July 2008
73 posts
Interview at FFF →
Check out my interview at the urban fantasy community, Fangs, Fur & Fey: http://community.livejournal.com/fangs_fur_fey/401455.html .
Shelf pic! →
Amy, you rock! Here’s a pic she sent from her phone from Barnes in Burlington, MA. These are the first on the shelf books I’ve seen. The contest is still running, looking for more pics of…
Everything Seaborn →
Absolutely everything Seaborn all in one place. (Well, it’s a start. I’ll be filling in more and adding links as I find them). About Seaborn: www.SaltWaterwitch.com | Juno…
Review at The Compulsive Reader →
Carole, you rock! Here’s an amazingly thorough review by the terrific Carole McDonnell (Wind Follower) with some interesting (and unexpected) insight into Seaborn’s main story line about…
Seaborn debut showcase →
…at Fantasy Debut with links to one of the Seaborn video trailers on youTube (There are 3 of them), audio version of chapter 1, sample chapters and more. “This novel [SEABORN] is getting a lot of…
Stunning review at BlogCritics Books →
Literary…Seaborn is no regular fantasy about mermaids. It is an epic, created with a linguist’s, a sociologist’s, and a poet’s touch…Like all great epics, there is intrigue upon intrigue and…
Seaborn on shelves! →
Well, I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. Seaborn should be available on the shelves at Barnes & Noble as well as many fine independent stores. It’s also now available direct from…
Everything Seaborn →
Absolutely everything Seaborn all in one place. (Well, it’s a start. I’ll be filling in more and adding links as I find them). About Seaborn: www.SaltWaterwitch.com | Juno…
Seaborn debut showcase →
…at Fantasy Debut with links to one of the Seaborn video trailers on youTube (There are 3 of them), audio version of chapter 1, sample chapters and more. “This novel [SEABORN] is getting a…
Stunning Seaborn review at BlogCritics Books →
Literary…
Seaborn is no regular fantasy about mermaids. It is an epic, created with a linguist’s, a sociologist’s, and a poet’s touch…Like all great epics, there is intrigue upon intrigue and…
Seaborn review at The Compulsive Reader →
Carole, you rock! Here’s an amazingly thorough review by the terrific Carole McDonnell (Wind Follower) with some interesting (and unexpected) insight into Seaborn’s main story line about…
Seaborn on shelves! →
Well, I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. Seaborn should be available on the shelves at Barnes & Noble as well as many fine independent stores. It’s also now available direct from
Reviews by Chloe: The Summoning by Kelley... →
The Summoning (Darkest Powers, Book 1) by Kelley Armstrong Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: HarperCollins (July 1, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0061662690 ISBN-13:…
IF: canned →
Another superhero gets a pink slip. Painted this for Illustration Friday topic: canned. Click for the large view.
Shifting gears →
Do you write each story in sequential order? For me it’s always been pretty clear which book to tackle next, but I’ve been writing the whole Seaborn thing for a while—the last five years, and I…
Fletcher WIP →
Pretty rough speed paint (about 20 minutues) of Fletcher, a fun and goofy and tragic sort of character from my current writing WIP about
food and magic, working on lighting from below—he’s going…
harborParking [Flickr] →
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Catchy book signings →
I need some help. I’ve been signing copies of Seaborn—I know, crazy—with what I think is a silly but catchy quote: Onward & Downward You know, people who live under the sea, down is…
A bit over the top →
My friend Jeff’s posted several very flattering paragraphs about me…”rockstar software engineer” Indeed. http://jeff-hayes-painting.blogspot.com/2008/07/bits-pieces_20.html Jeff’s a good…
Interview at Juno →
Paula Guran, editor at Juno Books interviewed me a couple months ago for the Seaborn page on the publisher site, and if you haven’t seen it there, I’ve swiped the interview part of the page…
Power [Flickr] →
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Front Porch in Summer [Flickr] →
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Flower Summer [Flickr] →
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Power Detail [Flickr] →
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Summer [Flickr] →
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Seaborn bookstore packets →
First, a plug for a great book store: Water Street Bookstore in Exeter, New Hampshire. If you’re ever in town, you must stop in. I visited a few local bookshops this morning, introducing…
Scott Edelman's Readercon 19 Photostream →
And me and Skott are a part of it: See the full set here—quite impressive: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8293436@N04/sets/72157606233752185/
Seaborn in the wild contest →
Okay, it’s officially open. Seaborn will be showing up on store shelves sometime this week, and I’m giving away a few things to those who send me pictures of the book on a store shelf. 1….
Like something from another world →
InkGypsy sent me this incredible news story: Beautiful shots of migrating Golden Rays, thousands of them, in western Gulf of Mexico. Article with images in the Telegraph .
Readercon and new world nervousness →
I don’t know if you’ve ever taken a Myers-Briggs personality test, or know anything about the typology—how everyone fits—within a pretty broad range—into a group of personality types. I’ve…
How I write a novel →
This is a slightly updated version of an older post, but I wanted to let it surface again because I was talking about this very thing with some friends at Readercon: There are several good
When the reading "training wheels" come off... →
I stole this Neil Gaiman on reading quote from Karen Mahoney’s post because I thought it was so true and worth spreading around, and because my daughter Chloe is almost 14 and doing just this:
Seaborn review at Darque Reviews →
This is great!
Seaborn is the first novel for Chris Howard, and what an amazing tale it is. From the underwater society to the surfacers on land, the detailed account of preparation and…
Book releases →
The book release date thing has me baffled. It’s July 18, no the 28th, wait August 3rd, no back up July 16th now. I had always pictured it as this synchronized box opening and shelving dance. …
Seaborn “In Stock” →
I guess the official launch is this weekend at Readercon, but it’s already “In Stock” at Amazon, B&N, maybe other places. I’m putting together an on-the-shelf contest for the first person to…
Seaborn review at DCL →
A great review of Seaborn at Danette’s Chatting Lounge:
…Seaborn takes the reader on a non-stop above and below the sea adventure. It follows many different story lines that come…
Tez does not... →
Seaborn review on Tez Says: http://tezmilleroz.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/review-seaborn-chris-howard/ .
Alice's summer project →
Alice and kid’s made these really cool bird baths by rolling wet concrete over an upside down bowl shape of sand with various large leaves pressed between. The result is a bowl with the leaf…
The Sea...at XKCD →
http://xkcd.com/450/ .
Liz Maverick likes my book! →
This is so cool. Liz, you ROCK!
“Dark and atmospheric, Seaborn is an imaginative new entry in the world of paranormal fiction.” ???Liz Maverick, author of Wired, a Publishers…
Readercon →
I should be there Thursday night with my daughter Chloe. On my own—with writer friends—Friday through Sunday. If you want a copy of Seaborn early, you can get them at Prime Books at the con. …
Liz Maverick likes my book! →
This is so cool. Liz, you ROCK!
“Dark and atmospheric, Seaborn is an imaginative new entry in the world of paranormal fiction.” —Liz Maverick, author of Wired, a Publishers Weekly…
Readercon →
I should be there Thursday night with my daughter Chloe. On my own—with writer friends—Friday through Sunday. If you want a copy of Seaborn early, you can get them at Prime Books at the con. …
Robotic Vampires →
Undead androids, machines that roam the night, feeding—and damn they’re thirsty!
