My contract arrived! Unfortunately, so did the news that they want a different title. No longer will the first book be called Crew Tempo. I’m sad about that, but I can understand the publisher’s concern. As my editor said, the title relates to a subplot and they want to advertise the military flavor. I was [...]
My sister-in-law owns every Miles Vorkosigan novel, but up to this point, I’d only read Komarr. While looking over her collection, I was examining how speculative fiction authors use humor and she thrust A Civil Campaign at me, saying, “This one’s so funny that it kept me up at night and I had problems keeping [...]
Can’t help but feel like a poster child for the "Publishing is slooooow" education campaign. I’m still waiting for the contract and the editorial letter. On the other hand, I know everybody’s busy and I’m getting in some writing time on Genetic Chords. Happy Thanksgiving — hope everyone’s turkey and ham was as good as [...]
This is the sequel to Hammered, which I read a few years ago. I had been intrigued by Ms. Bear’s protagonist Jenny Casey: she was prior military, older (~50), and scarred emotionally and physically. Her military career had nearly been life-ending and she’d lost an arm — but the military saved her from a nightmarish [...]
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