New Book Discussion!

I've just posted the book discussion for From a High Tower, the latest Elemental Masters novel from Mercedes Lackey, at the unofficial DAW Books blog (dawbooks)! Swing on by and check it out!

Confluence Schedule!

OK, it looks like the schedule for Confluence in Pittsburgh this coming July 24-26th is getting finalized. Here's a peak at the current rough draft for me and Zombies Need Brains. Again, ZNB will have a booth in the dealer's room at the con, which will be manned by me and my mom. But my schedule is pretty packed, so it will likely be mostly my mom. This is what's planned, just remember that the schedule may change over the next few weeks.

Friday:

7pm: "It Came From the Slushpile!" Editors talk about cover letters, writing samples, what works, what doesn't, and more!

8pm: Literary Beer: Crowd-funded Anthologies: Creating successful crowd-funded anthologies.

Saturday:

9am: Kaffeeklatch: Zombies Need Brains: Come talk to the founder of ZNB and two of the contributing authors of its anthologies.

10am: Seven Things and SF/Fantasy Novel Always Includes: Checklist or bucketlist, your mileage may vary!

2pm: "As Long As Anyone Can Remember . . .": Surely everyone hasn't REALLY been doing things the same way for thousands of years. Authors talk about the causes and consequences of social evolution in the real world and epic fantasy.

7pm: The Manuscript on the Doorstep: Successful relationships between writers and editors.

Sunday:

10am: Magic for the 21st Century: No matter how our technology advances, we still want something out of the ordinary. Come explore magic realism, Clarke's law, and alternate sources of wonder.