James Swallow Is Released

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phenomenon enjoyed by James Swallow millions of players and fans. Author James Swallow, who is Released previously contributed to the Horus series with The Flight Facing the Nemesis and of the Eisenstein and five Other Stories other novels for the Warhammer 40,000 gothic sci- This month saw the release of fi world, is enthused to be a part NYT-bestselling Nemesis, the newest novel in the million- selling Horus Heresy saga - a . . . and the material created for tie-in series that's the game is just so rich with part of the world of Warhammer, possibility that we could keep going a global science for years . . . fiction and fantasy wargaming of this ongoing endeavor. ―For Warhammer fans, the Horus Heresy is the ur-myth of that fictional future,‖ he explains. ―It informs every part of the Warhammer 40,000 backstory, so getting to bring this legendary tale to the printed page is a pretty big deal, and the expectation of the audience is high. For Games Workshop, the creators of the Warhammer games, and their publishing imprint Black Library, this is the crown jewel of their intellectual property.‖ After 14 novels, one might wonder if the series has any more stories left to tell, but according to Swallow, they're just getting started. ―If anything, we've done the Vol. 4, issue 5, September-October 2010 1 props; in the Warhammer universes, while you still have important personas in the backstory, the fiction rarely centers on them. Instead, the writer is free to come up with a cast of their own to play against the backdrop of the established world. It's a great challenge.‖ But the Warhammer novels are not Swallow's only foray into the world of tie-ins. Doctor Who, Stargate, 2000AD and Star Trek stories also appear on his resume; for the latter series he won the IAMTW's 2009 Scribe Award for his novel Day of the Vipers. As well as books and audio dramas, he's also developed a profile in the overture and the first movement videogames industry, working of the symphony. We've got a lot on scripts and story Buffy is Back more notes to play - the Horus development. Heresy is this galaxy-spanning ―My most recent project has . . . in Reprint tale of betrayal between just come to an end, a two-year brothers, epic battles and stint on an upcoming Simon & Schuster is putting cataclysmic events, and the blockbuster cyberpunk some of the Buffy the Vampire material created for the game is adventure game called Deus Slayer tie-in novels back in just so rich with possibility that Ex: Human Revolution.‖ print, intending to release three we could keep going for years The game ships early in collections this year. Each book before we reach the climactic 2011, and he has followed up his contains three tales that had siege that takes place at the work on it with Deus Ex: been published before but have finale. Readers often ask me Icarus Effect, an original tie-in fallen out of print. how many books we're going to novel for Del Rey that will Released write, and my answer is always parallel the plotline of the in August 'As many as we need to!'‖ videogame. was Buffy Nemesis is a tale of warring ―I was in a unique position,‖ the Vampire assassins set against the he notes, ―having worked as a Slayer 2, unfolding drama of a galactic core writer on the game and which civil war; ―It's Day of the having the skill set as an author featured a Jackal meets Dune,‖ he says. of tie-in fiction, I was perfectly story by ―For a tie-in writer, working in placed to create a story that IAMTW’s a franchise like Warhammer compliments the narrative of Nancy 40,000 or its swords-and-sorcery Human Revolution. I'm Holder. companion, Warhammer hoping that gamers will enjoy Other Fantasy, is very different from the additional insight Icarus others included in the projects something like, say Star Trek Effect gives them into the Deus are Christopher Golden, Alice or Star Wars. With those Ex world.