Philippa Ballantine

Small Epiphanies

January 5, 2012

Last February, I was a participant at the San Francisco Writers Conference, where I met lots and lots of people, but three people in particular: Katharine “Kit” Kerr, Alex Tillson, and Clint Talbert. Though it would probably surprise at least two of them to hear it, all three of them led me to great epiphanies [...]

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Cross promotion makes me happy

June 20, 2011

Author J.M. Frey has written a great review of The Empress Sword by Paulette Jaxton, for Lambda Literary. You can see the review here — it contains minor spoilers. Last week, I finally got to meet my friend and long-time writing partner Xander Briggs in the flesh. Xander has a touching story in When the [...]

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New Fiction (by me!)

November 23, 2010

My short story, “Closure,” is the latest installment in Philippa’s Ballantine’s Chronicles of the Order anthology — short stories set in the world of her latest novel, GEIST. I have a big soft spot for GEIST. It’s got a kick-ass heroine who goes against some of the urban fantasy rules, a sexy shapeshifter (Pip’s specialty!), [...]

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Guest Post: “Be Gentle… It’s My First Time” by Philippa Ballantine

September 13, 2010

Be Gentle, It’s My First Time…. What to Expect From Your First Professional Edit by guest blogger Philippa Ballantine You’ve made it! You have your first professional contract under your belt. Full with your success, you are excited about your first professional edit. Well, that was how I felt back in 2004 when I got [...]

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Philippa Ballantine’s Call to Arms

August 12, 2010

Consider this a demonstration of two things: how slowly things in publishing can seem to move, and how quickly momentum can build. And consider it an invitation to be a part of it. You’ve been listening to me talk about Geist by Philippa Ballantine for quite a while now. I had the honor and pleasure [...]

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Round-up

April 19, 2010

It’s been a busy couple of weeks! I went to Ad Astra and had a wonderful time! I staffed a Dragon Moon Press table with Erik Buchanan and Chris Jackson – a couple of really great people. I spoke on four panels, we had a very successful launch (click for pictures) for Erik’s new book [...]

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World Fantasy Convention

October 26, 2009

This weekend, I’ll be attending the World Fantasy Convention in San Jose, CA. If you’re going to be there and would like to say, please feel free to drop me a line. A comment or a note through the “contact me” page will get to me, and I’m @gabrielle_h on Twitter. I’m not currently scheduled [...]

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It’s a date!

June 8, 2009

Actually seeing it in print makes me want to jump up and down!  According to Pip, a November 2010 print date has been announced for GEIST. She’s already hard at work on the sequel, which bears the catchy working title of GEIST 2 (real title forthcoming!). And congrats also to Ms. Ballantine for winning the [...]

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