Archive for the ‘book covers’ Category

We officially have a kick-ass cover

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Well Eleanor just got the Prophets cover from DAW, and it's all full of crunchy SF goodness. This will be hitting the shelves March 2009. UPDATE: I should let you all know who the artist is behind this great cover, the 2008 winner of the Hugo for best artist, Stephan ...

Future Americas is out.

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

I just got my contributor copy of Future Americas, the latest anthology by John Helfers and Martin H. Greenberg. My story within, "Family Photos," which I mentioned before, is probably one of the darkest things I've ever written in any genre. Dark enough that I still half believe ...

And he gets +4 vs. Furries

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

I saw a post on Lynn Viehl's blog and I just had to follow suit and use the online Trading Card Maker for one of my most popular characters. . .(Pic is from the Japanese Ed.)

Irony, thy name is Cassie Edwards

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

I thought I had posted all I was going to on this. But, then, my wife was waiting at Walgreens to get a prescription filled and was walking past the book isle, and came across this. I draw your attention to the lower right corner.

Butt Glut

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

In a manifestation of what I noted in an earlier post; that if your romantic paranormal fantasy is filed on the romance shelf you get a hunk on the cover, on the fantasy shelf you get a babe on the cover in short:Fantasy:Romance:Now there's a blog post on the Juno ...

Guess What I Got in the Mail Today?

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

This is my prize for winning Scalzi's LOLCreation contest. Just showed up today. In case you can't read the inscription, it says:"To Steve, who does not do logic wrong."

When book covers do it right

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Working on Apotheosis (going well, thank you for asking) I've found myself digging in my old notes for Hostile Takeover. And I found a little sketch I made of the character Flower, when I was figuring out what the Volerans looked like.Now I'm not a very good artist (I ...

Fellowship Fantastic

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Due in January. Just got the cover:This one contains my story, "The Enigma of the Serbian Scientist." Which is sort of a steampunk homage to Sherlock Holmes, wherein the murder victim is Thomas Edison.Judging by the description of the other stories (and the cover) I bucked a trend, as ...

Baen’s Best

Monday, August 6th, 2007

I'm in yet another anthology, this time it's the heavy hardback The Best of Jim Baen's Universe, which, in addition to being a memorial to the late Mr. Baen, promises to be an annual event. You should also check out the web-zine that birthed this anthology.Within you will find my ...

Something that has nothing to do with the fact US Airways sucks ass and should die. . .

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

While I was gone I got my copy of Man vs. Machine, the latest Marty Greenberg/John Helfers anthology.I mentioned my contribution, "The Historian’s Apprentice", earlier. I honestly think that it’s my best short-form work to date. Again, my story is singled out in a Harriet Klausner review. ...