In a manifestation of what I noted in an earlier post; that if your romantic paranormal fantasy is filed on the romance shelf you get a hunk on the cover, on the fantasy shelf you get a babe on the cover in short: Fantasy: Romance: Now there’s a blog post Read more…
This is my prize for winning Scalzi’s LOLCreation contest. Just showed up today. In case you can’t read the inscription, it says: “To Steve, who does not do logic wrong.”
Working on Apotheosis (going well, thank you for asking) I’ve found myself digging in my old notes for Hostile Takeover. And I found a little sketch I made of the character Flower, when I was figuring out what the Volerans looked like. Now I’m not a very good artist (I Read more…
Due in January. Just got the cover: This one contains my story, “The Enigma of the Serbian Scientist.” Which is sort of a steampunk homage to Sherlock Holmes, wherein the murder victim is Thomas Edison. Judging by the description of the other stories (and the cover) I bucked a trend, Read more…
I’m in yet another anthology, this time it’s the heavy hardback The Best of Jim Baen’s Universe, which, in addition to being a memorial to the late Mr. Baen, promises to be an annual event. You should also check out the web-zine that birthed this anthology. Within you will find Read more…
While I was gone I got my copy of Man vs. Machine, the latest Marty Greenberg/John Helfers anthology.I mentioned my contribution, “The Historian’s Apprentice”, earlier. I honestly think that it’s my best short-form work to date. Again, my story is singled out in a Harriet Klausner review. Unfortunately, her summary Read more…
Writing and trying to hawk Wolfbreed to agents (news coming on that score, stay tuned) has made me more aware of the growing genre of paranormal romance. I’m seeing it everywhere now, and I noticed something on my last trip to Borders. Now, as you’d expect, if the sexy undead Read more…
I just got my copy of the anthology where my story “Fealty” appears, ‘Places to be, People to Kill.‘ So it’s out, buy it. And while the Klausner review drops my name, it would be nice if some actual people reviewed it on Amazon.
Yay! I just got my author copies of Blood & Rust: Two Novels of the Cleveland Undead, DAW’s omnibus reprint of Raven and The Flesh, the Blood, and the Fire, my two vampire novels. (Actually I got 16 of 40 copies, at 640 pages the book is kind of fat Read more…
Just got covers for two anthologies that are going to contain my stuff: Places to Be, People to Kill will be coming out June 2007, will contain the story “Fealty.” Man vs. Machine will be out July 2007, and will contain “The Historian’s Apprentice.”