December 25, 2020
May you have a merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday for however you celebrate this season. Wishing you the best of New Years as well. The two cats here are myself and my daughter. 🙂
News & Updates
New Cover for The City of Cries?
December 13, 2020
My eBook publisher likes some of the covers I designed, so they asked if I might do the cover for The City of Cries. I’ve put up all six covers from books that illustrate “The City of Cries” on my Patreon page, and we’re discussing what people like, don’t like, what works, what doesn’t work, and so on. If you are on Patreon, or feel inclined to become one of my patrons, I’d really appreciate your input! Here is the link.
The picture here shows the cover my publisher designed (which I think looks fine). That’s the one they asked if I could consider doing something new.
My Philcon Schedule
November 20, 2020
The 2020 Philcon is this weekend! Here is my schedule. Hope you can come!
Saturday, Nov 21, 4pm EST, Plaza 1: Drift Compatible: The Science of Neural Interface Technology
Saturday, Nov 21, 7pm EST: Reading, Catherine Asaro
Sunday, Nov 22, 4pm EST, Plaza 1: Rule of Cool vs Actual Science
SFFcon starts today!
November 7, 2020
SFFcon is almost upon us! Here are details about my panels.
SCIENCE IN SCI-FI
Saturday, Nov 7, at 2 PM PST, or 9 PM GMT
YouTube Link: youtu.be/QeOmO6xqZmE
HARD SCI-FI
Sunday, Nov 8, at 2 PM PST, or 9 PM GMT
YouTube Link: youtu.be/Cg0r2ZvuRCQ
• Join the Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/sffcon
• Join the Conversation on Discord: discord.gg/FQ8fjuu
• Learn more at: www.sffcon.com
Click through For more details, panel details, and a list of speakers. →
The (new) Quantum Rose, Chapter Two
October 25, 2020
I’ve posted Chapter Two of The (new) Quantum Rose on my Patreon page. You can find it by clicking here.
The original The Quantum Rose won the Nebula Award for Best novel.
Art Credit: Elena Dudina, www.deviantart.com/elenadudina/art/Rose-855925145
Click through to see the first few paragraphs of Chapter Two→
Capclave is this weekend!
October 17, 2020
Capclave has gone virtual this year. Read all about it here: www.capclave.org/capclave/capclave20/
Here is my schedule:
Sat, Oct 17, 10:30 am: Overused Mistakes in Hard SF.
Sat, Oct 17, 3 pm: Writing Time Travel and Paradoxes.
Sun, Oct 18, 4 pm: Author reading
Mammoth Book of SF Wars now available
September 29, 2020
We have it!
The anthology The Mammoth Book of Space Wars, which includes a Skolian Empire story by Catherine, is now available from Starflight Music and Books. Click on through to explore the page and all the other books at SMB.
You can read an excerpt of Catherine’s story, The Pyre of New Day here online at the Mammoth books page.
Tomatoes and healing
September 22, 2020
My daughter and I had a tomato ceremony recently, to honor my tomato plant and what it’s done for our healing. I wrote an essay about it on my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/posts/41914365
Click through to see pictures of the honored tomato and more→
Installment 2: Tuckerization Contest
September 4, 2020
I’ve posted installment 2 of the Tuckerization contest on my Patreon page.
The winner of the Tuckerization contest gets to pick a free book out of anything I have in stock at Starflight Music and Books, and I will send it to you, signed if you like.
Tuckerization Contest
August 30, 2020
I’m running a Tuckerization contest on my Patreon page.
You may have heard the term before; Tuckerization is using the name of a real person as a character in a book. It comes from the author Wilson Tucker, a science fiction writer and prolific sf fan and editor, who often used the names of his friends for his characters.
In the next two weeks I’ll be posting scenes from various of my novels on my Patreon page. Out of all the scenes I post, four will involve Tuckerizations. If you are the first person to get all four, you can select any book or record you wish from the Starflight Music and Books catalogue and I will send it to you.