I first met Eric Griffith at WorldCon in 2009, when he and a gaggle of alumni from a workshop I’d been to took me—fledgling Con attendee that I was—under their wings and showed me the ropes. As a fellow Viable … Continue reading
I wanted to do this last week but I was away from my books. Thanks, Anne. Maybe one day I’ll meet you between.
… Robin Covington! Robin wins a free copy of Elyse Mady’s debut novel, The Debutante’s Dilemma. Congrats! The winner was chosen by an impartial European guest judge, AKA, my dinner guest du jour. It doesn’t get more unbiased than this: … Continue reading
Welcome to KatTales’ inaugural Prime Writing instalment. In one of those twists you couldn’t script if you tried, the debut post for Prime Writing is for a book about… a debutante! What happens when the book you start out to … Continue reading
Today I present something a little different for KatTales, in the form of an interview with local fantasy author Lorna Suzuki. Lorna is the author of the 9 book Imago series. She’s launching a new YA fantasy series, The Dream … Continue reading
My friend and illustrator Geneviève Després has two new picture books out. If you are looking for titles in French for your little ones, have a boo. Félicitations, Geneviève! “Les oreilles de monsieur Lapin”, available online at Amazon or Renaud-Bray. … Continue reading
CBC article here. Can’t say I really blame her. I’m not sure I’d call that particular settlement “satisfactory”. Is it just me or does the Guild’s response seem completely defeated? They seem to essentially be saying “it’s this or ‘completely … Continue reading
My friend Janice Hardy just launched her new middle grade fantasy, The Shifter. Her Big Idea is profiled on John Scalzi’s Whatever blog today, and a truly big idea it is. One of the more original fantasy premises I’ve read … Continue reading
What the book absolutely is not, she insists, is science fiction… Science fiction takes place “somewhere in space, far, far away in a distant galaxy” – Margaret Atwood, in The Globe and Mail I’m probably going to regret disagreeing with … Continue reading
Win a signed book by an author I know: Mackenzie, Lost And Found, by Deborah Kerbel. Kidcritters rock!