‖ Henderson, Arthur Byron fictional worlds, the writer is Keep up with James Swallow Cover, Pierce Askegren, and provided with a core set of at his blog - more. established characters as well wwwjmswallow.livejournal.com There is no word yet on as a history, locations and whether Simon & Schuster will release new Buffy material. 2 therein. In Blood is Pretty he Until comes to the rescue of ―the most October beautiful woman I have ever 2010, seen‖ to extricate her from the comic- grip of the soul-sucking sexual book fans desires of a producer born in can pick slime, and takes on the task of up new buying off with money and issues of muscle a film geek who won’t Farscape: cooperate with a director of Scorpius, miniscule talent who simply for which wants to claim ―V‖ – the geek’s I wrote ―Holy Grail‖ of a film treatment the – as his own. scripts based on series creator Rockne S. O'Bannon's story When the film geek is treatments. The first four-issue discovered dismembered, the arc, Let Seeping Dogs Lie, will Blood is Pretty Fixxer is compelled to know be published by Simon & why and finds worlds of evil, Schuster in November as a to IAMTW’s Levia both real and virtual, centering trade paperback. around Veritas, a computer My next novel scheduled for By Steven Paul Levia program that has the potential publication is Star Trek: Typhon I am happy to announce that of making its owner the richest Pact - Zero Sum Game, a fast- Crossroad Press has just and most powerful human on paced espionage thriller coming published my novel Blood is Earth. With the aid of Roee, his in October. After that, my next Pretty: the First Fixxer friend, companion and cook who project to hit store shelves will Adventure in an eBook edition, can kill quickly and silently in be the trade paperback and it is now available for $2.99 several different ways; the collection of the second at these fine digital locations: Captain, officially with the Los Farscape: Scorpius arc, Glorious Crossroad Press - available Angeles Police Department, Basterds, followed by a novella in MOBI (Kindle) EPUB, PRC unofficially with the Fixxer; in the anthology Star Trek (Mobipocket), and PDF (Adobe) Petey, extraordinarily brilliant Vanguard: Declassified, slated formats. and comically strange; and ―the for release in July 2011. Smashwords - available in most beautiful woman I have Online Reading (JavaScript) ever seen,‖ the Fixxer goes forth 2. WHAT’S UP NEXT? WHAT Kindle (.mobi) Epub (open to do battle. PROJECTS ARE YOU WORKING ON industry format, good for THIS VERY MOMENT? Stanza reader, others) PDF (good for highly formatted I'm finishing up a nonfiction books, or for home printing) book titled No Turning Back, LRF (for Sony Reader), Palm which I am co-authoring with a Doc (PDB) (for Palm reading triple-amputee Iraq War devices). veteran named Bryan Amazon Digital - for the Anderson, and starting work on Kindle. the novella for the above- mentioned Vanguard anthology. ABOUT THE BOOK Once those are both done, I'll start writing my next Star Trek 1. DAVID, YOU’RE A BUSY SOUL. Meet the Fixxer – with wit and Mirror Universe novel, Rise Like CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WILL BE aplomb he works the fruitful Lions. HITTING THE BOOKSHELVES FOR fields of Hollywood fixing the YOU IN THE NEXT SEVERAL sins and correcting the stupidities of the denizens MONTHS? 3 Leverage, the most recent were a number of things that incarnation of James Bond, and made it a dream project. The the SyFy series Warehouse 13. I licensor told me that I didn't also am still in mourning for the need to worry about making my Indiana Jones novels — how I story track with any particular would have loved to have elements of the past or ongoing written a globe-trotting comics continuity, so long as I adventure for Indy... remained faithful to the concept of the character. Also, I was not 6. BREAKFAST CEREALS . . . required to reference events WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE? from other Wolverine novels being produced at that time, nor Cream of Wheat. did I have to set