Archive for the 'Mayan December' Category
Mayan Reading: The End of Time, The Maya Mystery of 2012, by Anthony Aveni
This nonfiction book is by the author of one of the books I read when I was researching Mayan December – Skywatchers. Better yet, the author is very much like one of my main characters, Alice. Like Alice, Anthony Aveni in an archaeoastronomer, or someone who studies the intersection of culture and astronomy. Also like [...]
Norwescon 2011 Schedule
I have a great schedule for NORWESCON, coming up in Seatac next weekend. I do want to draw attention to the reading for Mayan December (coming in August from Prime Books) – it’s early in the con, and so I will have some limits on my time to advertise it. I’m very excited about the [...]
Mayan (er…Aztec) Reading: Servant of the Underworld, by Aliette de Bodard
I’m busy reading books and stories set either in 2012 or in the Yucatan Peninsula. I read Aliette de Bodard’s Nebula nominated novelette, “The Jaguar House, In Shadow” and loved it so much that I went right to her novel “Servant of the Underworld.” It’s a bit of a cheat for this post series because [...]
Mayan December Pre-orders are now available
I’m very pleased to announce that pre-orders are open on Amazon for the print copy of Mayan December (Pub date August 23rd, 2011). And for those of you wondering, yes there will be a Kindle version! Thanks to Prime Books!
Transcript of #sffwrtcht
In case you want a break from the generally disturbing news, here is the transcript of a lovely hour-long chat I had on Twitter at the hashtag #sffwrtcht. Thanks to Bryan Thomas Schmidt for hosting an excellent event. Topics included my next book, Mayan December, writing, collaborating, and dogs. Well, you know, there has to [...]
Mayan Reading: The Sacred Well, by Antoinette May
There are certain events – and places – that inspire creativity in many people. Ancient Rome. Egypt. World War II. One of those is also surely December 2012 and the end of the Mayan Calendar. The place – of course – is the Yucatan Peninsula. Now that I’m finished with my own novel set there [...]
First comments back on Mayan December
This is from Glen Hiemstra of Futurist.com: Mayan December is an exciting tale of the ancient Mayans and the end of the Mayan calendar in the near future, as seen through the eyes of a time-traveling youngster named Nixie. What begins as an interesting trip to Chichen Itza for the December 2012 equinox becomes a [...]
Reading Recommendation: Mozart’s Blood, by Louise Marley
Louise Marley is a good friend and we sometimes share bits of writing with each other. So I saw Mozart’s Blood born a few years ago. I hadn’t read it all the way through, or even seen the last half at all. My theme for recovery has been “read the things you want to read” [...]
Bibliography: The Research Behind Mayan December
I did a lot of research for my novel Mayan December (coming out from Prime Books in August). This isn’t usual for me. For most of my science fiction stories, I research all the time. I go on jags where I read science articles from National Geographic to Wired to The Technology Review to various [...]
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