Larry Hagman passed away today, in Dallas appropriately. Rebecca and I got to know Larry for two weeks in Australia, when we were traveling around together as guests for Supanova, along with Barbara Eden and James Marsters.  He was a very funny guy, easy to talk to once you got past the awe, and he was *always* reading a book on his iPad.  He knew I was the science fiction author guest for Supanova, but he didn't really read much science fiction. When I asked him what kind of books he liked, he told me he preferred thrillers, so I...
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A few months ago Rebecca hinted that she might like a trip to Disneyland for her birthday this year.  She also pointed out there was a Rush concert in Anaheim on her birthday night, November 17.  A Rush concert and Disneyland would be a truly awesome birthday present.  How could I argue with that? We flew in on Thursday, had lunch at In-n-Out Burger (if you've had one, you know...if you don't live near an In-n-Out, and we don't, then you understand even more!), then stopped at Trader Joe's, another favorite that Colorado doesn't have, before we went to our...
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My writing schedule has always been full (some might say overloaded).  Same for my travel and promotion schedule.  I'm currently writing a 1000-page novel manuscript for The Dark Between the Stars, editing Mentats of Dune, and plotting my next three Dan Shamble, Zombie PI novels, as well as a couple of short stories I've promised to do. I had three novels released in September. In 2012 I took 21 business trips, many of them cons, and I did an 8-city book tour for Sisterhood of Dune.  Next year will be much the same. My attempts to clone myself have failed, as...
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Library Journal just posted their review of UNNATURAL ACTS, the second novel featuring Dan Shamble, Zombie PI. Anderson, Kevin J. Unnatural Acts. Kensington. (Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I.  Bk. 2). Jan. 2013. c.325p. ISBN 9780758277367. pap. $15. FANTASY Zombie PI Dan Chambeaux (or Dan “Shamble”), along with his human partner, activist lawyer Robin Deyer, and his ghostly girlfriend Sheyenne, tackle an illegal sweatshop that employs golems as slave labor, confront a senator who condemns the “unnatural” lifestyles of the supernatural creatures that now populate New Orleans’s Unnatural Quarter, and investigates the security problems that beset the mummified madame of a local...
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