Monthly Archives: March 2014

March 5, 2014 · 6:30 pm

The brilliance of mashups: A conversation with Eleri Stone

It’s always great to talk shop with another writer, so when super-agent Sara Megibow asked me to have an in-print conversation with fellow novelist Eleri Stone about genre mashups for the Nelson Agency newsletter, I couldn’t resist.

Eleri is the author of Reaper’s Touch, a Wild West-meets-zombies novel that just came out last month. We had a great conversation about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to genre mashups, just how much fun it can be to create books that aren’t neatly shelved in a single category. The conversation hit the agency newsletter today, and I’m reprinting it here as well. Enjoy!

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March 3, 2014 · 5:30 pm

Publishers Weekly says nice things about The Enceladus Crisis

A pleasant surprise: Publishers Weekly reviewed The Enceladus Crisis today, had had some great things to say about it. I didn’t expect them to chime in because they didn’t review The Daedalus Incident, likely due to the publishing mess surrounding it last year. (A mess, I should add, that’s cleared up very nicely.)

In any event, PW called Enceladus “riveting” and “a uniquely imaginative science fantasy tale,” which is perfectly awesome in my book. They also dinged me on a few things, but overall, I seriously cannot — and will not! — complain one whit. That’s their job, after all. And heck, it’s a positive review. I’ll take it!

Check out the whole review here!

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