KJA | April 30, 2009
Fellow writer and friend Ken Rand passed away on April 21, 2009. Ken was like a sponge, always interviewing writers, talking about writing, listening, asking questions, and absorbing everything. I first met Ken around 1993 when Rebecca and I were guests at the Life, the Universe, and Everything conference at BYU. Ken was assigned to watch over us [...]
KJA | April 28, 2009
(Reposting this blog with a different format for the images, since some of you couldn’t see them.) We are pleased to post the covers for the Tor Books (US) and Simon & Schuster (UK) releases of THE WINDS OF DUNE. Both are quite striking; Brian and I hope you like them. We have also [...]
KJA | April 27, 2009
You can now read the first two chapters of ENEMIES & ALLIES, available on the HarperCollins website. Enjoy. Also, don’t forget that you can order signed and personalized first-edition hardcovers of ENEMIES & ALLIES at anderzoneshop.com. The book will be available in stores May 5.
KJA | April 24, 2009
Arriving in town a day early for this weekend’s Nebula Awards ceremonies and the LA Times Festival of Books, Rebecca and I met with other members of the Roswell Six project for a celebration dinner. We came bearing a stack of the slick new posters for the Terra Incognita: Beyond the Horizon CD (and I [...]
KJA | April 22, 2009
The second sample chapter from The Edge of the World is now available on the Terra Incognita widget. For those of you who have the widget on your site, or if you want to look at it on the homepage at www.wordfire.com, click “Chapters” and you can read the first two samples from the novel. [...]
KJA | April 21, 2009
Last week, with the large draft manuscript of Terra Incognita #2—The Map of All Things—looming in front of me, I went away for three days to stay alone in a lovely and peaceful cabin in Estes Park, at the edge of Rocky Mountain National Park. Rebecca’s foot has recovered well enough after her surgery, so [...]
KJA | April 18, 2009
One more sample track from the “Terra Incognita” CD has been put up, this time on Michael Sadler’s MySpace page. “Letters in a Bottle” is a powerful, moving ballad featuring Michael’s vocals as the sailor Criston, writing letters to his distant love, sealing them in a bottle and trusting them to the waves. (Michael was [...]
KJA | April 15, 2009
An active Australian Star Wars fan group has put together an ambitious charity auction to raise money for the victims of the horrific wildfires that destroyed so many homes several months ago. Many Star Wars personalities have donated items for the cause, including Dave Prowse (Darth Vader), Kenny Baker (R2D2), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett), and [...]
KJA | April 14, 2009
The first Terra Incognita novel, The Edge of the World, will be available as an unabridged audiobook read by the fantastic Scott Brick (who has read all of my Dune novel collaborations with Brian Herbert, and will be doing the forthcoming Winds of Dune). I’ve spent a lot of time on the phone with Scott [...]
KJA | April 12, 2009
We’ve uploaded our fourth sample track from the Roswell Six/Terra Incognita CD: “Here Be Monsters” featuring terrific vocals by John Payne (ASIA Featuring John Payne), with supporting vocals by Michael Sadler (ex-SAGA) and Lana Lane. Listen to it at the Roswell Six MySpace page. This song is about the fear of the unknown, sailors heading [...]
