It's been a wild ride - from Julian Yap asking me if I wanted to oversee the creation of a "collaborative serial narrative" based on my Riverside novels (Swordspoint, The Privilege of the Sword, and The Fall of the Kings) . . . to THIS:


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Last night, we went to Town Hall to see Richard Thompson solo acoustic concert of perpetual bliss.  He always does that to me.  A genius songwriter and guitarist - but also a performer of tremendous generosity.  The air changes when he's in it.  I love his albums, but LIVE . . . I swear to you, he cured my flu one night in Boston - for 24 hours, ( Read more... )

in its category, which was "Best Audio Drama" --because of all the Illuminated bits.

I really truly wasn't expecting it - I'm afraid I let out a SQUAWK! - What?! - and when we stood in our places for the applause (no speeches at the Audies), I blinked around the room like a sunstruck owl ( Read more... )

Delia's feeling much better - and therefore, so am I!  Last night is the first time in over a week that I was silly on the internet.  (That's how we know.)  And what do I do with this precious frivolity?  Why, find a guy on Tumblr who I think looks like Alec Campion, of course!

Sheesh.

Here are the two photocollages I've found already of him.  (I ( Read more... )

I'm supporting this Kickstarter  with offers of signed copies of Swordspoint and The Privilege of the Sword  - along with free copies of their audiobook downloads (so you can read along?).

Of course, what you really want is Dion Graham (sexy St Vier in the Swordspoint audiobook) doing your answer machine message ( Read more... )

AudioFile Magazine named our  SWORDSPOINT audiobook 

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I take this opportunity to inform you of the Great Books Cocktail Challenge from my public radio colleague Kurt Anderson:

FUZZY NOVEL:  STUDIO 360's Cocktail Challenge!  
Send us an original recipe for a new cocktail named after a classic work of literature.

Hmmm.... the jacket copy calls Swordspoint a "classic" . . . . and we've already got a bunch ( Read more... )