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 Read more…
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; Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
Actually, this, the final book in the Apotheosis Trilogy is here: Not this:
The more I think of it, the more I think that the premise of that post is based on the way we’ve stupidly defined politics in the US. We have just the two buckets labeled “left” and “right” and every single political term or concept goes in one bucket or Read more…
That’s the question asked here. In the last few years, I’ve noticed more and more that science fiction has taken a bit of a turn to the right. I’ve also seen more than a few reviews lambasting those authors for their views — which seems to matter not a whit Read more…
Patrick Hester and John DeNardo grill me on the 25th episode of the SF Signal podcast. You should check it out.
I had really nice comment today on my latest blog post: “With your ability, certainly you have learned praises before but I just want to involve to the many who have thanked you for what you’ve attained. Your work are one of a kind and show great insight. Thanks for Read more…
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 Read more…