Roundups and Whatnot

Okay, I haven't posted in ages, so this is just a roundup that doesn't even tell you about my brand new grinch pajamas or the fact that I now weigh the lowest weight since my marriage (12 years!)... okay, I lied, you have been told about those cool things. Maybe I'll post a pic later.

Here's a roundup of five years of author J.A. Konrath's blog.

Here's an article from Strange Attractor about crowdsourcing application Ushahidi.

Here's the awesome cover for the Russian version of author Aprilynne Pike's Wings. It is so hot! And something more important, Aprilynne's descriptions of chocolate making! Yum.

And, I can't post them yet, but I've received the artwork that will be printed with my two new short stories, one in Abandoned Towers magazine and one with my next Billy Steadman story in the new silly western anthology due out in 2010 by Cyberwizard Productions.

There. At least my feet are wet for the new year. Maybe more tomorrow.

Billy Steadman 2 On The Way

The saga of poor Billy Steadman and his dragon-western adventures began in "Billy Steadman, the Dragon and the Virgin Bride", which appeared in last years' Strange Worlds of Lunacy Anthology from Cyberaliens Press. The story begins when the stagecoach Billy is riding gets attacked by a pregnant dragon, and, well, it just goes on from there...


Now, the second installment, "Billy Steadman, the Dragon and the Fishing Hole" follows Billy starting a few months down the road, when he'd like to get out of the house and get some distance from his new bride, to do some thinking. That's not really something Billy's good at, but he's sure as heck going to try. But first, he needs to stop at the outhouse....

"Fishing Hole" was accepted a while back, has now received its final polish and is off to the editor for inclusion in Cyberaliens Press's upcoming Silly Western anthology. Because nothing western could be sillier than dragons and outhouses and smartass horses with leather shoes.