Archive for March, 2010
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Spring!
We think. Despite more snow in the mountains, so that kids here are skiiing on their spring breaks, and several hail storms and wind that tore branches off the trees. It’s still spring.
One of my great pleasures in visiting the Netherlands in years past has been the chance to visit the flower markets and bring home bulbs. I’ve learned I have to be careful to purchase the ones that have been inspected for export, but it’s well worth it to get colors and petals on my tulips that no one else has locally. Yet another year’s worth of blossoms are in the bud now. The wonderful part about tulips and daffodils and other bulb plants is how they multipy and come up in larger and larger clumps every year.
The hard part about spring, of course, is keeping my mind focused on my work. I really have to use this next month well. April is going to be an intense writing month, because I have to cover more ground than usual because May will be a traveling month, with a lot of book signings.
Then comes June, also a busy month as our last child graduates from high school. And that momentous event will be followed by my making my first ever trip to Italy. This is still in the planning stages with Fanucci, but as I know more, I will post it here. I’m very excited about it.
Best wishes,
Robin
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BSCReview site book contest
I received this very nice email this morning, so I will share it below.
The BSCreview.com site is a very large site with information on all sorts of media! Be wary! It’s very easy to spend a lot more time than you meant to when you visit.
Feel free to visit and discuss. I think the discussion is the fun part, rather than which book ‘wins’!
Guess I never had that competitive edge!
Robin
Message body:
Good day Ms. Hobb. Hopefully my use of ‘Ms.” won’t cause this to fly into your spam filter. In any case, I wanted to let you know, on behalf of BSCreview.com that your novel Dragon Keeper is one of 64 books that we selected to be voted on, starting Thursday, March 18th, in our book tournament for the best new genre release of the year 2009.You can see the details of the tournament here: http://www.bscreview.com/2010/02/fourth-annual-bscreview-book-tournament-announcement/
We invite you to encourage your fans to come vote in the tournament on your Livejournal and/or MySpace page and we would be thrilled of course if you dropped by to promote your book.
The opposing book in the first round is Philip Palmer’s Red Claw and the thread where people will vote and debate the books will be here: www.bscreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=93&t=7978
The first round will be the shortest, beginning the morning of 3/18 and ending around 8:00 PM EST on 3/19. The winner will then move on to the next round starting the morning of 3/20 and that round (as well as each subsequent round) will run for six days.
I wish your novel luck in the debates to come and hopefully we will see you
on the forum!Greyweather
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WARRIORS intervew up
The anthology Warriors edited by George RR Martin and Gardner Dozois will be published on the 16th of this month. The theme of the anthology is, of course, warriors of all ilk, historical and fantastic, male, female, young and old. I have a story in it called “The Triumph”.
At the risk of tooting my own horn, I’ll refer you to this very kind review at Suvudu and the interview questions that follow. I understand that more interviews with the authors of the anthology will be forthcoming.
Anthologies are a great way to sample writers. I find myself in excellent company in Warriors and recommend it as a great read that spans a lot of genres and the mainstream.
Robin
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Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge Island
Just added this one to the schedule! On May 20th, I’ll be at Eagle Harbor Books on Bainbridge Island. I’m really looking forward to the drive as well as to visiting the bookstore!
In other news, I just got the word that Dragon Haven, newly released in the UK, will premier at #11 on the Best Seller List!
Thanks, deepest thanks, to all the readers who made this happen. Best birthday present ever!!!!
Robin
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Live Interview Today with Vicki St. Clair
http://www.conversationslive.net/
That’s the link!
Today at noon, my time (and I’m Pacific Time) I’ll be doing a live interview. It will be heard live on Seattle’s KNNW AM 1150 but will also be available at Vicki St. Clair’s website, Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair.
I’m looking forward to this; you can visit the site and skim back through the podcasts to see that she has a lively and friendly style, and knows the good sort of questions to ask writers.
So, if you are curious to know what my voice sounds like or to know more about my current and past projects, tune in today (Monday, March 1) at noon.
And if you are coming to this announcement late, no worries. You’ll find the interview preserved on the Conversations with Vicki St. Clair website.
Robin