In honor of Independence Day in these United (at least officially) States of America, I’ve decided to take most of the day off from my typical blather. I hope you enjoy some time with your family and friends, take in a parade, enjoy the weather (or enjoy some form of relief from it), have some good food and drink, marvel at Joey Chestnut, or catch up on your reading (possibly all of the above).
To people outside this country, I hope you’re having a great Tuesday!
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet where seventy years ago today, Douglas Adams was born.
When the Towel Day Facebook page posted about this anniversary this week, I thought about doing a big tribute post today. But I really didn’t have the time to do a decent job of it.
Instead, I’m going to do something uncharacteristic of me—I’m going to keep it brief. Douglas Adams was a formative writer for me. It’d take very little time at all to see how formative, he’s probably in the Top 5 authors I’ve mentioned on this site. His humor, his imagination, his point of view, his style was a gift that has been influencing writers and readers for decades, and likely will continue to.
In honor of this anniversary, tonight I’m going to have a gin and tonic* in his honor, read a few sections from his books (likely a little more than that), and be grateful we got his creative output.
* see The Restaurant at the End of the Universe‘s discussion about the beverage.
Wow! Jane Yellowock’s really been around for 10 years?!?! (well, 10 years and 2 days) I came to the series around the time book 3 was published, but even having spent 8 years reading her seems to be hard to believe. Since her debut she’s survived 12 novels (many, many vampires and other supernatural sorts have not), several short stories and has even spawned a spin-off. Slowly but surely through these years, Jane and Faith Hunter alike have become real favorites of mine—finding an Urban Fantasy character/author/series better than theses is nigh impossible.
So I’m more than happy to have been asked to help promote this here 10th Anniversary Sweepstakes.* If you haven’t read this series, what better way to jump in? If you have, well, you know what a Major Award it would be. You’ve gotta go enter this thing—you have until the 14th..
* I just hope by doing so I didn’t disqualify myself.
“There is nothing as satisfying as the first time reading a Jane Yellowrock novel.” — Fresh FictionJane Yellowrock is the last of her kind—a skinwalker of Cherokee descent who can turn into any creature she desires and fights vampires, demons, and everything in between in the city of New Orleans.
Enter today for your chance to win all of Jane’s adventures:
Winners will also receive a Shattered Bonds bookmark and an exclusive character card featuring Jane and Beast!
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