As you know, Bobs, The Freedom Maze is coming out next month.  And the Big Machine of New York Publisher Publicity arranging my author appearances is, well, me.  And since I'd be the last person I'd hire if I were hiring a publicist, I'm going to need some help--other than Ellen, who has got a book of her own to write, which you will love and must ( Read more... )

The wonderful Erin Underwood has posted the first chapters of many fine novels, including Beth Bernobich's The Fox and the Phoenix and Cherie Priest's Hellbent and Lev Grossman's The Magician King and a whole bunch of other stuff.  Including The Freedom Maze.  Check it out.  TFM is a ways down the page, with a lovely synopsis and the cover and all ( Read more... )

There's been a certain amount of action on the cover front of The Freedom Maze over the past few months: concepts, sketches, tweaks have flown back and forth between Gavin Grant of Big Mouth House (which is the children's division of Small Beer Press, for those of you who didn't know) in Northampton and me in New York.

Today as ever was, he sent me ( Read more... )

A lovely new essay on Interfictions Zero.  Here's my co-editor Helen Pilinovsky's description:

This month, Kat Howard gives us a fascinating meditation on the nature of legend, specifically, the legend of King Arthur, and all the connotations that he bears.  "The Once and Future King," a term from Malory interpreted somewhat ... literally ... by T.H ( Read more... )

Now up on Interfictions Zero:  a wonderful essay  by Rachel Zakuta on Rebecca West's The Saga of the Century .

"Rebecca West frequented the borderlands of human experience, reporting on the very best and worst that humanity could achieve. She was a respected literary critic, an authority on the beauty of man's creations, and a journalist who ( Read more... )

It's a big week for anthology readings in the Sherman/Kushner household.

WELCOME TO BORDERTOWN (Random House), has been out for two whole weeks!

Celebrate with us at NYC's wonderful children's/YA bookstore, BOOKS OF WONDER

Thursday, June 9th, 6:00 pm
Books of Wonder
18 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
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blackholly , ellen_kushner , jeffford2010 , glvalentine , mroctober , and I, are reading from the new Vampire anthology TEETH this Saturday afternoon at the beautiful Jefferson Market branch of the NYPL.   If you're wondering why I picked trapeze girls as my icon for this post, you'll just have to come and hear me read.  Or buy the book.

Here are the details.

ETA:  There won't be books for sale there (it ( Read more... )

PodCastle's featured tale this week is my story "The Wizard's Apprentice"

I'm excited about this for many reasons, not the least of which is that this story forms the germ of my current WIP, also called The Wizard's Apprentice.  Someday I must, must, must write a post about turning a short story (and this one is very short indeed, less than 3500 ( Read more... )

Guess what arrived in the mail today!  Our authors' copies of Teeth!  Isn't it beautiful? (she asked fondly)


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It's that time of year again, when ellen_kushner and I do The Family Christmas Reading at NYRSF.  It's a week later than usual, owing to Ralph Vicinenza's memorial service being scheduled for the usual time, and results in NYRSF and KGB occurring on consecutive nights rather than a week and a day apart, so it's extra-special.

I will be reading from The Freedom ( Read more... )