A very quick post to say that i've been interviewed over at Let's Get Beyond Tolerance! Only a few questions, but they were good ones.

Also in brief, Dreaming Metal is now available in ebook from Amazon and Smashwords. Five years after the Manfred riots, the question of machine intelligence is still a dangerous one on Persephone, and the coolie ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Patreon poll! I am still considering the logistics, but will probably start in June or July. My goals are fairly modest: if I get $100 in a given month, I’ll post a 250-750 word sketch set in the Points universe; if I get $200, I’ll post a Points sketch plus either a second Points sketch or a 250-750 word ( Read more... )

Lethe Press turns 15 this month, and in celebration is holding an ebook sale! Buy any 3 of their ebooks direct from the press, and the price per book drops to $1.50. That means all 4 Points books can be had for $6.00, and the Mathey and Lynes novels for $3.00. For $3.00 more, you can get my other two Lammy winners (besides Point of Dreams and Death ( Read more... )

I am considering setting up a Patreon, and am looking for input. Basically, my idea is to do the kind of Patreon I enjoy subscribing to - one where I can get little extras from writers (and worlds, and characters) that I enjoy. So what I’m proposing is to offer at least one 300-500 word snippet per month; if I reach certain funding level, I’d offer ( Read more... )

It’s the eve of New Year’s Eve, and still ridiculously warm - so warm that the boys who got hoverboards for Christmas have been wearing shorts to try them out, though today it’s raining hard enough to keep everyone indoors. I have been to the grocery store to get supplies for the traditional New Year’s Day meal - ham, black-eyed peas, collard ( Read more... )

If you’re looking for a treat to get you through the shortest days of winter, or a gift for a fan (including for yourself), Steven Savile has come up with an amazing Storybundle. To begin with, it’s huge - 12 basic titles (at a base cost of $7), or 30 titles total at the bonus price of $15. More than that, those 30 books include complete trilogies ( Read more... )

Working through my backlist with the folks at Crossroad, I’ve had the very weird experience of reading - in quick succession - my first published novel, my last novel for Baen Books, and my last novel for Tor Books. They were published roughly 10 years apart (1984, 1990, and 2000), and so they provide an interesting snapshot of my career. I’m ( Read more... )

I have been at conventions or a writing retreat for the last three weekends, and am finally coming up for air. It has been fun and busy and potentially profitable, but I am also looking forward to a weekend in which I can take things a little more easily.

( Shore Leave! )

An odd thing happened at last weekend’s Shore Leave convention, one that’s left me feeling I need to clarify something I said. I was on a panel on LGBT characters in SF, which - like many of the panels at this year’s Shore Leave - clearly involved some confusion among the panelists and audience as to what the panel was supposed to be about. The ( Read more... )

If you've been thinking about trying the Astreiant novels (Point of Hopes, Point of Knives, Point of Dreams, and Fairs' Point), Lethe has created a package deal - all four books, three novels and one novella, for $30, less than half the cover price. And we will certainly be able to work out autographing for US buyers - just let Lethe know when you ( Read more... )