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Fri, 24 May 2013 14:40:13 -0700

dduane:

petermorwood:

dduane:

Just a quick note for those interested: the New Millennium Edition of WIZARD’S HOLIDAY will launch tomorrow, Spread the word.

Meanwhile, my eyes are crossing from proofing this thing. I’m going to go fall over now.

(clunk)

Your eyes were definitely crossing, hon. There’s something missing. Remember this little plaque on the wall beside your desk…? (-D

WAIT WHAT???

ETA: OK, all the files have been fixed and have the right cover on them now… so when you’re all finished laughing at me you can run over here and buy one if you like. (If you’re on the Ebooks Direct mailing list, wait till you get your notification mail; there’s a little something in there for you.)

…I’m never going to live this down, am I. Somebody is going to be dining out on this for years. (Somebody who had better hurry up and have his damn shower and take me down to the pub because I want a pizza, dammit. The day I’ve had, sheesh…

*giggles* and reblogs for commentary.

Sung to the tune of “she’ll be comin’ round the mountain”“

“Oh, there’s no name on the cover of the book.

No, my name ain’t on the cover of my book.

It’s a Time best-selling story,

But I won’t get the glory,

‘cos my name’s not on the cover of my book.”

(Sorry, Diane, I couldn’t resist.)

BVC Announces The Crystal Rose, Book Three of the Mer Cycle, by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:39:45 -0700

BVC Announces The Crystal Rose, Book Three of the Mer Cycle, by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff:

She is the sign of God on earth; she is the personification of evil. She is the rebirth of the religion of Caraid-land; she is its complete undoing. Some call her Taminy-Osmaer—Divinely Glorious. Some call her Taminy-Wicke and ward against her.

Which of these is the petite seventeen year-old who has fled with her followers to the high crags of the Gyldan-Baenn? This is the question that tears Caraid-land apart, splitting families, pitting the noble Houses against each other and throwing the religious order into chaos.

Daimhin Feich—the man who would be king—knows only this: Taminy-a-Cuinn, whether angel or demon, has something he must have if he is to redeem his own fortunes and that of his House. Among her devotees is the young ruler of the divided nation and Daimhin Feich means to get the boy back by any means, even if it destroys the land he hopes to rule.

Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:58:58 -0700

Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff:

Writer, editor, musician, filer, Baha’i, wife, mom. Founding member of Book View Cafe and Common…

Browse my books is a truly cool Facebook feature.

This soooo works for me. kadorienne: My contribution to these

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:12:37 -0700

This soooo works for me.

kadorienne:

My contribution to these

Writing, Obsession, and Velveteen Moments

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:41:31 -0700

Writing, Obsession, and Velveteen Moments:

Several of us Book View Café “staffers” were discussing why we write. Specifically, Amy Sterling Casil wondered aloud (as it were) if we wrote because we had that certain type of experience that caused us to sit up and take note, that marked us in some …

BVC Announces Taminy, Book Two of the Mer Cycle, by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:09:20 -0700

BVC Announces Taminy, Book Two of the Mer Cycle, by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff:

On sale today at Book View Cafe!

The New York Times Best Sellers - Mass Market Paperback - March 17, 2013

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:57:36 -0700

The New York Times Best Sellers - Mass Market Paperback - March 17, 2013:

IT IS NOW OFFICIAL AND I MAY SQUEEEE!!!

Our book is a New York Times Best Seller: #11

Wired Review of THE LAST JEDI

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:57:19 -0700

Wired Review of THE LAST JEDI:

Geekmom posts review of THE LAST JEDI entitled “The Force is Strong in The Last Jedi.” :)

Book View Cafe releases THE RED: FIRST LIGHT by Linda Nagata

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:55:44 -0700

$7.99 ISBN: 978-1-93719-714-8

There Needs To Be A War Going On Somewhere:

Lieutenant James Shelley commands a high-tech squad of soldiers in a rural district within the African Sahel. They hunt insurgents each night on a harrowing patrol, guided by three simple goals: protect civilians, kill the enemy, and stay alive—because in a for-profit war manufactured by the defense industry there can be no cause worth dying for. To keep his soldiers safe, Shelley uses every high-tech asset available to him—but his best weapon is a flawless sense of imminent danger … as if God is with him, whispering warnings in his ear.

