Today I found out about Beneath the Streets tours of Seattle, which is run by a group of historians and history enthusiasts, many of whom formerly worked for the famous Bill Speidel’s Underground Tour in Pioneer Square. I’m thrilled to see this new group, since it includes some amazing folks whose tours I’ve been on (including Rick Boetel, who helped me with Underground) and whose insights and interests expand way beyond the 16 square blocks of the Historic District and Speidel’s funny, but-often-flawed books. If you want to know about the history of Seattle from new perspectives check these folks out!

Hey there, figured I’d better let you all know that my publisher, Pyr Books, is giving away advance copies of Blood Orbit at Goodreads. Sign up between now and 11:59pm March 30 for a chance to win!

If you’re attending Norwescon–or thinking of attending–get a look at the Writing Workshops that are on offer this year. They’re free to members of the convention. It’s a really great line up (including mine, of course). Check them out at the Google Docs link attached here, and sign up early–they fill fast.

Well, here is is and I’m completely thrilled. Quite a bit of work to get here, but artist Maurizio Manzieri and designer Jacqueline Nasso Cooke have done a fantastic job with the cover for Blood Orbit: Gattis File Novel #1. Also many thanks to my editor Rene Sears and publicist Lisa Michalski at Pyr their incredible patience and hard work.

So, I recorded a podcast episode with PopViews last week, much chatting about books, life, past, and Ouija boards. Here it is:

Still having some trouble with my calendar widget here, so I’m posting my schedule for Norwescon (Easter weekend at the DoubleTree Hotel by SeaTac Airport) here:

Friday

Using Real Places in Fantasy Settings

12:00pm – 1:00pm @ Cascade 10

Django Wexler (M), Kat Richardson, Rhiannon Held, Randy Henderson

Reading: Kat Richardson

2:00pm – 2:30pm @ Cascade 4

Kat Richardson (M)

Critique Groups, Writing Workshops, and Higher Ed

3:00pm – 4:00pm @ Evergreen 1 & 2

Sienna Saint-Cyr (M), David Anthony Durham, Renee Stern, Kat Richardson, Tod McCoy

Writers Workshop: (Private)

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Saturday

Crossing the Streams: SF, Fantasy, and Horror Cross-genres

10:00am – 11:00am @ Evergreen 3 & 4

Julie McGalliard (M), Greg Bear, Kat Richardson, Joseph Brassey

Worldbuilding – Layer Like an Onion: Writing Workshop

1:30pm – 3:00pm @ Cascade 13

Kat Richardson (M)

Autograph Session 2

3:00pm – 4:00pm @ Grand 2

Chris Pramas, Galen Dara, Ken Liu, Matthew Wedel, Nicole Lindroos, Barth Anderson, Tina Connolly, Fonda Lee, G. Willow Wilson, Joseph Carriker, Kat Richardson, Nancy Kress, Sandra M. Odell, Tanya D., Curtis C. Chen, Dawn Vogel, Nisi Shawl, E. Lily Yu, Eva L. Elasigue, Jack Skillingstead, Joseph Brassey, K. C. Alexander, Lee Moyer, Meg Elison, Pat MacEwen, Patrick Swenson, Rhiannon Held, Scott James Magner, Dean Wells

Writers Workshop: (Private)

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Make a Villain – Fantasy Edition

7:00pm – 8:00pm @ Evergreen 3 & 4

Joseph Brassey (M), Cory Skerry, Patrick Hurley, Kat Richardson

Sunday

Elementary My Dear, Bilbo

11:00am – 12:00pm @ Cascade 10

Kat Richardson (M), Pat MacEwen, Kay Kenyon, Eva L. Elasigue

It snowed a little here last night. Banjo loves it; Jack thinks it’s weird.

I had to rush the copyedit and proof reviews in two weeks (a week each, back-to-back) and sent the proof corrections back on Friday. So I was quite chuffed to find five copies of the ARC on my front walk this morning. No final art, cover copy and quotes may change, and things were definitely changed in the copyedit, but it’s so nice to see these!

Front cover (no final art) of Blood Orbit ARC.

Back cover copy and quotes for Blood Orbit ARC.

My upcoming SF novel, Blood Orbit, under the K. R. Richardson name now has an Amazon listing. A B&N listing. A Random House for Teachers listing. And even a listing at Browns Books for Students in the UK. Must be a real thing, now.

BLOOD ORBIT, my pseudonymous Science Fiction novel, now has an official catalog listing.