Author Archives: David

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I'm a writer. This is my blog.

Fan-X Schedule

Posted on April 7, 2014 by David

Fan-X is coming to Salt Lake City in a week and a half. Here’s my schedule (and look for me at all other times in the dealer room): 4/17 1:00 pm: Zombie Enfranchisement: The Court Battle 4/17 2:00 pm: Religion … Continue reading →

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Sold!

Posted on April 3, 2014 by David

Thanks and congratulations to Deborah at East/West Literary (my agent) and Michelle Frey at Knopf… my editor! Deborah and I have accepted a three book offer from Knopf for The Kidnap Plot and two sequels. I look forward to polishing … Continue reading →

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Represent!

Posted on March 19, 2014 by David

I’m very excited to announce that I’ve accepted representation from Deborah Warren of East/West Literary. It’s not entirely coincidental that I’m dusting off my blog and Twitter presence — she and I should soon be going to editors with a … Continue reading →

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Mike?

Posted on February 24, 2014 by David

Rider cocked his revolved and pointed it at Mike’s head. And Chuy, in Scarecrow’s body, whacked his spiked club into Rider’s grinning face. Scarecrow, it turned out, was a muscular man, and had none of the underfeeding-induced weakness Chuy felt, … Continue reading →

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‘Cause It’s a Taco Truck

Posted on February 17, 2014 by David

“Go to hell,” Chuy said. “Been there.” Eddie Marlowe, the wire-thin, jittery rock and roll guitarist, shot his bloodshot eyes left and right around the rubble that had once been a parking lot. The S on the wall above Eddie … Continue reading →

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Life, the Universe, and Everything 2014

Posted on February 11, 2014 by David

The organizers heavy-loaded me up front. Here’s my schedule: Thursday: 11:00 am Pen Names, with Mikey Brooks and others 1:00 pm Writing from an Outline, with Rob Wells and others 2:00 pm Modern Fantasy and its Relation to Folklore, with Mikey … Continue reading →

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Crecheling Out Today

Posted on November 4, 2013 by David

Crecheling, out today as an ebook on Amazon, is my young adult debut. It’s the first of a trilogy, called The Buza System. Crecheling follows Dyan, a young woman with a gift for understanding people, and her fellow Creche-Leavers as … Continue reading →

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We Very Much Want You

Posted on October 14, 2013 by David

HOMINES ARDENT, she read. The men burn. Unintelligible lines. More lines she could read, few and far between, but as she sank deeper into the reading the Latin language fell away and the words burned themselves directly into Metic Fallows’s … Continue reading →

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What Is Steampunk? (Air-Ships Today)

Posted on September 11, 2013 by David

Looks like the zeppelin is making a comeback. Me, I’m still holding out for the Phlogiston Gun.

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SLC Comic Con

Posted on August 23, 2013 by David

I’ll be appearing on various panels at Salt Lake City Comic Con next weekend. Looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Here’s my schedule: Thursday, September 5th, 2013 4:00 – 4:50 p.m. J.R.R Tolkien to “The Ballad … Continue reading →