Teen Talk at Foothills Branch Library in Glendale
No foolin’ here. Tomorrow I’ll be at the Foothills Branch Library in north Glendale, Arizona, for a talk with teens/adults/sentient beings. It starts at 2:30 and can go up to an hour. I’m keeping things casual. I’m open to questions about writing, traditional publishing, steampunk, short fiction, poetry, baking… whatever! Oh, and I can sign books, too.
If you’re in the Phoenix area, or know someone who is, please come by or spread the word!
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Read MoreLA Times Festival of Books on April 9th
Hey, Southern Californians! I’ll be at the LA Times Festival of Books on April 9th on the USC campus. The big event is my panel at 3pm!
Yep. I have no idea how I infiltrated such amazing company, but there we go. o_o However, that’s not all I’m doing there! Here’s my full schedule:
1pm signing @ Mysterious Galaxy booth #368
3pm to 4pm panel Fantastical Visions
Taper Hall 101
with Charlie Jane Anders, Beth Cato, and Robert J. Sawyer
4pm signing – follow us there after the panel!
Drop by and say hi!
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Read MoreTucson Festival of Books 2016
‘Tis the season! Book Festival season!
Next weekend I’m attending the Tucson Festival of Books. I have two panels on Saturday the 12th, both followed by booksignings:
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[The Penguin Book Truck at the 2015 Tucson Festival]
Writing Heroes of Diversity
We need more diverse books! These authors delivered.Integrated Learning Center Room 130 (Seats 143, Wheelchair accessible)
Sat, Mar 12, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
SciFi / Fantasy / Horror
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
Panelists: Austin Aslan, Beth Cato, Jon Proudstar
Kick-Ass Women of Sci-Fi
Writing strong women characters in a traditionally male-dominated genre.Optical Sciences 410 (Seats 150, Wheelchair accessible)
Sat, Mar 12, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
SciFi / Fantasy / Horror
Signing area: Signing Area – Flandrau BookStore (Science City) (following presentation)
Panelists: Beth Cato, Jeffe Kennedy, Yvonne Navarro, Judith Tarr
I’ll be at the LA Times Festival of Books in April, too–more info on that soon!
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Read MorePlaying Catch-Up: Podcasts, Poetry, & Other News
I turned in my Breath of Earth edits to my editor last week. That took a huge burden off of me, but I haven’t been able to take it easy. Revisions ate my brain and my time, so I fell behind on everything else: short story and poetry re-submissions, story edits for myself and for other editors, my web site, general organization… and let’s not even talk about the cleanliness (or lack thereof) of my house. It’s a good thing we have therapists here a few times a week since that forces me to keep the main living areas in decent shape.
I have also, belatedly, jumped into Thanksgiving prep. I made and froze a couple batches of my soft dinner rolls and soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie dough and compiled ingredients for two different kinds of dressing and some other sides to feed company. I love doing all this, but I confess, this year I feel flustered and frantic as I ready myself for the holidays and catch up on everything else.
As part of that catch up, here are my latest publications and tour spots:
Podcasts:
SFSignal interview with Beth Cato, by Patrick Hester; recorded at Sasquan/WorldCon
Reading and Writing Podcast discussion with Beth Cato
Poetry:
“Riders of the Apocalypse: Death” and “Hera Herself, at 8’clock Tonight,” Grievous Angel
Reminisces of a Kraken Caretaker, Devilfish Review
Holy Taco Church:
Yummy Marinade for Chicken
Novelocity:
Advice for NaNoWriMo as Posted on Twitter
As part of the Wings of Sorrow and Bone tour:
GeekMom’s Geek Speaks… Fiction! with Gremlins Galore! Geeking Out About Hideously Adorable Sidekicks
The Writer’s Life eMagazine interview with me
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Read MoreHere, There, Everywhere: Wings of Sorrow and Bone
Whew! This published author gig involves a lot of juggling (and not the literal kind, or everything would go splat in my face for sure). I’ve been balancing edits and promo for my novella and news on other submissions and life stuff in general. My husband’s co-workers were actually asking after my health because I hadn’t sent along cookies for two weeks.
Here’s where I’ve been on the interwebs as I spread the word about “Wings of Sorrow and Bone”:
– Gremlins in the Clockwork Dagger novella at SFSignal
– Getting the Submissions Call for The Clockwork Dagger, at Michelle Hauck’s site
– Writing a Novella: Wings of Sorrow and Bone, at Dan Koboldt’s site
– Katherine Harbour interviews me about “Wings of Sorrow and Bone”
– How I wrote a novella in 4 easy (?) steps at Auston Habershaw’s site
– Rivka and the Gremlins in Wings of Sorrow and Bone at Books by Centeno
– Interview at I’m Shelf-ish about Wings of Sorrow and Bone
The novella remains a mere 99-cents at all major ebook vendors, too, like Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Read MoreScary Tacos and More
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[Important High Priestess duties include taste-testing margaritas. Quality control, y’know.]
At Novelocity, I share Five Not-Horror Books to Creep You Out for Halloween! If you’re in the mood for dark fantasy, check these out.
Fear seems to be something of a theme right now… it’s just that time of year! I’m in an SF Signal Mind Meld on The Children’s Movies That Scared Us the Most and I was also interviewed by Pat Esden (who has a forthcoming Bready or Not guest spot) about Real vs Imaginary Fears and Wings of Sorrow and Bone.
In totally different non-scary news, Reb Kreyling posted a wonderful review of Clockwork Crown! Yay!
