I’ve finished going through the mountain of submissions I received for BLOOD LITE 2: OVERBITE.  I was pleased to see such a great selection of humor and horror, with a lot of very near misses.  I have filled up the book with 31 stories…a real feast with a wide range of subjects, a half dozen New York Times bestselling authors and a host of award winners—we’ve got winners of the Bram Stoker Award, the Nebula Award, the Hugo Award, the World Fantasy Award, even the Grammy Award.

We are pleased to announce the addition of a special VIP dinner, limited to 25 people, for Saturday, March 20, at the Superstars Writing Seminar.   Attendees will have access to the instructors—Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, Brandon Sanderson, David Farland, and Eric Flint—during the three days of sessions in the Pasadena Convention Center.  However, this dinner gives a group of students the chance for a more relaxed, personal event with all five bestselling writers in a quieter setting.

We are pleased to announce the addition of a special VIP dinner, limited to 25 people, for Saturday, March 20, at the Superstars Writing Seminar.   Attendees will have access to the instructors—Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, Brandon Sanderson, David Farland, and Eric Flint—during the three days of sessions in the Pasadena Convention Center.  However, this dinner gives a group of students the chance for a more relaxed, personal event with all five bestselling writers in a quieter setting.

Orbit has released a striking new design for the mass market paperback release of the first Terra Incognita novel, THE EDGE OF THE WORLD.  I really like it—dramatic and catchy, it makes use of the main elements of the original trade-paperback cover.  The paperback will hit the bookstore shelves on April 21.

I just learned this afternoon that my novel ENEMIES & ALLIES — the first meeting of Batman and Superman during the Cold War — has won the Project Fanboy award for Best Comic Related book 0f 2009.  I loved working on that book, and I am very pleased to hear such favorable fan reaction.  The award will be presented at MegaCon in Orlando, FL in March.

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When I was starting out, I submitted dozens and dozens of stories to various magazines and anthologies.  At one point, I had 30 different manuscripts in the mail to different markets.  I always wondered what went on in the slushpile when an editor would pick up the stack of envelopes from that day’s mail, and how my manuscript was treated among all those other clamoring submissions.

All the visitors and family obligations during the holiday season threw my regular work schedule into turmoil.  Fortunately, before the first relatives arrived, I spent several days up at a cabin in Rocky Mountain National Park and made good headway on many works in progress.

Working closely together, the five writers participating in the SuperStars Writing Seminar—Eric Flint, Dave Wolverton (aka David Farland), Brandon Sanderson, Rebecca Moesta, and myself—have developed the full curriculum of the talks and panels we will be giving during the three-day session.

Previously we announced our no-nonsense, nuts & bolts writing weekend for serious writers (both aspiring and already published), the Superstars Writing Seminars at the Pasadena (CA) Convention Center this March.  Five international bestselling writers—me, Rebecca Moesta, Eric Flint, Brandon Sanderson, and Dave Wolverton/David Farland—giving solid advice on how to be a successful professional author.

Many of you have been asking to see photos from our recent trip to Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Egypt with Rebecca and her parents.  I’ve put them all up on Photobucket, so you can look at the album.  It works best when viewed as a slideshow.  Now you can see what I was talking about in the previous blogs.

http://s905.photobucket.com/albums/ac260/KevinJAnderson/

KJA