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Awards Season – Show Me Your Novels!
The good news is it’s time to prepare for award nominations, and hey, I have something eligible this year! If you’re planning to nominate for either the Nebula or the Hugo (or any other award for...
View ArticleWhere oh where have you been?
Been quite a while since I’ve made an update, and I’ve been very busy but very productive. So a little update on matters:The publication date for my first novel The Bone Flower Throne has been set for...
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History and Culture: The Ritual Ballgame
Painting of a ballplayer from a mural in Teotihuacan, Mexico.Yesterday was America’s biggest sports day, Super Bowl Sunday, and as a Broncos fan, it was a miserable time. But there was one good thing...
View ArticleTezcatlipoca, Fantasia-style
Tezcatlipoca the Smoking Mirror gets a pretty bad rap in The Bone Flower Throne, though I think that changes some with the next book, where we get to see more of him “in the flesh”. I just found this...
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Upcoming Events
So I have some upcoming online events that readers can participate in. Firstly, on Wednesday March 5th, Bryan Thomas Schmidt will “twinterview” me, meaning we’ll gather on Twitter and he will ask me...
View ArticleBlog Hop – Writing: the What, Why and How
Historical fiction author–and former editor of my all-time favorite magazine Paradox: the Magazine of Historical and Speculative Fiction–Christopher M. Cevasco has invited me to participate in a blog...
View ArticleSummer Update
So I’ve been very quiet lately over here, mostly because there’s not all that much to report. I turned in The Bone Flower Queen to my editor last month and am waiting on his edit letter, and I also...
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Promoting Diverse Books will Help Save Diverse Books
A lot of stuff said around Facebook and Twitter has got me thinking lately about my own lack of promotion on my book. Confession time: I intentionally don’t talk about my book very much because I’m...
View ArticleWriterly Meme Fun!
So, over at Facebook, my friend Theresa Crater tagged me to the seven lines meme, where you go to page seven of your WIP and post seven lines, so here they are, from The Bone Flower Queen:In fact, one...
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World Fantasy Awards
The World Fantasy Awards nominees were announced last night, and I’m so thrilled to see Zelda Devon nominated under the Best Artist category. Zelda did the fabulous cover art for The Bone Flower...
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New Book Release: Beneath the Hallowed Hill
My good friend Theresa Crater’s second novel came out today from Eternal Press. I met Theresa during my time at Metro State College: she was a professor who taught British Lit, but she also brought in...
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Review: Five Dances with Death by Austin Briggs
I’m on a quest to read as much Aztec-related fiction as I can find, to get a feel for what other authors have done and learn a bit–to help me in my own writing–and since much of it doesn’t get a whole...
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Review: Out of the Shadows by Gabriella Hewitt
Title: Out of the ShadowsAuthor: Gabriella HewittPublisher: Samhain PublishingPub Date: 201168 pagesMy rating: 3 starsGenre: paranormal romanceFrom the back cover:When the last shadow warrior falls, so...
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Misogyny in SF/F – Some Thoughts
This last weekend I attended the local MALcon just a few minutes down the road from my house. I only went on Saturday, to see if it was something I’d like to participate in in the future, and with...
View ArticlePanverse Online Store Now Open
My publisher has opened their online store for ebook sales, so you can now purchase The Bone Flower Throne directly from them. The price is the same as at other online retailers, but there are several...
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Shelfies – The Research Shelf
This thing called #shelfie is going around Twitter right now, and I thought readers might be interested in seeing my research shelf.Click to enlarge and see the titles!When we finished our basement, my...
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Bone Flower Queen: Moving Forward
Much has changed on the publishing end of things since the last update. I can now announce that The Bone Flower Queen should be out in January of next year, early February at the latest. But I will...
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Bone Flower Queen: Moving Forward
Much has changed on the publishing end of things since the last update. I can now announce that The Bone Flower Queen should be out in January of next year, early February at the latest. But I will...
View ArticleMileHiCon 46
I’ll be on a couple of panels at MileHiCon next weekend, so if you’re there, you can find me here:Friday – 4pm – How Small Presses Chose Their Covers (Wind River A) – Kind of funny I got on this one,...
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Bone Flower Queen Cover Reveal
I’m pleased to finally reveal the cover for the second novel of the Bone Flower Trilogy. Very beautiful work by World Fantasy Award nominated artist Zelda Devon (who also did the first book’s cover). I...
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