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Archive for 2009

Merry Christmas

Because of Mem’s funeral, I had to push my review of the Pathfinder copyeditor changes in to December. After that, we ran around the house cleaning and throwing away junk (or hiding it–which is good enough, right?) My sister and her husband, as well as my parents, stayed with us over Christmas. It’s been a [...]

Fall reading wrap-up

I like Jeanne Stein’s urban fantasy series, but she writes too fast. I’ve only finished book two and I just put book five on the pile. Richard Morgan’s premise and world in Altered Carbon sucked me in, but I ended up confused regarding the schemes and motivations of the villain. It’s difficult to confuse me [...]

Anna (Mem) Guyote

This month we were overwhelmed by the news that my mother-in-law passed away. It wasn’t a shock, because she’d slipped into end-of-life hospice care, but we still ignored the possibility. We also didn’t expect to scramble for flights on Thanksgiving weekend, but that’s what happened. Down in Louisiana, we had good weather until the day [...]

What’s in a book title?

Quite a bit, actually. For my first published book, I had the experience that many new authors have: the title change. Initially, I thought my original title was great, but I quickly learned that I didn’t know much about the publishing, packaging, and marketing of books. My vague title, which was based upon theme and [...]

Vigilante is here, MileHiCon 41

Vigilante is on the bookshelves! Ran myself ragged with signings, conventions, and the release party. Much of MileHiCon 41 was a blur, although I remember best the panel where we considered whether paper books would be totally replaced with e-books (that question never goes away, does it?) Of course, I didn’t think it possible that [...]