Eric Flint Newsletter – 17 AUGUST 2015

I just turned in a novella to Kelly Lockhart titled “Up On the Roof,” for an anthology he’s editing based on John Ringo’s Black Tide Rising series. For those of you not familiar with the series, it’s John’s take on the zombie...

Balticon 2017

I was just invited to be the Guest of Honor at Balticon over the weekend of May 26-29, 2017.  That takes place in Baltimore, if you haven’t figured it out already. The reason for the invitation so far ahead of time is because Balticon also agreed to host the...

Libertycon filling up fast

Minicon Update: Latest report from Uncle Timmy: they already have over 550 people preregistered and the Banquet is almost sold out. Remember that Libertycon has a hard cap of 700 registrations.

Change of Venue for 1632 con

After it became clear that we wouldn’t be holding the 1632 series minicon at Contemporal this year, we approached LibertyCon and they’ve agreed to host us.  LibertyCon is a longstanding and very popular SF convention in Chattanooga that I’ve...

Eric Flint Newsletter – 13 MARCH 2015

I’ve discussed my publication schedule with Baen Books and here’s how it looks now: 1636: The Cardinal Virtues will be coming out in July, 2015. 1635: A Parcel of Rogues will be coming out in January, 2016 Ring of Fire IV will be coming out in May, 2016...

Macaulay on Copyright

Thomas Babington Macaulay Speechs to House of Commons Opposing Proposed Life + 60 Year Copyright Term on 5 Feb. 1841 Favoring a 42-year Fixed Term over a Life + 25 Year Term on 6 April 1842   A Speech delivered in the House of Commons on the 5th of February,...

Belisarius audio drama

There will be a performance next Wednesday of an audio drama based on a novella I write set in the Belisarius universe. The novella and the drama based on it is titled “Islands.” The script was written by Tony Daniel, another author who publishes through...

The bookstore is finally finished!

I also wanted to drop a small note to everyone, letting them know that the bookstore is finally finished. All totaled I am selling signed, personalized copies (hardback, ARC, and trade paperback) of over 40 different books. Click here for bookstore details, or click...

Superstars Writing Seminar 2013

Dear friends, As many of you know, for the past several years I have been teaching a seminar once a year on the business of being a professional writer. This is a three-day seminar that I do with Kevin Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, Dave Wolverton (who often writes under...

News, 7-19-12: Jao Empire series

A number of people have asked me if I’ll be continuing the Jao Empire series I’ve been doing with Kathy Wentworth, now that Kathy has passed away. (She died in April from complications following cancer surgery.) The first two books in that series were THE...

Site update and news for 18 July 2012

As people who visit here regularly have undoubtedly noticed by now, I’ve been in the process of redesigning and updating the web site lately. More precisely, given that I’m an electronic fumble-fingers of the first order, Brad Torgersen has been revamping...