Sweet action on Broadway and the WOTY changes heads.
Mario here,
The people have spoken. Specifically, the members of
Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. I pass the
Writer
Of
The
Year crown to a most deserving winner--
Pam Nowak. The announcement was made Saturday at the annual picnic where the temperature felt like we were on the planet Mercury. The nominees included (l-r) sci-fi author Laura Reeves, Pam Nowak, and the prolific Kay Bergstrom.
Pam is the conference chair (twice in fact) for the annual Colorado Gold Conference. Her debut novel, Chances, won the Holt Medallion Award and was a Willa Finalist. Hoo-rah!
Later on, Jeanne and I were the guest presenters at the Denver Area Science Fiction Association monthly meeting at the Broadway Book Mall. Ron Else, Jeanne, Rose Beetem, and Nina Else (seated) with a comic from you-know-who.
Afterwords, we decided to cool off and hiked a few blocks to
Sweet Action Ice Cream where Jeanne got a little too carried away showing her appreciation for the pleasures of a hot fudge sundae.
On other news, Charlie Huston's novel, The Mystic Arts for Erasing All Signs of Death, has been green lighted by HBO. Those of you with Hollywood experience know this means simply, stay tuned. Until then, do yourselves a favor and read Huston's hard-boiled prose in a weird, horrific, and funny tale about the people who do crime scene clean-up.
This week both Jeanne and I will be in San Diego for ComicCon.
Here's my schedule of appearances.
Thursday, July 22, 4:30-5:30PM
Signing, IDW Publishers booth
Friday, July 23, 3-4PM
Bite Me: Evolving Urban Fantasy beyond the Vampire Phenomenon
Panelists include Tanya Huff, Merrie Destefano, Jocelynn Drake, Richard Kadrey, Lauren Kate, and Marjorie M. Liu.
Moderated by Diana Gill, executive editor at HarperCollins.
Signing afterwards 4-5PM, Sails Pavilion.
Saturday, July 24, 2:30-3:30PM
Adapting Words to Pictures
Saturday, July 24, 4:30-5:30PM
Military in Comics
See you there!
Labels: Charlie Huston, Comic Con, DASFA, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Sweet Action