Happy early birthday to theladyrose! May you have a fantastic day and many more to come!

I am off tomorrow morning before the crack of dawn to go to South Dakota. There I will join my friend and one of my very favorite musicians, Giuseppe Festa of Lingalad (see my previous post about him here), and filmmakers Francesco and Massimo Piccioli. They are shooting ( Read more... )

A quick "PS" to my last post: The Charlotte Observer ran a short article about me today. It is here.

"Because aside from the occasional X-Wing for you to plug into, there's just no electricity on Dagobah." (on Yoda)
- Ale[X]-wing fighter at Guitar Wars?

Just a quick post to thank everyone who was so supportive of the First American: Voices Film Series, both in person and from afar. Both evenings went extremely well. Last night, to my absolute amazement, I sold out of all of my books before my book signing was officially scheduled to begin ( Read more... )

Happy early birthday to kalquessa and rosamundeb! I wasn't sure if I'd be able to be online tomorrow, so I wanted to be certain to wish both these fantastic ladies a wonderful birthday and a joyous year to come!

* John Granger, also known as the Hogwarts Professor, was just interviewed by Tim O'Shea of Talking With Tim about his work on the Harry Potter universe ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to firiath! May your day today be wonderful and your year to come be fantastic!

A couple of quick notes:

* I highly recommend checking out the Free Speculative Fiction Online website for links to excellent stories from the genre's past and present (posted with the authors' and/or publishers' consent ( Read more... )

Just a quick note to tell you of two new interviews I have scheduled:

* On Tuesday, February 19, I will be a guest on the "First Talk with Hal Row" radio program from 8-9am (Eastern) on 1290AM WHKY in Hickory, North Carolina. The show is streamed live online here. Questions can be submitted before the show online here. I will be interviewed along ( Read more... )

I have some personal news to share...

* New today: I just gave an interview to Talking With Tim, in which I discuss several of my recent book projects, including The Magic Goblet, Past Watchful Dragons: Fantasy and Faith in the World of C.S. Lewis, and Tecumseh: A Biography, as well as my upcoming appearances and other subjects. You can read it ( Read more... )

I'm trying to get my ducks in a row for 2008. Here's the latest from my world...

1. My forthcoming book, Tecumseh: A Biography, is now available for pre-order directly from Greenwood Press and from Amazon.com.

2. Pop Thought has just conducted a new interview with me (published Jan. 3, 2008) about the book. You can read it here.

3. Also ( Read more... )

I'm back! Happy belated birthday to febobe, and happy early birthday to janissa11. I hope both of you fabulous gals have a marvelous year to come!

Revolution Science Fiction has published a new interview with me, complete with pictures, particularly focused on The Magic Ring.

Mythcon 37 was simply wonderful. I was deeply gratified by the excellent responses to ( Read more... )

Thanks to all of you for your incredibly kind support about my NPR interview today on the "Talk of the Nation" program about the Star Wars phenomenon and the nature of fandom. I'm not particularly good about thinking on my feet -- dammit, Jim, I'm a writer, not an orator! -- but, for what it's worth, it's now available online as streaming audio ( Read more... )