up any elements for future books by 7. WHAT TIE-IN PROJECT WAS other authors — tasks that I THE MOST DIFFICULT FOR YOU, had been performing in AND WHY? abundance on the Star Trek novels (and continue to do). Promises Broken, my novel Consequently, I was able to just based on The 4400 that was cut loose and write a James intended to serve as the series' Bond-style thriller with Logan finale in book form. At the time as my proxy for Bond. I accepted the gig, I had never watched the show, so I had to 9. WHAT DO YOU MOST ENJOY mainline four seasons of the ABOUT TIE-IN WRITING? show very rapidly. Also, because its principal setting is Seattle, a I continue to get a kick out of 3. DO YOU DRIVE A HARDTOP OR city to which I've never been, I being able to add something to RAGTOP? had to do tons of research or make my mark upon series (mostly on Google Earth and that I've enjoyed. When writing I haven't owned a car since 1991 Google Maps with Street View) for Star Trek, in particular, I — one of the perks of becoming to make sure that my often feel as if I'm involved in a a New Yorker. geographical details of the city were correct. Last, but certainly 4. IN ADDITION TO YOUR TIE-IN not least, there was a WORK, DO YOU HAVE ANY tremendous sense of pressure ORIGINAL NOVELS OR SHORT that came with knowing I was FICTION YOU’RE WORKING ON writing something intended to THAT YOU’D LIKE TO TELL US serve as the end of the saga, ABOUT? and it was important to me that I not disappoint the series' fans. I can't say much about my next original project because it's still 8. LET’S LOOK AT THAT in development and not yet PROVERBIAL OTHER SIDE OF THE ready to be shopped around. All COIN. WHAT TIE-IN PROJECT WAS I can say is that it's a modern- THE EASIEST, AND WHY? day, supernatural spy thriller. My Wolverine novel, Road of 5. WHAT TIE-IN PROPERTY DO Bones. Although it required YOU DREAM ABOUT WORKING ON? tons of research about many far- flung locations I've never had I'd love to write novels based on the opportunity to visit, there

4 great collaborative creative let go willy nilly. Those who beers or mixed drinks. effort with many other talented resign aren't replaced in any Sequestered in my home writers. In a profession that kind of hurry. Tie-in lines are office, I struggle and strain to can be very solitary by its being treated like second-class produce readable prose until I nature, having that kind of a projects, and those of us who get hungry around 4 p.m., and social aspect to what we do is a want to write them are being then I eat lunch. Sometime in welcome tonic (read: treated like hungry dogs thrown the next few hours, my wife distraction). into pits and made to fight for comes home, we make dinner, meat, except that the gnawed open a bottle of wine, and then 10. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE TV bones over which we struggle we eat. After she passes out on SHOW FROM THE 1980S? are the ever-dwindling open the couch, I wash the dishes, slots in schedules that are prep everything for the next Cripes, I'm not sure I remember growing increasingly thin. morning, and go back to work. many shows from the 1980s. The only one that I can think of 12. WHAT ADVICE DO YOU OFFER off the top of my head is Star AUTHORS WHO ARE TRYING TO Trek: The Next Generation, BREAK INTO TIE-IN WRITING OR which premiered the week I ESTABLISHED AUTHORS TRYING started film school at NYU. TO GET MORE WORK?

To an author trying to break in: Don't. Turn back. There's no food or water here. Here there be dragons. Return to the land of the employed and marry a person of means who has health insurance. To established authors, such as myself, who are finding fewer and fewer opportunities with each passing year: Go to bartending school. Or, if you hate people as much as I do, look into contract killing. I'm told it's a growth industry. My late shift is usually my most

productive, from around 11 p.m. 13. CAN YOU DESCRIBE ONE OF to 3 a.m. It typically involves a YOUR TYPICAL WORK DAYS? few mixed drinks.

