dancinghorse | The Great Send Judy to the Nebulas Sale

So, I've been invited to present a panel at SFWA's Nebula Awards weekend in May. This is a big deal in genre, and a great honor. I'm chuffed to be asked. The panel is on Putting Your Backlist to Work, and features my lovely and illustrious colleagues Amy Sterling Casil, Brenda Clough, and Sue Lange. We're looking forward to a lively discussion--and I'm looking forward to a rare opportunity to see and be seen by those who might be interested to know I'm still alive and still writing. Peer time and business time on this scale haven't happened for me since, hmmm, when was the last World Fantasy in Arizona?

The sticking point is that the event is in Washington, DC, and I am in Arizona. And we all know where gas prices, airfare, and hay prices have gone. Plus April is the truck's registration month, and there's this annual Awful Thing that also happens on the 15th, and...

You know what this means. Yard Sale Time! And what a yard! Come on in and see what's on those tables. Sale runs through April 12th. Questions? Post in comments or email me at capriole at that gmail thing.

Mentoring and Editing Services I happen to have several openings right at the moment, and would be delighted to take on some new or repeat clients. (The sale, as always, applies to current clients as well.) Buy four hours at $160, get a fifth hour free. This is time enough to get started on a novel or short-fiction project, get the first three to five chapters of your novel reviewed, review and revise your submission package, etc., etc., etc. The options are as varied as the individual clients and their projects.

Camp Lipizzan--our first-ever sale on this popular event Camp Lipizzan, aka Horse Camp for Writers, is famous in song and story. It's horse camp for grownups, it's a writers' retreat, it's a chance to spend several days in in the Arizona desert in the company of the DHF Lipizzans--riding, schmoozing, soaking up the atmosphere. Lessons with our trainer are extra, as is the legendary White Horse Herd Yoga, but the basic Camp rate includes room, food (tailored to your needs and tastes), writer-type time, and of course horse time.

Here's the deal: Book a three night/four day package at $425 per person, paid in full by April 12th, and I'll throw in a fourth night free. Limited to two Campers per session, room with two double beds plus shared bath and large library/writing room with wi-fi and comfy chairs. Weekend or weekday, up to you. We'll pick you up at the Tucson Airport or the Arizona Shuttle from Phoenix Sky Harbor, or send you driving directions. (Note: House has cats. Guest room is cat-free but the rest is not.)

Dates are flexible. One Camp per month, though I might be talked into doubling up if the need is strong enough. We're closed in December. We have openings for the summer (but be warned, this is Arizona. Triple-digit temps are default mode, and in July and August there are monsoons), and for September, October (EXCEPT the last weekend--that's World Fantasy in San Diego), and for January through March of 2012.

Book Sale I haven't had one of these in a while, and the storage shed is getting full again. The titles below are the ones I can lay a hand on easily, but if there are other titles you'd like to see, let me know. I'll see if I have any left. Priced like so: Mass-market paperback $7.50 each, trade paperback $15 each, hardcover $20 each. All books signed and inscribed to order. Priority shipping in US: $5 for the first book and $2.50 for each additional book to a single address. Shipping out of the US, email me. US Priority rates are going up on April 17th, so that's a good reason to have the sale before then.

This month's titles:

Avaryan Rising Trade paperback. Omnibus volume includes The Hall of the Mountain King, The Lady of Han-Gilen, and A Fall of Princes. Epic fantasy, secondary world, sweep and swoosh and DRAMAAAAA!!! These are my secret favorites of my books, so much fun to write. Haven't read them yet? Strap in for a wild ride.

Arrows of the Sun Hardcover. Sequel to the above. More adventure, more drama, exotic settings and characters-with-Issues.

Tides of Darkness Hardcover. The last of the set. This one goes dark and goes deep, and twists around and turns into a historical fantasy. Probably my alltime favorite me-book.

And for those looking for the odds-on fan favorite, who may have found it in digital form on the Kindle or at Book View Cafe, I have a few hardcover original editions of Alamut left--with gorgeous Tom Canty cover, and all the original text including the sheet music at the end.

House of War Trade paperback. Alternate history. Richard the Lionheart, King of Jerusalem, and his ally and enemy Saladin square off against the Old Man of the Mountain.

The Mountain's Call The first of the Caitlin Brennan books, the secondary-world romance-adventure with (not)Lipizzans. Mass-market paperback.

As for ebooks, Book View Cafe offers four titles here and here: Alamut, Ars Magica, A Wind in Cairo, and the nonfiction essential for writers writing about horses, Writing Horses: The Fine Art of Getting It Right.

All of these except, as of today, A Wind in Cairo, are also up at amazon for the Kindle. I will be getting that one up ASAP as well.

So there we are. Please feel free to post far and wide, and email or comment if you have questions. Thank you all! We're be here for the next two weeks! Enjoy the scampi!