Category Archives: Publishing

Sally over at The Qwillery was one of the very first book bloggers to reach out to me regarding The Daedalus Incident, and I remember the excitement I had that someone actually wanted to talk to me about my writing…quickly followed by a certain concern about whether I had anything noteworthy to say.

Like just about everybody in the SF/F community, Sally was incredibly patient with me as my publisher changed hands and The Daedalus Incident got a new release date. (Kindle, Nook and Kobo now! Aug. 13 in print!) So it’s a real pleasure for me today to link to my official 2013 Debut Author Challenge interview over on The Qwillery today. Sally does such a great job highlighting debut authors and deserves a hearty round of applause for helping the newbies as we get our writing careers underway. Thanks, Sally!

I also wanted to take the chance to remind folks that I’m doing a live, virtual reading and Q&A via Shindig Event on Wednesday, July 24 at 9 p.m. EDT. It’s pretty simple to check this out. Just click on the event page and then click on the RSVP button. Easy as that. The Shindig folks will then remind you of the event closer to the date. On the 24th, you can log in and see/hear me read a brand new excerpt of The Daedalus Incident (yes, it’ll be exclusive to the event), and ask me questions.

Best part? It’s free of charge to attend, so stop on by and say hi!

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Today I’m the subject of an interview with author Heather McCorkle on her blog. We talk about The Daedalus Incident, and I get off on a little tangent regarding writing rituals. I mention a goat. It’s fun, promise.

As a reminder, I’m the guest on Bryan Thomas Schmidt’s #SFFWRTCHT on Twitter this Tuesday night at 9 p.m. EDT. I’ll likely talk about Daedalus, perhaps some on The Gravity of the Affair, and answer whatever questions you like. I promise not to spoil either work too badly, or at least highlight it when I might. (Of course, if you click here and scroll to the bottom, you’ll find plenty of purchase links in case you want to read up before tomorrow!) Either follow me on Twitter or follow the hashtag tomorrow night.

Finally, I wanted to point to a guest post over on A Dribble of Ink by fellow Night Shade author J.M. McDermott. In it, he talks about his experiences with Night Shade, as well as his hopes for Skyhorse. It’s really good and rather poignant. Give it a read.

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I’m really very pleased to have had the opportunity to talk about the female characters in my debut novel, The Daedalus Incident. This comes courtesy of Justin Landon of Staffer’s Book Review, who was gracious enough to offer me a guest post today.

I’m quite conscious of the role women have played in the genre through the years. There’s been an evolution — one that’s come in fits and starts — of female roles in SF/F, from damsel-in-distress to outright protagonist. If we as authors are going to write about the future, it behooves us all to give genuine consideration to the evolution of women’s roles in whatever futures we come up with.

I don’t pretend to have all the answers, but I hope that Daedalus does its little part in that evolution. Check out the guest post for more.

And I have to give Justin a great deal of thanks for his support of Daedalus over the past year. As he described a few months ago, Night Shade Books asked him to provide feedback of a couple of titles in their pipeline…one of which, I can now say, was mine. I didn’t know it at the time, but his ideas and insights likely helped shape the book into what it is today.

Given his role in Daedalus‘ path to publication, Justin didn’t feel right giving the book a full-on review, but he was kind enough to publish a “not review” in support of the book’s ebook launch, saying he really enjoyed it. He concludes:

…this is the right kind of novel to be the first from the new publisher of Night Shade titles. It is representative of the kind of fiction the list has been known for in the past, and hopefully will be known for moving forward.

Again, many thanks for everything, Justin.

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Happy Monday indeed! It’s been an eventful day for The Daedalus Incident, with a new excerpt, a major review and a nifty podcast interview.

First off, the folks at Tor.com ran a substantial excerpt of The Daedalus Incident — the entire first half of chapter 2, in fact. So if you want a good sense of what I’m up to, click on over and give it a read! Thanks to everyone there for giving me some prime digital real estate.

Next, Paul Weimer (@princejvstin to followers of his reviews and photography) reviewed Daedalus in the Hugo-award winning SFSignal — and saw fit to give it four out of five stars, calling it “an ambitious and fun romp.” Click here for the full review, which concludes:

Overall, The Daedalus Incident is, especially in its Space Fantasy parts, entertaining and fun to read and despite its delays in publication, I hope it reaches its deserved audience, and that the author has the opportunity to explore the universe of the Daedalus, especially, much further.

Paul’s review is very thoughtful and shows off his deep knowledge of the genre. I respect his reviews a lot, so I’m quite gratified he liked it. As for exploring the universe further…I’m workin’ on it, believe me.

In addition to the review, I’m the guest today on the SFSignal Podcast, hosted by Patrick Hester, now available for download wherever fine podcasts are found. The interview is slightly dated; I didn’t know what would become of Night Shade Books (since acquired successfully by Skyhorse Publishing) and my book (now available for the Kindle, Nook and Kobo, with print coming soon). But it’s a fun chat, and we talk a lot about Daedalus and The Gravity of the Affair, as well as beer and other topics, so give it a listen.

Finally, there’s only a few days left in Stefan Raets’ giveaway of The Daedalus Incident, so click on over and sign up to win a print copy of the book.

Many thanks to Tor.com, Paul, Patrick, SFSignal and Stefan!

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