Day: April 5, 2012

Asus ZenBook (UX31E)

Asus ZenBook (UX31E)

My regular ol’ laptop is a casualty of a bad CMOS battery (and maybe of worse) so, in desperation as I do at least half of all my writing outside the house, I acquired a replacement.

I got the ASUS ZenBook one of the new breed of Ultrabooks. It’s got one of the new Solid State Drives (SSD) which makes it blindingly fast to startup. Ooooh, I’m in love.

On the downside, while small and incredibly lightweight (and cute), it will not (snif!) run modo, my favorite 3D software. (That may actually be a good thing).

My kidlet and I definitely agree that this is the sort of ultrabook to take to classes and on the sort of European trekking we’ve both been thinking of doing (separately, kidlet would die before backpacking with Daddy).

When the Villain Returns

When the Villain Returns

We’ve officially got the publication date for When the Villain Returns — August 1, 2012!

My short story, Robin Redbreast will be in it and I’m thrilled. Robin Redbreast was inspired by Evil Genius Pills and was described by Gabrielle Harbowy, one of the two editors (along with the amazing Ed Greenwood) as “creepy — and cute — and creepy!”

Here’s the official link.

Naturally, I’ll be posting more as we get closer to publication.

Some lucky people at Aggiecon43 got to hear my hoarse-voiced self read it!

When the Hero Comes Home – Award Finalist

When the Hero Comes Home – Award Finalist

I’m very thrilled to announce that the anthology, When the Hero Comes Home, in which my short story Coward appears, has been chosen as one of the finalists for the Foreword Book of The Year Award in the Best Anthology section.

Wow! And congratulations to Gabrielle Harbowy and Ed Greenwood for their great selections and editing!