What Fresh Hell...?

Doing research for Greywalker #6, I've been looking into the Legend of the Lady of the Lake. But she is no legend. Hallie Latham Illingworth really lived, and died, at Lake Crescent and her saponified body rose to the surface of the beautiful glacial lake nearly three years after her...

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So... after the Friday from Hell, things are much improved. Looks as if the bookmarks will be redone in time thanks to the fabulous Thing One and Thing Two agreeing to play bookmark shepherds while I'm out in the wilds of Researchlandia!Meanwhile, I'll have to spend a bit of Monday...

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Ah, today... how you sucked. I mean... serious, sweaty-donkey ball sucakage. Like deep space cosmic implosion suckage. I'm not just saying, here, I'm SAYING: you sucked, Friday February 26. Total, utter, freakin' suck.How have you suck'd? Let me count the ways....You suck'd at midnight when the pressure plummeted half an...

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My friend Rob Thurman would really like to make it onto the New York Times Bestseller list for mass market fiction paperbacks--who wouldn't?--and, if you're in the US (alas, non-US sales aren't counted), you can help her by buying her new book, Roadkill, between March 1 and March 6--that's next...

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'Cuz I wouldn't want to be too drunk to cheer if one of my friends wins one of these. Just go look at the terrific books that have been nominated for this year's PEARL awards (2009 publishing year)Bearing in mind, these are NOT urban fantasy awards, but ParaNormal Romance Literature...

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It's amazing the folks you meet online and find you've got more in common than you thought. In this case, Marianne de Pierres, SF author of the Parrish Plessis novels. It turns out Marianne likes my books and she's got a new paranormal crime series coming out. Now, at the...

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I'm not known for writing sex scenes. I hate them, actually. I am not very good at them. I'd rather write action or description, or dialog, or even bridges (which are deadly) than sex.My sex scenes are either too prim or they go straight to porno. Honest sex is hard,...

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At the moment I have a short story due, and I admit, it's being recalcitrant. Or I am. It's been my experience that I work better under pressure and that when I'm feeling uninterested in something, or laggy about it, the reason is usually that something about the project isn't...

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At the main website and the forum....

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Trying to figure out a way to rectify the inequity of contest entries being dumped due to contact form issues with "non-conforming" addresses. Have a headache unrelated to this issue that is making the problem more complex. Don't worry, I'll figure something out.For now, the contact form on the website...

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To kick off my new site, I'm having a contest: it's a scavenger hunt!I have a list of twelve questions for you at the Greywalker forum. All the answers to all the questions on the list are on my website somewhere, no need to look anywhere else. Send in the...

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Wow, this is the day for relaunches. My website, katrichardson.com (also greywalker.com) has finally relaunched with new content and new art. Coming later today, there will also be a new contest, so keep an eye out for that because the prizes are really fabulous!AND Mark Henry's irreverent, snarky, filthy, funny...

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With all the current kerfuffle about Amazon's removal of Macmillan books from their virtual sales "floor" (they aren't refusing to list the books offered by their associates, only to list Macmillian in their own sales space which is their right,) I'm amused as all hell that I pulled Amazon links...

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Been an odd few days here in Katlandia. Lots of laundry, lots of mind-changing about short stories I need to write, lots of updates and changes to the upcoming site relaunch...Yesterday, I stepped out to deal with laundry and saw a lot of wave-rings on the water. Turned out to...

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Nifty stuff has been lying around in Poland... My Polish publisher's site has some kind of Flash thing here that pops up a gigantic, cropped version of their cover art from Greywalker. I can't figure out what it's for though. Anyone who reads Polish: could you take a look at...

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Been beavering away on site updates and the revamped website at katrichardson/greywalker.com should be relaunched on (or about depending on DNS propigation) February First. That's this coming Monday! Thanks to Eric and Thea (the amazing Thing One) it's pretty pretty and damned nifty. The new site is going to have...

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I turned the revised manuscript in to my editor a week ago and for the first time in this series, I really wanted to hop straight into development on the next book right away. But I can't since I have a short story due in a month on which I...

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My fabulous Minion, Thea Maia has made some fan art for my book, Vanished. Here is her version of the Hardy Tree:The Hardy Tree Vortex by Thea Maia - www.maia-arts.com on Polyvore.com Is that not amazing?...

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Or not so much. I'm now a member of the League of Reluctant Adults! The most fabulous mob of blogging Urban Fantasy writers ANYWHERE! No, that doesn't mean I won't blog here, too, but there will be more fun stuff to do and see there, as well.And I'm almost ready...

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Which I'm not even doing yet, because I like to leave it to the VERY last minute doncha know... But that reminds me: If you're thinking about Greywalker books for your friends or family, you can order signed, and personalized copies from my lovely local independent bookstores:Seattle Mystery BookshoporUniversity Book...

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I'm utterly over the moon: the German book site Das Lituratur-Cafe has put up a German audio translation of my Christmas werewolf story "The Werewolf Before Christmas" today. This free download is a promo for the German version of the anthology Wolfsbane and Mistletoe that I contributed to...

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This is another of those topics that comes up with horrifying frequency when published writers go out in public (or open their email). The (often dreaded) question "where do you get your ideas?" And related things, like "where do you get your characters?" Or my personal favorite (cribbed from an...

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OK, using the magic of Random.org, I have a list of numbers, which equals a list of winners for the Pizza Party invite! Yay! JeoRossRobynTaraand Alexandria!Evites will be going out to the luckies in a few minutes! Congrats and looking forward to seeing you at the party! If for...

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Wanna come to a party in Seattle? Well you can! Maybe, sorta. Here's the deal: I'm throwing a party on December 12 from Noon to three in downtown Seattle--very informal--and I have space for five (that's 5) fans plus one guest each. No transportation or accommodations are provided and you...

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Ok, so I'm off to San Francisco for Writers with Drinks! this Saturday. Here's the press relase:When: Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, 7:30 to 9:30 PM, doors open at 6:30, weswear!Who: Javier Grillo-Marxuach, S. Bear Bergman, Mary Robinette Kowal, NaomiQuiñonez and Kat Richardson!Where: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St. between...

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