Category: Releases and Publication
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This TDA is Taking Off To Celebrate Towel Day (And See The Aliens)
I’m heading to Roswell, New Mexico to emcee Roswell Towel Day.
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Hugo Award Nomination Deadline: March 9th
Only members of the World Science Fiction Society can nominate works for a Hugo Award, but you do NOT have to be traveling to the World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow (or have traveled to Chengdu last year) to nominate SFF works you loved. You just have to buy a WSFS membership. In return, you…
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Bibliography at Bookshop.org
In my attempt to support local bookstores and become less dependent on Amazon (where I can), I’ve added a new list called ‘Towel Day Ambassador 2023 Bibliography’ at Bookshop.org.
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Change and Spiritual Heartburn
It is a week of change and spiritual heartburn, a new phrase from a post I read today that resonated with me: “Our version [of change] is cooked and swallowed like something from McDonald’s. It’s Panta Rhei fast-food style, and we suffer an equal spiritual heartburn from the speed.” Erik Brown on Medium The final…
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Recent Writing: Cozy Reaction
Every once in a while, I remember that The Drink Tank exists and I go binge a bunch of issues. Last time I did this, I felt compelled to send in comments about a topic near and dear to my heart: Cozy Mysteries. If you’re curious about what I had to say in response to…
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Gunnersbury Park Campaign EXTENDED!
The deadline for Gunnersbury Park’s Exhibition “Set To Stun” has been extended! We have until the 27th to fund a museum exhibit that will preserve the spirit of Science Fiction we love.
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Marketing for Authors
An antidote to the poisonous fear of book marketing is to LOVE YOUR BOOK. Love it so hard that you cannot wait to find the kind of people who are going to be made SO HAPPY by it.
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Santa Barbara Towel Day Celebration 2023
Join the 2023 Towel Day Celebration in Santa Barbara, California on May 25th at The Book Den Independent Bookstore.
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Obrigados Pelos Peixes Author Q&A
The wonderful Adams fan site, Obrigado Pelos Peixes (Thanks for all The Fish), helmed by the fabulous May Santos, sent me a series of questions for an author Q&A about being a Douglas Adams fan and creating Douglas Adams’ London. You can read my answers in Portugese here, or in English below. When was your…