Hazard Notice: contains military grade profanity.

Linda Nagata is a Nebula-award-winning author of both science fiction and fantasy, with multiple novels and short stories. She grew up in a rented beach house on the north shore of Oahu, and has been a writer, a mom, a programmer of database-driven websites, and lately a publisher and book designer.

http://bookviewcafe.com/bookstore/book/the-red-first-light/

The Last Jedi

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:51:41 -0800

The Last Jedi:

Check out Roqoo Depot’s five metal bikini review of THE LAST JEDI!

Our Interview with Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff on 'The Last Jedi'

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:43:25 -0800

Our Interview with Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff on 'The Last Jedi':

Today Del Rey / LucasBooks releases THE LAST JEDI by yours truly and Michael Reaves. Check out my interview on Roqoo Depot!

Mr. Twilight

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:26:00 -0800

Mr. Twilight:

A review of MR. TWILIGHT by the wonderful folks at Roqoo Depot. Thanks, Skuldren!

The Last Jedi: Star Wars by Michael Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff - Random House

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:49:10 -0800

The Last Jedi: Star Wars by Michael Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff - Random House:

Book View Cafe releases The Meri, Book One of the Mer Cycle

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:10:39 -0800

Book View Cafe releases The Meri, Book One of the Mer Cycle:

The Mer Cycle begins…

In the twenty-fifth year of the reign of Cyne Colfre, a fifteen year-old girl named Mereddyd-a-Lagan sought to wield powers reserved, until now, for men. Would she attain the station of Osraed … or die a heretic like the one who went before her?

“…be sure to pick up Taminy, the enthralling continuation of Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff’s powerful and evocative first book, The Meri. …this intricately wrought character study…set(s) the stage beautifully for the forthcomingCrystal Rose. Ms. Bohnhoff is a superlative talent with an exquisite gift for pure storytelling magic.” — Romantic Times)

Watch the book trailer!

Dragon Virus — New Release from Laura Anne Gilman

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:56:33 -0800

Dragon Virus (Science Fiction)
Laura Anne Gilman
November 27, 2012 $4.99 ISBN: 978-1-61138-178-8

It began soon after the Millennium. Reports of newborns with strange malformations…. a widespread genetic mutation that the press quickly dubbed the Dragon Virus. Scientists predicted that it was an evolutionary dead end; that the mutation would burn itself out quickly; that it was nothing to be worried about.

They were wrong.

Every racial type. Every continent. No known cause. Human-created, maybe. Or just God, throwing the dice. Infecting humanity, warping it. No known treatment. No idea where even to begin.

Everything was about to change.

Laura Anne Gilman is the author of the Cosa Nostradamus novels, including (most recently) Dragon Justice, and the Nebula Award-nominated Vineart War trilogy. She is also the author of Practical Meerkat’ 52 Bits of Useful Info for the Young (and Old) Writer.

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The Impossible Cube — Impossible to Put Down

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:06:00 -0700

The Impossible Cube by Steven Harper
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Well, darn. Now I’m ready for the next one!

When I finished reading the first book in this series (The Doomsday Vault), I was already hot to have the sequel and nagged the author (known to denizens of Book View Cafe as “Igor”) on his Book View Cafe blog to hurry up and write it, already! This is what happens when a writer creates a story finale that ties up some things and cleverly leaves others for the next book.

