Monthly Archives: March 2017
New Books and ARCs, 3/31/17
Posted on March 31, 2017 11 Comments
Before we get to April and all its shenanigans, here’s a final March stack of new books and ARCs to peruse. Find anything here you would want to take home with you? Tell us which ones in the comments!
Quick Update on Film/TV Stuff
Posted on March 31, 2017 38 Comments
Because the announcement of the TV deal for The Collapsing Empire has people asking questions, let me quickly catch everyone up. Here’s where everything stands at the moment. I have four active options at the moment: The Collapsing Empire, Old Man’s War and Redshirts, and a project I can’t talk about yet (but which has been […]
The Collapsing Empire’s First Week
Posted on March 30, 2017 65 Comments
So, The Collapsing Empire had a pretty good first week! In terms of total sales, i.e., actual units sold, it had the best first week of any book I’ve written, ever; as I noted on Twitter, I’ve sold more copies of it in a week than some of my novels (including at least one Hugo nominee) […]
View From a Hotel Window, 3/29/17: Chicago
Posted on March 29, 2017 15 Comments
Not a lot of parking lot here. Hey, it’s downtown Chicago, you’re gonna get tall buildings. My event tonight: Volumes Bookcafe, at 7pm. It’s sold out! Thank you! But if you skipped getting tickets, uh, sorry. Next time for sure. This is also the last View From a Hotel Window for about a week, because […]
View From a Hotel Window, 3/28/17: Dallas!
Posted on March 28, 2017 30 Comments
For the parking lot aficionados, bask in the glory of not one, not two, but three entirely separate parking structures! Parkingpalooza! That really catches us up on the parking lots, which had been a bit sparse the last few days. Also: Hello, Dallas! Tonight at 7 you can see me at Half Price Books! So […]
View From a Hotel Window, 3/27/17: Houston!
Posted on March 27, 2017 29 Comments
Definitely not a parking lot. I could get used to this. (Don’t worry, I’m sure more parking lots are coming.) This is a fine time to answer a question I get sometimes about touring, which is whether I can any control (or say) regarding the hotels I’m in while on tour. The answer to this […]
View From a Hotel Window, 3/26/17: Austin!
Posted on March 26, 2017 14 Comments
I’m in a brand-new, very hipster hotel. I kinda love it, but I’m also very clearly not its primary demographic. Hello, Austin! In just about 90 minutes from the typing of this sentence, you can see me at BookPeople at 3pm! There’s still time to get there! Drive! Safely! Tomorrow: Houston, and a 7pm event […]
The Collapsing Empire and Word Count
Posted on March 26, 2017 93 Comments
Been looking at the reviews (professional and otherwise) of The Collapsing Empire and I’m happy to say that by and large they’re pretty good. There are quibbles here and there, and from time to time someone bounces off it hard, but in both of those cases that’s fine, and to be expected, since no one […]
View From a Hotel Window 3/25/17: Nashville
Posted on March 25, 2017 15 Comments
I’m staying at the Opryland resort, which is immense and filled with waterfalls and inside gardens and I feel very fortunate not to have lost my way to my room. Today’s event at Parnassus Books was really wonderful, and overall I have found Nashville delightful and have been very glad that I finally managed to […]
New Books and ARCs, 3/24/17
Posted on March 24, 2017 19 Comments
I may be on book tour, but that’s not reason not to show off a stack of new books and ARCs! What here calls to you? Tell us in the comments.
View From a Hotel Window, 3/24/17: Richmond, VA
Posted on March 24, 2017 9 Comments
You know, I lived in the Commonwealth of Virginia for four years, but in that time I never managed to get down to Richmond, its capital. I came here for the last stop of my very first book tour in 2007, and now I’m back, a decade later, and happily so. If you’re in or […]
View From a Hotel Balcony, 3/23/17: Chapel Hill!
Posted on March 23, 2017 17 Comments
Yes! I have a balcony this time! And it is lovely. I may go out and write on it. Being on tour has its occasional perks. I’m in Chapel Hill tonight, at the great Flyleaf Books, where the fun begins at 7pm. If you’re in the area, come on by and see me! Tomorrow, I […]
The Big Idea: Paul Cornell
Posted on March 23, 2017 6 Comments
Chalk, by Paul Cornell, is in many ways a remarkable book. But it’s not an easy read, and for Cornell, it’s a story that has personal meaning for him, and is a book that has a lot of him in it. He’s here now to tell you more about it, and why as a writer […]
View From a Hotel Window, 3/22/17: Raleigh!
Posted on March 22, 2017 14 Comments
Ahhhhh, there we go. Parking lot excellence. If you’re in or around Raleigh tonight, I’ll be a Quail Ridge Books at 7pm, in its spiffy new location. Come on down! In the Research Triangle but can’t make it tonight? I’ll be at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill tomorrow. See me then! For everyone else not […]
The Big Idea: Mishell Baker
Posted on March 22, 2017 4 Comments
Here’s the thing about ghosts: Nearly all of them have one thing in common. Or so author (and current Nebula Best Novel Award finalist) Mishell Baker believes. In today’s Big Idea, she tells you what that thing is, and what it means for her new novel Phanton Pains. MISHELL BAKER: Long before I began writing […]
View From a Hotel Window 3/21/17: Lexington!
Posted on March 21, 2017 16 Comments
And it’s not of a parking lot! I take that as a good sign. Tonight I’m in Lexington, Kentucky, one of my favorite places, at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, which is one of my favorite stores. The event starts at 7pm and this audience gets to be to guinea pig, because I’m reading everything here for the […]
The Collapsing Empire is Here!
Posted on March 21, 2017 49 Comments
Hey! It’s out! The Collapsing Empire, my twelfth novel, is here and available at your favorite bookstore and/or online retailer (in the US/Canada; in the UK it’s out in two days). It’s the first book in the new space opera series (called “The Interdependency”) and introduces some of my favorite characters ever in a universe […]
How to Get a Signed Copy of The Collapsing Empire
Posted on March 20, 2017 17 Comments
Hey there! Wanting to have me deface a copy of my upcoming book The Collapsing Empire (or other books of mine), with my signature, and possibly a personalization? Here are all the ways you can make this happen in the next few weeks! 1. Come see me on tour between March 21st and April 29: Yes, […]
Baja California Sunset
Posted on March 19, 2017 4 Comments
The sunsets around the Scalzi Compound have been a bit uninspiring recently, so let me offer you this one, from Baja California, on March 8. I think it’ll do quite nicely, don’t you?
The Big Idea: Marshall Ryan Maresca
Posted on March 17, 2017 7 Comments
Stop, thief! In today’s Big Idea, Marshall Ryan Maresca explains why actions we wouldn’t approve of in real life we enjoy in fiction, and what that means for his new novel, The Holver Alley Crew. MARSHALL RYAN MARESCA: It’s fascinating how much we love the thief-as-the-hero trope, and we love having them pull a heist. […]
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