After entertaining a few I wake up with my wife at morbid ruminations about around 6:45 a.m., pack her suicide, I retire for the evening, 11. PUBLISHING HAS CHANGED lunch, prep her tea, send her off knowing my alarm will go off in DRAMATICALLY IN THE PAST to work, and feed the cats. three hours so that I can start SEVERAL YEARS FEWER Then I go back to bed. . . . this depressing cycle anew. I TITLES ON THE SHELVES, I rise again around noon, if plan to repeat it until a massive BOOKSTORES CLOSING, E-BOOKS I'm lucky. I goof off for a while heart attack or stroke releases AND THE LIKE. HOW DO YOU and drink my coffee while I read me from my Sisyphean duties. THINK THE TIE-IN INDUSTRY HAS the news. If I'm feeling

BEEN IMPACTED? particularly motivated, I stop 14. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE playing air guitar sometime CUISINE AND DISH? FAVORITE I think we've all taken it right around 2 p.m. and get to work. FAST-FOOD JOINT? in the throat. Editors are being This often involves a couple of

5 Mostly, I just love food. Pizza, Star Trek: S.C.E. line of eBook from NYU I worked for several Chinese food, Thai, barbecue, novellas for him and years as a reporter, journalist, Greek, Italian. I can't really editor/author Keith R.A. and magazine editor. The titles narrow it down. Fast food, DeCandido. for which I wrote or served on though? My guilty pleasure is When a previously staff covered such subjects as McDonald's—specifically, the contracted writer had to bow entertainment, sports, Big Mac. I know it's crap, but I out of the two-book project computers, foodservice business can't help myself, I love it. (which was part of a nine- news, and weapons. month, nine-book miniseries event John had planned), John 18. WHEN AND WHY DID YOU asked me if I felt up to the DECIDE TO BE A FULL-TIME challenge of taking on two full- WRITER? length novels on very short notice. Not being a fool, I said, I had been working toward it for "Yes." several years, ever since selling my first book, The Starfleet 16. IF YOU COULD BE A SUPER- Survival Guide, in 2000. In HERO, WHO WOULD YOU BE? 2008, after helping put my wife through graduate school, I felt I I'd be Superman, but only if I had established myself could apply my own twisted sufficiently, and that I could get morality to the use of my enough tie-in work on a regular powers. Basically, if I had basis that, combined with my Superman's powers, the Earth wife's income from her new would have a mostly benevolent career, we would be in good tyrant, and everything would financial shape. run better. Or else. Two months after I left my lucrative editorial position at 17. DID YOU HAVE OTHER the SCI FI Channel (as it was 15. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST TIE-IN CAREERS BEFORE WRITING? then still known), the global NOVEL AND HOW DID YOU LAND economy imploded. Since then, THE PROJECT? I worked as a cook and assistant everything has been an uphill chef through high school and battle. Had I known what was It was actually a pair of Star college, and after I graduated coming, I'd have signed up for Trek: The Next Generation bartending school a lot sooner. novels that were slated to be published in successive months. 19. IF YOU COULD BE A The first, A Time to Kill, was CONTESTANT ON A PAST OR written as a Tom Clancy-style PRESENT GAME SHOW, WHICH military action thriller. Its SHOW WOULD YOU PICK? follow-up story, A Time to Heal, was more of a dark, gritty, God, I hate game shows. I can't politics-and-war story. think of one that I'd actually I got the job because I was want to be part of. friends with John Ordover, the acquiring editor at that time. 20. WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST He and I had done some script ABOUT THE IAMTW? work together for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the Star The all-you-can-eat buffet. ... Trek comic books, and I had What? It was discontinued been earning my stripes as a because of the economy? ... prose writer working on the Crap. 6 goodness); and opportunity to sit and yammer Wilderness Road for hours about movies, writing, State Park. books, video games, movies, This impressive park books, writing, and more. We in Virginia is home to Historic Martin’s Station, an ―outdoor living history museum featuring the most WWA Con Redux authentically reconstructed frontier By Matthew P. Mayo fort in America.‖ The Photos by Jennifer Smith-Mayo station was built more

