Free download. Free. Free.

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

As mentioned on BoingBoing, Grey is now a Free download for those who like their downloads free. Get it at NightShade Books.

I woke here at Norwescon to discover that I was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award

Friday, March 21st, 2008

The John W. Campbell Award is given to the best new writer whose first work of science fiction or fantasy appeared during 2006 or 2007 in a professional publication. Those nominated:

Joe Abercrombie (2nd year of eligibility)

Jon Armstrong (1st year of eligibility)

David Anthony Durham (1st year of eligibility)

David Louis Edelman (2nd year of eligibility)

Mary Robinette Kowal (2nd year of eligibility)

Scott Lynch (2nd year of eligibility)

NorWesCon 31 Schedule

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

I will be attending Norwescon. My schedule is:
Preparing Your Manuscript for Submission   Friday  Noon  Cascade 10
The basics of professional ms format and writing cover letters.
Patrick Swenson (M), Erin Tidwell, Lizzy Shannon, Jon Armstrong

Reading:  Jon Armstrong  Friday  1:30 p.m.  Cascade 3
Philip K. Dick finalist, Jon Armstrong reads from his nominated work, Grey.

Autograph Session 2   Saturday  Noon  Evergreen 1 & 2

Creating Emotion-Driven SF/F   Saturday  2:00 p.m.  Cascade 9
Speculative fiction is often called the fiction of ideas, but wonderful ideas will never see print unless they create an emotional impact.  Learn to begin with emotion and then wrap the story around character to affect the reader.
Kevin Radthorne (M), Brenda Cooper, Leah Cutter, Ted Butler, Jon Armstrong

I Just Sold My First Story/Novel!  Whoopee!   Sunday  2:00 p.m.  Cascade 5
So what happens next?  Come and listen to a few that were touched by the pixie dust.  You might be surprised … and forewarned.
Michael Ehart (M), Lisa Mantchev, Richelle Mead, Patrick Rothfuss, Jon Armstrong