KJA | August 23, 2009
THE WINDS OF DUNE is now on its second week on the New York Times Bestseller List, and the newly released paperback of PAUL OF DUNE also debuts on the NYT mass-market bestseller list. WINDS is also on the Publisher’s Weekly bestseller list, and we just received word that it is #8 on the Australian [...]
KJA | August 23, 2009
I came home from Toronto Wednesday afternoon, very glad to set foot in Colorado again (and glad for thin cool air after the weeks of the humid heat wave that had followed much of our tour). Rebecca met me at the air port—a very welcome sight!—and we picked up Cheesecake Factory salads on the way [...]
KJA | August 20, 2009
We fought early morning traffic in Ottawa to get to the train station in time for our trip to Toronto. This time, fortunately, the air-conditioning worked in the train, and Brian and I each had room to spread out and work on our laptops. I edited four HELLHOLE chapters during the ride, so that I [...]
KJA | August 18, 2009
On the long train trip from Toronto to Ottawa, temperatures outside reached nearly 100°F, which strained the compartment’s air-conditioning abilities. As we traveled across the Ontario wetlands, we attempted to do a last-minuted radio interview on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which they had set up only an hour earlier. The interview was live, on our [...]
KJA | August 18, 2009
I’m writing this on the train from Toronto to Ottawa for this evening’s event, where Brian and I are guest lecturers at the Ottawa Writer’s Conference. Sitting next to me, Brian is busily editing his HELLHOLE chapters; I received two more transcribed chapters from my typist by e-mail this morning and just finished cleaning them [...]
KJA | August 15, 2009
After our signings in the Washington, DC, area Brian and I left for our next stop, Pittsburgh. Early morning, I headed off to the airport for the short flight, while the car came to pick up Brian for the drive (in such short distances, the timing was about the same). We both arrived in Pittsburgh, [...]
KJA | August 14, 2009
The Fairmont Hotel in downtown Washington DC had an excellent fitness center and gym, much more than just a couple of treadmills and ellipticals. I had never even seen some of the types of weight machines before. I was able to get in a couple of good workouts, particularly for my legs (keeping in [...]
KJA | August 13, 2009
Yesterday afternoon, just before heading out to our Washington, DC signing, we received the news that THE WINDS OF DUNE will debut at #15 on the New York Times bestseller list after only one week on sale. This is our tenth DUNE novel in a row to hit the NYT list (and my 48th national [...]
KJA | August 12, 2009
Before the evening appearance in Princeton, we were met for dinner by Stephen Youll (cover artist for most of our Dune novels, my Seven Suns novels, and my Star Wars anthologies) and his wife Jamie (who created the original cover design for House Atreides and the nine subsequent books). We ate in a small Indian restaurant in [...]
KJA | August 10, 2009
We left our New Haven hotel early in the morning, caught a train into Manhattan, and checked into the next hotel. Another couple of HELLHOLE chapters edited on the way, a good slice of NY pizza for a late lunch, then a quick workout in the small hotel gym. (And a quick burst of doing [...]
