After returning him from Glitchcon in Arkansas and When Words Collide in Calgary, I had about a week free before I was due to head out to Toronto for the launch of CLOCKWORK ANGELS: The Novel and FanExpo (followed by DragonCon a week after).  I needed to get away from the crowds and recharge my creative batteries—and finish up my last few chapters in MENTATS OF DUNE. Time to get away, head out into the mountains, and hike out in the wilderness—a big one, another 18 miles on the Colorado Trail, Segment 22. My brother-in-law Tim and I reserved a...
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The first book in my "Dan Shamble, Zombie PI" series hit US bookstores yesterday.  The non-US eBook version will be available worldwide in about a week.  I will have copies at my dealer's room table at DragonCon, or you can order an autographed copy direct from me (no extra charge for the signature) at AnderZone Shop, including bundles with CLOCKWORK ANGELS. SINGLE DEAD DETECTIVE SEEKS CLUE Ever since the event known as the Big Uneasy unleashed vampires, werewolves, and other undead denizens on the world, it’s been hell being a detective—especially for zombie PI Dan Chambeaux. Taking on the creepiest...
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Let's paint Facebook and Twitter red: CLOCKWORK ANGELS red! Already more than a hundred fans have changed either their Twitter or Facebook avatars to the cover of CLOCKWORK ANGELS: The Novel.  And we're just getting started!  Can you help us out? Copy the cover image below and use it on your own page. US/Canadian fans: If you change your avatar for at least two weeks, I'll give you a *free* pdf of my short novel VEILED ALLIANCES, the prequel to my "Saga of Seven Suns" science fiction epic (Neil Peart's favorite of my works, other than Clockwork Angels, of course.)  [Outside...
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I arrived in Toronto Thursday afternoon for this weekend's exclusive pre-release of CLOCKWORK ANGELS: The Novel. I was picked up at the airport with a warm welcome from Erin and Sarah from ECW Press, who took me immediately over to the ECW offices where I signed copies of the book for special accounts and did an interview for Quill & Quire (you can read the interview here.) That night, at the flagship Chapters store I gave a talk and did the first-ever signing and release for the novel to a nice crowd. Afterward, I went out with my friend Mark...
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