We’ve Got Winners

Congratulations, yourstrulee and sweetchibihentai!  You’re the grand prize winner and runner-up, respectively, in WardSmith.com’s first contest of 2007.  Yourstrulee will receive the crystal egg (suitable for containing wishes or...

Waldenbooks Signing (With Pics!)

Sending a big thank you with smoochies to Store Manager Tracy McPeck, her colleagues Stephen and Susan, and all the staff of the Landmark Mall Waldenbooks in Alexandria, VA.  The Landmark Waldens’ is my neighborhood bookstore. ...

Book Signing in Alexandria, VA

The good folks at my neighborhood bookstore have been kind enough to host a booksigning for me this Saturday, March 31.  The details are:Who – Jean Marie WardWhat – Signing With Nine You Get Vanyr and Illumina: The Art of J.P. Targete with chocolate,...

Buttons & Happy Dances

Isn’t it pretty?  It’s all pink and shiny and it’s mine, Mine, MINE!Well, actually, it’s Teri’s and mine–for this year, at any rate.  With Nine You Get Vanyr scored an Honorable Mention (#2) in the sf/fantasy book category...

New Vanyr (sort of)

In a fit of temporary insanity, Samhain decided to unlock my cage and let me blog again.  The ostensible purpose was to allow the print authors an opportunity to flog their new paper releases.  I think the boadroom chatter went something like this:”I...