Appearances

What a week…

October 17, 2011

As you probably- or possibly- know I got married last week to my co-author Tee Morris. You’d think that would be enough of a week… But then we went to Comic Con. See my post for all about that. (Tor.com wrote up this review of the panel I was on Winter is Here) Then we [...]

Read the full article →

Kiwi in Comic Con and New York

October 17, 2011

Tee and I just got back from New York Comic Con. To say that it was an assault on the senses would be an understatement. Previous to this DragonCon was the biggest event I’ve ever been to. NYCC made that look like my Nana’s tea party. Held in the Javits Convention Centre, there were a [...]

Read the full article →

Heading to Reno

August 4, 2011

I finally got the first rough draft of Wrayth off to Ace, and am heading into other editing projects, but along the way you will be able to find me in Reno, Nevada attending to WorldCon. This is a huge event in the convention calendar, with many publishers, editors, fans and writers attending. Last year [...]

Read the full article →

Balticon schedule

May 23, 2011

Well we survived the Steampunk Worlds’ Fair- not because it was awful, but because both myself and Tee were struck with the lurgy. The event was full of lovely, beautifully costumed fans of steampunk. I will do a roundup post on this event and Balticon in early June. For now I am concentrating on getting [...]

Read the full article →

Ministry May-hem

May 16, 2011

It’s been a crazy month in a crazy year. Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences novel was launched about three weeks ago, and it’s been go go go. We’ve done three readings and signings, and been editing the second book in those three weeks. But coming up are two even larger events. The first [...]

Read the full article →

Upcoming appearances

March 28, 2011

The convention season is heating up, and here are the places you can find me in the next couple of months. RavenCon April 8-10, Richmond, Virginia Reading at 4pm, and signing to follow at 5pm. Panels: Writing sex in science fiction and fantasy 11pm Friday, Introduction to “social media” 10pm Saturday, the Problem with Genre [...]

Read the full article →

Bursting the bubble of genre

February 21, 2011

I am writing this from the dying moment of the San Francisco Writers Conference. A conference that I was unsure if I would enjoy. Yet as you must have noticed, I love conventions. Heck, I am here in America promoting three books coming out in one year, and I have booked myself to attend cons [...]

Read the full article →

San Francisco, here we come

January 24, 2011

I love San Franciso. There, I said it. It reminds me of Wellington- a hilly city with a magnificent harbour, and a propensity for earthquakes. Also the vibe is the same; laid back, metropolitan, and of course, excellent dining. So I will be glad to head back there in February. Tee Morris and I will [...]

Read the full article →

Another first- Special Guest

December 14, 2010

Yes, more news I have been sitting on for weeks (It’s dang uncomfortable I can tell you!) I will be New Media Special Guest as Balticon – May 27-30 2011! It’s my first big Guest role, and I plan to bring the A game to town. I’ll be reading from Spectyr- Geist’s sequel not out [...]

Read the full article →

Blogging all around the world

September 6, 2010

I arrived home from a very fun, very informative, very useful WorldCon in Melbourne (blogpost to come on that), to find the uncorrected proofs of Geist. These are not the final product, but still being able to actually hold my bound words was quite the moment, and one more step towards the novel in stores. [...]

Read the full article →

WorldCon

August 22, 2010

With just over a week to go until WorldCon I thought I’d make a quick post about where you might run into me there- should you be so inclined. HarperCollins talk about ebooks – Thursday 2 September (invite only, so if you’re in or nearby you might be able to catch me) Voyager Party- Friday [...]

Read the full article →

Beginning a world tour, mostly from home. For now.

August 17, 2010

Just over two months out until the release of Geist, and I am beginning to gear up. First off, you will find me at WorldCon in Melbourne. This is my first experience at a big literary con, and I am really excited to get into it. I know that Gail Carriger, Mur Lafferty, Dr. John [...]

Read the full article →

Art and Fun

May 26, 2010

You know I love the cover Jason Chan did for Geist. I know the people at Ace love it too. Jason is an amazingly talented artist, so having him bring Sorcha and the Rossin to life was just wonderful to me. So I encouraged him to make the print available, and he has! I have [...]

Read the full article →

Citizen writer

March 23, 2010

Every now and then I like to do a roundup of where I’ve been on the net. View from Valhalla- keep an eye on this blog- Odin is doing a series of these ‘How I Do It’ from all kinds of podcast authors. I look forward to reading answers from others. Great Hites – the [...]

Read the full article →

Litopia and the nemesis

February 11, 2010

Last week I had the honour of being one of the panel on Litopia After Dark. Hanging with the wonderful folks and talking writing was a lot of fun. I was a little nervous, but the panel made me feel at home very quickly. Peter and Litopia do a great deal for the writing community- [...]

Read the full article →

The Fruitful Kiwi

December 23, 2009

Litopia, which is a podcast and a community I have really come to appreciate, is running a week highlighting podcasters- and one of them was me. I had a delightful chat with Peter Cox- and tried my best to sound as grown up as possible. I hope to be involved with them again, and I [...]

Read the full article →

You’re the top…

November 14, 2009

Just had to share this news… the BlogTalk Radio edition of Podioracket.com made it to the top of their Books Category. Now this was the show that Dan Sawyer, Chris Lester and I took over, since the lovely hosts were unable through sickness to attend. I worked the switchboard (which was very cool) and we [...]

Read the full article →

Triple Threat storming the podosphere

November 11, 2009

After the whirlwind of Double Trouble in 2008, I decided to get together with fellow podcasters Dan Sawyer and Chris Lester and launch our follow up podcast novel on the world- but taking it one bigger. So was born the Triple Threat. Check out Chris Lester’s Metamor City and Dan Sawyer’s Free Will. So we’ve [...]

Read the full article →

Debut of Books and Braun

October 28, 2009

If you are going to be at World Fantasy Con on 31st of October, please come along and hear the debut reading of Books and Braun; Phoenix Rising. It will be the first chapter which is full of explosions, gun battles and maybe an airship or two. It is 10am Saturday and I would love [...]

Read the full article →

Do you know the way to San Jose? I do

August 10, 2009

Suddenly realized that I haven’t blogged in awhile- and that isn’t because things aren’t happening. In fact it is because they are! There have been more nibbles writing wise, that are both sureal and exciting– and none I can talk about. One of them does involve my steampunk story. It has a new title, Books [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries