by Melinda Snodgrass | Nov 1, 2019 | Blog
So I wrote these three urban fantasy novels under a pseudonym — Phillipa Bornikova because I didn’t want to risk reader confusion and these were really different from the Edge book and the Imperials books. For one thing they are in first person and they have vampires, and werewolves and elves, Oh My! After my beloved editor was taken ill the books fell into a black hole and the third book didn’t come out for several years. When I finally got a new editor both he and the...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Nov 1, 2019 | Blog
I wanted to give folks an update on getting Imperials back into print and the final two books available to readers. First the good news. I’m making really good progress on book 5 thought I’ve had to set it aside briefly while I revise the third Linnet Ellery book. (More on that in a separate post). Now the bad news. The publisher we had hoped would pick up Imperials didn’t bite because they don’t do reprints and wouldn’t put the first three books back into print....
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jul 6, 2019 | Blog
Okay, confession time. I’ve been really, really bad about posting here. Partly because I’ve been super busy with the Wild Cards writer’s room, but also because writing blog posts starts to feel a whole lot like work. I want to keep my website so people can see the books I’ve published, etc., but if you want to get in touch with me, or just generally hang out I recommend you friend me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter. I do have an Instagram account but I kinda suck at...
by Melinda Snodgrass | May 10, 2019 | Blog
First an abject apology to the person who wrote me about the publication date on the fourth Imperials book — The Currency of War. I’m an idiot and in moving it from the spam file (I have no idea why my mail program regards emails to me from this website as spam but it does). Anyway, I somehow managed to lose the email. So again, apologies for not answering directly. But here is the answer — due to circumstances beyond my control the publication of the final two books is going...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Apr 1, 2019 | Blog
I am very aggravated this went out into the world without Andrew’s, mine or George’s approval but it happened so rather than curse I want to get ahead of the news. There was an unfortunately leak from the set of Wild Cards.You can read about it here on George’s blog and see the stolen video, http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2019/04/01/a-little-leak/ and also read about it here https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/george-r-r-martins-soapy-new-adventure/. I’m really...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Mar 2, 2019 | Blog
I know, I know, I have been a total stranger. Mostly it’s because I’ve been working super long hours on the Wild Cards TV shows, and on the weekends I have to run errands, do laundry and most importantly go see and ride the horses (though the California rains have made that tough). Anyway, I have a brief window where I can breath and put up a post. A few weeks ago I was honored to receive the Skylark Award from NESFA during their Boston convention Boskone. (Great convention folks...