than a decade ago by This year’s Western Writers of men who lived there for America convention (June 22- seven months, using only 26) took place in Knoxville, period (1775) tools, clothes, and clucked away like old hens. Tennessee, the first time in the techniques. Another tour took I was also fortunate organization’s 57-year history WWA members to North enough to meet Robert J. that it was held east of the Carolina, into Qualla Boundary, Randisi, creator and writer of, Mississippi River. the home of the Eastern Band of among many other novels The week was a busy—and Cherokees, then on through the (approximately 550 to date), the hot—one. Various long-running and bus tours and panels perpetually enjoyable helped educate us Another high point of the week, for me, ―Gunsmith‖ series, about the region, the ―Rat Pack including visits to was receiving my Spur Finalist award in Mysteries‖ series, Cumberland Gap and so many more. It (where Daniel Boone the Short Fiction category at the Spur was a real treat for led westward Finalist Luncheon on Friday. me to meet this man, migration into whose work I’ve long Great Smoky Mountains Kentucky); Crockett Tavern admired. National Park. Museum (a reconstructed period The assortment of panels Throughout the week, I tavern brimming with historical were up to their usual high level was fortunate not only to spend of usefulness and were peopled time with my agent and with with relevant experts. Topics various editors, but I also met a included ―Top Western Songs,‖ variety of authors whose work ―The Business of the Song,‖ I’ve read for years. During the ―Agents & Editors,‖ ―The mass book signing at the East Business of the Book‖ (with Tennessee Museum of History agents, editors, and sales folks), in downtown Knoxville, I sat ―The Business of the Film,‖ and next to Gary McCarthy, whose ―Writing Indian Fiction/ Derby Man novels I’ve long Nonfiction,‖ among others. enjoyed. And I finally got to Another high point of the meet Marcus Pelegrimas—who week, for me, was receiving my writes his superb Westerns Spur Finalist award in the under the name Marcus Short Fiction category at the Galloway, and his urban horror Spur Finalist Luncheon on ―Skinners‖ series under his own Friday. name. We’ve corresponded for a My story, ―Half a Pig,‖ couple of years via email, and appears in the anthology A this convention provided us the 7 Fistful of Legends, published by type faster and with more Mountain Men & Grizzly Bears: Express Westerns, with an emphasis. Look out, world. Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in introduction by James In 2011, the WWA the History of the Wild West and Reasoner. That I came in second convention will be held in Bootleggers, Lobstermen & to my good friend, writer John Bismarck, North Dakota. It just Lumberjacks: Fifty of the D. Nesbitt, made the can’t be any hotter than Grittiest Moments in the History achievement much more special. Knoxville in June … can it? And of Hardscrabble New England. The certificate’s now framed on then, in 2012, it’s ... Las Vegas, His short stories have appeared my office wall, and makes me Nevada. Talk about whiplash. in a variety of anthologies, But it should be fun. including two by DAW Books: I’ve already started Timeshares and Steampunk’d, saving my coins for the both edited by Jean Rabe. Visit one-armed bandits…. Mayo on the Web at: www.matthewmayo.com. Matthew P. Mayo’s novels include the Westerns Winters’ War, Wrong Town, and Hot Lead, Cold Heart. His non-fiction books include Cowboys,

8 readers, few people BEST NOVEL (GENERAL know how the FICTION) books are written AS THE WORLD TURNS: THE or the rich history MAN FROM OAKDALE by behind the hugely "Henry Coleman" & Alina successful and Adams enduring genre. This 75,000 BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL word book is a (SPECULATIVE FICTION) ground-breaking TERMINATOR SALVATION: COLD WAR by Greg Cox (Tie) collection of lively, ENEMIES & ALLIES by Kevin informative, and J. Anderson (Tie) provocative essays and interviews by BEST ADAPTATION some of the best- (GENERAL & selling, and most SPECULATIVE) acclaimed, writers THE TUDORS: THY WILL BE in the tie-in DONE by Elizabeth Massie business, offering an inside glimpse BEST YOUNG ADULT into what they do (ORIGINAL & ADAPTED) and how they do it. BANDSLAM: THE NOVEL by Contributors Aaron Rosenberg include Donald Bain, Max Allan GRANDMASTER: WILLIAM Collins, Tod JOHNSTON Goldberg, Elizabeth Massie, William C. Dietz, Enter Now for Aaron Rosenberg, Paul the 2011 Scribes