Archive for September, 2007
New Adventures in Sci Fi Publishing episode up
September 28th 2007 at 4:57 pm
There’s a new Adventures in Sci Fi Publishing episode up where I answer a question about genres that are bumping into each other and what will happen due to literary writers ’stealing’ SF/F tropes.
Transracial writing redux
September 26th 2007 at 10:41 am
Dru Miller writes:
One of the things has really has me down at the moment is the flow of discussion from the IBARW activities and postings on Tobias Buckell and John Scalzi’s blogs. mac_stone also has a continuation of her thoughtful essays on “other” on LJ.
I feel like I’ve been punched in the […]
Kelly McCullough: Cybermancy
September 25th 2007 at 6:27 pm
I have a second book for you to take a look at. Kelly McCullough’s Cybermancy is a contemporary fantasy that launches today, and Kelly blogs about how this came to be over at SF Novelists:
I want to talk about how I got to the place where I’m blogging about my new book on this very […]
Mindy Klasky: Sorcery and the Single Girl
September 25th 2007 at 7:29 am
Mindy Klasky’s new book launches today, Sorcery and the Single Girl. Tate Hallaway has an interview with her up and I liked some of the glimpses into the writerly nuts and bolts:
Did you always want to write? Or did you stumble into it? How did you get where you are now?
When I was in seventh […]
Second Life’s Meet the Author
September 24th 2007 at 8:01 pm
Here’s a link to me being interviewed by Adele Ward in Second Life on Cookie Island. There are some audio issues, I had no idea that was happening at the time, but all in all, I think it was quite an interesting experience.
Sci Fi Chick reviews Ragamuffin
September 22nd 2007 at 11:59 am
SciFiChick.com liked Crystal Rain, but enjoyed Ragamuffin even more:
In my eyes, Buckell’s writing rose to a new level with this latest release. With a lot more action and suspense, and having that background already laid in the first novel, Ragamuffin impressed me from beginning to end. My favorite characters were back as well as the […]
Book buying in the Caribbean
September 22nd 2007 at 9:57 am
Author Geoffrey Philp is doing a survey on book buying in the Caribbean. If you’re a Caribbean reader of this blog, consider hitting it up.
Second Life Appearance this Sunday on SLCN.TV
September 21st 2007 at 5:18 pm
I’ll be appearing in Second Life this Sunday on Meet The Author, broadcast live on SLCN TV.
The second life URL to get there is:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/139/136/23
It should be a nifty presentation, and one of my more interesting appearances!
My favorite Tolkien
September 21st 2007 at 5:08 pm
Green Man Review asked a bunch of us writers what their favorite piece of Tolkien writing was.
I had a very definite opinion. Try guessing here what my favorite was and why, add in your own favorite, and then check out the link
Bookstore appearance help
September 20th 2007 at 11:14 pm
If you have a bookstore or know of one in these following cities and would like me to do a reading/signing please email at tobias@tobiasbuckell.com because I may be able to travel down there in mid-December and would love an excuse to do something:
Chattanooga
Gulfport-Biloxi/New Orleans Area
Milwaukee
Punta Gorda/Ft. Myers
