Here’s the blurb for “Joys R Us” Reece considers holiday events wasteful. But when he’s coerced into standing in line for this year’s must-have toy, he gets trampled by the crowd. Store manager Angel rescues him–but can Angel also show Reece the joy of Christmas?And the buy link if you want to preorder: https://spsilverpublishing.com/index/book_authors_id/329/typefilter/book_authors/?zenid=07f28432b0d43b04dab870df6cfce682
Lou Sylvre interviews me today. http://sylvre.com/2012/10/15/kim-fielding-on-writing-for-readers-and-other-stuff-and-a-sweet-excerpt-from-speechless/
Here’s a little tease: the cover for a short story that Silver Publishing will be releasing this winter. The tentative release date is December 13. He’s awfully pretty, isn’t he? “Joys R Us” is a Christmas story. And if that’s not enough holiday for you, Dreamspinner will release my Hanukkah story in December; that one’s …
I had a crappy day at work today. Other people screwed up and I’m stuck having to clean up their mess while simultaneously trying to quell panic among students and colleagues. And on top of that, my older daughter is going to have a slumber party tomorrow, which means there will be 8 13-year-old girls …
Speechless (and some other great covers) have made it to the 4th round of the Rainbow Awards Cover Contest! Please go vote:http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1759198.htmlAnne Cain did a fantastic job with Speechless.
Don’t Try This at Home releases today! Also, today I’m guest blogging with Charlie Cochet about the joys of research. Also, I found this link somewhere. I’ve never heard of Cosmo Jarvis before, but my goodness. Gay pirates!
On Monday, October 8, Dreamspinner will be releasing Don’t Try This at Home. One of my stories is included in this anthology: “Tyler Wang Has a Ball.” “Tyler Wang” takes place at a testicle festival. Yes, such events really exist. And just today I learned that it is now possible to purchase a beer brewed with …
I’m guest blogging about travel and voices in my head, and there’s a contest. http://mantasticfiction.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/kim-fielding/ Enter by midnight Pacific time on Thursday!
After a few long conference days, I played hooky for my last day in Zagreb. I visited a couple of museums I never found time for when I lived here: the Croatian History Museum (with a heartbreaking exhibit on the Homeland War) and the Zagreb City Museum. I also climbed to the top of Thieves’ …
My eating habits have become more eccentric than usual the last few days. Today I have consumed nothing but 5 espressos and 2 cheese strudels. I do have a cheese and tomato sandwich waiting for me, though, so I may actually ingest something besides caffeine and sugar eventually. Also, I think Zagreb loves me because …