The Nominees Learning the World by Ken MacLeod A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin Old Man’s War by John Scalzi Accelerando by Charles Stross Spin by Robert Charles Wilson The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation This is going to be controversial, but I don’t think any of George R.R. Martin’s… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2006 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
Category: Genesis Earth
Why books written by mothers are better than books written by childless women
I never know which posts of mine China Mike Glyer is going to pick up for his pixel scroll, or whatever he calls the daily bucket of chum that he feeds the folks over at File 770 (the ones who aren’t Chinese bots, anyway). I’ve written at much greater length about my 2022 reading resolution… Continue reading Why books written by mothers are better than books written by childless women
P is for Parenthood
I’m currently in the process of writing the second edition of my newsletter exclusive, Science Fiction from A to Z, adding a bunch of new chapters and rewriting all of the old ones. For a blog post this week, I thought I’d share one of the new chapters. Let me know what you think! I… Continue reading P is for Parenthood
2019-09-26 Newsletter Author’s Note
This author’s note originally appeared in the September 26th edition of my author newsletter. To subscribe to my newsletter, click here. So for this newsletter’s author’s note, I thought I’d do a roundup of all the magazines that have published my short stories in the last six months. There’s a surprisingly large number of them.… Continue reading 2019-09-26 Newsletter Author’s Note
Edenfall cover reveal!
Last week in my author newsletter, I revealed the cover art for my next big novel release, Edenfall. This is the sequel to Genesis Earth and the second book in that trilogy. Without any further ado, here is the cover! The art is by Lorenz Ruwwe, aka Hideyoshi. I’m really happy with how it turned… Continue reading Edenfall cover reveal!
Trope Tuesday: Future Primitive
From tvtropes: Evolution isn’t goal-directed. Sometimes …a species (often but not limited to humanity) will sometimes evolve into a more feral, less civilized, sometimes even non-sapient variety, regaining “primitive” characteristics. These “primitive” characteristics can include behaviors and/or physical traits… Most basic is the scenario common to Post-Apocalyptic settings After the End, where humanity (or another… Continue reading Trope Tuesday: Future Primitive
WIP excerpt: Edenfall
I’m a little less than halfway done with Edenfall, so I figure it would be good to share a couple of excerpts with you. If all goes well, it should be out by September. As a reminder, this is the sequel to my first novel, Genesis Earth, so you may see a couple of familiar… Continue reading WIP excerpt: Edenfall
Now I have the perfect ending
Guys, I just plotted out the last two books in the Genesis Earth trilogy, and it is going to have the most fantastic ending ever. I can’t tell you anything about it, since that would spoil everything, but it’s going to be amazing. Perhaps it wasn’t such a bad idea to wait ten years to… Continue reading Now I have the perfect ending
Seven years of ebook pricing data
Last October, Dean Wesley Smith wrote an interesting blog post on the subject of pricing. As an indie writer (or really, as a small business owner in general), pricing is one of those things that’s constantly on my mind. Pricing too high can be fatal for any business, but pricing too low can be a… Continue reading Seven years of ebook pricing data
Early January Update
The holidays are over. Blergh. I don’t generally do well when my routine gets broken up by outside forces, which is why this blog has fallen by the wayside for the last week or so. I’m also not very good at creating structure in my life where none exists, so during times like the holidays… Continue reading Early January Update