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Go vote for him on NPR's All-Time Best SFF List.

Remember: he knows where you live.

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/137249678/best-science-fiction-fantasy-books-you-tell-us

If you want, you can even vote for some books that don't have my name on them . . .

From an interview posted on Bruce DeSilva's blog (with thanks to Dan Moran for pointing me toward it):

I never wanted to be a writer. I don't want to be one now. To me, writing is not an occupation; it's not a job; it's not an avocation. It's a response to life. I've never understood people who say, "I decided to be a writer." That's like saying you want to be a pine tree. Either you are a pine tree, or you are not.

That's from Gregory McDonald, one of the all-time great crime writers — one effortless paragraph to tell a large truth. Kind of like everything else he wrote . . .

February 12, 2012

The novel formerly known as His Father's Fist is currently scheduled for release next February. It's "formerly known" because the marketing honchos at Ballantine decided the previous title was a bit too evocative of gay incest porn.

It's now called Caine's Law, and looks to have the best cover of the series so far.

I will also be working with Ballantine on releasing a preview or two, once the final corrections are completed and proofed.

Here's the thing.

Yes: Kickstarter deadline approacheth anon. Everybody who pledged. make sure you've got the gelt in question. Remember: Caine knows where you live.

For those of you who follow such things in detail, OverWorld may have secured a cover artist who paints like Frazetta on crank. I kid you not: this guy is the best S&S painter I've ever seen, and I'm really hoping we can make this work — not only because I want the OverWorld cover to !!ROCK!!, but also because there's no reason that anyone who gives a shit about this genre shouldn't know who this guy is.

At this end of the spectrum, all kinds of shit is going on. I have a new project out with my agent, currently called Knights of the Revenant, which is a modern neo-pulp action adventure with occult overtones. Knights is currently planned for production as a comic book out of Studio MWS, but it's also attracted a nibble from Hollywood already, so HOO RAH!

Maybe one of these days, I'll be paying some other poor bastard to write a novelization of my shit.

Hmm . . .

Oh yeah, I'm now President of Studio MWS, an umbrella company that owns the controlling interest in Adventures Unlimited Studio LLC, a development company devoted to All Things Caine. Our headquarters is in St. Petersburg FL, which is where I'm about to move to. "About to" as in: Saturday.

My junior partners include the estimable Moe "Moebama" Suliman (because YES, HE CAN!), Tony "CW" Armer, and the Fabulous One herself.

Also, this past week I delivered the revised script for a TV demo pilot that starts shooting in a few weeks. If the network likes it, well . . . that will be what we in the business call "a good thing."

Finally — as of June 17th or so — I will once again be a single man; Fabulous and I have decided to go back to being pals instead of man & wife. This is the opposite of a tragedy — we were always better friends than we were lovers — and I'm not just Stiff-Upper-Lipping it here. She and I are going to be family forever (not to mention business partners), and I know that if I ever get kidnapped by terrorists in Azerbaijan or a Central American drug cartel, Robyn will  be the first one in, via HALO drop wearing nothing but bike pants, a sports bra, her KA-BAR and her 10mm Witness.

That's the news. I am outta here.

Oh, wait — pretty soon, OverWorld TV will be taking over the web-hosting of this site. There may be appearance and/or address changes. Watch this space for updates.

Actually, ring three . . .

From our eminent dr. krog:

My wife, fellow Overworld supporter, Delilah S. Dawson, just landed a 3 book deal with Pocket division of Simon and Schuster for her paranormal romance"Blud".

Only one thing left to say:

OO-RAHH!

Innaharda ehna kullina Misryeen!

What's on my mind?

This is what's on my mind.

This time it really is.

What's on my mind?

This is what's on my mind.