I love the Christmas season. But there are only so many good holiday movies. And then you start to get into the less good holiday movies. If you don’t ration properly, you may be watching Earnest Saves Christmas before you know it. I also am a sucker for romance. Anyone whose read my stories probably picked […]
Those Other Christmas Movies Read Post »
Hey there fine folks, The first 5 people who send me evidence that they’ve donated (today or later) $25 or more to one of the charities listed below, I will send a free hardback copy of Finn Fancy Necromancy. Evidence would be, for example, a screenshot of the thank you screen or email receipt (with
Finn Fancy Charity Giveaway Read Post »
Jessica Jones, Jessica Jones. On the one hand, this is just a superhero television show, so expectations shouldn’t be too high. On the other hand, it is a FEMALE superhero television show, and that is extremely rare, and so it carries a lot of hopes and expectations. On the one hand, it is a gritty
Jessica Jones’ Broad Shoulders Read Post »
Was part of Author Fest on Sunday at Powell’s Books in Cedar Hills, and enjoyed seeing so many friends and great writers, as well as Portland folks who’d bought my book or been to my Powell’s reading, and lots of new readers. It was, all in all, a decent turn out and an enjoyable 2 hours.
Author Fest 2015 at Powell’s Read Post »
What a terrible week. As usual, there are folks quickly navigating to extremist positions (Thanks, Obama, for freeing terrorists!) (Thanks, Bush, for invading Iraq and creating ISIS!) (Not all Muslims are terrorists, but the “real” terrorists all seem to be Radical Islamists…) Yes, I imagine this next week will see the inevitable debates between the
When Discussing Paris and Beirut and Kenya and Damn It Read Post »
While I hate promoting myself, I just have to mention that January 2016 is the absolute perfectest month to read my “dark and funny” contemporary fantasy novel from Tor Books, FINN FANCY NECROMANCY. Why? * Reviews describe it as a fast paced and fun read full of laughs, laughs and more laughs — a great
Why Your Book Club (or you) Should Read Finn Fancy in January Read Post »
While at Sasquan, I sat at the /r/Fantasy table for a bit and participated in a live AMA (Ask Me Anything). It was short, but I had a lot of fun with it, as is obvious from my answers 🙂 Here’s the link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/3hwhal/sasquan_ama_melting_your_face_off_randy_henderson/
Fun Little AMA on /r/Fantasy Read Post »
My social media feeds are chock-a-block full of posts from writers promoting the books they’ve written and published or had published. I just want to pause a minute and point out why this is actually frakking AWESOME! And say how AWESOME all of you writers and artists and creators are. And what an awesome and wonderful
WHY I MIGHT NOT BUY YOUR BOOK BUT I LOVE THAT YOU WROTE IT! Read Post »
Here’s a copy of the Writers of the Future video that was shown during the big awards show this past April, which shares a few glimpses of my own experience there. If you watch it, I’m sure you’ll find more than a few things interesting, humorous, and/or educational, but I’ll just speak to the parts in which I’m
Writers of the Future Promo Vid Read Post »
Hey gang! If you’re going to be at Worldcon / Sasquan, please come visit me at my panels, reading, and/or kaffee klatche!
Randy’s Awesome Worldcon / Sasquan Schedule Read Post »