The fine folks over at Apex Book Company recently gave me the opportunity to write a guest post for their blog. My post is now up at the Apex Blog.
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Reason #17 to Stock Up on Aluminum Foil
This life hack, and the wildly different ways people choose to use it to brighten the lives of their loved ones, is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while. I’m glad I saw this when I was safely at home, rather than, say, drinking a fruit smoothie at my desk at work.
But then I realized maybe it’s not all fun and games. Maybe that’s just what the bananas want us to think.
Overheard After Accidentally Crashing a Cocktail Party
“So I was just starting to come out of my coma…
New Cover Art for Bitter Seeds and The Coldest War
Yesterday, I received the pretty-close-but-not-quite-final cover art for the mass market paperback edition of Bitter Seeds and the hardcover/ebook edition of The Coldest War.
At long last! I’ve been waiting a long time for this! Felt like I’d been waiting forever to see the new package. (I learned about the repackaging in August of last year; I wrote a long blog post about it here. All of the information in that post about the original cover art, bookseller reaction to it, and the decision to revamp the marketing approach is still relevant. The projected publication dates in that post, however, are no longer up to date, as has also been chronicled in excruciating detail.)
It was worth the wait. WELL worth the wait.
Below the cut, feast your eyes on major awesomeness from the superb Chris McGrath.