Tor.com Excerpt and OMG Physical ARCs

I have two pieces of business to share, and they are both awesome.

Tor.com, the website and blog for genre fiction powerhouse Tor Books, has posted Chapter Two of Geekomancy to help spread the word:

http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/07/geekomancy-excerpt

 

And secondly, this Tuesday I got a box from Simon & Schuster containing an awesome surprise:

Box of Geekomancy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual dead-tree copies of Geekomancy! These are simple tape-bound copies, and are even more basic than normal paper ARCs, but it’s a book! A real, paper book with my cover and my name on it and my novel inside on pages I can turn and smell and that I can hug and hold up like a power-up in Zelda!

I’m a little excited, as you might be able to tell.

Mike with Paper ARC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This means I can give a copy to my parents, keep one on hand to refer to while writing Celebromancy, and still have a few left to do other cool things with (I got 10 copies). My editor has another 30 or so, which he’s taking to San Diego Comic-Con to try to pass out to appropriate VIPs to help get more exposure.

Dear Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton, Team Unicorn, Team Sword & Laser, and anyone from Mutant Enemy — Please visit the Simon & Schuster booth at SDCC and talk to Adam. He has something fun for you. 🙂