by Melinda Snodgrass | Jan 13, 2017 | About Writing
So Tor has a special on a Wild Cards book bundle. If you’re interested to jump in here’s a way to start. Wild Cards Book Bundle. There is a new Youtube interview up where a number of us talk about Wild Cards. Wild Cards Interviews. And finally here is the cover for Tor’s reissue of ACE IN THE HOLE. The amazing and really creepy cover is by the very talented Michael Komarck.
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jan 10, 2017 | Blog
We have a Wild Cards Website, and every so often various writers who play in our shared sandbox write blog posts. Stephen Leigh who has been with us since the beginning of the series has done a blog post about one of our most iconic villain — Senator Gregg Hartmann. It certainly feels relevant at this particular moment. You can read it here: Pulling Strings; the Saga of Gregg Hartmann aka Puppetman
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jan 9, 2017 | About Writing
I’m re-reading Tolkien’s brilliant Lord of the Rings trilogy for, I think, the eighth time. I first read the books when I was a kid visiting Los Angeles with my father. My dad had business meetings and in an effort to keep me amused, Rodney Pantages’s wife, Lois, took me off to a bookstore and said, “Pick any book you want.” I fixated on those amazing covers and cajoled until Lois agreed to buy me all four books, The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. I then...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jan 2, 2017 | General
So January 20th looms and for many people it’s a terrifying prospect. People don’t know how to stand for the things we support and cherish in this republic. So here’s a suggestion. Join the ACLU. Here is but a sample of the litigation and advocacy they have undertaken: The Scopes trial – the right to teach evolution in public science classrooms Supreme Court Cases: Korematsu — challenging Japanese American internment Miranda — the right to remain silent...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Dec 22, 2016 | About Writing
So I’m working on the fourth EDGE book — tentatively titled THE EDGE OF INFINITY. I’m writing on the plane coming home to New Mexico and I suddenly realize that this book is set about fourteen years after the events in THE EDGE OF DAWN. All three of these books have been very closely tied to the real world, and real world events and I suddenly realized that Donald Trump will be president and that is going to have a profound effect on the state of the world in 2031. Advances...
