Monthly Archives: December 2009

We had our big family Christmas dinner last night, languishing by the pool, listening to music in the pavilion and dining like kings. Children were delighted by presents and Santa came and went. Today is a slightly lower key thing with my mother and brother coming over for a mostly left-overs lunch that should be … Continue reading »

Self-reflection is a dangerous thing, and the Christmas/New Year period is particularly dangerous time to engage in it. Because I have too much else to do I have, once again, been spending some time re-reading old posts on the blog trying to recapture lost moments and to glimpse once again the mindset I had at … Continue reading »

I am ridiculously sentimental and have a real weakness for silly and romantic things. Christmas has always been a favorite time of the year, even though it only seems to become more stressful and complicated with time. One thing I really love is a good Christmas song, and so I thought that since this is … Continue reading »

We have official permission, so here it is. This is the cover for Swords and Dark Magic, which will be out from HarperEos in July. The cover, arranged by the wonderful Diana Gill, is by Benjamin Carre. We’re very happy with it, and also sort of excited that there’ll be another cover to see too, … Continue reading »

With the manuscript safely in the hands of the publisher in San Francisco, I can now reveal the final table of contents for The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume 4. As anthologists always do, I wish I’d had more space to include other stories that I loved, but I think that … Continue reading »