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Signing KINGS, plus Kitty

Another year, another Wild Cards signing!

This time out Melinda Snodgrass, Daniel Abraham, John J. Miller, Caroline Spector, Ian Tregillis, and of course, Victor Milán (dot’s I’m!) will be signing the concluding volume of our current Committee triad, Suicide Kings. Also. Wild Carder Carrie Vaughn will be there; she doesn’t have a piece in Suicide Kings, [...]

Up all night

Gee, I hope not. And I can’t literally be. I was sound asleep and Emma Dog roused me crying to go outside; that’s the only reason I’m up and around at this Godless hour. When Emma wants out, I let her out. I’m just going to say she’s a big dog, and let it go [...]

Wild Cards in Lit and Life

I need to be better about updating my blog. So here’re some quick and semi-random notes.

First, I’m hustling to polish off my story for the new standalone Wild Cards anthology, Fort Freak. It’s kind of a Sidney Lumet yarn: lots of conversation and conspiracy, then somebody gets shot. But light-hearted.

No, really. Mostly. It does get [...]

Online interview

Randolph Carter* of Grinding to Valhalla interviews me on Wild Cards, gaming, and the craft of writing. Results are pretty good, think I. Please give it a look and, should you feel moved, pass it on.

And speaking of Wild Cards … over on his Not A Blog blog, That American Tolkien Guy reveals the [...]

Stuff happens

Now there’s a snappy blog post title. I am the King of SEO!

Okay. Maybe not. Under the circumstances, it’s as close an approximation to a snappy title as I can muster. Deal.

First, though: enjoy the swell cartoon above, courtesy of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. Thanks to haikubica for turning me onto SMBC when [...]

Lucky draw

Thanks to everybody who turned out for the Wild Cards signing today at Page One.  Pretty decent turnout, and I think everyone had fun.  Many thanks to Craig Chrissinger of ASFS and the Page One folks for putting it together and pulling it off.

I got a decently early (for me) start on the day. Got [...]

Happy Busted Flush Day!

Okay, it was yesterday. Sorry. I was socked-in tight writing on my new Annja book – getting near done, here. Also, in the evening I went to a tree-trimming way the hell and gone up in the foothills with one of my Meetup groups. Which, by the way, was fun.

Anyway, it’s out, huzzah: [...]

New Wild Cards: BUSTED FLUSH impends!

Yes, the new one’s coming out, December 9. I may’ve been remiss (big surprise) mentioning it, inasmuch as last year I assiduously pimped a Wild Cards book in which I wasn’t, Inside Straight.

Well, I am in this one. Big time.

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It’s called, you guessed it, Busted Flush.

It’ll be mega-cool. But don’t take [...]

Inside Straight launch achieves orbit

Thanks to everybody who turned out for the signing. I told you a good time would be had by all. And what do you know …?

I just had a big old boatload of fun Saturday at Page One. And as I said, I’m not even in the book. Although as [...]

Who Will Be the Next American Hero?

I can’t tell … and if you want some clues, go here.

Click there now and check it out. Seriously. I’ll still be here when you get back.

Y’all know, probably (and if you don’t, hang around a spell and it’ll all become abundantly clear) that I’m more than somewhat slightly skeptical and cynical about [...]