Tied In is up Kupperberg, Jeff Mariotte, Raymond Benson, Robert The IAMTW will present five Greenberger, David Spencer, awards in three categories for For Sale Greg Cox, Burl Barer, Jeff books published this year. The Ayers, Nancy Holder, Brandie organization will also honor one Now available for purchase, the Tarvin, Alina Adams and book Amazon.com calls: ―A "Grandmaster" for career William Rabkin. achievement in the field. unique, ground-breaking This book is an official collection of lively, informative, publication of the International and provocative essays & Association of Media Tie-In interviews from some of the SPECULATIVE FICTION Writers. (Science Fiction, Fantasy, most acclaimed and bestselling authors of tie-in books & Supernatural Horror) novelizations about what they Scribe Winners do and how they do it.‖ BEST NOVEL (original)—A From the IAMTW website: for 2010 Named licensed, original novel using Tie-in novels are books based on pre-existing characters or pre-existing media properties— The awards were presented at a worlds from a movie, television like TV shows, movies and ceremony and panel discussion series, computer game, play, or games—and they regularly top held during Comic Con an existing series of novels (i.e., the national bestseller lists. But International July 22-25 in San new novels extending a literary as popular as tie-ins books and Diego. franchise, i.e., DUNE, James novelizations are among Bond, etc.) 9 GENERAL FICTION In the case of BEST writers who know the unique (Mysteries, Thrillers, Westerns, ADAPTED (YA) or BEST obstacles and restrictions that Suspense, Historic, ORIGINAL (YA), should tie-in writers face, because they Psychological Horror, submissions fall short of the are tie-in writers themselves. Romances) minimal two nominations The judges will read all the requirement, entries would shift submissions in their category BEST NOVEL (original) - A into BEST SPECULATIVE and select both the nominees licensed, original novel using (Adapted) or BEST GENERAL and the winners (a system pre-existing characters or (Adapted), depending upon the patterned after the Mystery worlds from a movie, television genre. 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Authors who've Horror" under SPECULATIVE (All Genres) done several books in any one and "Psychological Horror" category need to pick the one under GENERAL. This is a BEST ADAPTATION (defined title that seems strongest and judgment call the authors and as above) submit only that). then committee chairs must Only authors can submit make, depending upon whether BEST NOVEL (defined as their books for consideration but a submitted horror novel is above) we encourage you to have your more grounded in reality than editors/publishers send the the fantastic. GRANDMASTER (For Career actual books on your behalf so Should a committee chair Achievement) you don't have to raid your reject a title on this basis, the author's copies or pay the chair will forward all copies of postage. the submitted book to the The Fine Print Regarding Judges can submit their appropriate committee chair, The Categories... work, but obviously not in the and inform the author of the categories they are judging. decision. For a category to go forward, The book must be a licensed Should the author already three submissions leading to at work published for the first time have submitted another title to least two nominations must between Jan 1, 2010 and Dec. the other committee, the author pertain. In the case of a 31, 2010. Only books with a will be given the opportunity to category falling short of copyright date of 2010 will be choose which of the two titles he submissions and/or eligible for consideration. or she wishes to have considered nominations, entries will be Entrants with books published (since we have a one-book-per- transferred to the nearest in late December 2010 are category submission limitation). appropriate category—for required to get copies of eligible example, BEST GENERAL work into the hands of the How The Scribes Are Judged category would go into an category judges no later than overall BEST NOVEL category January 15, 2011 to allow The judging committees are that would include both adequate time to review the made up of three of your peers Speculative and General titles. Galleys are acceptable. from within the organization, submissions. 