And the winners are…

Yes, we have winners!One download and two BPAL imps each will be sent to: > Annalisa > Mahaira Ladies, I’ve got your emails and will be writing you off-list later this evening.  (Gotta take my mom out to dinner first.  :->)Teri and I also want...

Contest Reminder: With Nine You Get Vanyr

Thank you and thank you again to all the readers who’ve made Samhain Publishing’s first Reader Appreciation Week such a big success.  Believe me, it’s been tremendous fun for all the writers too.This is just a little reminder that...

Contest and Excerpt Two: With Nine You Get Vanyr

We can’t say it too often–thanks again to all the folks who read us and our colleagues at Samhain Publishing. Teri Smith and I hope you’re enjoying the science fiction and fantasy portion of Samhain’s Reader Appreciation Week.   Here is the second unedited...

Contest and First Excerpt: With Nine You Get Vanyr

Thanks again to all the folks who read us and our colleagues at Samhain Publishing <www.samhainpublishing.com>. Teri Smith and I hope you’re enjoying the science fiction and fantasy portion of Samhain’s Reader Appreciation Week. Now it’s our turn to add to the...

The Blurb Thing: With Nine You Get Vanyr

A big thank you to all the folks who make the publishing business possible: readers. Thank you for coming to the Samhain Café and Live Journal for this event. And most of all, thank you for reading our books. For our portion of Samhain Publishing’s Reader Appreciation...

Samhain Publishing’s Reader Appreciation Week

Samhain Publishing and its authors will celebrate Reader Appreciation Week July 10th through July 16th. Samhain authors — including qnotku and yours truly — will share excerpts from a variety of genres including romance, fantasy and suspense. Prizes and...

qnotku & hundakleptisis without power

Posting another public service announcement for qnotku and hundakleptisis. Yes, it is wet in the DC Metro area, but that’s not the problem. In the midst of major thunderstorms last night, the apartment complex where qnotku & hundakleptisis park their books...

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Win a Few, Lose a Few

On the plus side, SCIENCE FICTION WEEKLY just posted my interview with Jon Courtenay Grimwood, writer of the fabulous Arabesk Trilogy. The “sneak peak” URL is . Woot! On the less than spectacular side, I just received a very nice rejection letter. The...