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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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03 Oct

19th Wedding Anniversary—on a Segway

Posted by Kevin J. Anderson | Publicity, Writing |

Rebecca and I recently celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary, and after brainstorming what we'd like to do, we decided we had always wanted to ride a Segway. A small company operates Segway tours leaving from the Denver Aquarium to historic downtown Denver. We signed up for a three-hour off-season weekday morning tour, met the other people in the party (one other person plus a guide), and spent some time practicing in the large, empty aquarium parking lot. The Segway took some getting used to, but it was very enjoyable zooming around, up and down the sidewalks, turning on a dime,...
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Happy Birthday, Frank Herbert

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

St Louis—ARCHON

19th Wedding Anniversary—on a Segway

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