I’ll be at Balticon this weekend and hope you get a chance to drop by! You could win a free copy of Shambling Guide!
This week’s episode brought to you by the Flight of Pigeons.
The book goes on sale next Tuesday! Preorder (Amz) (BN) (Indie) (Waterstones) You can also preorder via Audible.
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First, the exciting:
Tonight there’s a live video chat with me at Shindig! You can drop in any time (it starts at 6:30 Eastern) but they would appreciate an RSVP. I’m very excited about this event!
Come to my shindig! (Pretty dress not guaranteed)
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Balticon is this weekend! I’m hitting the train tomorrow morning, arrive in Baltimore late afternoon, and will be shouting obscenities at Scott Sigler by 9pm. Watch me.
Also at Balticon: LIVE ISBW with a NINJA BOOK LAUNCH will happen at noon on Saturday. Be there. There will be giveaways. Also Myke Cole.
FABULISTS AT BALTICON- tell me you’re coming, I’ll do a thing. Possibly involving donuts.
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So I’ve got a book coming out next week. Yeah. A little tense about it. Preorder (Amz) (BN) (Indie) (Waterstones) if you’re interested. Or listen to the podcast if you’re not sure yet. You can also preorder via Audible.
Eep. Ack. No panic. Truly.
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Interviews!
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And now the bad:
I’ve been absent from blogging and podcasting this week thus far because my husband was in an accident this past Sunday (his bike vs. a car.) He’s got many of the minor injuries one would expect (bruising, road rash), plus a broken collarbone. So my priorities have drastically shifted in the past four days to make sure he’s seen doctors and gotten meds and is comfortable, and, outrageously, the kid still gets to school on time and in clean clothes and with lunch and stuff.
But after coming out of all of that we looked at the situation and thought, well shit, it could have been so much worse. So we’re just glad he’s OK, and the break isn’t a bad one.
That said, he and Princess Scientist were planning on coming to Balticon, but he needs to stay home and rest. Sad face.
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Get the gun, and make it quick. Sometimes the darlings have to die.
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My book trailer is here and it’s very exciting! They did an amazing job on it; thanks, Orbit!
Cover art by Jamie McKelvie
It’s time for Chapter 3, and if you want to help out the book, please leave a review at Goodreads!
And check out the latest review!
Booklist (Starred review): “This is a funny, thoughtfully conceived, and thoroughly entertaining romp that will be a sure bet for urban-fantasy readers—and might even surprise people who don’t think they’d enjoy a paranormal novel.”
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There’s a live chat with me over at Shindig next Wednesday night! Go check it out and RSVP if you’re interested (we are hoping for many RSVPs), I’m really hoping I won’t be all alone asking myself “a/s/l?”
Recently I’ve found a new use for writing: distraction.
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From io9: Astounding Summer Books That You Won’t Want to Miss
From Booklist (Starred Review*)
Most new hires try to negotiate a higher salary. When Zoe takes a job editing a new travel-book series for Underground Publications, she needs to decide whether to get paid in hell notes, blood tokens, occult favors, or regular dollars. In Lafferty’s entirely believable world, New York City is secretly inhabited by vampires, zombies, fay folk, and assorted monsters. Public Works not only takes care of streets and sanitation, they are also responsible for keeping the balance between humans and “coterie”—the preferred term for nonhumans. Zoe’s pretty tough, and she thinks she can handle her assignment of creating a coterie guidebook to the city. But she’s ill-prepared for what awaits her in the underworld and soon finds herself succumbing to the erotic advances of an incubus coworker, tracking down raging zombies, and ultimately getting involved in an epic battle for the (literal) soul of the city. This is a funny, thoughtfully conceived, and thoroughly entertaining romp that will be a sure bet for urban-fantasy readers—and might even surprise people who don’t think they’d enjoy a paranormal novel.
* AW YEAH
Why conventions really ARE work for a pro writer. And by pro I mean anyone trying to make it as a writer, which includes you.
Another convention episode of ISBW: #277
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Cover art by Jamie McKelvie
We’re back, the feeds are fixed, and we’re ready to rock! Here’s Chapter 2, and if you like to talk about the stuff you listen to, check out the listen-along at the Audio Bookaneers.
Brought to you by Orbit Books.
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And check out some of these reviews!
“The hip, knowing and sometimes hysterically funny narrative, interspersed with excerpts from the guide of the title, lurches along in splendid fashion. Combine wit, style and acute observation: The result is irresistible.” - Kirkus (starred review)
“Lafferty, a 2012 nominee for the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer, introduces a spirited, indomitable heroine who is bound to be a favorite of urban fantasy devotees.” – Library Journal
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