Meditations on My Real Children by Jo Walton

About the Book It’s 2015, and Patricia Cowan is very old. “Confused today,” read the notes clipped to the end of her bed. She forgets things she should know—what year it is, major events in the lives of her children. But she remembers things that don’t seem possible. She remembers marrying Mark and having four…

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I was Interviewed (on the Hide and Create Podcast)!

I know, weird, right? I mean, who would want to actually interview me? I’m pretty boring. Well, the people at the Hide and Create podcast were suckered into it. Poor guys. I tried to be interesting… but… They interviewed me about writing characters with disabilities. We talked about my column at SF Signal, what sort…

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Veil of the Deserters – Jeff Salyards

About the Book History, Family and Memory… these are the seeds of destruction. Bloodsounder’s Arc continues as Captain Braylar Killcoin and his retinue continue to sow chaos amongst the political elite of Alespell. Braylar is still poisoned by the memories of those slain by his unholy flail Bloodsounder, and attempts to counter this sickness have…

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Hot Lead, Cold Iron – Ari Marmell

About the Book Hot Lead, Cold Iron is the first novel in a brand-new fantasy detective series that will appeal to fans of Rivers of London and The Dresden Files Chicago, 1932. Mick Oberon may look like just another private detective, but beneath the fedora and the overcoat, he’s got pointy ears and he’s packing a wand. Oberon’s used…

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House of the Rising Sun – Kristen Painter

About the Book Augustine lives the perfect life in the Haven city of New Orleans. He rarely works a real job, spends most of his nights with a different human woman, and resides in a spectacular Garden District mansion paid for by retired movie star Olivia Goodwin, who has come to think of him as…

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Press Release | Design Your Own Dragon!

I don’t usually do press releases, but this one looks like a lot of fun and I am so in love with the artwork in the Memoirs of the Lady Trent books by Marie Brennan, I’d just love if some of my creative readers participated in this fun contest. Here are the details. P.S. I…

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Sparrow Hill Road – Seanan McGuire

About the Book Rose Marshall died in 1952 in Buckley Township, Michigan, run off the road by a man named Bobby Cross—a man who had sold his soul to live forever, and intended to use her death to pay the price of his immortality. Trouble was, he didn’t ask Rose what she thought of the…

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When We Wake – Karen Healey

About the Book Sixteen-year-old Tegan is just like every other girl living in 2027—she’s happiest when playing the guitar, she’s falling in love for the first time, and she’s joining her friends to protest the wrongs of the world: environmental collapse, social discrimination, and political injustice. But on what should have been the best day…

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