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Send me interview questions for any of the characters in my novels or short stories. If I get enough for any particular character, Q&As will be published in the newsletter and on my blog. Also, convention update, the first chapter reading from Little People, Big Guns, and the last chance to get special Kickstarter copies of a monster-fiction anthology.
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Ask Any of My Characters Interview Questions


Long ago on my blog, I had character interviews with characters from my independent short stories--Ian Barnes and Sarah Haley from my horror story "Melon Heads", Ottoman Grand Vizier Sokullu Mehmed Pasha from "The Beast of the Bosporus" (once independently published and now part of my collection Flashing Steel, Flashing Fire), and the titular monster from my short story "I am the Wendigo." I let that strategy lapse for a long time, but after listening to a recent podcast, I'm going to give that a spin again. This time though, with a newsletter twist.

So here's how it's going to work. Reply to this e-mail with a character from one of my novels or short stories and one or more questions, like you were interviewing them for a newspaper, magazine, or TV. If I get enough for a particular character, I'll write up a Q&A and share it out in future newsletters. I might also share it on my blog. If you want credit to go with the questions (a link to your blog, Twitter feed, Amazon page, etc.) or just your name, I can include that.
 
Convention Update
 
My last newsletter discussed convention plans for the summer and fall. Here're the most recent update.

Middle Georgia Comic Convention-I will have a table at this event, which will be from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Holiday Inn North in Macon. The plan to build up a fan base outside of Atlanta continues apace. June 5, 2021.

However, after they rolled over the vendors who'd signed up last year, JordanCon doesn't have room for more, and it doesn't look like they're selling new visitor passes to keep the guest count down. No big deal. Next year I'll hopefully have Serpent Sword, the sequel to my steampunk fantasy Battle for the Wastelands, available to sell.

Finally, "I don't know" has officially become "no"--the fandom convention The Camp in Peachtree City no longer has any vending slots available. That one was a long shot anyway due to the distance and table cost. And it turns out I have a prior commitment, so Fandemic Dead is out too. Nothing new on Monsterama or MultiverseCon.

Still, I'll be keeping an eye on the Southern Fandom Resource Guide calendar and keeping everybody posted.
Here's my reading of the prologue of Little People, Big Guns for your entertainment.
Last Chance To Support Monster-Fiction Kickstarter

In one of my recent e-mails, I passed the hat around on behalf of the Humans Are The Problem Kickstarter, a monster-fiction collection from Utah-based small press Weird Little Worlds. WLW is a Utah-based small press and run by friends of author Dan Wells--I tagged him in a Tweet promoting the Kickstarter (since he's also a horror writer and lives in Utah) and he responded that he'd just tweeted about them himself. WLW's leaders asked me if I had anything I could submit to their collection, so over the course of spring break I wrote the short modern-monster tale "Run, Hide, Feed." This was my first new short story in several years and quite a bit of (morbid) fun to write.

(No word yet on whether it's been accepted or rejected.)

Well, the Kickstarter closes at 10 PM tonight. Here's your last chance to get in on the game and get copies of the book before the general public (including KS-exclusive hardcover versions), copies of other books, and various types of swag like coffee mugs, stickers, and buttons. Pledge enough and you can get collection copies signed by contributing authors.

This collection is well on its way to success--it's already broken two of their stretch goals and have raised just under $13K. Once they hit $15K, not only will they raise the author pay rate, but they'll be able to guarantee future releases from the publisher (the company was founded last year and probably has little capital). Once they hit $20K they'll raise author pay again and add three more story slots, increasing the likelihood that other authors (including yours truly) will be able to get a story in the collection.
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