Well, I just finished the impossible Cube, and it was worth the wait. I loooooove steampunk and this novel delivers. At times it reminded me of Tim Powers’ work in Anubis Gates, though perhaps without the metaphysics. There was adventure, romance, and the sense of a gradually unfolding bigger picture. What I especially love about the series is the way Steven has so carefully described and defined the nature of the clockwork plague that drives the plot. The very progression the disease takes—which the reader gets to watch in all its wonder and horror—creates a ticking time bomb that the characters are desperately working to defuse.

And then there are the characters. In our cynical age “virtue” has become a laughable concept, but Steven Harper’s characters are virtuous and noble. In fact, I’d even call his male protagonist, Gavin, sweet. And I do not mean that mockingly or sappily. The cool thing, to me, is that that sweetness is a key facet of Gavin’s manliness and heroism. And his female counterpart, the irrepressible Alice, is his equal in nobility. So thanks, good sir, for this marvelous antidote to anti-heroes.

The Impossible Cube is a grand adventure, but is it not a light read. Bad things happen to good people and there are terrible losses as well as unexpected gains. But this creates a problem for me. I had promised myself I would not nag Steven further about the series, and I’m pretty sure that’s a promise I’m going to have to break. So, “Igor”, get crackin’ on that third book.

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Sold! "Distance" to Prime Books

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:53:00 -0700

The email can bring such marvelous news. Yesterday morning it brought the news that Prime Books is publishing an anthology in which they wish to reprint my novelette, “Distance”, which was previously published in Analog Science Fiction.

Why is there a picture of my literary hero, WP Kinsella (author of Shoeless Joe Jackson, the novel that became the blockbuster movie, Field of Dreams) attached to this article?

Well, if you didn’t read the story in Analog, you’ll have to buy the anthology—which will be entitled Future Games—and find out.

New from Book View Press! Sartor by Sherwood Smith

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:08:00 -0700

Sartor (Fantasy)
Sherwood Smith
August 14, 2012 $4.99 ISBN: 978-1-61138-192-4

In this sequel to The Spy Princess, Lilah, newly made a princess, teams up with Atan, the hidden princess of the oldest country in the world, Sartor. The girls set out to free Sartor from a century of enchantment.

Capture, escape, a forest beyond time, ancient beings, civilizations secreted in caves, and a deadly enemy await the girls. Atan knows that if she survives, the challenges facing a fifteen-year-old queen are only beginning.

Sherwood Smith was a teacher for twenty years, working with children from second grade to high school, teaching history, literature, drama, and dance. She writes science fiction and fantasy for adults and young readers. Her most popular book, Crown Duel, is currently in its 16th printing. The ebook edition available here at Book View Café contains extra material not available in the print edition. Though she is known primarily as a fantasy writer, Sherwood and fellow BVC member Dave Trowbridge have collaborated on Exordium, a five-volume space opera.

http://bookviewcafe.com/bookstore/book/sartor/

Padawan’s Journal #44: Writing Non-Human Characters or I Fell in Love with a Droid

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:09:47 -0700

Padawan’s Journal #44: Writing Non-Human Characters or I Fell in Love with a Droid:

A new installment on Book View Cafe’s blog about writing in a Galaxy Far, Far Away.

I-Five—our tin man.

If he can’t do it, no tin can.

Argh. Bad puns R Us…

Bookview Cafe release from Patrice Greenwood

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:33:33 -0700

Cops drink coffee.

They don’t belong in Ellen Rosings’s Victorian tearoom. But when her opening day thank-you tea ends in the murder of the president of the Santa Fe Preservation Trust, the police invade her haven. Enter Detective Tony Aragon: attractive and unsympathetic, with a chip on his shoulder that goes beyond the murder investigation, and Ellen’s delicate bone china cup is full. Is the murderer one of her honored guests, or the ghost rumored to haunt the building? Will Ellen solve the mystery, or will the Wisteria Tearoom’s premiere turn out to be its—and Ellen’s—finale?

Patrice Greenwood was born and raised in New Mexico, and remembers when dusty dogs rolled in the Santa Fe plaza. She loves afternoon tea, old buildings, gourmet tailgating at the opera, and solving puzzles.

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