at 6:30 I’ll be at the Port Townsend Library Learning Center, 1256 Lawrence St., to talk about Hild, and read a bit–and…
Read moreMountain passes in December
I’d never been to Central Washington before, never been through the passes in December. We were ready to do the tire chain…
Read moreThis week: Wenatchee and Leavenworth
On Thursday we venture through Snoqualmie Pass and head east: Wenatchee and Leavenworth. Here’s the plan: Thursday 4 DecemberWenatchee Public Library7 pmFREE…
Read moreBaby it’s cold outside…
It’s a cold, cold morning. But bright. Happy Sunday! Perhaps you’d like to do some armchair shopping?
Read moreHow 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 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 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…
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