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Genre Chick Interview: Stephan Pastis
Who wouldn’t want to know more about a man who visits you every day and hangs out in your kitchen? This month, I cozied happily up to Stephan Pastis, fellow Greek and supertalented creator of the irreverently hilarious comic strip Pearls Before Swine. I had the hardest time trying to find a conference room in which to interview Stephan–it’s…
Pop
Kevin J. Anderson’s got this popcorn theory of publishing success he’ll share with you, if you can stop him long enough to ask him about it (preferably with a decent microbrew in hand). He says: there are two ways to make popcorn. You can put one kernel in the kettle, put a little bit of oil on it and…
Beauty & Dynamite!
Hooray!! It’s time to celebrate! Beauty & Dynamite is now up for preorder!It will be released on June 1, 2008.Preorder Beauty & Dynamite from Apex Books here — only $15.95!Check out this gorgeous cover! “Alethea Kontis has already more than proven herself as both a fiction writer and editor, but this collection of non-fiction pieces shows her to be…
Anything But Foolish
Today is Anne McCaffrey‘s birthday, everyone! The Mistress of Pern is 82 years young today. Woohoo!! Like the rest of the SF world, Mark Newton and I were discussing Arthur C. Clarke over the Ides of March. Not just because he meant so much to the genre, or the world, or our careers, but because each time the world…
Not Necessarily Friday
A couple of Fridays ago I participated in Fantasy’s “Blog for a Beer” again — and I found out today that I won…again! (I’m a little worried that no one will want me to blog there anymore if I keep on being a brat and winning.) If you haven’t checked out Fantasy’s website, you should! They have Fabulous Free…
This is My Brain on Magic
There is an article out in the most recent Psychology Today (yes, I do sometimes broaden my horizons past Stephan Pastis’s new Crass Menagerie collection) about magical thinking. It essentially says that people who find patterns in things, usually with nothing but a spiritual or supernatural basis, are healthier, happier people who actually *do* have more control of their…
Genre Chick Interview: Shannon K. Butcher
Shannon Butcher’s contemporary romance novel No Regrets debuted last winter. Its follow-up, the sexy thriller No Control , has just released, and it is already a favorite in the Secret Inner Circle of Ingram’s genre book club. Join me as I talk to Shannon about the Delta Force, chasing tornadoes, and life with her husband, author Jim Butcher (The…
Friday Magic
I’m on vacation today visiting Mom and Dad in Florida. Sun, sand, and deep sea fishing…hooray! The blog’s on a minibreak too, but worry not — today there is an original Alethea Kontis essay guest-starring at Title Magic, the blog set up by the American Title competition finalists. Thanks again to those ladies for inviting me — make note…
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