Geist

Jason Chan WINS!

August 19, 2011

I am currently at WorldCon in Reno Nevada, and having a fine old time, but none as fine as what happened tonight. The Chelsey Awards are the big award for fantasy artists and are presented by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors. Jason Chan’s work for my book Geist was nominated in the [...]

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Two tiny tidbits

January 4, 2011

Already 2011 has begun with a bang. First off- Geist’s trailer (which Tee Morris produced) won Best Overall Adult at Parajunkee’s View. I am so delighted with this as Tee (and me to a certain extent) put such a lot of work into it. If I can wax lyrical about book trailers for a second. [...]

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Cover love

December 1, 2010

I have never been quiet about my love for the work of Jason Chan. He’s produced two wonderful covers for me, Geist and Spectyr, and I truly hope that he will stay on board for Wrayth, and Harbinger. I also know those covers have bought attention to the writing within. Geist’s success has been aided [...]

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Geist lives!

November 9, 2010

It’s been two weeks since Geist went out into the world by itself. An exciting, crazy time in any authors time; first New York contract, first dive into the deep end of the pool. So far I am still alive. My first actual sighting of Geist was in Barnes and Noble, Union Square, San Francisco. [...]

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Geist Day is here

October 26, 2010

Today is official (well according to Amazon) launch day for Geist. I’ve already been sent pictures of it out in the wild among all the other books at bricks and mortar stores. From now on it is up to the world to decide how it does. (Well aside from some marketing by me of course) [...]

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Out in the wild

October 14, 2010

My box of Geist are waiting for me in America, and I can’t wait to get my hands on them. I have however seen the very first example of Geist out in the wild. Those lovely folks over at the SF Signal apparently got their copy. And I must admit it’s pretty cool to see [...]

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Geist reviews

October 13, 2010

It was lovely to chat with Ace marketing the other day, and find out how interested they are in getting people to review Geist. Not just the big players like Locus or Publishers Weekly, but bloggers and podcasters. Times they are a changing I guess. So here’s your chance. If you have a blog or [...]

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It’s just around the corner…

October 8, 2010

These are the months when all sorts of goodies are landing in my mailbox. Today it was these lovelies. Apparently they are called cover flats, and contain information to entice the bookseller. I found three interesting things They mention my podcast history- quoting the number of podcast downloads. (So keep that in mind podiobook authors) [...]

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Trailer for Geist

September 30, 2010

Swimming with the big fish still means I need to get the word out about Geist, and this has pretty much been consuming my life for the last month. One of the things I wanted to do was create a book trailer- but there was one big problem- yeah… my lack of video skills. Luckily [...]

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The first Geist review…and it’s a Harriet!

September 28, 2010

This is a bit of a nerve wracking time for me. My first big New York City book, and I am gearing up for the reviews. So when my Google Alert told me that someone had reviewed Geist, I was excited and nervous… and then I found out it was from Harriet Klausner The key [...]

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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. [...]

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Needing the Order

August 21, 2010

I’ve been working hard of the site Books of the Order which is where I am putting all Geist related content You can subscribe right here so you don’t miss out- especially for the release of Chronicles of the Order. This short story podcast is turning out to be such fun, with writers such as [...]

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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 [...]

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A call to arms

August 9, 2010

The characteristics of the New Zealander are not naturally attuned to marketing. We are more bent towards egalitarianism, which is nice, but it also means ‘tooting your own horn’ is not generally looked upon as a good thing. However in all my years podcasting, and with the example of those that have gone before me [...]

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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 [...]

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A dream made real

March 9, 2010

Writing is hard- make not bones about that. There’s the long hours, the editing, the rejections.. it’s not something that is for the faint of heart. Yet it can also be tremendously rewarding. Then those are those moments which shine. Today I had one of those moments. It came when I opened an email from [...]

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Fix a date

May 15, 2009

Well if I thought it was all just a mad dream, here is evidence that I am not. From May 2009 edition of Locus confirmation that the Ace deal is a go. So I sent the contract by fast plane to New York, and now I have a date of publication. Geist will be out [...]

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Celebrate good times!

April 15, 2009

It’s been a long time coming, and it’s something I will have to get used to- but it has happened. After ebooks, small presses, and riding the wave of podcasting- I can finally tell you all. I have reached that thing that I have been dreaming of for over a decade of active writing. Yes, [...]

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A Geist Story

April 6, 2009

The story I wrote, Geist is top of mind at the moment. This is the tale that I was motivated to write after my visit to America in 2007, when I got to rub shoulders with some of the most creative people I know- in both the writing and podcasting world. Then a social media [...]

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