Master de migo

A few weeks ago I talked about the Hugo Voter Packet and how for a $60 supporting membership to Worldcon you could get copies of most of the Hugo Award-nominated works. Well, the packet was finally released today, so if you're already a member go download it now! If you're not a Worldcon member already, check out the cover art of the nominated works (it looks like pretty much everything except for the Dramatic Presentations are included in the packet) and consider joining so you can vote for the Hugo Awards by the July 31st deadline. My Hugo Award-nominated novella THE EMPEROR'S SOUL is in the packet alongside the other Best Novella nominees, and it's an honor to be in such a group.

This week's Writing Excuses podcast episode talks about short story writing with Mary Robinette Kowal. Mary has published more short stories than the rest of us combined, and she has a lot of good helpful things to say about the process.

I sent out a newsletter last week. Here it is. If you're interested in getting these three or four times per year, and getting an email reminder when I'm signing near your city, sign up here.

Tonight I'm signing in San Jose and tomorrow I'll be in Albuquerque. Details on my events page. I've also left quite a few signed books at my previous tour stops, so give the following stores a call!

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I hear that everything's up to date in Kansas City, so I'll be headed that way tomorrow to see for myself.

ConQuest beckons; KC's annual regional convention, one of the best. Should be a good time. Patrick Rothfuss is GOH, John Picacio will be there, along with Brad Denton, Caroline Spector, and all of my old KC friends and partners in crime. I'll be doing a reading, doing a panel, eating too much barbeque, drinking too much bheer.

And even before the con, we'll have the road trip. I will be hitting the road with my Aussie friends, and driving right through the heart of Tornado Alley, which should be an... ah... adventure. If you're in Oklahoma or Kansas and think you see me passing by, you may be right. The Big Well beckons... along with Dorothy's House, Pancake Boulevard, the Cosmodrome, and the Elevator of Terror (you can't make this stuff up).

Haircut time.

That wasn't originally on the roster today (just a trim around the ears, cos that shit gets annoying with glasses, yo) but since that turned into a hair-laden shirt, I decided fuck it, this shit is shaggy and needs to go, why not, plus I smell like a damned gorilla so a post-haircut shower certainly can't hurt.

And what complements a haircut better than The Plasmatics? Not a whole hell of a lot, lemmetellya. Aside from gin. Gin does. But not so much as like last time when Ouzo fucked up my hair.

My fish seems intent on killing himself. He's been trying to jump out of the tank for the last few days, despite the fresh water change and all parameters being hunky dory... not sure what he's on about. He did shred his tail though, so damn. Well, if he does succeed, that just means more room for shrimp I suppose.

Mom posted me a near dead iris rhizome last year, and lookie what we got!

I woke up with the most epic bedhead this morning - I swear it was like looking at a giant Tussock caterpillar in the mirror.

hello there. yes, it's been a while, but not that long. (i changed the security level of the previous 2 entries to Private)

for months now i've had this "rule" of not posting anything in this journal unless something significant happens that i can write about. that didn't work. not that my life is that boring. writing stuff down is one thing, but then i often wonder why i should bother putting it out there online.
i want to change that.

ok then, so i'm still around on LiveJournal. reading my friends page (each day, when possible) and still active in Support.

the last book i read:
i am currently reading Sir Walter Scott's The Heart of Midlothian

the last gig i attended:
actually, i'm going to see Claw Boys Claw tomorrow. i'm not even sure if i'm going to record the Eurovision Song Contest. i didn't plan this on purpose. we got the tickets five weeks ago.

and damn, we have to wait at least three more weeks before we can go watch Star Trek: Into Darkness in a theater over here..

Tor.com's reread of THE WAY OF KINGS reaches chapter 11 today, which is Kaladin's low point.

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• Wed, 14:32: Leaving for Montreal! (@ Vancouver International Airport (YVR) - @yvrairport w/ 10 others) http://t.co/U8qMyxFw7Q
• Wed, 14:58: Settled in, watching the planes. (@ Gate 20) http://t.co/HrFgYQa9ko

I'm going to start a little LJ segment called DJ Earworm, basically consisting of all the random shit I get stuck in my head. If it's there for more than a few minutes, you'll know about it.

On today's roster:

The Gummibear Song (damn you, Wes!)
Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea
The Creatures - Pluto Drive

I guess I'm having a teenage flashback.

Here's a fanfare for all of you Wild Cards fans out there.

There's a brand new, never-before-published Wild Cards story just up on Tor.Com.

This one was penned by Cherie Priest. It's called "The Button Man and the Murder Tree."

The 'cover art' by the amazing John Picacio.



This one is a sort of 'origin story' for Cherie's Button Man character, last seen in FORT FREAK.

You can read it here:
http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/05/the-button-man-and-the-murder-tree

More Wild Cards coming on Tor.com... and of course on the shelves of your local bookshop.