New T-Shirt Design: Jane Austen’s “My courage always rises”

New T-shirt design! This one is a typographic treatment of a quote from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: “My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” I’m thrilled with how it came out. I chose a brown shirt for my sample, but it works on many other colors as well and comes …

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The Norton Jury on the Norton Award: Why It’s Important

This post is part of the Norton Award Blog Tour. Although the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult* Science Fiction and Fantasy relies on nominations from SFWA members just as the Nebula Awards do, the Norton also employs a jury of qualified volunteer SFWA members to help round out the ballot and ensure that outstanding works …

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New Books By Friends!

I have incredibly talented friends. In fact, they are so talented that four of them have book releases today. (I am talented, too, since I already have copies of all of them.) Feast your eyes on this cornucopia of awesome: And Blue Skies From Pain by Stina Leicht This is the second book in her …

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January Reads

I read some wonderful books in January. Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles #1) by Melina Marchetta This is epic fantasy with gritty, modern-day themes. I struggled a bit at the beginning, but a plot twist around the end of Act 1 (my distinction, not the author’s) completely hooked me and I gobbled up the …

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Books Read in 2011

GoodReads can be a dangerous place for an author, but it’s a wonderful tool for readers. I love seeing all the books I’ve read arrayed together with their glorious covers. Here’s what I read (and listened to on audiobook) this year, not including about half dozen amazing manuscripts that I’m sure you’ll be seeing soon: …

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Fun Free Fiction

Some fun, free fiction to liven up your holiday season! Tim Pratt’s THE NEX Tim is serializing his middle grade/young adult novel THE NEX online, and you can read it for free! (Donations accepted, but not required.) I read this novel way back when, and found it to be a rollicking adventure with great characters …

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