This week on Speculate, Greg and I discuss Mark Hodder’s The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack, a wonderfully inventive stempunk novel that’s surprisingly well grounded in history. Stay tuned for our next episode, when we speak to the man himself. Our interview with Mark Hodder should be up on Speculate within a week. As [...]
For some reason, everyone seems to be succumbing to oneupmanship over their recollections of this particular con. It seemed a bit silly at first, but now that I’m reflecting on the con, I think I understand why. ConFusion runs every year and from what I understand changes themes every year. This particular year was epic [...]
The reviews for Strata, the dystopian sci-fi thriller I wrote with Steve Gaskell, have been rolling in, and they’ve been universally positive. Here’s a recap of how it’s been received: “A twisted, fast-paced SF novella.” — Fantasy Book Critic “Intelligent science fiction.” — Risingshadow.net “The conceit of mixing solar engineering with a revolution … is an inspired [...]
The final cover design has been completed for The Straits of Galahesh. The artist is Todd Lockwood, and the cover designer, who’s done a ton of great covers for Night Shade, is Claudia Noble. I really like how this turned out. The artwork is great and hits a number of cool touchpoints from the books, [...]
This week on Speculate, Greg and I sit down with Carol Berg, veteran author of many fantasy novels and winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and talk to her about her inspirations in writing, the development of her career and her love for (and advice about) doing public readings … and how good reading is essential for [...]
The Worldbuilders auctions continue apace, but they’re nearing their end. There’s still time to jump in, however. My ms critique is up to an awesome $201.50. And the Tuckerization auction is up to an amazing $302.50!! Remember to check out the other cool auctions, including a number of rare, signed books and graphic novels. Oh, [...]
Ahem. So yesterday I mentioned that the auction for the Tuckerization to be included in the third and final book of my Lays of Anuskaya trilogy hit it’s first trigger point. That was the $100 mark. Well today it hit the second kicker. That’s $250. O.O <–that’s me blinking… The auction sits at $255 right now. [...]
I mentioned yesterday that I had two auctions up for Patrick Rothfuss’s Worldbuilders charity drive. The first is for a ms critique of up to 7,500 pages. I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one, but I’m pleased to say that it’s already past the $50 mark. The second auction is for a Tuckerization [...]
In years past, I’ve been pleased to participate in Patrick Rothfuss’s wonderful yearly charity drive called Worldbuilders. The charity itself is great. It raises money for Heifer International by giving away books and all sorts of other cool stuff to those who donate to the charity. You can find out more about it on Worldbuilders’ Our Mission page. I’ve typically donated books [...]
Epic ConFusion is just around the corner. It’s being held Jan 20-22 at the Detroit Mariott Troy in Troy, Michigan. If you’re an epic fantasy fan, this is the con to be at this year. Then again, if you’re an epic fantasy fan, you’re probably already going. It’s got a number of heavyweights going, like [...]
Mihir Wanchoo from Fantasy Book Critic has just posted his top titles of 2011. He lists his favorite novels and his favorite debuts, and The Winds of Khalakovo made the Top 10 Debut List! Here’s what Mihir had to say about Winds: 10) The Winds of Khalakovo by Bradley P. Beaulieu – This debut was again by [...]
There’s a lot brewing behind the scenes for the second book in my series. Lots of production stuff. Copy edits. Cover design. Packaging. And so on. But interest has been starting to brew from various reviewers. Justin over at Staffer’s Musings, however, is the first one to list The Straits of Galahesh on a “books [...]
Today, I have some cool news and a humble request. First, The Winds of Khalakovo has been nominated for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award! The nominations aren’t complete, but I’m already in great company. Second, award season is upon us. This is the point where readers can nominate works of fiction for the Hugos and Nebulas. [...]
So, way back early last year, I mentioned that Winds had been sold to Proszynski Media in Poland. It came out this past September, but I never did receive my author copies. It turned out to be a snafu, and the publisher made sure I got my copies straight away. I finally had a chance [...]
The Winds of Khalakovo picked up a couple more nice mentions. First, it made Sneaky Burrito’s Best Books Read in 2011. Adventure Fantastic also made nice mention of Winds in its Four Publisher’s You Should Be Reading list. This is also notable since Night Shade Books takes second place for its excellent lineup of debut authors this year, [...]
The wonderful folks over at The Ranting Dragon have announced their Top 10 Debuts of 2011, and The Winds of Khalakovo made the cut! Again, I’m honored to be included in such a list. I’m starting to see a lot of the same usual suspects on these, like Douglas Hulick, Mark Lawrence, and Mazarkis Williams. [...]
So, knock me over with a feather… Pat over at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist has released his year-end awards, the Hotties, and The Winds of Khalakovo has earned one, The Rookie of the Year: Best Debut. And I’ve won another, The Most Promising New Voice award. I’m really honored and blown away by this. I was [...]
A while back I had an idea for a story. It was going to be about pilots racing solar skimmers over the surface of the sun. That’s about all I had when I started, and I kept it loose on purpose because I wanted my collaborator to be able to provide a lot of input [...]
So my Dad pinged me today. He said he’d stopped by an antique shop in Sturtevant, WI (about 15 minutes from where he lives in Kenosha) and came across a booklet from American Motors, the company he worked for almost his whole working career (you know, back in the days when that still happened). In [...]
Over at Speculate, Greg and I interview mountain climber, figure skater and (of course) fantasy author Courtney Schafer, who somehow finds time between climbing sheer rock faces, landing triple jumps, working a day job in electrical engineering and raising a son to write epic fantasy—including her debut from Night Shade Books, The Whitefire Crossing. We even talk a [...]
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