So my friend and fellow Baen author Patrick Chiles has a new book. Whenever this happens, a top secret, coded signal is broadcast which summons other Baen authors from central Ohio to his aid. Thus, I will join Pat and another Baen author, Joelle Presby, for a book signing event Friday, April 14th at 7:00 […]
On Chengdu WorldCon and Best Related Work
Having freshly deciphered the latest cryptic message from Chengdu organizing committee, I gather that the machines of WorldCon 2023 are fully in motion. Of course, this means that the Hugo Award nominations are open, and will remain so until April 30th according to the award website. It will be interesting to see what happens with […]
Dragons 2 and WorldCon 2022
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks and I owe the world an update. Two weeks ago Silver Queendom hit the shelves; it’s my first true epic fantasy and also my first book with Angry Robot. I’m back and mostly recovered from ChiCon 8, a.k.a. this year’s World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon). TL; DR; it […]
5 Reasons to Vote for the Hugo Awards
I’m voting in the Hugo awards this year, and you should too. In this post, I’ll offer some reasons why, and I’ll offer some links and advice for the un-initiated. 1. Anyone can vote for the Hugos The SF/F genre has many literary awards, but your ability to influence them varies widely. The World Fantasy […]
Obligatory Star Wars The Force Awakens Post
One of the things they don’t really tell you about having kids is that, once you do, you probably won’t see any movies in the theater for like the next four years. You don’t have to worry about spoilers in this post. I consider myself incredibly lucky to have seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens on opening […]
