Archive for July, 2009

Yes, I am going to Worldcon and so on

July 14th 2009 at 2:16 pm

I know I’ve been quietly plugging away at projects, so the blog has suffered. Just wanted to answer a few pings about my upcoming appearances. Yes, I’ll be at Worldcon! I don’t have a membership yet because the person I mailed a check to still hasn’t transferred a membership to me, so I won’t be [...]

My story Placa del Fuego is now available to read at Clarkesworld

July 2nd 2009 at 7:00 am

The July issue of Clarkesworld Magazine has gone live, and it includes the story Placa del Fuego. For those of you who are fans of the novels Crystal Rain, Ragamuffin, and Sly Mongoose, this story is very much aimed at you. You can also hear the story in audio form via Clarkesworld.
Tiago would normally have [...]

The Sword-Edged Blonde

July 1st 2009 at 4:06 am

Alex Bledsoe’s book The Sword-Edged Blonde is now out in paperback from Tor. It was one of my favorite fantasy reads back in 2008, mixing hard boiled detective fiction narrative voice with classic Fantasy tropes. From a review I wrote praising it:
If Conan the Barbarian had to hire someone to shadow his wife to see [...]