And Stuff
This is where I post the fun stuff–free reads, giveaways, book trailers and anything else which might be hard to classify. Right now it consists of a series of short story videos called Ward Theater, free reads of fiction, nonfiction and a little of the in-between (including the infamous “A Turkey to Remember”). More importantly, I’ve provided links to two stories by my late, great writing partner, Teri Smith. Enjoy!
Jean Marie Ward
Ward Theater
“Duzell’s Due” — On the scale of smelts to caviar, what price would you pay for your life?
“Green Eyes” — The perfect something for the bride who has everything.
“Yesterday, I Will” — Which yesterday was that, exactly?
Fiction
“About the Flies” — The devil’s in your freezer and he’s ready to deal.
“Clear as Glass” — Rita meets the man of her dreams…over her husband’s dead body.
“Embraceable Death” — In which the incubus Quentin de Charney learns a lesson in love.
“The Kitty at the Edge of Forever” — Who knew Star Trek fanfic could be so wrong?
“The Taxman Cometh” — Why do dragons need all that gold?
Nonfiction
Video Interview: Carole Nelson Douglas, author of the Midnight Louie and Delilah Street series
Video Interview: Chris Claremont, author and former editorial director for Marvel Comics
Video Interview: Joe Haldeman, SF grand master and author of The Forever War
Video Interview: Connie Willis, SF grand master, and author of Blackout and All Clear
Video Interview: John Scalzi, novelist, Stargate Universe consultant, blogger and SFWA president
Video Interview: Mary Robinette Kowal, award-winning author and puppeteer(!)
Video Interview: Maria V. Snyder, bestselling writer of romantic fantasy
Video Interview: Paolo Bacigalupi, award-winning author of dystopian fiction
Video Interview: Michael Swanwick, multi-awardwinning science fiction and fantasy author
Video Interview: Jody Lynn Nye, bestselling comic fantasy author
Video Interview: Susan Sizemore, bestselling SF, fantasy and paranormal romance author
Video Interview: Terry Brooks, bestselling fantasy author
Video Interview: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, doyenne of modern vampire writers
Interview: Clay and Susan Griffith, authors of The Greyfriar (The Vampire Empire, Book One)
Interview: Jana Oliver, author of Demon Trapper’s Daughter
The Vampires Of: A Buzzy Multimedia Interview Series:
- The Vampires of Ginjer Buchanan
- The Vampires of Rachel Caine
- The Vampires of Tanya Huff
- The Vampires of Jeri Smith-Ready
Video Feature: A Tour of Tor, Part 1
Video Feature: A Tour of Tor, Part 2
Video Feature: An Evening with The Greyfriar featuring James Marsters and Clay and Susan Griffith
Video Feature: Princess Alethea Kontis’s Traveling Sideshow
In Between
It’s Just Another Case of (Publishing) Karma Repeating Itself — My definition of business as usual. Guaranteed to scare the pants off every writer in the audience.
Hell on History — Wherein I demonstrate that the shortest distance between Hell on Wheels and historicity is Hedy–that’s Hedley! Lamar.
“Everyday Haunts” — You think you know your neighborhood? Maybe it’s time to talk to the resident ghosts.
“Real Weird” — More spooky stories from the most ordinary house on the block.
“Stealth Guest–Or How to Succeed at Cons with a Cunning Plan” — Baldric has nothing on me.
“True Vampire Romance” — It could happen to you.
“A Turkey to Remember” — There’s a reason my holiday theme song is “Bad Things” with a side order of road kill.
Teri Smith
Fiction
“Cabbage Moon” — Clyde, the vegetarian dragon, encounters an evil witch. Will he get his cabbages or wind up sauerkraut?
“The Frithing Stool” — Will a man find the sanctuary he seeks through a week-long vigil on the Frithing Stool?
