Just a note that I will be showing up at Context 21 Saturday and Sunday. I’m on three panels: 11:30 AM SAT How To Build A Dystopia 1:00 PM SAT Genre Labels 1:00 PM SUN Are Agents Necessary? I’m not going to be there tonight though, so don’t look for Read more…
Well Eleanor just got the Prophets cover from DAW, and it’s all full of crunchy SF goodness. This will be hitting the shelves March 2009. UPDATE: I should let you all know who the artist is behind this great cover, the 2008 winner of the Hugo for best artist, Stephan Read more…
Side-stepping the world of politics for a moment, I wanted to mention that I’m finally back to writing new material, after doing rewrites of three novels in a row. You’ll notice the counters slowly starting to move again as I work on Heretic, the second volume of the Apotheosis trilogy. Read more…
Nothing particularly profound, but I just created a Facebook profile. Just as with the blogging, I’m a little late to the scene, I guess after you hit 40 it just takes a lot more frigging effort to be hip. If you want to find me, just look for Steven Swiniarski. Read more…
For those interested and in the area, I will be appearing with fellow Hamster Geoff Landis this Saturday, June 28th at the Mayfield Public Library (6080 Wilson Mills Rd, Mayfield, OH) from 2:30 to 4:30. Limited space, but it’s free and you can find registration info here. For those of Read more…
I just got my contributor copy of Future Americas, the latest anthology by John Helfers and Martin H. Greenberg. My story within, “Family Photos,” which I mentioned before, is probably one of the darkest things I’ve ever written in any genre. Dark enough that I still half believe that I Read more…
My existential title crisis is over! And and the winner is: *drumroll* Lilly’s Song Now we just need to decide if it’s “A Wolfbreed Novel” or “A Novel of the Wolfbreed”
A couple of woo-hoos: First off, Anne at Bantam has given the ok to the outline I submitted for Wolfbreed #2 (titles, I need titles.) which means that I can go ahead with it as soon as I get the next DAW book out of the way. Second off, we Read more…
For those interested, and who’re in the area: I’ll be signing books at the Gray & Co. booth @ the Cleveland Home & Garden Show at the IX Center (directions) on 2/8/08 from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. BOOTH LOCATIONBooth #379. Enter from the West Entrance. Head to the leftthrogh the fountain Read more…
You may have noticed, even before the whole Cassie Edwards flap, that I follow the blog, Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books. It is, as advertised, smart, bitchy, and chock full of the kind of humor I tend to appreciate. Well, on said blog they have a feature called GS Read more…