Kevin J. Anderson | August 23, 2010
It’s very nice when the mail carrier delivers something other than bills. A package just arrived with the very nicely wrapped trophy for my Scribe Award win for Enemies & Allies. The award was announced at this year’s Comic Con International in San Diego. It’ll go very nicely on my awards shelf. Thanks to the [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | August 20, 2010
The annual conference for the Challenger Centers for Space Science Education was held this week in St. Louis, MO. June Scobee Rodgers and Pam Peterson (Western Regional Director for the Challenger Centers) gave a presentation about our new Star Challengers series to promote the space program and education in science and technology. The first finished [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | August 18, 2010
Simon & Schuster UK has sent us their striking cover for HELLHOLE, my forthcoming original novel with Brian Herbert. cover text: Only the most desperate would ever dare to make a home on Hellhole. Ravaged by volcanic eruptions, destructive storms and asteroid impact, Hellhole is a dumping ground for undesirables, misfits and charlatans. But its [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | August 14, 2010
Last weekend I went with Tim, Joe, and my god-daughter Maren (12) to spectacular Aspen, Colorado, to climb Castle Peak (14,265 ft). The Elk Range near Aspen is best known for the picturesque Maroon Bells…beautiful but dangerous peaks composed of loose, crumbling rock. Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak are often called “the deadly Bells” [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | August 10, 2010
I’ve mentioned previously the new Young Adult space series that Rebecca and I are writing to support the Challenger Learning Centers, Star Challengers. The first book is about to be released, and the first press release just went out at GenCon last weekend, to be followed up by an official launch at the national Challenger [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | August 9, 2010
Last week I found myself faced with an avalanche of deadlines. I wrapped up all the pieces, contracts, permissions, copyright listing, contents, bios, and intros for the next Nebula Awards Showcase, which I’m editing. Brian Herbert and I wrapped up the back-and-forth expansion of our chapter outline for The Sisterhood of Dune; we’ve found that [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | August 2, 2010
At San Diego Comic Con, my Batman/Superman novel Enemies & Allies won the Scribe Award, presented by the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, in the speculative fiction category (tied with Greg Cox and his Terminator: Salvation: Cold War novel). The ceremonies were held on Saturday, and Max Allan Collins accepted the award for me. [...]
