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10 Oct

Cover Painting for THE KEY TO CREATION

Posted by Kevin J. Anderson | Advice, Lyrics, Music, Novels, Process, Publicity, Roswell Six, Terra Incognita, Writing |

As I worked on the outline and draft for the third novel in the Terra Incognita trilogy, The Key to Creation, I sent the summary and suggested some ideas to the cover artist, Lee Gibbons. Lee created amazing cover paintings for The Edge of the World and The Map of All Things, and also provided the cover images for the two Roswell Six companion CDs, Beyond the Horizon and A Line in the Sand. It's no surprise that he's done it again for The Key to Creation. I saw the sketches of his work in progress, but the final painting...
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08 Oct

Happy Birthday, Frank Herbert

Posted by Kevin J. Anderson | Dune, Writing |

Today, October 8, is Frank Herbert's birthday. He would have turned 90 years old. photo provided by Byron Merritt Though he is best known for the Dune Chronicles (and, in my opinion, the novel Dune is the greatest SF novel ever written), Frank Herbert left a legacy of many seminal novels, excellent works that bear reading (and rereading)—particularly The White Plague, Hellstrom's Hive, The Dosadi Experiment, Under Pressure/Dragon in the Sea, The Green Brain, and The Pandora Sequence with Bill Ransom (The Jesus Incident [sequel to Herbert's Destination:Void], The Lazarus Effect, and the posthumous Ascension Factor). Frank Herbert passed away...
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06 Oct

Next SUPERSTARS WRITING SEMINAR—Salt Lake City, January 13–15

Posted by Kevin J. Anderson | Advice, Blogging, Business, Novels, Process, Publicity, Short Stories, Travel & Appearances, Writing |

After the success of the first Superstars Writing Seminar in Pasadena, Kevin and Rebecca will again be joining bestselling authors Brandon Sanderson, Dave Wolverton, and Eric Flint to present another three-day set of intensive lectures. This time, the team will be joined by guest instructor Sherrilyn Kenyon, author of the popular Dark Hunter series; she’s had fourteen #1 New York Times bestsellers in the last two years! The Superstars Writing Seminar is a practical, no-nonsense course on business topics for the professional writer. Topics include: Economics of Commercial Publishing How Editors Look at Manuscripts, Novels, and Short Fiction Dissecting a...
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03 Oct

St Louis—ARCHON

Posted by Kevin J. Anderson | Advice, Business, Conventions, Dune, Novels, Process, Publicity, Short Stories, Travel & Appearances, Writing |

This past weekend, Rebecca and I were guests of honor at Archon in St Louis. The final panels and parties have just finished, we've packed up our books and suitcases, and are winding down for the evening (and a departure at 6:15 AM tomorrow). I have been to St Louis only once before, during the Paul of Dune book-signing tour, but I hadn't been able to see any of the city. (I landed after lunch, and the publisher's rep took me to several bookstores to sign the stock, then the evening book signing, a late dinner, then to the hotel...
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Cover Painting for THE KEY TO CREATION

Happy Birthday, Frank Herbert

Next SUPERSTARS WRITING SEMINAR—Salt Lake City, January 13–15

St Louis—ARCHON

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