Dave, Linda Quinton (Associate Publisher of Tor), Karen Zimmerman (webmaster), Mark Van Name (who wears many hats; here, friend of Dave and Tom), Jennie Faries (graphics designer for Baen Books) and Tom Doherty (Publisher of Tor and Linda's dad.)
Dear People,
Foof. I _did_ finish IN THE STORMY RED SKY, the latest RCN (Leary/Mundy) space opera, as I said in #45 that I hoped to do soon. Usually by the time I’m three-quarters of the way through the rough draft, I start to come out of the Slough of Despond (“This book is crap. People would find a phone book more interesting. My career is doomed.”) This book was more of a stretch than most, and it depressed me more and longer than most do. continue reading…
Dear People,
I’ve turned in THE GODS RETURN, the final book of the Crown of the Isles trilogy and of the whole Isles series. I hadn’t fully appreciated that till a friend congratulated me on completing my largest project thus far. That took me aback, because though GODS is a substantial book at 145, 595 words, I’ve written novels of over 200K. Then I realized that he meant the nine-book series as an entity–and that he was right. continue reading…
Dave with rose
Tania and Tom Doherty, Lee Modesitt, and Dave after a very good dinner in Montreal.
Dave looking wifty after a stock signing at Chapters in Montreal.
Ed has Dave signing at Indigo Books in Montreal.