Archive | August, 2010

18 August 2010 ~ 2 Comments

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

I picked up The Iron King in a tiny bookstore in Alamosa, Colorado, and read it on vacation. I loved it. It was a great entry in the YA market. Kagawa takes the paranormal romance genre and brings it back to its roots — urban fantasy. The Iron King had a Charles de Lint feel [...]

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14 August 2010 ~ 3 Comments

ArmadilloCon schedule

Here’s my schedule for ArmadilloCon this year: Sa1300SB Writing Styles Sat 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Sabine S. Brust, S. Lynch*, P. Sarath, N. Kress, J. McKinney, P. Benjamin Sa1500SA Saving your bacon- Why you need agents and editors Sat 3:00 PM-4:00 PM San Antonio A. Sowards*, J. Lansdale, S. Swendson, P. Sarath, J. Skillingstead, P. Kitanidis [...]

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09 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Does it really have to be this hot?

After apologizing for disappearing in my last post, I did it again. But this time, I had an agenda. We fled Texas in advance of the attacking heat wave. We left town before it hit 100 degrees, and headed west. First Carlsbad Caverns, then Roswell (well, we had to), Ruidoso, Santa Fe, and Taos, before [...]

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