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Archive for December, 2007

Dec
14

So that title doesn’t work for you?

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 [...]

Posted in For Writers, Happenin's
Dec
03

A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold

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 [...]

Posted in SF/F Books