At the moment I’m revising the SF Thriller and I’ve just completed my ridiculously complicated transportation reservations for World Fantasy Convention (in Washington DC) and Bouchercon (in Long Beach) next month. After that, I have some medical stuff to attend to which will take me offline for quite a while starting in late November. With luck and diligence, I’ll finish the revision before the end of the year, but I’m not sure at this point.

Also: I’ll be doing a signing with my friend Dave Morrison and his friend Dave Davies on December 19 at the Barnes and Nobel in Bellevue Washington from 4 pm to… probably 6-ish. Last chance to buy signed Greywalker books before Christmas and meet two really cool new authors! Updates on the medical stuff will come later. Hoping to see some of you at one of these upcoming events!

So… I’ve been working on a story that’s set during Prohibition and part of it takes place during World War 1. When I was looking up a word for a friend I realized I had the book and that it’s perfect for the context and content of the period so I got it off the shelf and started browsing through it. It’s worth nothing in dollars, but the information and the presentation are a wealth of wonder. Click the photo or this link to see the Album on Google + (since I’m still trying to get more server space on this site.)

The cover of my 1924 Thesaurus

Update to my DragonCon Sunday schedule: I’ll be doing two signings back to back!

Title: Supernatural Thrillers: Mystery & Suspense in UF
Time: Sun 11:30 am Location: Chastain ED – Westin
Description: Authors discuss the importance of the elements of mystery and suspense in their work.

Signing: With J.F. Lewis
Time: Sunday, 12:30 pm, Location: Larry Smith Books, Booth 103

Signing: With Faith Hunter (Whoohoo!)
Time: Sunday, 2 pm, Location: Missing Volume booth 328, 329, 330 in the yellow section on the second floor of the Americasmart

Title: Monster Menagerie: Supernatural Variety in UF
Time: Sun 04:00 pm Location: Augusta Ballroom – Westin
Description: Urban Fantasy features a wide range of supernatural beings, often in the same book. Authors discuss their diverse approaches.

Title: Light in the Darkness: Humor in UF
Time: Sun 10:00 pm Location: Chastain ED – Westin
Description: Authors in the genre often use humor, and this panel of authors will explain why they do so, and what type they employ.

Got a nice review of Revenant: “With plenty of suspense, intrigue, adventure and drama – there is plenty of surprise along the way. This was an impressive and satisfying conclusion to a terrific series” from SciFi Chick.com Thank you!

My Dragon*Con Schedule is now up at the Tour page!

Oh look: The Reading Cafe has a review of Revenant (and a contest that ends today)! Alas, the poor reviewer had to jump in without having read any of the previous books and still liked it.”…an exciting storyline, with a wonderful heroine.” Not bad at all.

It appears I have a Big idea, care of the very generous John Scalzi.

I’m still in Europe on family business, but I’ll be back in time for Dragon*Con. I’ll post my schedule in a few days–I promise!

I’ve got the original and first revisions of Revenant’s first chapter up in the new Extra Bits! page which you can find at Miscellaneous. I’ll get the research and photos for Revenant up as soon as I can, but in the meantime, if you want to know more about how the book started, go check out Extra Bits!

Revenant is out today! and it got a nice review at the Qwillery.