On the Road

Quick post today--I'm traveling again.

I have a request.  

If you've read Minder, please post a review.  It can be on Amazon (Amazon Canada, Amazon UK, etc.), Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, Shelfari, your blog. If you've already posted a review somewhere, copy the text and paste it on another site--there's a list of them at www.Ganzfield.com. 

Put the link below by midnight (EDT) on Sunday, August 15th.  I'll pick a winner and send him or her the choice of: a signed copy of a book (Ganzfield 1, 2, OR 3 when it comes out) or a Minder t-shirt (S, M, L, and XL when the backorder comes in).

Oh, Amazon

Yay!  The pre-order is up for book three at Amazon!

Amazon's also shipping book two already, despite the fact that MY copies still haven't arrived from the printer, and I don't think any of the ARCs have gone out. *sigh* Has anyone received them yet?

BTW, the Kindle version of Adversary should show up in a week or so. 

So, that book three link's what's blowing my skirt up today.  I also recommend that anyone who writes or publishes should try the E-books Article Drinking Game (thanks to Nathan Bransford for the link).

Finally, I'd like to make a political statement.  How cool is it that a Jewish woman is appointed to the Supreme Court...and it's not a "first" anything? 

Happy Monday!

Now with...Squirrels!

I'm trying to secure the rights to use a Hemingway quote in Legacy.  It'll be in the public domain by the end of the decade, but it's not there yet.  It reminded me of this video:



This is clean enough to show to my grandmother, so don't worry about the audio offending anyone.

Happy Weekend!

Win a Signed Copy

Hi folks,

Books Complete Me has the very first blog giveaway of a signed copy of Adversary.  Pop over and comment for a chance to win!

http://www.bookscompleteme.com/2010/08/arc-giveaway-of-adversary-by-kate.html

I think I need a vacation.  I fell asleep doing revisions of book 4 today, just at the point when the attack--

but I've said too much. 

A Book in the Hand

...is worth two on the shelf, or something.

Anyhoo, I got a box of cool stuff in the mail this morning:

Yay!  I love having my book in actual book form.

So, if you want one, too, just click on this thing:

Aww...Shucks

Leah has a Minder review and interview up on her blog today that fills me with simultaneous humility and giddiness.  Her imagery of the brightly-colored quilt was wonderful. Check it out here:

Thanks so much, Leah! BTW, you're going to meet Leah in a cameo in Adversary.  The line between reality and fiction in my life keeps getting smudged.

Apparently I'm an Abomination

Thanks to Suzanne for the link

A few days ago, a friend posted this link on Facebook: http://gizmodo.com/5588219/god-hates-nerds

BTW, given the context, I keep reading "Rom." as short for "Romulans," rather than "Romans."

The story of this group has been on my mind ever since. At first, I was sure it was a Onion-like fake article. I have a character in my WIP who truly believes that God likes and dislikes the same things he does.   I used to worry that he was a bit unrealistic in this regard.

Now I wish he was a bit unrealistic. *sigh*

On the plus side, the counter-protest gave me hope.  There may always be ignorant hate-mongers among us, but thankfully, we still have people willing to make fun of them.