and now, in French!

THUNDERBIRD FALLS is out this month in France–as LA MAGIE DE SIOBHÁN, which I think is a pretty funny title. :) Makes me very curious as to what COYOTE will be titled. ;)

she shoots, she…scores? [chance filter]

This is on my Chance filter, which has been cut down from its previous size. I’ve been talking with Jimmy Valentino at Image’s Shadowline, which is a small Image line that puts out about five books a month, and generally does mini-series of 3 or 4 issues. If the book does well, they pick it up for another mini-series. His first comment on Chance was, “This isn’t bad.” Being a writer, I’ve spent several hours wrestling with those three little words to see what I could milk out of them.…

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free advertising!

CHECK IT OUT My colorist, Jason Embury, has been featured (today only) on ImagineFX, a major site for fantasy and science fiction digital art, with the colors he did for TAKE A CHANCE. He’s got a screenshot and some commentary on his blog, where he’s had several thousand visitors today from an entirely different source, too. This is *so cool*!

best bubbles evar

Best Tiny Bubbles Ever: Jim Butcher is in Toronto filming a scene as an extra in the upcoming tv show THE DRESDEN FILES, based on Jim’s own books. *beams like an idiot*! To quote Jim, “So I’m standing there, with Butters and Murphy and Harry, only EVERYBODY ELSE CAN SEE THEM TOO.” AHAHAHA *beam* Lots of bubbles today: Fuel-cell hydrogen-powered motorcycle. Top MPH of 50, which they’re complaining about as being snail-like, but I think it sounds awesome. I want one. More here. I swear I’ll lose thirty pounds so…

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holy cow

I don’t typically read reviews. They make me nervous, even if they’re good, and then I get paranoid and worried and, you know, act like a writer, so yeah, basically, I don’t read them. Once in a while, though, somebody emails me to let me know about a review. Like Charles de Lint reviewing THUNDERBIRD FALLS in February’s issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction. It helps, mind you, if words like ‘rave review’ are included in this email, but it’s possible that the words ‘Charles de Lint’ ‘reviews’ and ‘my…

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