Daily Archives: October 12, 2010
Book Covers From Distant Lands
Posted on October 12, 2010 22 Comments
Hey, wanna see some of my book covers from Romania and South Korea? Sure you do: The one on the left is the Romanian version of Old Man’s War, which took a long and arduous path to publication but finally made it into print this last week; the one on the right is the Korean-language […]
On Where to Send Me E-Mail
Posted on October 12, 2010 7 Comments
Folks: Yesterday’s short outage notwithstanding, if you want to send me an e-mail and you want me to actually see it, the very best place to send it is to my “john@scalzi.com” address and not to any other service I might be on, including Facebook. I don’t check in to every social service I’m a […]
METAtropolis Out in Germany + Sequel News!
Posted on October 12, 2010 8 Comments
If you happen to be in Germany, or, really, any German-speaking country, today is the release date of the German version of METAtropolis. Look how bright and shiny it is! You just want to go up to it and hug it. Go and buy seven. In other METAtropolis news: Hey, did you know there’s going […]
The Big Idea: Matthew J. Kirby
Posted on October 12, 2010 13 Comments
When in doubt, simplify. This is a piece of advice that has general application but particularly works for writers, who can get lost in the thickets of their own words and ideas. Just ask Matthew J. Kirby, whose middle-grade novel The Clockwork Three (which just received a coveted starred review from Publishers Weekly) has it […]
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