Tag Archives: Andrea Offermann
I Have Pretty Things and You Can Have One Too: The Kairos Mechanism Pinned Edition
So a couple weeks back I got this giant box of gorgeousness from Hamburg, Germany. One of the special things that was offered to Kickstarter backers of The Kairos Mechanism was a set of The Broken Lands, The Boneshaker, and The Kairos Mechanism signed by cover illustrator Andrea Offermann. In August I shipped these, plus some extras, out to Germany for Andrea to sign. And just look what came back to me (actually, these are the pictures Andrea sent me [...]
Novellablog: May I Introduce the Gorgeousness that is The Kairos Mechanism’s Cover.
Credit goes here to the amazing and wonderful and brilliant team of Andrea Offermann and Lisa Amowitz. Here it is: I’m nearly finished mailing out the July Kickstarter rewards (meaning, everything that doesn’t involve copies of The Broken Lands or The Kairos Mechanism, since I don’t have copies of those yet to send out), which has been a lot of fun. In the meantime, a copyeditor, a critiquer, and a beta-reading little brother are all giving the manuscript one final [...]
Novellablog: Oh, Hi, July!
It’s been just about a month since the Kickstarter campaign to fund The Kairos Mechanism closed successfully. I have been very sporadic in my posting since then, but I’ve been hard at work, I swear. Here’s what I’ve been up to: Churning out pages of the book tentatively entitled Greenglass House, which is due in October and which comes out from Clarion in 2014. Doing final cleanups on The Kairos Mechanism to get it ready for the copyeditor. Meeting with [...]
Novellablog: Halfway there on the Most Amazing Kickstarter Project Ever*–and it Still Needs You!
It’s May 12, a month after the Kickstarter campaign to fund The Kairos Mechanism started. With 29 days to go and the help of 110 backers and many others who’ve given time, blog space, and moral support, as of noon today, the campaign stands at 88%. (This excludes cash/check contributions made at Wednesday’s Happy Hour, which will be used in June to begin mailing out rewards, since Amazon holds backer contributions for two weeks after the close of the campaign.) Wow, [...]
Announcement: THE KAIROS MECHANISM, an Experiment in Combining Self- & Traditional Publishing
I promised news, and here it is. I’m embarking on an experiment using indie bookstore-friendly services to self-publish a novella companion to my second traditionally-published hardcover release. I want to see how the two sides of the publishing world can be combined and support each other. So I’m publishing a novella called The Kairos Mechanism this fall, and I need your help to do it. The writing’s done, and I’m really pleased with the manuscript. But I need your help in [...]
Shoot, I forgot a title…CONTEST WINNERS!!
Well, the weekend is nearly at an end, and I’m shaking off my post-vacation jet-lag to say a huge thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who participated in this week’s contests in celebration of the beautiful new cover for The Broken Lands, and the nice things that several generous readers have said about it. So without further ado, may I announce your winners: The winners of the art contest are… Okay, I’m sorry, but I warned [...]
Countdown to THE BROKEN LANDS: the Cover, and a Contest or Two
About a week ago I got to see the final cover of my next book at last. Yes, The Broken Lands jacket art has been finalized, and all I can say is that it’s truly beautiful. Not that I expected anything less for a moment. Andrea Offermann, the amazing artist behind the cover and illustrations of The Boneshaker, returned for this book, and I’m just in love with what she’s done this time. In fact, I’m so in love I [...]
Bradbury, Bookmarks and Toadstools: A Delightfully Busy Week
After a lovely week sequestered in Bucks County with the always-entertaining Paisley Stocking Society, it’s time to leap into a busy week of Doing Writerly Stuff. Want to join me? Here’s where I’ll be: Wednesday, July 21st Ray Bradbury in Conversation with Sam Weller at McNally Jackson Books, 7pm I’m not in any way involved with this one. I’m just attending, and I think you should too. Sam Weller has compiled ten years’ worth of his interviews with Mr. Bradbury [...]
My First Advance Copy: The Best Reason I Have Ever Had For Being 10 Minutes Late
My excuse for being late to my doctor’s appointment a couple days ago was really, really good. Even as I stood at the north end of Union Square in Manhattan with my fifteen minutes of just-in-case-I’m-late time ticking away, I was thinking, this is a really good reason to be a couple minutes late. Don’t get me wrong, something would’ve made me late anyway (I admitted as much to the doctor approximately five minutes before he informed me that chronic [...]
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