Rebecca and I have attended DragonCon for about the past 20 years—it is one of our favorite conventions all year.  This year, I've got a packed schedule, as well as three big tables in the Dealer's Room.  Look for us under the listing WordFire. Here's my DragonCon autographing schedule for the Dealer's Room. Friday 12:30–2:15 PM Saturday 10 AM–12:30 PM 2:30–6 PM Sunday 11:30 AM–2 PM 4–5 PM Monday 10–11 AM 1:30–4 PM And here's my panel schedule.  (Don't miss my reading on Sunday at 10AM, where I'll read a brand new Dan Shamble story!) FRIDAY 11:00-Noon Writing Workshop with...
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I've long established myself as a very prolific writer, and I've given countless talks and workshops on productivity over the years. Finally, I've put together all the most important advice I have to share, in a book just released by WordFire Press, MILLION DOLLAR PRODUCTIVITY.  Available in all eBook formats for $4.99, or in trade paperback for $9.99. Print Kindle Kobo Nook All other eBook formats Life is crazy and hectic for most of us. We’re surrounded with personal and family obligations, jobs, fitness programs, virtual mountains of email, not to mention videogames, TV, smartphones, social networking, and millions of...
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Every year for the past seventeen years since I've lived in Colorado, I have climbed at least one Fourteener, or 14,000-ft peak in the state. I've summited all 54 of them, so now I'm going back to do some of my favorites, climbing from different sides. This year, I set my sights on Mt. Lincoln, 14, 236 ft, highest peak in Park C0unty and 11th highest peak in the continental US. It's an impressive-looking peak as seen from Hoosier Pass, just south of Breckinridge. I had climbed it before, but this time I wanted to climb from a different side,...
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From Kirkus Reviews Dan Chambeaux, zombie private eye (Hair Raising, 2013, etc.), once again juggles a series of cases as deftly as if he were equipped with the same tireless tentacles as his chief suspect. In the Unnatural Quarter, it's either a feast or an orgy of malefactors. Just as Chambeaux & Deyer's former client, frog demon Lurrm, is celebrating the opening of the Recompose Spa, his smartly refurbished zombie bathhouse, the competition between Alastair Cumulus III and Chambeaux's client Thunder Dick over which of them will be elected head of the Weather Wizards Fraternal Order breaks into open warfare,...
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