The God of the Hive
Sparks of pleasure
Yesterday I mailed out three copies of the small “A Venomous Death” to winners from the newsletter list, Goodreads, and Twitter. Three happy people—Elena, Janice, and someone whose name declares they will not make toast—will get a message from Russell in their mailbox this week. One of the side benefits of being a writer is…
Read MoreNine lads a-leaping?
Week nine of our Twenty Weeks of Buzz, with two items of interest: first, Saturday the newsletter goes out, we draw a name from those who open it for an ARC of The God of the Hive, and we post excerpt three of the book on the site—the first two excerpts can be seen here.…
Read MoreGod of the Hive giveaway
Random House is doing a quickie giveaway of God of the Hive ARCs over here at Goodreads. If you aren’t a Goodreads member, it’s quite easy to become one, and there are 75 copies of the book being given away. Unfortunately, the contest is currently scheduled to close at midnight Sunday–sorry about the late notification.
Read More(Re)writing GotH II
The second excerpt for The God of the Hive is here, with more to follow on the 27th of February and March. For those curious about the creative process (who among us is not?) each will be followed by a post showing the first draft of that section, with brief remarks about the rewrite process.…
Read MoreThe God of the Hive, part two
The second excerpt of The God of the Hive (pub date 27 April) can be found through the book’s web page: in which we catch a glimpse of Sherlock Holmes, dodging responsibility. If you come back here to Mutterings on the 29th, you can see what the original draft of this same section looked like,…
Read MoreTwenty Weeks of Russell: Week 5
What’s this I see? Mary Russell has a new post over on her MySpace page? Episodes of “A Case in Correspondence” will appear there Wednesdays throughout our Twenty Weeks of Buzz, and this week you can find them here at Mutterings on Thursday. What on earth are the world’s greatest detective and her husband, Sherlock…
Read MoreWeek five of twenty
These “Twenty Weeks of Buzz” make for an interesting exploration of the Brave New World of Internet outreach. In some ways it feels as if I’m running my own corporation here: producing the product (ie, a book) then packaging and promoting it. In part, this sensation of do-it-yourself is because publishing houses run in seasons…
Read MoreGOTH ARC winner!
The first winner of an Advanced Reading Copy of The God of the Hive is Joe Pace, who lives in South Carolina. Joe’s response was: THANKS SO MUCH- PLEASE SIGN IT-TO MY FELLOW AUTHOR AND ONE WHO HAS LOVED SHERLOCK FOR OVER 50 YEARS-JOE PACE So I did, and the ARC is on its way…
Read More(Re)Writing God of the Hive
The first excerpt for The God of the Hive is here, to be followed by others on the 27th of January, February, and March. For those curious about the creative process (who among us is not?) each will be followed by a post showing the first draft of that section, with brief remarks talking about…
Read MoreTwenty Weeks of Buzzz
Hear ye, hear ye: Thus begins the— Four months from today The God of the Hive will appear on bookshelves across the land. Twenty weeks from now, we’ll announce grand prize winners—more on those later. In fact, there’ll be more on a whole lot about the Twenty Weeks of Buzz in coming weeks, with contests,…
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