10 All entrants must include a BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL cover letter with each book. The (SPECULATIVE FICTION) cover letter must include the following information: the STAR TREK: MIRROR Category you are entering, Title UNIVERSE: THE SORROWS OF of the Book, Name of the THE EMPIRE by David Mack Author, Publication Date, Editor & Publisher, and email & STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS: "snailmail" addresses and phone STEALTH by Karen Miller numbers for the author and STAR WARS: THE OLD editor. REPUBLIC: FATAL ALLIANCE A copy of all submissions— by Sean Williams the book and cover letter— should be sent to each judge in SUPERNATURAL: HEART OF the category you are entering THE DRAGON by Keith R. A. and to the IAMTW. DeCandido Please send an email to: [email protected] for the WARHAMMER: BLOODBORN: list of judges and their mailing ULRIKA THE VAMPIRE by Nathan Long Symposium addresses. IAMTW members can find the list in the BEST ADAPTATION Features IAMTW MEMBERS ONLY section of (GENERAL & this site. SPECULATIVE) Several members of the Submission is free for any International Association of IAMTW member. Non-members GOD OF WAR by Matthew Stover Media Tie-In Writers spoke at must pay a $10 fee for each & Robert E. Vardeman the Gen Con Game Fair in submission to cover our costs August as part of the Writer’s (payable via Paypal or by check Symposium. More than 80 to IAMTW, PO Box 8212, Levia Directed hours of seminars and Calabasas, CA 91372). Ray Bradbury workshops were held over the A list of all the books Ray Bradbury course of the four-day submitted will be posted on the convention. Panelists included IAMTW site and updated A ―staged reading‖ of Ray Matt Forbeck, Jean Rabe, Brad regularly. The nominees will be Bradbury’s The Better Part Beaulieu, and John Helfers. announced, to entrants and the of Wisdom was directed by They, along with IAMTW media, in March 2011. The IAMTW’s Steven Paul Leiva members Stephen Sullivan and Scribes will be awarded in July August 23rd in Los Angeles. Tim Waggoner were included in 2011 at Comicon in San Diego. The one-act play was set in an anthology released at the 1950s London and revolved convention: Stalking the Wild 2011 Entries as around a dying, 80-year-old Hare. The book was published Irishman enduring a farewell by Sullivan’s company, Walk of August tour of relatives who discovers About. The evening before the that his beloved grandson is convention, Symposium BEST NOVEL (GENERAL gay. Although at this time members threw a surprise FICTION) homosexuality was illegal in birthday party for Matt Britain he tells a lyrical story Forbeck. He is pictured above THE BIG BANG by Mickey about a brief childhood with Symposium panelists Spillane and Max Allan Collins friendship that offers a Jennifer Brozek and Tobias surprising message to his Buckell. 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Salute to Arisia 2011 Supernatural January 14-17 at the President— October 8-10, at the Westin Westin Waterfront Hotel O’Hare in Rosemont, IL. in Boston is the site for Max Allan Collins Guests include many of the this convention, dubbed actors from the television New England’s largest and Vice President— series. For more information, most diverse science Lee Goldberg visit the web site at fiction and fantasy con. www.creationent.com. The website has more info: www.2011arisia.org.

Bouchercon World Mystery Website: Convention www.iamtw.org October 14-17, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco at 5 E-mail: [email protected] Embarcado Center. Activities The next issue of Tied-In include receptions, awards, marks the end of IAMTW films, sunset cruise on San member Jean Rabe’s four- Send Tied-In submissions Francisco Bay, programs, year reign as editor. After (for one more issue) to: walking tours of the city, that issue, she passes the autographing, and more. proverbial torch to another [email protected] Visit the web site for more at: wordsmith who would like to www.bcon2010.com. take a turn at assembling this newsletter. It’s not that Jean doesn’t enjoy doing this, WindyCon 37 she’s just stuffed-to-the-gills IAMTW November 12-14, at the with busy and needs to ease Westin in Lombard, Il. up on her ―volunteer‖ tasks. PO Box 8212 Guests: Steve Barnes and Jean will happily pass along Calabasas, CA 91372 Nene Thomas. A writer’s the template she uses for workshop and filking are this newsletter, unless the scheduled. For more info: new wordsmith has his or www.windycon.org. her own design ideas. Any interested souls should contact Max and Lee at [email protected].