Genrewonk » blatant self-promotion http://www.sandrewswann.com thoughts and opinions by author s. andrew swann Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:53:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Ohioana http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/05/ohioana.html http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/05/ohioana.html#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 23:46:22 +0000 S Andrew Swann http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=3029 I, along with a bunch of other Ohio authors, will be at the The Ohioana Book Festival this coming weekend down in Columbus. It’s free and open to the public so if you’re in the area on Saturday why not come around?

The Ohioana Book Festival
Saturday, May 7, 2011
10 am – 4:30pm
Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center
546 Jack Gibbs Blvd.
Columbus, OH 43215

]]> http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/05/ohioana.html/feed 1 Writer’s Conferences and Apotheosis Reviews http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/03/writers-conferences-and-apotheosis-reviews.html http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/03/writers-conferences-and-apotheosis-reviews.html#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:28:15 +0000 S Andrew Swann http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=3001 I will be presenting this weekend at The 20th Annual Western Reserve Spring Writers’ Conference: Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:30 a.m. – 1: 30 p.m.
My session will be 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

PLOTTING SCI-FI AND FANTASY: Plotting is the engine that makes a story go. You can populate your story with the most interesting characters in the world, have a gorgeous prose style, and present the most intricate world-building imaginable, but if the story has a weak or absent plot, it’ll just sit there inert, failing to engage the reader. S. Andrew Swann will present the questions you’ll need to ask in a SF/F story—and in fiction in general—in order to rev up that idling plot engine.

In other news, Heather Grove has posted three nice reviews of the Apotheosis trilogy over at Errant Dreams Reviews.

]]> http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/03/writers-conferences-and-apotheosis-reviews.html/feed 0 http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/03/2999.html http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/03/2999.html#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:19:51 +0000 S Andrew Swann http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=2999 This weekend I will attend my first Millennicon. This is a bit of a haul in the car since Me and Cincinnati are on opposing sides of the state. (I’m actually closer to cons in PA than I am to Mellenicon. However, the drive promises to be shorter than the layover I was forced to endure coming back from Radcon.) Anyway, I set off on Friday and if you’re attending, hope to see you there. Here’s what my panel schedule looks like:

  • RPGs, storytelling and authorship Friday 09:00:00 PM McKinley
  • AUTOGRAPHS Saturday 04:00:00 PM Hotel Lobby
  • READING Saturday 07:00:00 PM MR 1210
  • Authors Straightjacket: Changing Genres Sunday 11:00:00 AM Harrison
  • Utopia vs. dystopia Sunday 01:00:00 PM McKinley
  • When to Use a Pseudonym Sunday 02:00:00 PM Taft
]]> http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/03/2999.html/feed 0 Yet more signage. . . http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/03/yet-more-signage.html http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/03/yet-more-signage.html#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:35:24 +0000 S Andrew Swann http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=2995 Again, on Saturday, I will be at a bookstore with a collection of other authors.  This time it will be at Backlist Books in Massillon where I’ll be appearing at 1pm with  Lucy Snyder, Gary Braunbeck, and Linda Robertson.

BACKLIST BOOKS
39 Lincoln Way E.
Massillon, OH, 44646

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Barnes & Noble, Crocker Park
198 Crocker Park Boulevard,
Westlake, OH 44145

440-250-9233

]]> http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/03/see-me-this-saturday.html/feed 0 Me, Interviewed. http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/me-interviewed-2.html http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/me-interviewed-2.html#comments Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:20:40 +0000 S Andrew Swann http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=2988 You can find it at the Sci-Fi Fan Letter blog, here.

]]> http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/me-interviewed-2.html/feed 0 …And I’m Back http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/and-im-back.html http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/and-im-back.html#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:32:17 +0000 S Andrew Swann http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=2986 I’ve returned from RadCon after a slightly longer than intended return trip.  First me and John Dalmas were stuck in Minneapolis for 7 hours while our original flight crew went awol in the snow somewhere in Detroit, and the replacements showed up just in time to be just over their regulation flight time, bumping us onto another flight.  We got John home to Columbus on Monday, but I was stuck at that point (about 11pm) because of the massive ice storms wrecking highway traffic between there and Cleveland.

Anyway, home now.

Things that appeared while I was gone: DAW’s LiveJournal has a discussion about Messiah.  And I’m appearing in the March issue of The Horror Zine, with a reprint of my short story “Fealty.”

