the league of reluctant adults

Hello, everybody! I had a great time over at Babel Clash, where Jaye Wells and I showed off our love of snark, non-traditional heroines, and F-words of all types. If you missed it, check out our posts, here . There's some good stuff there, if I do say so myself. ;-) As for me, I'm plugging away at the day job. It's going well, and I feel good about it and with the writing I'm getting done on Eye of the Tempest . But today's not about me. Today's about MAH PIMP HAND. Which is about to wear itself out . . . so many new releases. So little time. First off, There's C.E. Murphy's latest releasing today, Truth Seeker: I love Catie's books, and can't wait to get my hands on this one. Looks great! And speaking of ladies I love, how about Gail Carriger's newest, Blameless ! I've been so busy I haven't yet read the second, and I can't believe the third is out already. Well done, Gail, can't wait to read it! Another fellow Orbiter, Jess...

Chosen hits the bookshelves today. Nail biting time.

Brace, yourselves, Leaguers. I'm about to get serious on your asses. Cross-posted from my personal blog . So yesterday I was scanning twitter and saw yet another story about how poorly the big chain bookstores are doing. This on the heels of news that one of my favorite independents in Dallas also closed. Every day we’re bombarded with sad prognoses about the book industry. To read it, everything is on life support right now: Publishers, book stores, and even books themselves. I personally can’t–and don’t want–to imagine a world where bookstores and print books don’t exist. (I’d also, for the record, be pretty upset if publishers went away, but that’s a blog for another time.) I don’t hate ebooks. I don’t loathe online print book retailers either. I spend money on both all the time. But my first love will always be print and I hope to continue that love affair for a good long while. I’ve blogged before about how we’re conveniencing the joy out of our lives. But it goes deeper than ...

Mario here: I barely survived this year's Bubonicon (yes, named after the bubonic plague, and the mascot is Perry the Rat). Con number 42. The first one was held in 1969. Where were you then? Unfortunately for us, the hotel was undergoing renovation, which meant the restaurant and the bar were closed. Horrors! But the local contingent of Trekkies sailed to our rescue. Details further on down. The Guest of Honor was Peter David (left), comic book guru (Spiderman, The Incredible Hulk) and grand poopah of geeky popular culture (screenwriter for Babylon 5; Star Trek novel author). Here David is speaking with science fiction legend Ben Bova. Jeanne decided to show her appreciation for Bova's work by giving him a lap dance. Guest artist was the amazing and magical Sarah Clemens . Other luminaries included the acclaimed fantasy author Daniel Abraham . While we had plenty of exciting panels, the main action was on the second floor of the hotel. Thanks to the NCC-62001 Anasazi, and c...

It feels strange to be talking about the cover of Crossed (now officially called Crossed, A Void City Novel) before the mass market paperback for ReVamped hits the shelves next month, but like a kid with a new favorite t-shirt, I have to show it off. This is not the final cover. Quotes and such may change, but I think the artwork side of things is going to remain the same. Gene did a great job of capturing Greta's look. I asked if he could be sure and make Greta look like she might actually kill something (given that she's hands down the character most likely to to go on a killing spree) and since I'm not allowed to have Eric (the male protagonist) on the cover, it was cool that they let my evil flesh-eating Mustang be on the cover again. He even worked in the bowling alley and Greta's pet skull! You can look for this one on the shelves late January 2011, but ReVamped will hit stores in late September 2010 (just in time for Halloween!) and it will have a preview of...

Congratulations to  Jackie of Literary Escapism! In celebration of the arrival of Simon, the newest member of the Literary Escapism team (who I'm sure will be tons of help with the blog!) I'm visiting over there today, and I have provided Jackie with three handy tests to see if the little one will grow up to be a paranormal creature.   What does it mean if little Simon seems to be annoyed at songs like “This little piggy” but enjoys depressing organ music?   How about those babble conversations?  Is Simon trying to mimic mom and dad...or speaking in an ancient demon language?   Learn the answers to these questions and more and find out how you can test your own baby. You could also win a copy of Mind Games, or Double Cross (when it comes out 9/28).  It's coming!...  Speaking of releases, Chosen , the next Anna Strong comes out at the end of this month, August 31!!! Not too long ago, Anna Strong was named Best Fantasy Protagonist...

Hey all, I'll be signing at 2-4 pm Saturday at the Joseph Beth Bookstore - 161 Lexington Green Cir # B in Lexington, KY. For more information, go to www.josephbeth.com . Hope to see you there!