This Friday will be my last author appearance for this year. I’ll be at the University Bookstore in Seattle (the one on University Way) at 7 p.m. for a reading and signing with fellow Northwest paranormal writer Lilith Saintcrow whose new Dante Valentine novel, Dead Man Rising came out in September. An [...]
Archive for October, 2006
Last event this year
Posted in Conventions and signings on October 31, 2006 | Comments Off
From the Hallowe’en Archive
Posted in Kat Litter on October 26, 2006 | Comments Off
Because I’m swamped (and lazy) I am not writing a new Hallowe’en piece as I often have done on the main site. Instead, I am resurrecting an old one from the Kat Litter archives: Halloween Doggerel from 2002. Dig around and you may find more weird stuff from the archives of my [...]
We Was Framed!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2006 | Comments Off
Must be California: the ferrets are in jail.
(Actually, these are two of our ferrets, Fidget and Dexter, several years ago. They’ve never been arrested–that we know of.) Can you believe such cuteness is illegal in California? Luckily, we live in Washington, but I do support the Californian ferret legalization movement. Hey, I’d like to [...]
A small complaint
Posted in Personal blither on October 23, 2006 | Comments Off
The bad thing about this novelist gig is that I don’t seem to have a brain for anything else, right now.
HOW many?
Posted in Stuff about the book(s) on October 23, 2006 | Comments Off
My publisher is thinking about a third printing.
“What,” you say? Me, too. I didn’t evn know there was a second printing, but it appears that the strange glitch of Ingram running out of books was a lack of books at all. Now, this is a very nice thing, from my POV, since [...]
Surrey
Posted in Conventions and signings on October 18, 2006 | Comments Off
I’m off to Surrey, BC, tomorrow for the Surrey International Writers Conference. Compared to the PNWA conference or the last couple of genre conferences I’ve been to (WorldCon and Bouchercon) it’s small, but it should be fun. A chance to rub some elbows with the Canadians. And I’ll sign some books on [...]
Bike Lust!
Posted in Personal blither on October 17, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Oo! I want one: Ninja® 650R : Detail View. Although I do think the black and silver models for 2006 were a little sexier. I admit it, I have a thing for twin-cylinder bikes. I love my Honda VTR, but it’s a bit… ummm… underpowered on the freeway. Of course, [...]
Sold out?
Posted in Stuff about the book(s) on October 16, 2006 | Comments Off
This is strange. Apparently Ingram, the major book distributor in the US, sold out of Greywalker last week. So, some of the big stores are having trouble getting more copies of the book. As a result, it’s easier to find a copy of my book in an independent bookstore than in [...]
Another interview
Posted in Book reviews news and 'zines on October 14, 2006 | Comments Off
The talented Lynda Hilburn interviewed me for her blog: Paranormality: First Sale Stories: Kat Richardson, “Greywalker”. If this sort of thing keeps on, I’ll need a separate box to carry my ridiculously enlarged head in.
Drat that Dictionary
Posted in Personal blither on October 12, 2006 | Comments Off
My word processor has suddenly decided that it does not like the way I spell “grey” and has taken to automatically changing it to “gray.” This is a small quirk that it has only recently developed and I don’t like it at all. If I want to deliberately misspell something, I shall do [...]
Publication Timeline
Posted in Writing on October 9, 2006 | Comments Off
Because people keep asking “how long did it take you to write/publish” Greywalker, I’ve posted a complete publication cycle timeline at the Kat Litter section of my main website. Some of it’s just plain strange. Eventually, it’ll have to move to the 2006 archive and get a permanent link, but not yet. Too [...]
One hell of a weekend
Posted in Personal blither on October 9, 2006 | Comments Off
Without even drinking!
Signing at Seattle Mystery Bookshop went well and, my agent will be happy to know, I went out and hunted up my book in a few other shops around downtown and signed those. I also got to see a lot of friends who popped up for the signings, including John and Misty [...]
