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 [...]
I was excited to see that The Winds of Khalakovo made The Mad Hatter’s Best of 2011 list! Now this is the long list, and I might be jinxing myself by talking about it, but I’m really honored to be considered among those other novels. You know, novels such as: Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick Seed by [...]
LEC Reviews just posted a nice retrospective and collects his “Best of” list for 2011. Winds gets a Notable Mention, which is wonderful considering the very worthy stories that are on the list. Exciting!
I interviewed Michael Swanwick a while back for his 2011 release of Dancing with Bears. The interview was done for the Night Shade newsletter, but they’ve kindly shared it with SFSignal. Michael was a wonderful interviewee, and he opened up on his thoughts about Russia, his post-utopian novel, and the type of writer he is. [...]
The Winds of Khalakovo recently hit Pat’s Fantasy Hotlists’s Top 10 Specfic Books for 2011. Pat wasn’t quite finished up with the review at the time, but it has now been posted to his site. The verdict? Highly recommended. Here’s a brief excerpt from the review: Truth be told, Bradley P. Beaulieu’s debut wasn’t on [...]
Today, there is a rather large smile on my face. The Winds of Khalakovo just made Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist’s Speculative Fiction Top 10 for 2011. Winds joins books by two of my heroes: C.S. Friedman and George R.R. Martin. And I’m certainly pleased (more than pleased. Way, way pleased…) to be among such august company [...]
Last week, Justin Landon over at A Staffer’s Musings, reviewed The Winds of Khalakovo, and shortly after, he asked if I’d like to do an interview with him. I said sure. My blog title is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but the questions were definitely challenging. We talked about the themes in Winds and where they came [...]
Over at Speculate, Greg and I talk with artist Mark Winters. Mark is a wonderful artist that I came across at GenCon this past August. I bought a few of his pieces and thought it would be nice to talk to him about his process. It was fun talking to Mark, because, well, artistic types [...]
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