Last weekend I was up on Toronto as a guest speaker for RushCon 2012, a gathering of several hundred Rush fans at the Hard Rock Cafe—all in celebration of their favorite band and the concert Sunday night at the Air Canada Center. I flew in Saturday evening, was picked up at the airport by my publicist Sarah from ECW Press (publishers of Clockwork Angels: The Novel), then drove me to my hotel just in time for me to arrive at the tail end of a fire alarm evacuation.  It turned out to be only a sprinkler mishap but the lobby...
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For those of you who couldn't attend our last Superstars Writing Seminar in Las Vegas, we now have MP3 audios available of all of the sessions.  Three days worth of intensive lectures and panels on the real nuts and bolts of the publishing business, given by Kevin J. Anderson. Brandon Sanderson, David Farland, Eric Flint, Rebecca Moesta, James Artimus Owen, and Dean Wesley Smith. • From Newbie to Bestseller in Four Years • It’s Business: How Publishing Economics Works • Building Your Network • Indie-Publishing & Ebooks: Free For All • Getting Noticed: Self-Promotion for Authors • One Thing Leads...
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Another major segment of the Colorado Trail done—in the high mountains, crisp autumn air, the last gold of aspens, and even a wild moose sighting!  And a total of ten new chapters dictated in the new Seven Suns series, The Dark Between the Stars. Tim and I have already done two CT segments this summer, and because of my crazy travel schedule as well as a downturn in the weather, it didn’t look as if I’d manage another one.  But I did clear three days in between Stan Lee’s Comikaze in LA and RushCon in Toronto—so we made our plans,...
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For our 21st anniversary this month, Rebecca and I have been doing a series of fun activities, going to our favorite restaurants, having our favorite dinners, seeing things. Friday, we had a great day, starting out with Indoor Skydiving in Denver at SkyVenture.  This is a giant indoor wind tunnel with winds over 120 mph. We suited up, donned helmet and goggles, attended a brief training session—and then we went in to fly! This was a lot harder than it looks, a "sport" instead of a quick entertainment ride. The slighted adjustments in arm or hand positions can send you...
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