Thursday randutiae! First, the cover of Fire, French adult edition (published by Orbit France). ——–> Second, a new addition to the Gallery of My Favorite Objects. Here’s a bunny I faced the other day: And here’s his antelope (?) and canine (?) friends. I faced them, too. These fingers puppets were made by Donna Marbet,… Read more »
Gallery of My Favorite Objects
A Brand New Addition to the Gallery of My Favorite Objects
I was thinking the other day that it’d be nice to live on the planet where the kingdoms of Attolia, Sounis, and Eddis are. After all, that planet has Gen, Irene, Helen, Sophos, Costis, the magus, and some chill-inducing gods, which makes it a damn awesome planet. At the end of my deliberations, though, I… Read more »
8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Blast Off (Plus, Umbrellas!!)
8. Warm hellos to everyone coming to my blog from NaNoWriMo. Welcome! The comments you’ve written here and there in various posts have brought tears to my eyes. Thank you! I really do know what it’s like, and I really do hope you’ll keep writing despite how hard it is, and despite all the voices… Read more »
They actually did! They had stars upon thars!
Extra points if you recognize today’s title. WARNING: Today’s post is all business, so if you don’t want to read about release dates, my blog tour, my regular tour, reviews (with stars upon thars), interviews, how to read the first 3 chapters of Fire online, etc., etc., please just skip this BORING post and scroll… Read more »
A Bit More Simmons Stuff
Some favorite moments from the Simmons Summer Institute: “Some books need to be spanked.” — Vicky Smith, Children’s Book Review Editor for Kirkus Reviews “Cool and I have never met upon the high road of life.” — M.T. Anderson It was like someone squirted lemon on my brain. — My paraphrasing of Blue Balliett, describing… Read more »
A Gallery of My Favorite Objects (And Other Nonsense)
My Finnish translator, Maria Lyytinen, has one gray eye and one brown eye. She’s a Graceling! Kiitos for translating my book, Maria — I can’t imagine anyone more appropriate! :o) The Simmons Summer Institute is this weekend; I speak Friday, which I’m very grateful for, because it means I’ll be able to enjoy Saturday and… Read more »
