Not a lot to tell you today, except the following:
1. I have the flu. It was fun for awhile, but now I’m bored with it. Do you want it?
2. Valentine’s Day is coming! Would you care to participate in this contest here? I’d really like just a few more questions. That would make me happy as many clams.
3. I’ll be at the Tucson Festival of Books in March! If you’re thinking of coming and on the fence about, please realize that I am extraordinarily attractive in person. Cherie Priest will attest, since she is there, too.
4. Here, look at the French cover art for Black Halo.
Ordinarily, I try to avoid cover art discussions, but fuck if I haven’t been completely spazzing out about this cover since I got it yesterday. Beyond just being well-done, this is the kind of fantasy art I used to see in books when I was a kid. It really evokes that feel of…what’s the word? Epic? Dark? Otherworldly horror? I’m not sure.
But I do love this cover. I love it so much.
It’s done by the supremely talented Marc Simonetti and if you peruse his Deviant Art page there, you’ll see some really amazing art. Good on, Fleuvre Noir. Good on, Marc.
Jesus, I want to cry, it’s so cool.
Why do the French get all the cool covers? It seems like most of the fantasy covers I see these days have a much better French equivalent. I need to find a way to get the English words inside the French book (or learn french, but I’m too damned lazy for that).
I ATTEST TO THIS.
More or less.
Mostly I attest to the fact that I will be there, and that I’ve had a little rum. But yes. Of course. Mr. Sykes is a handsome, handsome man.
For a moment I thought there was a Formorian over his head, like the ones out of the 2000AD Sláine strip. The baleful crystal eye, the jagged teeth, once you’ve seen it you won’t be able to not see it. But hell yeah, that cover’s teh awesome.