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Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Flexibility
Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Flexibility
kriswrites.com — Artwork donated by Pati Nagle . The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Flexibility Kristine Kathryn Rusch Earlier this week, I sat down with my notes and figured out how much more I had to write on the Freelancer’s Guide.  ... (more) Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Flexibility
A Sale and A Gift Guide
You can get a sale price on Diving into the Wreck and lots of other great books. Check out the pertinent information on the Diving website: http://www.divingintothewreck.com/
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Good News for Kristine Grayson Fans
I just sold The Charming Way , a new Kristine Grayson novel, to Sourcebooks. The best part of the entire deal is that Sourcebooks will reissue two out-of-print titles as well, Utterly Charming and Thoroughly Kissed. (The editor is calling this the Prince Charming trilogy.) The books ...
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A New Smokey Dalton Short Story
I know, I know. A lot of you folks e-mail me about the next Smokey Dalton book (part of the mystery series I write as Kris Nelscott). There isn’t one scheduled at the moment, but a new Smokey Dalton short story has just appeared in Subterranean Online’s Fall issue. Here’s ...
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Forgetful Me
So what do I forget to mention to all you marvelous readers out there? That “The Case of the Vanishing Boy” is set at a science fiction convention. Silly me. So even you non-mystery folk might like it. And um, don’t forget to buy Diving into the Wreck this month, if ...
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The Case of the Vanishing Boy
My latest story has just appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine . I think these characters will appear again. And if you follow the link in the story, you’ll find a treat.
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Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Burnout
Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Burnout
kriswrites.com — Artwork donated by Pati Nagle . The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Burnout Kristine Kathryn Rusch Some of you might think it strange to go from discussing success to discussing burnout, but the progression seems logical to me. Most ... (more) Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Burnout
Guilty Pleasures and Other Things–the latest IROSF column
My latest Internet Review of Science Fiction column could’ve been controversial, but isn’t because I lack the guts to make it so. See for yourself at http://www.irosf.com/q/zine/article/10602
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A link to success
After reading the Freelancer’s Guide on Success, writer Brad R. Torgersen decided to figure out what success means to him. Now. Today. And he’s set up some benchmarks. It’s a cool post, and a neat way to look at what you’re doing. You can find it here.
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Book Signing
I just posted information on the first of two booksignings for Diving into the Wreck on the Diving website. Check it out here. North by Northwest Books will take orders and ship signed books anywhere. So if you want one, order now.
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Diving January Book Club Pick
Joseph Mallozzi, one of the producers of Stargate and a well-read sf afficionado, has a book club every month. He announced this week that he’s picked Diving into the Wreck for his January book. So he’s encouraging people to buy the book now and send questions. Here’s the ...
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Excerpt From Diving into the Wreck
As you’ll see over the next few weeks, I’ve gone website happy. I figure it’s easier to have a static website for some of my universes, which will easily answer reader questions. So the first to go live (as they say) is Diving into the Wreck. I haven’t done ...
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Freelancer’s Survival Guide Success Part 5
Freelancer’s Survival Guide Success Part 5
kriswrites.com — Artwork donated by Pati Nagle . The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Success Part Five Kristine Kathryn Rusch Longtime readers of this website and the section I call “Recommended Reading” know that I read a lot of biographies. Some ... (more) Freelancer’s Survival Guide Success Part 5
Self Promotion Article
kriswrites.com — So, while I’m designing 3 new websites to promote my work (one for Diving [buy it! buy it!], one for the Retrieval Artist, and one that I’ll announce next week), Dean goes and publishes a post on the perils of self-promotion. Hmmmm. Maybe ... (more) Self Promotion Article
G-Men in Best American Mysteries
For those of you who would rather read a mystery anthology than an sf anthology and still want to read “G-Men,” pick up The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 , edited by Jeffrey Deaver and Otto Penzler. The volume came out just in time for Bouchercon, but I didn’t have a ...
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Diving into the Wreck Available!
Diving into the Wreck Available!
kriswrites.com — Even though the publication date says late November, Diving into the Wreck is available now. You can purchase copies at various places, from Amazon.com to specialty bookstores to the chains. I have a few requests for my readers. First, ... (more) Diving into the Wreck Available!
Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Success Part Four
Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Success Part Four
kriswrites.com — Artwork donated by Pati Nagle . The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Success Part Four Kristine Kathryn Rusch This morning’s Washington Post had an article that encapsulates much of what I’ve been discussing in the Success sections of ... (more) Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Success Part Four
September 2009 Recommended Reading List
I’ve been doing a lot of nonfiction reading this month as I research a few large (and thankfully related) projects. I’m astonished at two things: 1) the lack of scholarship in some popular histories and 2)the lack of entertainment value in some scholarly histories. I just read one ...
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Year of the Rat
While I was teaching and traveling, a few stories of mine got published. (Yay!) I’ll post information about them over the next week. Here’s the first, “Year of the Rat,” in an anthology of stories about, of all things, intelligent design. There are many good stories ...
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