photo by Jerry Bauer
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 11:03AM The question this week at SF Signal's Mind Meld is: What genre novels would benefit from a re-branding as Young Adult? Which YA novels should not be branded as such? My answer is the last, which means you get to read some fascinating and provocative responses from Gail Carriger, E.C. Myers, R.T. Kaelin, Alethea Kontis, and others as you scroll down to what I have to say.
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 11:19AM Jules Sherred, a contributor to Wired's GeekMom blog, interviewed me last week for her Geeky Pleasures radio program; that interview can be heard here. Her review of Farseed is here.
Among the subjects discussed during my hour-and-a-half long interview with Jules: The evolution of YA, “adult themes” and how parenting has changed; the influence of social media on our perceptions of the world; becoming a fan of sci-fi, the subculture around it, and the evolution of the community thanks to the Internet; differences between science-fiction and fantasy; writing licensed Star Trek novels, and much more.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 04:00PM Publication day for the Tor trade paperback of Farseed is today.
Friday, December 21, 2012 at 12:59PM L. Timmel Duchamp, editor and publisher at Aqueduct Press, has offered an annual alternative to "year's best" lists at the press's blog, Ambling Along the Aqueduct. What she does is to ask writers to write about their favorite reading, viewing, and listening during the past year, regardless of the year in which those particular artifacts were produced. My contribution to this year's series is here.
Monday, December 10, 2012 at 01:57PM A new collection of my short fiction, Dream of Venus and Other Science Fiction Stories, which contains all of the stories set in the background of my Venus Trilogy, is now out from Wildside Press as one-half of Wildside Double #27. I've included an introduction and afterwords to the stories. On the other side of this volume, readers can enjoy Decimated, ten early short story collaborations by Jack Dann and George Zebrowski with biographical commentary by the authors. Just in time for the holidays, and you can order the book here.
UPDATE: This book is also available from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and other bookstores and vendors.