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New kid here
This is completely bizarre because I'm staring at a computer screen, not a person, but right now I'm feeling nervous because I'm about to introduce myself to a stranger.
Hi.
My name is Kevin Hearne, and I'm a high school English teacher. There isn't much I like more than a good read-the kind with characters that homestead in your brain and live ( Read more... ) -
Give the gift of yours truly for the holidays-now with bonus signed bookplates!
One again the holidays approach and soon they will be kicking us swiftly in our fruit cake and before you know it we will be hurrying on into the new year.
But for four magical weeks, my Grinchlike heart grows three sizes, they say, and I get giddy with holiday love. So now is the season for giving and getting, I'm all sentimentally commercial ( Read more... ) -
The People who influence you
(This post x-posted from the Grave Witch Release Party going on now on my BlogAs previously mentioned, I just returned from Dragon*Con, the largest Sci-Fi/Fantasy Con in the South East. The guest list for Dragon is always impressive. Big name TV/movie stars, best selling authors, and some of the best underground musicians are pretty much par for ( Read more... ) -
Book four gets a shiny slime colored cover!
As you know, I'm a giver and a sharer, so I thought I'd pass along the cover for book four in my Simon Canderous urban fantasy series, which we all have a long wait for as it's out on 2/22/11.
Please note that he has a retractable steel baton in his hand, and not a giant glowing silver pen as I first thought. Although I'm sure stabbing a ( Read more... ) -
Haunted by My First Love
There’s something about your first love that seems to haunt you for life. It’s the first time that you let yourself completely go. You open your heart and soul in such a way that you are completely vulnerable and exposed for the first time in your life. There is a sweet, once-in-a-lifetime naivety to it that will never come again that you will look ( Read more... ) -
The what and the why
I’ve had my head down, writing a series since the day before my birthday in 2006, when I sold the first three DEAD IS books on proposal. During that time, my agent also sold two stand-alone contemporary yas, one finished and one on proposal. After the first DEAD IS book was released, the publisher signed up for two more books in the series.
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It's my birthday and I'm in Peru
Please excuse this message going up early. As of late on the 26th, I'll be in Peru and won't have internet access to do this post in the morning. So let's pretend it's my birthday. I think maybe it actually is in Australia, so there you go. I think this is the most exciting thing I've done for my birthday, this trip to Peru ( Read more... ) -
Lesson Learned--A convention story
(Still buried under deadlines, so this is x-posted. By the way, before I get started, I currently have a contest on my personal blog and one of the things the winner will receive is a sampler from Ace/Roc which includes several FF&F authors. Check out the details HEREWhile I've attended conferences and conventions for nearly a decade, this year ( Read more... ) -
Monster of the Moment
(I'm buried under deadlines at the moment, so this post is cross posted ( Read more... )