]]> http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/and-im-back.html/feed 0 And on to Washington. . . http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/and-on-to-washington.html http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/and-on-to-washington.html#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 03:31:20 +0000 S Andrew Swann http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=2984 Friday I am accompanying John Dalmas to Washington State to attend Radcon (sort of a last minute thing for me.)  They’re keeping me busy there too.  Here’s what my schedule’s like:

Sat 12:00-1:00   Climate Change in the 21st Century
Sat 2:00-3:00   It Has to End Somehow
Sat 4:00-5:00   Making a Living with Fiction
Sun 10:00-11:00   Scams and Pitfalls
Sun 12:00-1:00   Ghost, Ghoul or Grandpa?
Sun 1:00-2:00  Prosthetic Possibilities

]]> http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/and-on-to-washington.html/feed 2 I invade SF Signal with my sapient army of nanobots… http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/i-invade-sf-signal-with-my-sapient-army-of-nanobots.html http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/i-invade-sf-signal-with-my-sapient-army-of-nanobots.html#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:35:30 +0000 S Andrew Swann http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=2980 Or, maybe, a long article on world-building relating back to the Apotheosis Trilogy.  This comes right on the heels of a rather nice review they did on Messiah:

A well-balanced blend of space opera elements, especially large-scale concepts; never a dull moment; interesting characters; Swann’s straightforward writing style; rich setting; carefully crafted plot; just about every chapter had some cool idea in it.

Go over there and look at both, and if you comment on my guest post, you may win a signed set of the Apotheosis Trilogy.

]]> http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/i-invade-sf-signal-with-my-sapient-army-of-nanobots.html/feed 0 Swann about the web http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/swann-about-the-web.html http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/swann-about-the-web.html#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:41:02 +0000 S Andrew Swann http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=2977 First off, Audible has Messiah back up with the complete audio, yay!

Second, I have a guest blog post up at Buried Under Books, wherin I try to tell the truth about lying.

I’ve also added to the review pages for Wolfbreed; new mentions at Bookworm Blues and (you have to love this title for a werewolf-themed blog) Lupines and Lunatics.

Lastly, I have to mention that I’ve achieved some sort of milestone in terms of internet awareness.  My Wolfbreed series now has an entry on TV Tropes.

]]> http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/swann-about-the-web.html/feed 0 All Messiah all the time. . . http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/all-messiah-all-the-time.html http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/all-messiah-all-the-time.html#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:23:33 +0000 S Andrew Swann http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=2963

UPDATE: Seems to be an issue with the audio book, Audible seems to have not put the second half of it on-line yet.  I’ll let you know when that’s fixed.

UPDATE #2: As of  Feb 4, the book is still down at Audible.  If you have the truncated version, they assure me you’ll be able to download the complete version once it goes back on-line.  And, yes, I find it frustrating. . .

UPDATE #3: The audio is back up here.  The old link appears defunct.

Today the last book of Apotheosis, Messiah, officially comes out.  Not only have I added it to my book pages, but I’m elsewhere on the interwebs pontificating on my penchant for destroying the world.  You also have the chance to win a copy of your very own.

In other Messiah news, the audio book comes out today as well, in case you want the singularity apocalypse fed directly into the ear canal.

]]> http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/02/all-messiah-all-the-time.html/feed 4 The new phonebook’s here! The new phonebook’s here! http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/01/the-new-phonebooks-here-the-new-phonebooks-here.html http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/01/the-new-phonebooks-here-the-new-phonebooks-here.html#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:08:05 +0000 S Andrew Swann http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=2942 Actually, this, the final book in the Apotheosis Trilogy is here:

Not this:

]]> http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/01/the-new-phonebooks-here-the-new-phonebooks-here.html/feed 2 Me on the SF Signal Podcast http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/01/me-on-the-sf-signal-podcast.html http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/01/me-on-the-sf-signal-podcast.html#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:32:23 +0000 S Andrew Swann http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=2929 Patrick Hester and John DeNardo grill me on the 25th episode of the SF Signal podcast.  You should check it out.

]]> http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/01/me-on-the-sf-signal-podcast.html/feed 0 Where Stories Are Made, and Bonus Glass Block http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/01/where-stories-are-made-and-bonus-glass-block.html http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/01/where-stories-are-made-and-bonus-glass-block.html#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:44:56 +0000 S Andrew Swann http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=2920 Over at Book Chick City I’m being featured in their series “Where Stories Are Made,” where authors get to do a mini photo-essay about the environment where they actually do their writing.  So you all can get to see the (clean parts of the) office at home and at the day job.  Unfortunately, she didn’t use one of my pictures, showing the view from my office at work.  So I include it here:

I admit, it was probably the right decision.

]]> http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/01/where-stories-are-made-and-bonus-glass-block.html/feed 0 And now, a word from Poland http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/01/and-now-a-word-from-poland.html http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2011/01/and-now-a-word-from-poland.html#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:33:04 +0000 S Andrew Swann http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=2917 A pretty kick-ass version of Lilly, I think:

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