Welcome to Biting-Edge, a blog shared by authors and vampire experts, Mario Acevedo and Jeanne Stein. We’ll cover urban fantasy, vampires, pop culture, and all things Joss Whedon. Unlike other fantasy blogs, we don’t insist on body cavity searches (unless you ask politely). Snarkiness is most welcome...though we won't promise not to bite back!

Wednesday, September 05, 2007
 
Hi everybody—Back from a weekend of sprinting back and forth between the Decatur Book Festival and DragonCon. Makes for a full weekend but I can’t help feeling I didn’t really get to enjoy either.Highlights, though, were my panels—at DragonCon with Carrie Vaughn, L.A. Banks (who followed me back to Decatur for an Urban Fantasy panel there,) Susan Sizemore and Holly Black. At Decatur, the panel consisted of L.A. Banks, Fiona Zedde and me. Talented women all.




Of course, at DragonCon there was a Whedon Track. Unfortunately, I didn’t have an opportunity to catch any of it. And James Marsters was in attendance. Here are some great pictures. I never caught up with him to get an autograph, but I did get Juliet Landau’s. Wow—she’s gorgeous in person. At the signing after my panel at Decatur a very nice woman said she had some autographed pictures of James and would send me one. If she does, you’ll hear my whoops of delight all across the US.

Book news: Many Bloody Returns hit the shelves officially yesterday. I heard it was at DragonCon but again, had no opportunity to check it out. Advance sales look pretty good. I’m beginning to wonder if I should have done an Anna Strong story instead of a stand-alone. Oh well, I seem to second guess everything I do in this business. If you have a chance, let me know what you think of the story. I thought I might use the character Sophie in an upcoming Anna book.


B & N
seems to have reversed itself and will now carry the infamous If I Did It. They say it’s because of customer demand. They still insist they won’t promote it. Let’s see…

Looks like there might be a Ripper series. Anthony Stewart Head says BBC had green lighted the project. Now it’s up to Fox. Even rumors that Buffy and Angel might make an appearance in the first episode.

And speaking of BBC, here’s a great promo for Jekyll—I can’t believe we don’t get BBC America on my cable. Maybe SciFi will pick it up the way they have Dr. Who.

No post on Friday. Mario and I are still trying to firm up a schedule. I want to hold another contest. I picked up some great prizes at both ComicCon and DragonCon. We’ll work on it…

Go forth and have fun.
 
Comments:
WELCOME HOME! Wow, it does sound like you were so buys running you didn't get to enjoy. We'll have to change that for next year!

*shivery sigh* Amy has a nice autographed Marsters I gave her for her birthday a few years ago. She won't even let me see it anymore for fear I'll snag it. :-) Moi?!

Whoo-hoo on Ripper, grrrrrr on B&N, and DOUBLE WHOO-HOO on "Many Bloody ...." I'm expecting my copy from Amazon TODAY! (What do you mean you didn't write an Anna Strong story???)
 
Ack!!! I'm so disheartened that ANYONE is carrying that stupid book. (If I Did It, not Many Bloody Returns, ha ha.) Is there no place left where a consumer can ethically shop for goods at a reasonable price with relative convenience???
 
DragonCon was...interesting as always. :D
 
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