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Getting Ready for the Release of The Unincorporated War
Well, it's official. Book two of the The Unincorporated Series called, The Unincorporated War, will be released in May of 2010 and Eytan and I have begun the always entertaining task of going on tour to promote it. We'll be at the Condor SF convention this weekend, and then Xanadulasvegas shortly thereafter (Did I mention being at Boskone just a few weeks ago?). What's particularly nice is meeting up with people familiar with the The Unincorporated Man anxious to discuss what happens next. How cool is that? Lovin' this author thing, baby!
If you want to see the full image of the book jacket cover (Done by well-know cover artist Dave Seeley) as well as the new image for the re-issue of The Unincorporated Man click on these links!
What it means to be nominated for the Prometheus Award
The Prometheus award was created in order to honor science fiction writers whose books examine the meaning of freedom. As you can well imagine we're pretty damned excited to be nominated for an award that many of our literary heroes already have lining their walls. Including Larry Niven, Vernor Vinge, Terry Pratchett, Harry Turtledove, Charlie Stross and Cory Doctorow.
Don't know who else has been nominated yet but the winner will be announced at next year's World Science Fiction convention in Melbourne, Australia. Until then we'll keep writing what we love and loving that we're getting recognized for it.
Dani
The 6,000 mile road trip is over and wow, was it ever worth it! Besides rolling in to our friends' home in Denver, Chicago and Montreal at obscene hours (and their all having forgiven us) we also got to meet a fresh round of new faces excited about the book. I also had the pleasure of hanging out with Lou Anders, multiple Hugo award nominee and senior editor of Pyr Books. I'd say the highlight of the con was a Sunday panel Eytan and I were on about SF and Econ. It included Hugo nominee, Karl Shroeder as moderator, Hugo award winner, Charlie Stross and Aurora award winner, Hayden Trenholm. In room built for 200 we packed in 250+. Who knew econ could be so interesting? We got back late Thursday afternoon and were rewarded Sunday morning by seeing our book highlighted in the Sunday Comics version of Unshelved! Click on the image below to see it in full view.
Saved by the author, David Boop of myspace.com/shemurderedmewithsciene fame
As part of our three day mission to get to Montreal as inexpensively as possible we find ourselves crashing at the pad of the incomparable author and editor, David Boop. We leave at 5am as we head to Chicago but will wind our way back after Worldcon. I must say this about David's pad. It offers an impressive collection of SF and Fantasy books, dvds and even beta max's from which to draw inspiration. Today's drive was over 15 hours. Must go to sleep now.
Comic-Con was a bast! Not only did we have a full house to speak to (Thank you Greg Bear for bringing in the hoards!) but we had lots of great get ups to look at too! Next stop - Montreal!
Tomorrow will be our first ever Comicon (as panelists). I'm getting ready for my "Wow, New York City. Just like I pictured it - skyscrapers and everything" moment. Wish me luck.
Dani
How hot was it?
Forget the books...even the booksellers didn't have jackets!
It's not every day you stop by a bookstore in the middle of the desert (no air conditioning on, 113 degrees outside, at least 110 inside) and get treated to such naked exuberance. And that's pretty much the only way to describe Paul, our friendly bookseller. Lifetime nudist combines his passion for no fashion with his love for reading. Better yet, when he heard we were authors he bought a book from us on the spot and had us inscribe it. I couldn't resist; I wrote: Paul, thanks for the most revealing bookstore experience I've ever had."
Dani
Paneling with Eric Flint
So I get an email from the program director of Fiestacon saying in essence that Eric Flint wanted to know if it would be alright if he joined Eytan and my panel on collaborative writing. RU kidding me? Eric Flint's writing style is effortless and his stories (mainly time travel) are amazing. In short, I'm a huge fan. I'll forever have the image of one of his characters, a German peasant girl, trying on sneakers for the first time ever. I so love this gig.
Dani
One Killer Con
Well, pretty much anything can happen at a con and my first ever signing of a Kindle was certainly one of them!
Baycon was a blast and lived up to our expectations as the Best con on Earth. The costumes were even more fantastic this year. Click here to see what I mean. The party floor rocked, especially the Klingon Bar serving Romulan Ale! In four days I'd say me and Eytan got in around 24 hours of sleep total -- It's that kind of con. We also made new friends, discovered the quantum universe, sold more books and spread the word. Oh - we also did two podcast interviews. I'll letcha know when they come out.
Laters,
Dani
The Audio Book Files are here!
It's definitely weird to hear someone else read our words but still so very cool. Can't wait to get the whole thing and listen to it on the road! In the meantime enjoy the snippets we've posted on our homepage.
Dani
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