Happy Halloween you happy lunatics!
Hoping to see some of you guys at Hugo House’s Halloween festivities tonight with Cherie Priest. And I got a Happy Halloween present, myself: Underground will be coming out in hardbound. W00t!
This is cross posted to my LiveJournal, “What Fresh Hell…?”
Archive for October, 2007
Oh yeah….
Posted in Personal blither, Stuff about the book(s) on October 31, 2007 | Comments Off
The Road to Hell (is paved with iPods)
Posted in Cool writerly people, contests and give-aways on October 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
W00t to my buddy Jackie Kessler! Her newest book was slated for release in a week, but, voila! it hit the shelves yesterday. And I missed it! So, make me feel better and scamper over to the nearest bookstore and inspect The Road to Hell by Jackie (buy 2 — they’re small!) [...]
Hallowe’en Archives
Posted in Kat Litter on October 30, 2007 | Comments Off
Usually I write new Kat Litter at the main site for holidays like the one upcoming tomorrow, but I’ve been a bit swamped and didn’t get to it, so I’m resurrecting old ones, such as The Hallowe’en Doggerel of 2002 and the Nos-Ferretu column of 2000. Of course there are other Halloween bits in the [...]
Mad, mad, mad…
Posted in Conventions and signings, Cool writerly people, Personal blither on October 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Well, first off, I agreed a while back to do a werewolf short for an upcoming anthology. A Christmas anthology. A Christmas werewolf anthology. So… here I are on the hook for 8-10k words by Nov 20 and I was not having a good time of it.
So I harrassed my most werewolf-knowledgable [...]
An Experiment in LJ
Posted in Personal blither on October 27, 2007 | Comments Off
Because a huge number of my friends have been on me to “join LJ” I have now got an LJ blog to experiment with. No content at the moment, and not sure I’m going to keep it, but… well… there it is: http://katatomic.livejournal.com/
Answers
Posted in contests and give-aways on October 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Ah the scavenger hunt contest has come to an end and a reader named Johanna Novales is the winner! Richelle Mead has notified her and is arranging to get her booty to her (9 whole, fabulous signed books!) Yay! Congrats, Johanna!
And for those of you wondering, here are the answers:
In Kate Daniels’ [...]
The Value of Silence
Posted in Writing on October 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Recently a small storm broke in the SF world over a vanity press book. With much fanfare–considering it was indeed a vanity press and POD at that–Of Atlantis by Lanaia Lee was announced and many, many interviews, reviews, and backpats arranged. Until, that is, some sharp-eyed reviewer noticed that the opening chapters were [...]
I love my editor!
Posted in Book reviews news and 'zines, Writing on October 22, 2007 | Comments Off
Anne Sowards, my editor, has been interviewed at Dear Author about fantasy and science fiction markets, what’s hot, what’s up, and so on. It’s a nice piece if you’re interested in the market, or just want some more info on the genres. And Anne is articulate and funny–wish you could hear her voice [...]
Done-ish
Posted in Stuff about the book(s), Writing on October 20, 2007 | Comments Off
I’ve finished the revision in spite of horribleness and sent it to a couple of subject experts for a read through. I hope to get it back with minimal “oops” notes so I can finish the tweak and get it off to my editor by mid-November as required.
Meanwhile, I have a short story to complete [...]
Shoe… head….
Posted in Personal blither, Stuff about the book(s) on October 19, 2007 | Comments Off
Right now, I am deep in the depths of suck. Sick cat being the top of the horrible heap with a lot of other nerve-stretching disasters making up the steaming pile beneath. I’d probably feel less blue if it wasn’t so freakin’ cold. The wind storm we’re currently experiencing dropped hail the [...]
Pogue Mahone!
Posted in Personal blither on October 18, 2007 | Comments Off
The fabulous Caitlin Kittredge beat me to the blog but I still have a Pogues earworm (Fiesta!) after a lunatic night at the Showbox SoDo to see the Pogues! Damn it was a fabulous show and they capped it off with a 4-song ovation return. They managed to dredge Shane McGowan back from the [...]
In For Questioning
Posted in Book reviews news and 'zines, Stuff about the book(s) on October 15, 2007 | Comments Off
Yes, I’m on the spot again. Angie Johnson-Schmit is podcasting an interview she did with me about a week ago at her Mystery book blog: In For Questioning. It was a ton of fun chatting with Angie. Although this is a “podcast” the format is mp3, so you should be able to [...]
